A transport of 194 cases containing more than five tons of penicillin, (##)accination solutions and other drugs arrived here from Israel today aboard the S.S LaGuardia. The transport was turned over by Israel Minister Arthur Lurie to Brig. Gen. R.H.R. Parmientier for immediate delivery to the United Nations command in Korea as a gift of the Israel Government.
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