Cable Briefs

Press, 31 March 1980, Page 8

Cable Briefs

Tito report

President Tito’s doctors yesterday reported that his condition was still very grave, but his pneumonia showed signs of abating. A medical bulletin said that the 87-year-old Yugoslav leader was running a continued high temperature. President Tito is suffering from heart troubles, complete kidney failure and diabetes, as well as pneumonia. The panel of eight doctors reported four days ago that the pneumonia was showing signs of abating slowly, after the use of advanced antibiotics specially imported from the United States. — Belgrade London choked

Roads in many parts of London choked with traffic on Saturday as thousands of motorists tried to escape the impact of the underground train system’s first all-out strike since 1926. The 9000 drivers, guards, and station staff of the underground stopped work for 24 hours in protest against a spate of violence and hooliganism which culminated in a teenage gang battle at Neasden station in North'London two weeks ago. A driver and several passengers were injured in a melee of flying fists, bricks, and heavy hammers, and a train was badly damaged. — London Gandhi backed

The Iridian Prime Minister (Mrs Indira Gandhi) has won full Parliamentary support for her purge of nine Op-position-led state governments last month. She dissolved them, claiming that they were no longer representative, after winning a sweeping General Election victory in January. The move has been approved by both Houses of Parliament. — New' Delhi. Dissident held

Soviet authorities in Leningrad have detained a veteran dissident, Vladimir Borisov, and placed him in a- psychiatric hospital, his wife has said. Irina Kaplun said her husband, a 36-year-old electrician who has served a total of nine years in psychiatric detention since the early 19605, had been taken away on Saturday. Borisov was a member of the “Free Interprofessiona Association of Workers,” an unofficial trade union. Most of its members have been arrested on various charges.—Moscow. Narita protest About 3500 Leftists and farmers yesterday marched to demonstrate continuing opposition to Narita Airport, near Tokyo. The demonstration, marking the second anniversary of a violent clash at the airport’s control tower, was described by the police as “low-keyed.” About 10,000 policemen iriobilised at the rally site, a park near the airport, about 64km northeast of Tokyo.—Tokyo.