A Jewish woman from Vilna arrived here today with her 18-month-old son who is suffering from a blood ailment which Soviet doctors have said was incurable. Mrs. Bella Tzerulmikoff left the Soviet Union on a six month visa after she persuaded Soviet authorities that a cure might he found in Israel. The child has been admitted to the Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah. The same plane from Vienna brought Jewish immigrants from Riga, Vilna, Tashkent, Georgia, Moldavia and Kovno.
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