Cable Briefs

Press, 14 August 1978, Page 8

Cable Briefs

Iran riots Iran’s second-largest city of Isfahan was in the grip of martial law at the week-end after riots which the Government said threatened to engulf the whole city. Martial law was imposed on Friday night on the city of nearly one million people, an important industrial and tourist centre 320 km south of Teheran, after anti-Shah rioting on Thursday, in which four people were shot dead and more than 60 injured. — Teheran. Phone ruling An appeal court has ruled that criminal investigators have the right to obtain the records of newsmen’s longdistance telephone calls in the United States without requiring the phone company to alert them beforehand of the subpoenas. The United State j Circuit Court of Appeals for the district of Columbia ruled 2-1 against the Dow Jones Publishing Company, the Knight Newspaper Chain, and 12 reporters who challenged the right of United States Government authorities to subpoena phone company records without prior notice. — Washington. Detention move The South African Government has imposed new detention orders on black detainees due to be released, newspapers have reported. The new orders empower the Government to hold the detainees, mainly members of banned black-con-sciousness movements, without trial until July 12, next year. A spokesman for the Police and Justice Minister (Mr James Kruger) declined to comment on the reports. — Johannesburg. N.A.T.O. posting United States Vice-Admi-ral Harry Train has been appointed Supreme Allied Commander for the Atlantic, N.A.T.O. headquarters has announced. Vice-Admiral Train, who will be promoted to Admiral upon taking up his post on October 1, is succeeding retiring Admiral Isaac Kidd. He is now] serving as commander of the; United States Sixth Fleet ini the Mediterranean. — Brussels.

Major abducted A former British Army I officer, Thomas Wig(glesworth, aged 61, has been i abducted by black nationalist guerrillas and marched j across the border to MozamI bique, the Rhodesian military has reported. Major I Wigglesworth, who retired ( initially to South Africa and settled in the picturesque (Odzani districts some three years ago, is the fourth ’ white abducted by guerrillas i this year. As far as is I known, none has been heard (of since, although military I sources say some are j thought to be held at guerrilla bases in Mozambique. I— Salisbury.