CABLED BRIEFS

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33804, 29 March 1975, Page 15

CABLED BRIEFS

> H /life Easter Britons prepared them/selves for a white Easter i today as more snow flurries ■ swept in from the northeast. Traditional Christmas i conditions have come to iLondon and the south-east of England, snow inches deep being reported from , some areas. The weather forecasters are expecting further snow, sleet or showers, and temperatures down to two degrees below freezing. London’s maximum temperature yesterday was two degrees — slightly lower ■ than in Moscow. — London, , March 28. Ulster atrocity Masked gunmen, thought ’to be members of the ProI visional wing of the 1.R.A., I shot one man in both knee leaps and another in a leg — | ias ‘‘a disciplinary measure.’/ Ithey said — when they j burst into a public house in the predominantly Romani Catholic village Of Claudy,! ’north-west of Belfast last/ night. — Belfast, March 28. j Concorde decision Britain and' France have: 'formally agreed to put the! ! supersonic Concorde airliner! into passenger service at the’ beginning of 1976. An official statement says that | 1 there will be a simultaneous; beginning to supersonic services by Air France and’ British Airwavs. — London. March 28. Americans in Vietnam I The State Department esti-i i mates that there were be-j I tween 5800 and 6000 Ameri-; leans in Vietnam when the! ’Communist offensive was! ■launched more than three! ’weeks ago. According to the! latest available figures, dat-1 ling back to last January,! there were 1400 “official”! Americans there, working! for the United States Gov-i ernment. They included 1200’ civilians. mainly United! States Embassy and Agenevi for International Devei-! opment staff, and 130 mili-' tary, mainiv in the Defence: Attache’s office. — Washing-, ton, March 28. 1