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OB SUNDAY JULY 30 1989 LH THE MIAMI HERALD IIATIOIIWORLD 6RO TODAY IN THE HERALD Read the centerfold from right to left REPORT FROM ISRAEL 9G LATIN NEWS 10A 1K LIVING TODAY 1G 7C LOCAL NEWS 1BR IF MOVIES 6K IE PEOPLE 2SA 48 SPORTS ID 2C TRAVEL 1J 5B WEATHER 2SA ACTION LINE ART BOOKS BUSINESS CLASSIFIED DEATHS EDITORIALS FLA NEWS 'It Wi? vr iki By CAROL ROSENBERG Special to The Herald TEL AVIV Some deride it as an unholy alliance in the Holy Land Feminists charge that it is democracy perverted Nonetheless the publisher of a racy Israeli arts magazine has teamed up with Bob Guccione to unveil first Middle East edition: a spinoff of popular girly magazine written in Hebrew the language of the Bible lacks even basic intellectual content written in normal human language" wrote a reviewer in the respected daily newspaper as the magazine hit newsstands Friday eve of the Jewish Sabbath I wish this thing failure" Yet eager customers snapped up copies of the magazine a rarity in Israel as much for its high-gloss pages as for the buxom platinum blond in the centerfold While this might not be the first introduction of soft pornography to Israel Publisher Galia Albin intends it to be the boldest by publishing photos of local women in the buff a bit scandalous in this tiny nation of 44 million people She promises that a coming edition will feature a spread of a woman from a kibbutz a small collective settlement Like other 12 international editions it i A' AK joint venture with the one-time publisher of Monitin magazine does not mark the first time that soft porn is being peddled in Israel English editions of Playboy and Penthouse have been sold here since the mid-1960s not without Some controversy One major bookstore owner introduced Playgirl in the 1970s but first took a marker into the back of his shop to ink out the sex organs Israelis also recall a brief flap in the 1973 Yum Kippur War when it was reported that President Ephraim Katzir wife mailed copies of Playboy to the front think going to be the hottest thing since sliced cracked Chafets it will have a Publisher Albin a widowed mother of three who won the rights to publish the Israeli edition said she printed 30000 copies of the first edition but is aiming at an eventual circulation of 100000 So far she has signed up only 380 subscribers including several in the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Brak But the magazine at 12 shekels ($6) is not cheap by Israeli standards When asked if any members of the Knesset parliament were on the mailing list she only laughed of them asked me if they can get a subscription for free" 'An aging Guccione received a mixed reception on his first visit to Israel A religious woman labeled him a and protested his visit to the Western Wall holiest site in a letter to a Jerusalem newspaper One article referred to him as "an aging and a television announcer could barely mask his distaste as he interviewed Guccione who showed up at the studio with centerfold model Lynn Johnson 19 of Houston And there were the feminists A handful carried signs and protested outside the Tel Aviv hotel where Guccione stayed One woman carried a sign in Hebrew scoring Guccione as a Chauvinist Pig" and below wrote in English so he could understand: is a hybrid: about 75 percent Hebrew-language translation of articles from the American magazine the rest locally written This edition for example features pictures of American women but also a story on the trauma the Israeli man faces in identity sometimes Woody Allen sometimes Clint East-wood as he is called up for reserve duty in the occupied territories Unlike the other editions this is the only one that reads right to left Not only is Penthouse not published in Arabic Guccione said it is outlawed in the Arab world were told that an Israeli edition of Penthouse was utterly impossible but there we are" Guccione told Israeli business reporters hours after he arrived from Moscow and as yet unfruitful negotiations to take Penthouse to the Soviet Union there is resistance we will deal with it" Agnostic with Israel Guccione a self-described Catholic-born agnostic said he feels a deep bond with Israel He described his 20-year battle to turn a one-man back-room operation into a publishing empire as much like the story of the embattled Jewish nation have both had to fight for every single inch of territory in this he said "Each in our own way we are warriors Nothing has come easy to us" Publicity though did come easy: News of the magazine topped Army popular Friday morning program broadcast to most military bases across the country Guccione for his part used the four-day visit for a whirlwind tour of holy sites Christian and Jewish a talk about potential investments with retired Gen Ariel Sharon the minister of industry and trade and to pop in on Teddy Kollek crusty 78-year-old mayor Because of time limitations Guccione said he skipped the Dead Sea site of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah Israeli writer Chafets who prides himself as a keen observer of the Tel Aviv socid scene said Guc- Jr 7 -v "fc i 4 Penthouse Publisher Boh Guccione at Western Wall in Jerusalem seeks publicity for Hebrew edition of his magazine he got plenty 7 lwSr-4 1- x- 'A 9 (X Where are the crooked pols in Broward County? The bad cops? The guys on the take Not in jail See Tropic 8 LOCAL HEWS Friends and family gathered Saturday at Mo- dello Park in Dania to raise money for a braindamaged infant who was born seven months ago after his mother was mortally wounded by a gun shot 1BR FRONTPAGE There is no safest seat on an airliner but simple steps can increase chances of survival in an accident experts say NATIONALWORLD The first organized opposition in the Soviet Parliament was formed Saturday 3A John Hull Costa Rican rancher and contra supporter is now a fugitive 14A Judge Alcee Hastings to hisown surprise believes things are going his way 19A FLORIDA A boy playing with a gun in Central Florida seriously wounded his 1 1 -year-old cousin 5B LIVELYARTS Saturday the final curtain will fall on the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre IK LIVING TODAY Can love friendship survive after sex? 1G Craig Spence wined and dined elite Then came the scandal 1G SPORTS Injuries to Keith Hernandez may signal the end of the first career with Mets ID Larry Bird broke a bone in his back in a Celtic scrimmage and may miss four to six weeks 1 BUSINESS BEHINDCLASSIFIEDADS The proposed savingsand loan industry bailout will spell doom for many Florida Ls IF Experts say debt pact solve its nagging financial problems IF VIEWPOINT right to privacy and the abortion debate 1C congressional race: A Fearless Forecast 5C HOME DESIGN Barrier-free design makes apartment living accessibletothehandicapped 1H TRAVEL The last newspaper is gone Fleet Street is no longer the bastion of London journalism 1 jj- xm: -M-' fflJ United Press International Reuters THIS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP A young girl dashes through cooling water as competitors in the comfortable during the final 24 hours of the six-day endurance annual World Championship Pole Sitting contest try to stay test In Noordwijkerhout the Netherlands IN THE NATION From Herald Wire Services CAUFORNIA Police are charged as vandals in raid LOS ANGELES A police captain a sergeant and two officers were charged Friday with conspiracy and vandalism in a drug raid that left four apartments uninhabitable last year Damage was so severe that the Red Cross provided food and shelter to the families that lived in the apartments Though the police believed the buildings were havens for drug activity they found only one-quarter gram of crack Thirty-three people were arrested only two were charged SACRAMENTO A jury awarded $75000 Friday to a state employee who contended that his career was wrecked after he told reporters in 1980 that then-Gov Jerry program to fight the Mediterranean fruit fly was not working Entomologist Terrence Allen 39 had sued for damages of $12 million SAN DIEGO After weeks of idling offshore on Saturday the battered Exxon Valdez began its journey into port where it will undergo extensive hull surgery VIRGINIA Nudists get together to work on image ZUNI About 1500 nudists were gathering this weekend at the only developed nudist resort to discuss ways to raise their public image They are taking part in the annual conference of the American Sunbathing Eastern Region at White Tail Park Robert Seifert a retired Navy officer from Philadelphia and other nudists said they would like to see a continuing evolution toward an acceptance of nudism in America Seifert said he is encouraged by increasingly skimpy bikinis WEST VIRGINIA Poor college merges with Japanese school SALEM Cash-poor Salem College merged with a Japanese school and emerged Friday as Sa-lem-Teikyo University in a deal sweetened by a $12 million endowment by a Japanese educator Next spring 100 Japanese students will join the 500 enrolled at Salem in a program aimed at enriching the lives said Dr Shoicki Okinaga the chairman of Teikyo University The students will take classes in English and Japanese ETC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN THE WORLD From Herald Wire Services AFGHANISTAN Barrage of rockets kills 14 in Kabul KABUL A barrage of rebel rockets blasted Kabul killing at least 14 people and injuring 56 in the third consecutive Saturday of carnage in the capital The worst casualties were at a busy bazaar in the west of the city where eight died Hospital sources said at least 14 people died and more than 60 were wounded in the barrage Saudi Arabia opened a lavish cultural exhibition Saturday at the Washington Convention Center to demonstrate its close ties with the United States ILLINOIS An Eastern Airlines DC-9 Flight 236 from Atlanta lost its fiberglass tail cone while landing at International Airport on Saturday no big said a Federal Aviation Administration duty officer just like your bumper falling off your MICHIGAN A train carrying toxic chemicals derailed Saturday in Cassopolis forcing 400 residents to evacuate for 5V2 hours NEW YORK An American Airlines 727 carrying 28 passengers and a crew of six from Raleigh NC made an emergency landing Saturday at the Rochester airport after one of its hydraulic systems failed The crew was forced to use a backup system to lower the landing gear NEW YORK Mayor Ed Koch said Saturday that he is seeking an ordinance to ban by-the-hour hotels and motels from residential areas of New York City He called them pure and simple" NEW YORK New York Telephone workers vowed Saturday to walk off their jobs in one week unless the company withdraws its demand that employees pay for part of their health insurance ment ETC BANGLADESH A boat with 30 people bound for a wedding sank during a rainstorm leaving 24 missing police said Saturday The storm also sank two other boats and 33 other people were reported missing ISRAEL Israeli troops shot and wounded nine Palestinians in clashes in the occupied territories on Saturday Arab hospital officials said An army spokesman confirmed two of the wounded MOZAMBIQUE Prime Minister Mario Machungo outlined the ruling new political and economic policies Saturday and said an independent economy is necessary to build socialism The outline indicated that the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique is moving away from Marxism and central planning PAKISTAN Seven Pakistanis died trying to get home in a raft after an Indian-bound ship they were riding refused to let them off in the southern port city of Karachi news reports said SPAIN A truck driver for a security company disappeared with $27 million in cash when guards in the truck got out to pick up more cash police said NORWAY Addictive blossoms found near hospital OSLO The largest illegal poppy field has been discovered near a hospital that treats drug addicts news reports said Saturday About 1000 opium-producing poppies used to make heroin and morphine were found Friday after a nurse not realizing what they were picked some to decorate a room at Gaustad Hospital the Verdens Gang daily newspaper reported Police destroyed the well-tended field SRI LANKA India withdraws 600 soldiers TRINCOMALEE India staged a token withdrawal of 600 soldiers Saturday and opened negotiations with Sri Lanka on the departure of the rest of its 45000-man force sent to quell ethnic violence President Ranasinghe Prema-dasa who had demanded the removal of last Indian by the end of July sought to portray the hastily arranged withdrawal as a victory for his govern BRITAIN Protesters stage contraceptive toss LONDON Protesters catapulted condoms over the wall of a central London prison Saturday to promote safe sex among inmates The action by a group called Act Up was a protest against the British refusal to distribute condoms and hypodermic needles in prisons to try to prevent AIDS SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT In a story last Sunday on CenTrust Chairman David Paul the Herald quoted Paul as saying The Miami Review a business and legal newspaper initiated a series of critical reports because CenT rust had foreclosed on a building owned by IRE Financial (nowBank-Atlantic) The pension fund Paul said has investments in the IRE building In the story Review editor Edward Wasserman who had been contacted late Friday was reported as saying he had no idea what Paul was talking about Wasserman says he flatly denied allegation at the time of the Herald interview A subsequent detailed check by The Herald of pension fund records of the Review's current owners Brill Media Enterprises and Warner Communications showed no investments involving IRE Wasserman said that Review Newspapers under a previous owner had pension funds invested in I but the fund had been liquidated after the Review changed hands in 1 986 two years before the newspaper wrote the stories on Paul and CenT rust Wasserman said that the writers and editors involved in the story had joined the Review under its new ownership and had never had any involvement with the old pension fund FLORIDA LOTTERY RESULTS Lotto 3-13-14-40-43-43 Friday Fantasy Five (July 28) 9-15-20-21-38 $650 for 3 of 5 $49450 for 4 of 5 3 Winners: $603335 each Cash 3 (July 29) 8-1-6 PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING The Miami Herald KNIGHT RIDDER 79th Year No 242 (USPS 344-200) The Miami Herald 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