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Press, 24 September 1988, Page 10

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Duchess arrives A trim and relaxed Duchess of York arrived in Sydney yesterday to prepare for the start of her first official tour of Australia. — Sydney. Troops offer The Soviet ambassador hinted that re-basing U.S. troops from the Philippines to Guam might be enough for Moscow to withdraw from Vietnam. “We are taking about the elimination of U.S. military bases in the Philippines,” Oleg Sokolov told a news conference. — Manila.

Cathedral attack An apparently deranged man stormed naked into St Patrick’s Cathedral, killed a church usher and seriously injured a policeman before being shot dead by another policeman. Twelve hours earlier he had confronted Cardinal John O’Connor at morning Mass, but left without incident. — New York. Talks begin The Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, opened talks with the United States Secretary of State, George

Shultz, saying he believed they could make progress on arms control. — Washington. World firsts Australian women will set world firsts by leading two of Australia’s four Antarctic research stations next year, the Environment Minister, Senator Graham Richardson, said. A Victorian, Diana Patterson, and a Western Australian, Alison Clifton, would be the first women in the world to take charge of permanent Antarctic bases.—Canberra.