Cable Briefs
Defence prepared Two American reporter: , have consulted a Soviet law specialist and their home I offices to prepare for ar | appearance in a Moscow (court to answer libel , charges. At the same time I (diplomatic sources said that :i American officials had conilsidered retaliatory measures | against Soviet journalists in (the United States. Craij Whitney, of the “New YorS , Times,” and Harold Piper, ol the “Baltimore Sun” have been ordered lo appear ai the Moscow City Court tc file written responses to the charges, make any legal motions, and present lists ol defence witnesses thej might want to call for their trial, which opeupon'July 7, —Moscow. Memphis fires The Mayor of Memphis (Mr Wyeth Chandler) has declared a civil emergency and announced a curfew after a night in which mor* than 200 fires — most believed to be arson — raged through the city during a firefighters’ strike. Mr Chandler took the action after National Guardsmen and city fire administrators fought unsuccessfully through the night to keep up with the fires. The police -said three striking firemen (had been arrested. Two had been charged with arson and a third was arrested when ;he was stopped for carrying (a container of petrol in his (car. — Memphis. Secretary resigns A crisis in India’s ruling , Janata Party worsened when its general secretary (Mr Rabi Ray) resigned from it in support of the ousted Home Minister (Mr Charan Singh). Mr Ray said he believed that Janata leaders like Mr Singh, who had fought against the regime ot the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, were being “eased out one by one.” — New Delhi. Tunnel toll rises The death toll from a methane gas explosion in an irrigation tunnel near the northern Japanese city o( .Yamagata last Wednesday (has risen to eight with the recovery of three more bodies. The police said that another worker was still believed trapped by rocks about 1400 metres inside the tunnel, which was being built to bring water to nearby farms. — Yamagata.
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