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Com tes........13B' Obituaries .. 14A Dear Abby .. 13B Peopletalk ... 2A Editorial ....4A SporU ..........7-9B Family . 10-llA Israel and Egypt » ' report progress CAraO, EGYPT (UPI) - Israelis the sharp exchanges which marked ’The spokesmen said the formal and Egyptians in an unprecedented the first session last week. conference Itself will be adjourned joint briefing today reported ’The sources said the conference is until Wednesday at 11 a.m. (4 a.m. progress in their Cairo peace con­ in a state of "suspended animation” EST). ference but two major differences pending the forthcoming summit Israeli spokesman Dan Pattir said emerged over Prime Minister talks in Egypt between Sadat and the Israeli delegation will make “a Menahem Begin’s plan for the West Begin. special visit Tuesday to the birthplace of President Sadat” — the Bank. Diplomatic sources said two im­ Nile Delta village of Mit Abul Kom, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat portant differences have surfaced Idter received a message from Presi­ between Egypt and Israel over north of Cairo. dent Carter which Cairo diplomats Begin’s plan for the future of the Both spokesmen, agreeing with each other on every point, said there believed contained the details of Israeli-occupi^. West Bank of the Begin’s most recent peace proposals, Jordan. had been no sharp exchanges during the second session. Conference which the Israeli leader conveyed to The officials said Carter sent a list sources reported such exchanges in Carter in Washington over the of points from Begin’s proposals the first full meeting last Thursday, weekend. presented in Washington, and Sadat but both sides have been in touch 9 Sadat received the message took strong exception to the plan on through U.S. Ambassador Hermann two points; with their governments since then. F. Eilts, the semi-official Middle — Sadat was strongly opposed to a Egyptian sources said President East News Agency said, and then left continued Israeli military presence Sadat had ordered his delegation to for Ismailia on the Suez Canal, where on the West Bank, which the Begin keep up the momentum of the con­ he will meet with Begin in the second plan, as unveiled in Washington, im­ ference until he could meet with Prime Minister Menahem Begin, and Israeli-Egyptian summit since plied.. “Benji” Stellmacher, the singing bus driver, wears a lady passenger’s bright red hat as he Sadat’s milestone visit to Israel a — Sadat also insisted that the West Pattir said the Israeli delegation has received new instructions from the month ago. Bank entity, whatever it would be leads the holiday decorated busload of people in a Christmas carol. The bus was the usual The Cairo conference held its se­ called, must have a large measure of foreign ministry in Jerusalem. late afternoon express run from Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford to Manchester depot. Sadat and Begin were expected to cond formal plenary session this sovereignty over its own territory (Herald photo by Dunn) morning, lasting SO minutes, with the and must have, as a minimum, the meet in the Suez Canal city of Egyptian, Israeli, American and symbols of nationhood, such as a flag Ismailia "no sooner than Thursday United Nations present. It then and a national name. and no later than next Monday,” recessed for 48 hours. ’These were not mentioned in the sources at the conference said. In a historic joint briefing by the six principles listed by Begin in a The Egyptian spokesman, Morsi Saad El-Din, said the parley is Bus driver returns Israeli and Egyptian 'delegation television interview after his talks awaiting the Sadat-Begln summit spokesmen, both sides reported that with Carter Friday and Saturday. which, he said, "will accelerate and progress had been made by a three- In the briefing after today’s con­ man working committee on setting ference session the Egyptian and give more momentum to the Cairo up an agenda for the conference. Israeli spokesmen said a legal com­ meeting.” for holiday carols However, according to Egyptian mittee reported on its work in trying He said progress is being made on all fronts, but conference sources spokesman Mursi Saad ei-Din, to agree on an agenda for the full con­ The song books that were printed “hoodlum.” said the remaining problems repre­ By JUNE TOMPKINS "Some differences remain to be ference “I smoked pot, I drank, and I even sent a considerable difference by the Connecticut Transit were resolved.’’ , ’The spokesmen said the agenda Herald Reporter passed out to everyone on the bus and robbed,” he said. The mood of the meeting was group had not yet agreed on the sub­ between the two sides. He hadn’t known much of a home Today’s session got under way in A man and his conversion are part all during the run, the 24-year-old described by sources who had been at jects to be discuss^ and the three- man with a voice that needed no life as a child, he said. Although his the mirrored conference of the Mena of a Christmas story that takes place the closed door conference as cordial man committee will meet again on a Connecticut Transit bus. amplifier called out the songs, led mother was alive, his grandmother and smooth, and there were none of "uesday night. House hotel but the delegates had lit­ them, and interjected his lively com­ brought him up in Hartford. tle to discuss before Sadat and Begin When the daily express bus left Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford ments in between. A victim of asthma attacks, he had hold their second summit. The first As some left the bus, he kissed a severe one once which prompted came when Sadat visited Jerusalem for Manchester depot last Friday, them. To others, he’d say, “Keep one of his sisters and the pastor of last month. the passengers, the driver, Alfreda smilin’. Show all 36 of ’em and keep her church to hold special prayers for GM pays benefits In Saudi Arabia, the state-owned Jones, and the bus were the same, but there was a holiday look, and a your dentist happy.” him. Riyadh radio said the latest Israeli “I was cured,” Benji says. He said proposals — which call for eventual holiday sound. Bus riders were heard to comment, E Jingle bells attached to moving “Far out!” “I wish we could do this his pastor tried to get him to change self-rule but not a Palestinian more often, maybe sing patriotic his ways and come to church. “On in engine switch homeland on the West Bank — were windshield wipers told the regular riders that that was the Christmas songs,” "I wouldn’t have missed this New Year’s Eve seven years ago, I insufficient. for anything,” “Good fun,” “Sure made up my mind to live differently, “As long as Israeli occupation of Express to which they had been in­ HARTFORD (UPI) - More than Ajeilo said the warranty is worth vited. puts you in the Christmas spirit.” and I gave my life to Christ,” he said. 1,300 Connecticut residents will share about f200. Arab territory and Jerusalem con­ How come Benji wanted to return He’s a member of St. John’s Full tinues, there is no room for op­ And invited they were, by their about 1600,000 in cash and warranty He said Connecticut will also to his Manchester friends when he's Gospel Deliverance Temple in Hart­ timism,” the broadcast said. former bus driver, Benjamin benefits from General. Motors wUch receive about 97,000 to cover legal no longer their bus driver? ford. In Damascus, Syrian Foreign Stellmacher, known affectionately put Chevrolet engines in higher- expenses in working on the case. “I love all these people,” he said. Since then, Benji has brought song, Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam said by his passengers as Benji, the priced 1677 cars. Attorney General “The terms of the settlement will singing bus driver. “ They know how to spread sunshine and friendliness to all those apply to purchasers who have those who think Sadat can find peace Carl Ajello said today. By prearrangement with a sunshine.” with whom he comes in contact. ’The settlement was negotiated on a previously sold their cars, even those with Israel "are suffering from When Benji began his Manchester He would like to be an actor. delusion” and the state-controlled Travelers employee and former nationwide basis and affects ap­ persons who previously accepted Hartford-Manchester rider, flyers bus run last year, something He will host another Christmas proximately 93,000 people vdio before GM’s eight-cent car exchange offer radio said Begin’s latest peace plan happened. Passengers who had had Express Thursday when Gov. Ella “retains Israeli occupation of Arab were made up and given out to all April 11 bought 1977 Oldsmobiles, in May,” he said. those who would ride the bus that only nodding acquaintances with Grasso and New Britqin’s mayor ride Buicks and Pohtiacs equipped with territory ... and ignores the rights of each other became first-name his bus from Hartford to New Bri- The settlement does not stop in­ the Palestinians.” day. Chevrolet V-8 engines. friends. It was Benji who made a tian. dividual owners from pursuing their' In Saudi Arabia, the state-owned Benji, who had driven the bus for family group out of an assortment of Passengers have called and own court case against GM, Ajello Riyadh Radio said the latest Israeli several months last year on the Each buyer will get a $200 cash re­ strangers.