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Show ft The SaU Lake Tribune, Saturday, August 25, 1973 Convoy Reaches Phnom Penh Without American Air Aid Dennis the Menace Bv Hank Ketcham Pakistan Toll Rise4' in Asia Flood Flee 30,000 ' damage to property, Leslie Murphy Reuters News Agency By this had not yet been The peak floodtide of the Indus has reached as far down river as Nawabshah, 10 miles northeast of Karachi, but though the river is rising officials rapidly at Hyderabad, there expect no major flood- PAKISTAN About 3h,000 persons were evacuated from the banks of Indus River in Pakthe RAWALPINDI, PHNOM PENH (AP)-T- be first convoy to travel from Saigon to Phnom Penh without Amencun air cover arrived here safely at nightfall Friday with a cargo of badly needed fuel for the gas rationed capital l The convoy, escorted by Cambodian air force T28 bombers and naval gunboats, met only light resistance from insurgent forces along the 60 mile stretch of the Mekong River from the seven-vesse- Vietnamese border to Phnom Penh had Previously, convoys been escorted by American warplanes, but U S bombing in Cambodia ended Aug 15 on orders of the Congress 7 Gallons a Week Shortly before the convoy arrived, gas rationing for private citizens was announced in Phnom Penh. Each person is to be limited to 7 gallons of gasoline per week The amount of supplies brought by the convoy, made up of two freighters carrying nee and sepn fuel tankers, was not disclosed One freighter was reported hit by an insurgent fired racket, but damage was slight and no one was Injured For the second successive day, government forces weie reported to have made advances in the Phnom Penh area. A relief column that had been stalled for two months broke through iO a besieged gamson at Trapeang Thnot village, field reports said raging istan s central S.nd Province Friday, but there were signs that the country s worst floods in history may soon be under control Thailand, neighbonng U S and Thai authonties announced plans for withdrawal of 3,550 U S servicemen and more than 100 planes as a first step in reducing American forces there. No date was given for the men to leave, but some sources said it could be as soon as next week of embankments to threaten the towns of Moio and Stub pur Jahama and a special BELFAST (UPI) -S- ecurity forces Friday searched for a man seen leaving an Irish Rebomb publican Army (IRA) in the suitcase a with factory belief he mignt be headed for London with bombs Two persons were critically at the injured m an explosion bomb factory shortly after the man departed A search of the debris. Domestic Opposition The U S military presence in Thailand has become a for Thai leaders problem They are faced with domestic opposition to the Americans and with the prospect of appearing warlike to neighboring Laos and Cambodia, where Communist-lefactions appear likely to gain a measure of control d At the same time, Thai leaders have stated that some U S. military presence Is essential to Thailands security. Japan Removes Export Rein By Richard Halloran New York Times Writer The Japanese TOKYO decided to regovernment move export controls Friday from 20 major items, many of which compete vigorously in the American market Officials at the finance ministry said that the restrictions, which will be lifted at the end of the month, were no longer to necessary Japan's surplus of trade with particularly the help reduce in its balance other nations, United States The cabinet decided that controls would be removed from radios, stereo sets, home appliances such as hair dryers and trucks, refrigerators, motor cars, motorcycles, lenses, still and 8 mm motion picture cameras, bicycles, time Bank Blast in Stockholm Shows Bandits Strength Reuters News Agency An explosion Friday shook a bank in the STOCKHOLM center of Stockholm where a bandit was holed up with four hostages. The muffled blast, which seemed to onlookers to be coming froin somewhere well Inside the bank, was though, to be the demonstration of strength the bandit had warned he was planning. The gunman, Robert Hansson, told police earlier ha would blow up the bank if necessary. But the blast did not appear to do any damage and no windows were shattered Hansson, who had been holding three girls and a male bank clerk hostage for 34 hours, was reported demanding a car and plane to escape with his ransom of three million kronor (nearly $750,000). A convict, who was earlier released at the bandits demand and brought to the bank, said the bandit told him, I have nothing to lose and If I have to Ill blow up the whole place. His threats were taken seriously after he fired at his brother and police, trying to talk him Into giving up. But police refused to let the gunman out of the bank where he has been barricaded since Thursday morning until he sets free his caparmed with a sub machine gun tives. The bespectacled Hansson, who Is wanted for questioning for 10 bank robberies In Sweden, was besieged by hundreds of vests after he was sursteelhelmeted policemen m bullet-proo- f in a bank holdup. prised long-haire- d Internal combustion pieces, engines and some industrial equipment The controls, which were Imposed last September, were intended to cut Japans trade surplus and the inflow of morey from abroad and thus reduce the pressure from other nations, notably the United States, for a second revaluation of the yen. The yen was revalued again, however, when it was floated in February. With the revalued yen making Japanese investment and travel abroad less expensive, a definite trend m the outflow of money has set in Finance ministry officials that export restrictions might be applied again in the said future. 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Chack with vi oftan for gam thara'II ba uina bargains many fhmgi wa'd rothar tall than mova. lt -- KM 'turnj of tte The chief admirustraLve officer oi the London 9tack Exchange and his yon seert-tur- y were injured Friday first morning by a blak, two persons to be Iwrt in a wave of bomb plantings which police believe the IRA fiaa masterminded. in 1965. Press WtrtprtolO km.-- s turned up material identical to that used tn .he M'bcmbs found in London sinew Sunday Sizable U S forces have been in Thailand since 1962 when President John F. Kennedy dispatched 4,000 U S Marines there. More troops and air units were assigned during the presidency of Lyndon B. 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