MOSCOW MILITIA BLOCKS US FIREWORKS.

Saying that Americanofficials had failed to secure advance permission from the Moscowcity authorities, militiamen refused to allow embassy officersto set off fireworks at Moscow’s Khodynka field, Interfax reportedJuly 5. Some 3,000 people who had gathered for the July 4th festivitieshad to go home without the customary show.

Another Latvian Bank Goes Under.