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Friday, September 14, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Israel Claims Victory In Mid-East Dogfight
TEL. AIVV (AP)-Israel and Syrian warplanes wheeled over Syria's Mediterranean coastline yesterday in two dogfights that marked the biggest Middle East aerial battle since the 1967 six-day war.
The Israeli air force said it shot down 13 Syrian MG21 fighters and lost one of its French-built Mirages but rescued the pilot. Syria's Mirages down five of the aircraft lost eight MG21 fighters.
Brig. Gen. Binyamun Peled, the Israeli air force chief, said 12 Israeli Mirages and Phantoms "were on a routine sea patrol" about 180 miles north of Israel's northern port of Haifa when they were intercepted by a dozen Syrian MIG21 aircraft.
Syria claimed that the Israeli jets penetrated its airspace near Tartous, on the Mediterranean coast.
"We were over international waters when the battle ensued." Peeled said.
The Israelis said they shot down nine MIGs and suffered their one loss during the attack.
About two hours later, the Israeli said, their planes shot down four more Syrian MIGs while a helicopter was rescuing the pilots from the battlefield. The bellcropper also a rescue a Syrian pilot.
The Syrian was reported in good condition. The Israelis did not say what they
The downed Israel pilot, a burly man who appeared to be in his late 20s, appeared at a news conference still dressed in his flight suit. He was also the one captured relaxed. His name was not released.
"The battle was short. Then we were ordered to break contact and go home," he
"About 10 miles south of the spot of engagement, I was hit. I had to shut down the engine and after gliding for some time I finally ditched.
"I ejected about 10,000 feet and everything went well. Then I waited to be resued. I was sure all the time they would come to get me out," he said.
"I didn't feel much during the ejection. It all happened so fast."
The pilot said he didn't see the plane that hit him.
He evaluated the Syrian fighting performance as 'low', and the statistics show that his team has not won any victories.
Mourners...
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he said, and later the struggle would be similar to Vietnam.
Vera said he had no plans to return to Chile.
"It is hard for me to make a decision to serve the violent, the ruthless, the oppressor," he said, referring to the military government now in control of the country.
The battle gave the Israelis their biggest number of kills since they destroyed 387 Arab planes, most of them still on the ground, in one day of the 1967 six-day war. In the last major clash between Israel and Syria, on Jan. 8, the Israelis claimed to have downed six MIG21s in day-long air and ground fighting.
THE KU SAILING CLUB will sponsor its Full Regatta tonight and tomorrow. Clubs from Kansas State University, Iowa State, Ohio State and Wisconsin will compete. Wisconsin at Oshkosh and Milligan College will be competing. Registration for the event will be at 7 p.m. tonight at Westhills apartments club house. The races will begin on Monday at the Perry Yacht Club at Lake Perry.
HILLEL will hold a pre-game fox and baglunch tomorrow at the Lawrence Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Road, Joliet, IL 60425 and the branch will immediately follow.
THE KANASSA ASSOCIATED PRESS BROADCASTER ASSOCIATION will hold a seminar at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the International Room of the Kansas Union. John Masterman, Pulitzer Prize winning broadcaster, will address the group.
AN EMERGENCY FIRST AID ROOM will be open Saturday in Memorial Stadium for the first KU football game of the season. The new facility, staffed by a physician and nurses, will contain special equipment for coronary care.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH is offering a free Sunday bus service for KU students and Lawrence residents to its 11 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. at Pochantas Circle and then proceed to Massachusetts St., 9th St., Indiana St., the Kansas Union, Chi Omega fountain, the Daisy Hill residence halls, the University of Chicago campus and return on the same route after the service.
THE LAWRENCE BAHA'I COMMUNITY will celebrate World Peace Day at p.m. Sunday in Edgewood Park. A pot luck event will follow a brief reading of Baba'I writings.
VOLUNTEER CLEARING HOUSE will sponsor a workshop for people interested in
The meeting will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Parlor A of the Kansas Union.
Trek—a strange name, but a great shoe. Made by Clarks of England. For getting around the campus in comfort try a pair of Treks.In brown leather or sand suede
Drought Forces Tribesmen Seeking Refuge to Nairobi
NAIROBI, (AFF)—Red-cloaked, spear-carrying Masai herdmen have brought more than 15,000 head of cattle into the immediate vicinity of Nairobi to escape a drought that has hit their tribal grazing area to the south. It was reported Monday.
special authority to cross Nairobi National Park, where lions, leopards and cheetahs
The Masa plain they left has dried up. The rivers and pools are waterless and reserves from last April's long rains have gone brackish.
They have based themselves around the only available water source, a dam less than five miles from the city, and are causing traffic jams every day.
To get here, the herdsmen received
Nairobi slaughterhouses have offered to buy surplus cattle from them, but they have refused to sell because their herds are their capital as well as visible proof of wealth.
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