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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1954
Page
6
An undeveloped Siamese twin separated from a newborn male died about 12 hours after an emergency operation at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. Hospital spokesman Dr. William A. Kozma said autopsy was planned to determine the death cause, as the hospital reported the infant weighed 15 ounces at birth.
Relief supplies from Holland Sweden and Switzerland pour into central Europe to aid thousands of homes in Austria Germany and Czechoslovakia as the Danube and its tributaries flood. Rescue workers restore access to submerged towns while 3000 American soldiers assist recovery efforts. Prague and Budapest report evacuations and nine deaths in East Germany. Thousands remain homeless in Passau and other flooded districts as waters rise.
London reports that American and British diplomats drafted a four power plan to grant West Germany near independence this year while keeping sovereignty on military matters outside any European Defense Community. The plan, prepared after talks at the Foreign Office, would have the federal republic govern most affairs if France ratifies EDC. Paris privately resists, fearing it could hinder parliamentary approval for EDC. The final proposals await acceptance by the United States, Britain, and France before presentation to Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and other NATO allies.
Buckingham Palace kept its silence on a New York newspaper claim that Queen Elizabeth II is expecting her third child. Court sources said they know the report is unfounded and noted the queen has not canceled future engagements, which would suggest a pregnancy.
Japan Kyodo says Indonesia Navy captured the 58 ton No. 3 Abu Maru fishing boat near Morotai Island. Two crewmen were reportedly taken aboard an Indonesian craft after the vessel went missing off New Guinea on May 28.
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