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^Rock^ To Become ShrineToui'ist Spot Is Planned For CorregidorMANILA aNS — The Philippines and the United States are moving slowly to turn Corregidor, guardian rock of Manila harbor, into an interationnal shrine.U was on Corregidor that American and Filipino troops held out against the Japanese invad-I ers long enough to foil Japan’s plan to u^e the Philippines as a ; springboard to Australia, nawail and control of the Pacific Far EasLThe effort on the Rock” and Bataan before that cost more than60,000 Jives by May 6, 1942, when Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright surrendered the last 11,574 troops.Today, 1,734 • acre Corregidor boasts little but ruins* mod and dust, the bent and rusted steel frames of buildings, harbors littered with war debris and some10,000 tons nf tindetonated explosive.But there are a few startersfor making the Island a tourist spot: a light plane strip, a temporary f 0 u r-bedroom resthouse atop the highest peak, a reconstructed lighLhouse with a 30-degree view of Manila, Bataan, Cavite province and the South China Sea.Philippine TourUm Commissioner Modesto F^roUn could give no estimate on when facilities for tourists will be completed on the historic island. Main reason for the delay, be said. Is that both Washington and Man* iia are dragging their feet ob releasing money needed to carry out the program.The Philippine National Shrines Commission has been allocated a total of $150,000 by Congress for reconstruction of the cottage occupied by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur in the Malinta tunnel plus erection of a permanent resthouse.Only S20.000 has been released by the Philippine Bureau of Public Works for improving the island’s roads, airstrip and south pier.The V. S. Corregidor-Balaan Memorial Conimlsslon Is committed to build a $6 million* 35-foot-hlgb memorial on topside, the rock’s hipest point. Tentative dedication date for the memorial is January, 1961.Meanwhile, Corregidor is not closed to tourists, but difficulties ^e many. Visitors have to pack their own food and water.
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Thu, May 08, 1958
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