I thought I saw something that said Patton had taken Palermo by July 22nd or thereabouts. Maybe a few days delay in some of the reports? Saw an article in this Times posted here about the possible delay of reports of American progress as opposed to the speed of reports of British progress.
By all accounts the 7th army got to Palermo on the 22nd. So the map on the front page today is out-dated even allowing for the typical one day lag. I guess the first U.S. units to reach Palermo didn't have any correspondents with them. Notice that the article is datelined Allied Headquarters in North Africa, so that could delay the word from the front line.