SCHILLER AND SCHUETZ ARRIVING AT EXHIBITION; STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS; VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS FROM BRITAIN, AFRICA, INDIA, PAKISTAN ETC.




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Background: WEST GERMANY'S SEVENTH INDUSTRIAL AND OVERSEAS TRADE EXHIBITION, TITLED "PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS", WAS OPENED IN BERLIN TODAY (FRIDAY) BY PROFESSOR KARL SCHILLER, FEDERAL SOCIAL ECONOMICS MINISTER. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MAYOR OF WEST BERLIN, KLAUS SCHUETZ.

AS PROFESSOR SCHILLER AND MAYOR SCHUETZ ARRIVED FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY, STUDENTS PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE EXHIBITION HALL AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATIONAL POLICIES WERE INVOLVED IN SCUFFLES WITH THE POLICE.

ALTOGETHER 53 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THE TRADE EXHIBITION, SHOWING A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. AN ANNUAL EVENT, THE BERLIN TRADE FAIR IS THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND IN EUROPE.

THIS YEAR AVIATION EXHIBITS STOLE THE LIMELIGHT, IN PARTICULAR FUTURISTIC DESIGNS IN PLASTIC OF TOMORROW'S AIRCRAFT INCLUDING A PROPOSED VERTICAL TAKE-OFF JETLINER DESIGNED BY YOUNG STUDENTS FROM BERLIN UNIVERSITY.