European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes August 1978 Roge o it stars and 5trihtb Russ drop slander action against 2 yank reporters flow f Moscow a a soviet judge dropped the civil slander suit against two american reporters saying the widespread publicity Given the Case made the retraction their papers refused to print judge lev Almazov said he would inform the foreign ministry that Craig Whitney of the new York times and Harold Piper of the Baltimore Sun had not attended any of the Legal proceed Ings and that he considered their behaviour disrespectful to the during earlier court a prosecutor asked that the foreign ministry remove the correspondents press in effect expelling them from the Piper told other Western reporters he doubted similar action would be taken against other correspondents too if every time a correspondent writes something that the authorities do not like be is brought into it would end up the soviet Union look i Whitney said it was important that a f met court has failed to dictate to Ameri n newspapers what they May print in the i Hope the Way this has ended will Dis i courage any attempt in future to use the sesame methods against the correspondents of any he both reporters were represented in i court As they have been at Previ on by a soviet Whitney and Piper were found guilty july 18 of slandering soviet television be cause they reported relatives of georgian do silent Oviad Gamsa Hurdia said his videotaped confession appeared to have been Gamsa Hurdia was brought to Moscow for the hearing and testified his confession was the judge ordered Whitney and Piper to retract their stories and pay court costs totalling after the reporters and their papers re fused to publish the two men were fined j73 each on 3 and were warned they faced further fines or differ ent measures if their newspapers did not publish the Almazov said he was discontinuing the Case because the the soviet com Mittee on radio and wrote him it was no longer demanding the the letter said As you Are aware the Case has been widely publicized by the soviet and Ameri can including the new York times and Baltimore the world Public has had an Opportunity to see for itself that the articles of Piper and Whitney were libellous and that Samsak Hurias confession was genuine and the supreme court of the russian federation rejected the Appeal of Alexander the soviet dissident who was sentenced a month ago to eight years at hard labor for ant soviet agita Tion and the 18 months he already has spent in prison will count against his time in the la Bor who has served More than seven years in prisons and Camps for his dissident is in poor suf Fering from an ulcer and threatened with a winning entry unique animal friendships will be judged at this years pets and plants exhibition to be held in Berlin tax and and we the a German i not new israelis insist two More West Bank settlements dedicate in Aviv api Twat morn tar Ali tha Tel Aviv a two More israeli settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan rower have been but the set tiers and israeli officials say they Are not apparently hoping to Blunt criticism that the outposts Are obstacles to Middle East the settlements Taplah and Tel a five on the Samarian 20 Miles North of Jerusalem were dedicated israeli officials and settlers said the settlements had been approved by the govern ment in previous announcements of new Settle for land poured in the 1967 Middle East War have drawn Sharp denunciations from Arab capitals and i Hope people will understand that this is not politically because the gang of 2 others to go on trial for takeover paper says Tokyo a the gang of led by Mao tse tunes Chiang China in a reputed attempt to take Power in will be put on the japanese newspaper Asahi Shimun reported Friday from the paper said the information was Given to japanese tourists by chinese authorities in it said the authorities hinted the gang would not be Given death sentences if found Swiss will sell 150 French tanks to Singapore Bernap Switzerland is to sell 150 French made tanks to Singapore in what is believe to be the first Ever tank Sale made by this Neutral a government spokesman he said the lightweight constructed in the late 1940s and each costing More than were now out of Date and no longer usable by the Swiss guilty but they did not of the gangs disgraced supporters will also be put on in Shanghai once the gangs the newspaper re the two were identified Asma teens Hui former vice chairman of the Shanghai it and Chen in addition to maos the Cane of four waa composed of vice Premier Hungwen and Lober on numerous including and expelled from the Rose to prominence in Shanghai during the 196mi cultural Revoit Sonand Tater attempted to usurp Power from chairman Hua chinese officials the report also said some supporters of the gang already have been punished by Weng a former standing com Mittee member of the Cheuang provincial revolutionary was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of treason v afghan army chief arrested for attempting coup Pakistan Al the government decided loot an herself Only As Takoj h this is not a move David we Are cause houses we rent ready t said another woman who prime minister Menai egyptian president Anwar with president Carter at 5 in an Effort 1 stalled peace begin has submitted a i Calls for jewish sett end the West Egypt Dea says Bai use declined Washington said that Barbiturate ing the past the drug enforce out said that there has crease in reported cases of i the drug in the past the Dea said it r tons of drug nations of the i the problem of Barbito for illegal use arises purchased at the White House or year to investigate Aba which Are prescribed overdoses can