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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1952
Page
2
Buenos Aires reports Eva Peron rallies amid persistent gloom as doctors’ bulletins do not dispel belief she is sinking after eight months of illness. President Peron stays at her side as crowds pray and radio stations interrupt programming with updates.
A two car crash at Oregon Avenue and Cowles Street left four injured, with one in critical condition. Alfred Ancheta, 60, suffered chest injuries and a punctured lung. Freeman Mason, 43, had a broken jaw and cheekbone fracture. Ancheta's daughter Helen, 19, and Mason's wife Lela, 43, also sustained serious injuries. Police report Ancheta’s car struck a telephone pole after the impact.
A mammoth open air mass is planned for tomorrow in Plaza de Ya Republica in Buenos Aires. The event will draw crowds from the city and suburbs, with the heart of the capital expected to host worshippers.
Tehran reports say troops and police crushed pro Mossadegh demonstrations backing ex Premier Mossadegh as Ayatollah Kashani urged service disobedience. Seven bayonets reported, 200 injured and 500 arrested nationwide amid oil nationalization tensions with Britain. United States envoy Henderson met Premier Qavam to discuss the crisis.
The Courier, a seagoing Voice of America relay ship, sails from New York to Rhodes to relay broadcasts behind the Iron Curtain. Dr Wilson Compton notes the move expands information reach, following Munich station openings. The ship underwent six week tests with medium and shortwave transmitters heard across the Caribbean and as far as Europe and New Zealand.
The British cruiser Sheffield will reach San Francisco on Monday for a goodwill visit. Flying the flag of Vice Admiral Sir Andrewes, she will make an official call at U S Sixth Army headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco.
West Berlin police reported 10 German youths from their sector were picked up by Soviet Zone authorities after cycling near the zonal border and straying into Eastern territory. An eyewitness described the arrest as occurring when they crossed into the Soviet zone.
A Coast Guard cutter docked in New York with 44 survivors from the Norwegian freighter Black Gull after a blaze 65 miles east of Montauk Point. The Gripsholm and Mackinack executed a swift rescue. 36 crew and nine passengers were saved, four men remain missing presumed dead, with six women among the rescued.
A gasoline tanker burned violently on the East River near New York. The 185 foot wooden vessel sank after the four man crew abandoned ship. Cook Michael Lizzul is missing and assistant engineer Donald Hastings sustained second degree burns and shock. Captain Thomas Nelson reported the fire after Hastings cried out.
A passenger aboard the Grips Holm returning to Sweden witnessed a touching rescue scene when the liner helped save Black Gull crew and passengers. A crewman found his wife and child among the rescued, reunited after believing they were lost, and the moment moved all who observed.
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