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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 73

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to Leave Protest Sent By Argentina BedinlODays TOKYO UPI) Premier Nobunuke KUhl, Mnhlxsl tx tlmca by a former member of the dreaded World War HAVANA (UPI) Argcn-Una note to Cuba urging her to "condemn communlit thrpnts" to Interfere In the weilern hemisphere will teat whether the Monroe Doctrine TUB DAILY OKLAHOMA 30 Friday. July 15, I960 Asylum Blaze List of Dead Reaches 225 GUATEMALA CITY, Gua-temnla (UPI)-A flnsh fire swept through on overcrowded insane asylum enrly Thursday killing or injuring more than 500 Inmates, many of whom were trapped helplessly in straltjackets. The casualty list put the death toll at 225, including II ninck Dragon Society, in expected to he hospitalized for nt least 10 days. dK-ton nt Mned( Hospital snld Friday, A spokesman for the public safety director's oflleo Identified Klshl's nssnllnnt Idea enn operate without Culm, Informed sources said nt Liberal Democratic Party celebration Friday ns Talsuke Armnkl, f5, a mem. ber of the ultrn-niitlonnllst Gonyo-shn, a branch of the JHayMo Ik.da Electrical Storms Spark Forest Fires Black Dragon Society, dur i(o women ana 30 men.

At least 300 were injured. The Thursday, Diplomatic sources said thnt they expected the Cuban foreign ministry to reject the request which put Argentina on the sldo of the United States against Russia's threat to use rockets If necessary to protect Cuba from U.S. "agression." No foreign ministry official would comment on the note except to confirm Its delivery by Argentine Ambassador Julio Amadeo Thursday afternoon. ing the war. Klshl was knifed rcpent- MISSOULA.

Mont. (UPI) institution, part of the gov ernment-operated Guatema Widespread cleotrl la City General Hospital, nousca i.buu patients cnl storms sparked new forest fires and man touched edly In the left thigh nt a celebration hailing the choice of Hnyato Ikeda, trndc and Industry minister, as the new standard bearer for Klshl's party when Hie premier steps down shortly. off another Wednesday the dnngerously dry forests Several hours after the smoke had cleared after the pre-dawn disaster firemen were still searching the debris for victims and counting Although Klshl's wounds of western Montana, north em Idnho and eastern Wash Ington. Forest service region headquarters here said ii me injured at nearby hos pitals. 50 Children Saved were numerous, Klshl himself said immediately following the attack, that hp didn't believe he was badly injured.

All of the 50 children in its report for Wednesday that 49 smokejumpers were sent to 18 fires In the 1G the asylum were saved Arnmnkl was arrested im Three firemen and a po mediately after the attack. forests of the region. liceman barely escaped asphyxiation in the double battle against the roaring PROTESTING AISTRACT ARTISTS, Ernst ReininaW In DMi A. S.Zr.f.S flames and frantic patients Dortmund, Germany, artist hurls paint at large canras stract artUts produce their pictures with the same method. 3 I They managed to pull to safety 50 patients from the burning surgery ward.

But after the rescue a wall caved in on them. Two other fire Italian Premier Leader of Doomsday Cult Admits He Made Mistake OLD PASSIONED EiBAEBaiN DATS Chile Turning To Rebuilding men dragged therri out from under it. To Resign Post ATOP MONT BLANC, It Sheepishly, he read his own aly (UPI) The sun burst Police said the fire started about 2 a.m. CST in a sewing room where one of the less seriously ill patients may (New York Herald Trlburw Service) gloriously through clouds "All here in front of me 1 NOTICE! 1 WE SELL BARGAINS ROME Italian Premier over this famed peak Thurs have left a candle burning, Fernando Tambroni who know that one can make mistake. We made a mis day and all was right with heads Italy's 20th postwar the world unfortunately take.

But our faith has not fallen. We are not bound to lor some fanatics en cabinet, pledged himself Thursday to resign as soon The blaze swept through the seven big wards of the one story building so fast that firemen and police could not keep up with the any material aims but to God." as a new pro-Western gov camped here. They had expected the angel Gabriel. Precisely at 2:45 p.m., women screamed and a Ty- ernment is ready to take He said later that if the over. world down the mountain ac volean in leather shorts be He announced his intention a crowded chamber of cepts him and his followers gan blowing a bugle repre deputies on the third day of sentmg the trumpet of doom.

flames. 31 Women Die In one ward for the incurably insane, 31 women died in their sleep. Seven hundred of the rescued inmates were immediately put under sedation to SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS REG. 4.95 TO 9.95 I $2" TO $5" remarkably calm debate At 2:46 p.m., the screaming and bugling ceased and the back, "we will come home." But not for a while yet. Just in case his calculations were only slightly off, Bianca said he plans to SANTIAGO, Chile President Jorge Alessandri estimates the earthquakes and tidal waves that smote the 10 southern provinces of Chile did half a billion dollars worth of damage.

Government officials have described the quakes as one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. The death toll, calculated at around 4,000, is considered light, considering the extent of property damage. Aid has poured in from every country in the world. In an overwhelming display of compassion and solidarity, scores of nations volunteered food, technical aid and money. From the United States on Italy's recent two weeks of communist rioting, leader of the doomsday cult Tambroni, who only took HUSKY LUXURIENT POTHOS (DEVIL'S IVY) in giant 3" pots admitted, "we made a mis take." spend another 30 to 40 days quiet them.

It was feared office last spring, said that he hoped an agreement would be reached on his that some inmates had es The leader, Dr. Elio Bian- caped in the initial panic ca, a pediatrician from Mi in his mountaintop refuge, waiting. Book Publication Appears With Film lan, had rounded up his fol success or "as soon as pos sible" and added: REG. $4.25 TO $5.95 I Dress Shirts lowers and taken them to a We are prepared to cede chalet high on Mont Blanc to await what he said was $1 HOLLYWOOD (UPI) to others the hard fulfill ment of the executive pow ers." FOR ONLY the end of the world. On this day, according to $099 His action was triggered Bianca, "someone" was to by the recent communist singly 29c each came a government donation explode a "mercury bomb' riots, which shook the coun $20 million, unsoucht which would tilt the earth after the fire.

Emergency medical units set up by Red Cross and service clubs to care for the survivors were under police protection to keep the inmates under control. The authorities praised the efforts of doctors, nurses and nuns for their valiant attempts to fight both the flames and the terror of trie-helpless patients. Doctors, nurses and attendants, who sleep outside the wards as a security measure, were unharmed. Some Trapped Only a skeleton night shift try while they lasted. The credits from the Export-Im 45 degrees off its axis.

Con sudden communist threat port Bank, and more than $5 Keyed to the national release by' Paramount of the suspense drama "Chance Meeting," Avon Books has published a soft-cover novel under the same title. The special movie edition carries full cast and credit information as a reprint of Leigh Howard's "Blind Date," upon which the film is based. Shop Kress today, tomorrow and every day for "OLD FASHIONED" BARGAINS tinents would be flooded and only 7,000 people perched on million in private donations. caused Italy's disunited mid dle-of-the-road parties tc But, says President Ales Mont Blanc and on Mount close their ranks and precipitated the current move to Everest would survive build "a new world." MEN'S SUMMER 1 SUITS REG. $55.00 TO $79.50 sandri, Chile must knuckle down and do its own job of rehabilitating the stricken areas.

form a sounder government It was not known whether than Tambroni s. anyone was waiting or The special vulnerability Mount Everest. Bianca mus of the Tambroni regime has tered only 110 persons here, been its dependence on the augmented Thursday morn DAVIS IRION votes of 24 neo-fascist dep DOWNTOWN uties for its dangerously ing by a band of 20 gypsies, four men, four women and slim majority in parliament, DACRON AND WOOL 12 children. Its acceptance of neo-fascist Bianca, who called him OLD FASHIONED f-a BARGAIN DATS mm SLACKS support has been a prime target of communist attacks. The next government, as it is projected, is slated, like $1075 1 sell the emman" of the cult, faced the music bravely.

His spokesman had hinted last Saturday that perhaps he was a year or two 15.75 I Mm Tambroni's, to be a Christian Democratic regime. off in his calculations. It has been the possibility of creating a more stable As the "magic moment' apprached, the sun began peeping through the clouds over the mountain. SHORT SLEEVE KNIT SHIRTS Ee $000 government of this type under the impact of the communist riots which let to Wednesday's abrupt decision by the Christian Demo Someone in a crowd out side the barricaded chalet of 4.95-M.95 cratic leadership to dump the doomsdayers began a rocket- style countdown: iamorom. was on duty when the hysterical screams of some of the patients spread the alarm.

It was fully half an hour before the fire was located and rescue crews arrived on the scene. It took 150 firemen with four trucks and 100 police two hours to bring the flames under control. Doctors and male nurses rushed into the wooden-roofed building to rescue those i the special compartments for the more seriously disturbed. They were unable to reach any of those in isolation. Frantically they tried to calm the patients, pushing some of them, for their own protection, into strait jackets.

Many of the patients died resisiting the rescue attempts of doctors, nurses, firemen and nuns. Some patients, who had been put to bed under restraint in strait-jackets and under restraining sheets were trapped and died. Hospital Jammed Firemen hacked holes in the brick and cement walls, saving hundreds of half asphyxiated patients. Many of the bodies were found under beds or piled up in clusters where they huddled together for protection. Not even the cries of the Five, four, three, two, Ladies one.

Spray Pilot Killed BAKRSFIELD, Calif. The bugle blared and (UPI) William B. Fields, GOODS women shrieked. The sun shone. Nothing happened.

Lome on out, emman," I TOO! 36, Wichita, was killed when his crop dusting plane crashed while he was spraying a cotton field at Arvin southeast of here. the crowd roared. He came out, escorted by two Italian oolicemen. DRESSES REGULAR $15.95 to SI 7.91 no s15 $19.98 $25.95 REGULAR $25.95 to $35.95 MmMm AUTOMATIC i COFFEE MAKER other patients had led them to try to escape. Before the rescue operations were completely underway the flames had spread to the street.

Automatic brew selector Like We Said-WE SELL BARGAINS Brews 3 to 10 cups Drip proof spout Safety grip handle Easy to clean LIMITED TIME ONLY The institution is part of the general hospital of Guatemala City. Its director. mmmm $1577 50e Weak rest No Carrying Charge Jose A. Campos, had been No Money Down no interest JEWELERS FREE STATEWIDE DELIVERY BOTH STORES OPEN NIGHTS 9 complaining for months that the asylum was overcrowded. The seriously injured were rushed by bus and every other means of conveyance to the nearby general hospital, already jammed with 3,000 patients.

25 N. Robinson I Next Cawcr TMifn CI 94344 304 W. Mota 03 M.W. 41SN.Mr.

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