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( W.P. dies The minority position of Britain’s governing Labour (Party in the House of Commons has worsened from nine to 10 with the death of a Left-wing member, John Mendelson. Labour now has 305 members, the main Opposition Conservatives 282, the Liberal Party 13, and various regionalist parties a total of 28. — London. Menzies funeral Melbourne has i eturned to normal after the city’s largjest peace-time security operation — the funeral on Friday of Australia’s longestserving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies. Overjseas dignitaries representing about 30 nations, including the Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) and headed by Prince i Charles have left Melbourne. IA bo u t 700 mourners i crowded into Scots Church (for the State service and an i estimated 200,000 people I braved cold and rainy weather to watch the pro- ' cession from the church to i Springvale Crematorium. — I Melbourne.
Terrorist charges | Two West German women seized in a police raid on a Leftist printing shop in Stuttgart have been formally arrested on suspicion of aiding the terrorist Red Army
(Faction, the Federal proseJcutor’s office has announced. Doris Braune and Dorit Breucher, both aged 22, were taken into custody early Thursday when police i swooped down on the shop i and found a container of ' printed instructions intended I for smuggling to German !|terrorists hiding abroad, the office said. — Karlruhe. President ; The Prime Minister of Tai'(wan (Mr Chiang Ching-cuo), son of the former President. Chiang Kai-shek, has been J sworn in as President. Shieh Tung-min, a veteran 71-year-old educator and legislator, •' was sworn in as Vice-Presi-dent. — Taipei.
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