THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 19487
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
LIQUID GOLD IN TURKEY—The first well drilled in the Raman aren, Diyarbakir, Turkey, spuris petroleum while President Ismet Inonu (centre, wearing cap and military boots), other Turkish officials and American allmen, who sank the well, look on. Twenty wells are being drilled in semi-desert territory near the strategic road from Iskenderum to the eastern frontier.
THIS WAS A HOUSE-A crowd gathers at the gaping cavity that was the site of a farmhouse in Champaign, Illinois. Strewn wreckage hangs from the trees and clutters the surrounding area after a tornado tore the structure from its foundation. A woman was sent to hospital after being blown from the house with her
two-year-old son, who escaped injury.
AN OLD LATIN CUSTOM-Officials applaud as President Juan Peron of Argentina, right, and the Count of Montrico, Spanish Ambassador to the Argentine, embrace after signing a four-year trado agreement. The signing took place in Buenos Aires.
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CHAPEL ON WHEELS-The Rev. J. J. Hyland of Philadelphia points out the features of a modern 'mobile church in the form of a trailer chapel. "The Madonna of the Highways" was on display in New York.
IN COMMAND-Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, has his hands full these days in his ever increasing role as a grandfather and baby sitter in San Diego. A few weeks ago his daughter, Mrs Catherine Lay, presented the U.S. Navy's former Commander-in-Chief with a double problem--twins. That's Robert Freeman on the left, and Chester Nimitz Lay on the right. The twins" older brother, James Thomas Lay, Jr., is perched on the arm of the chair.
NAVY'S LATEST-Helicopters soar over the naval air station at Lakehurst, New Jersey following commissioning ceremonies of two helicopter squadrons. The squadrons will form the basis of the U.S. Navy's new programme at
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A GIFT FOR EGYPT'S KING-Joseph Azzogbi of Bethlehem puts the finishing touches on a mother-of-pearl replica of the Mosque of Omur. The model, which took two years to make, is to be presented by the Moslems of Palestina to King-- Farouk of Egypt for his personal and financial 'assistance in the restoration of the Mosque.
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