Cable Briefs

Press, 5 August 1978, Page 6

Cable Briefs

Cease-fire order

; The commander of Israeli-! ; backed Christian militias in (south Lebanon has ordered: ’his men to stop shooting at i regular Lebanese forces sentj |to restore Government sov-[ iereignty, Israeli military; [sources at the border have; ’said. The commander, Major! ;Saad Haddad, issued the! icommand after the Rightist! [militias had fired sporad-l iically for several days at the! [7OO-strong forces, the Isources in Metullah, on the ’lsrael-Lebanon border, said. [The military sources said militia leaders and the commanders of the Lebanese force would continue talks on a compromise. — Metullah 10 die in flood At least ten people died* on Thursday when rivers in the central Texas hill coup-1 try, swollen by 80cm of rain ’, in the last two days, burst;: their banks. Officials said; the death toll could reach 15 and residents of some communities had been advised to' leave their homes. The flood waters covered the grave of President. Lyndon Johnson, who is buried on his ranch just a few metres from the Pedernales River. — San ; Antonio.

Boeing crashes All 64 people aboard a Chilean Boeing 707 airliner scrambled to safety as the plane burst into flames after making a crash landing late Thursday night, airport sources have said. The plane came down in a wooded area about skm from Ezeiza Airport just before midnight. The aircraft’s tail was on fire as the passengers and crew escaped down emergency chutes. Hospital sources said 22 people aboard the plane were hurt, but only two suffered broken bones and the remainder had minor injuries. — Buenos Aires. P.M. cleared

A charge of illegal fishing brought against the Australian Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) has been dismissed in a Darwin Magistrate’s Court. The Magistrate (Mr Tom Pauling) found that the' case against the Prime Minister had been properly brought and he also found the offence proved. But he dismissed the charge without conviction because of the circumstances surrounding the case. Mr Fraser did not know he had committed an offence by fishing in a parks and wildlife reserve, and he had been invited on the fishing expedition to the Dreaming Waters lagoon in the Northern Territory by traditional aboriginal owners and the Aboriginal chairman of the Northern Land Council. — Darwin. Cheap fare

The Australian Government has received a submission for establishment of an Australian air-charter company offering a SAust6oo return air fare to London. A spokesman for the Transport Minister (Mr Peter Nixon); said the submission had; been received from Air; Kangaroo of Melbourne. —; Canberra.