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Hawkeyes Win Partly Cloudy Iowa d.feated second.plac. Michigan St.t., 5-4, Partly cloudy .. cloudy tfvoutIa hllleht. Iut­ Friday on a ninth.lnnlnll single by Jim Kothnk. tared showers norttI and ..st ~y ..... ~ Set page 4. all lowon .ast tonight. Cooler, High .....y middle ... Serving the State University of Iowa and the People of Iowa City northwest to Iow.r 60s southeast. Established in 1868 10 Ceuta Per Copy Associated Press Leased Wire and Wirephoto Iowa City, Iowa - Saturday. May 9. 19M Inner Core' Called Fire Hazard Iy JULIE NELSON all of the apartments, and the fire spread quickly from one room attachments are very hazardous." system, where electriw contacts Alit. city Editor corridors and stairwells, were con· to another so there is no place for These dwellings had octopus at· are exposed, were combustible and (FHth of a Slrlta' structed of fiber board. "This fiber inhabItants to find refuge should a tachments. were Dot locked, thereby COIlItitut­ There are at least 12 persons in board," Kilpatrick said, "burns al· fire break oul." In addition, there were make­ ing a ftre hazard, and an electric Iowa City who every day expose most as quickly as cardboard and Windows opening from these shift wiring arrangements in some hock hazard [or people who migbt themselves to extreme fire. health I well below the National Fire Pro­ apartm nlS into the stairwell eon· of the apartments, in the form of fiddle with them. and safety hazard - right in tective Association's con truction stitute further fire hatard. wires being pllced togeth r and THE THIRD noor corrIdor was their own apartments. standards." "In this situation," Kilpatrick nailed to the woodwork. "The ec· very dark and the light didn't Last week. Franklin J. Kilpat. To make mallers worse, the said, "there should be at lea t a and highest cause oC fire in the work. In addition, the stairway rick, Director of the Inspection [br e nights 01 tairs were com· quarter·inch of wired gla s in the nited Stales is make 'hilt wiring," rllilinl[ wa loose. D i vis i on of the pletely unen losed which means window frame to provide the same Kilpatrick said. (S m 0 kin g and B throoms had no ventUatklo - University Health fire could spread quickly from the type of protection that a wall matches are the first - also quite windows or mechanical. bottom to the top of the structure. Department, and I would. Otherwise. in case of fire prevalent in the e apartment!;.) Concerning egress routes (me­ vi ited six apart· "An unenclosed stairway is on the gla s ju t shatters and the There was considerable over·[us· thods of leaving the structure), ac· ments, each occu· of the worst fire hatards a fire goes through." ing in the electrical system. The cording to Kilpatrick any dwelllng pied by two per· dwelling can have ," Kilpatrick Also. pipes through the walls in circuits for the individual apart­ unit should have two unobstructed sons. The apart· emphasized. Many person have these dwellings were not properly ments were built to carry not more means of egrw, remote from ments were locat· been killed because of such a sealed, making ideal pa sages for than 15 10 20 amperes of current. each other so In cue of fire, ed above a busi· ituation, and not just from fire vermin, fire and heat. But fuses on the e circuits varied persons can scatter In two different LB. 75' ness establishment but from heat and fumes too." Only about hal! oC the needed from 20 to 30 amperes. This would directions to get out of the build· Readily Burns!! in the heart of IN ADDITION. [bere were tran· electrical ouLlets were provided, allow a larger amount of current ing. And in case one exit is gutted ,. F. J . Kilpatrick, director of the Inspection Dj.,lision of tho SUI Iowa City­ soms over the doors of each apart­ o there were many extension to flow through the wirIng - cau • by fire, another exit Ia available. Health Departmant, demonstrates how a fiber board, used in many three on the sec· ment, which are usually propped cords in use. ing it to become overheated and, ond floor and three on Ine third. open by the occupants and left LB. Iowa City dwellings as wall and ceiling board. will r ..dlly burn. "AN EXTENSION cord hould therefore, possibly et the building 65' Here's what we found . open. "This help ventilation," KII· go directly to the appliance it is on fire. Fire Hazard- -Photo by Joe Lippincott TO BEGIN with. the interiors o( patrick sold, "and it also h Ips sel'ving," Kilpatrick said. "Octopus The switch boxes for [be electrical (Continued on page 6) .tIlllIUD1IUll1nUIIIIIIIIUlKlll:t;lIm=1i!O!I;:=:r.::::;; !!IIJ 11m!~IL IIIItltllJII 1:1 ....... LB.45¢ --".o.:J:Il.c' I~ • .,. May 20 Deadline- ~nti .. Red CuBans Threaten Attack e ore res WAS III eTO (AP) - Increasing signs appeared Friday that anti-Communist Cubans plan commando-type raids and other attacks on Cuba at any time within the next 12 days. 44 Killed as • Various exile leaders have pledged they will be fighting Castro's Communist dictatorship on Mother of 2 Dies In Auto Wreck Cuban soli before May 20, that Pilot Cried: country's independence anniver· lBJ Appeals sary. Better Than Beforel Asked about this forecast, State Rams Truck Department press officer Robert J. live Been Shot Four Killed McCloskey restated the oCficlal For Reiection U.S. opposition to hit·and·run raids. FBI Say. Passenger At Traffic . THREE major action groups oC Took $50,000 Policy As High Winds " Cuban exiles, some with acUve Shortly Before Crash Of Extremism underground cells in Cuba, are Survey Site SALE! reported ready to attack. CONCORD, Calif. IA'I - An FBI Ends Six-State Tour A year ago Manuel Ray, leader analysis has determined that a Lash Midwest A 21·year-old Mt. Pleasant mo· of one of the anti·Castro groups, passenger on the airliner that ther of two was kl\1ed Instantly With Cheering Crowd pledged he would be lighting Fidel, crashed near here Thursday with Winds of hurricane force blltter­ Friday afternoon when her 1960 his former chieftain, before May explosive death to all 44 aboard ed most parts of the Midwest early hardtop rammed the rear of a Of 500,000 Georgians 20. To a secret meeting of some took out an insurance polley on Friday and late in the day nQW stopped seml·traller truck loaded himsell in excellS oC $50,000 before twisters were reported to be the with steel piling. south of Iowa INGS, ATLANTA, Ga. (A'I- Half a mil· axile leaders in Miami this week, the night from Reno, Nev., then cause of at least four deaths. City. lion Georgians poured into the Ray reaffIrmed the pledge. shot at least one member of the In Mount Clem ns, Mich ., a tor· The two chJldren of Mrs. Beverly streets Friday to cheer President In some U.S. cities, there were crew when the plane was 40 miles nado smashed into a housing area Johnson before he wound up a reports that numbers oC young Jean Lyle - Gary, 4, and Richard, short of its San Francisco destl· for nearby Selfridge Air Force 2 - were reported in good condl· politically profitable trip through Cubans, particularly those with nation. Base late Friday. At least 37 peo. Trips for poverty·stTicken A p p a I a chi a n militaty b a c k g r 0 u n d s, were tion lit University Hospitals Fri· Informed sources In Washington pie were injured and hundreds o[ day night. areas. strangely absent. Their countrymen said the FBI there declined to homes were damaged. At lea~t Couples to Johnson strongly appealed for ra· believe they entered training camps identify the passenger except to three h?uses were de {royed, SIX The truck, owned by Arrow cial justice and rejection of ex· in recent weeks. reportedly in say that the passenger was a man lost thelT roofs and 20 others lost Transportation of Des Moines, was tremism and "the tattered and dis· Nicaragua and Costa Rica. and was the owner of a powerful most of their roofs. waiting for a Highway CommIaslon traffic survey beinll conducted on credited banners of the past." NICARAGUA was a launching Magnum revolver found in the THERE WA.S NO letup in the tur· ~~OS ' FROM Atlanta, Johnson traveled point for the exiles' disastrous Bay the southbound lane of Route 218 plane's wreckage. bulent weather that has lashed near the 4·H FaIrgrounds. nd The Clock" by helicopter to Gainesville in of Pigs invasion in April 1961, THE WASHINGTON FBI study, Iowa this week. Transportation northeast Georgia for the final which the United States helped the sources said, established that Approximately .96 inch of rain ACCORDING to highway patrol· phase of his trip. finance and organize. Some exiles men, one vehicle had just passed ome tity to Las VegQs. the revolver held six empty cart· was dumped on Iowa City durIng "Full participation in our so· say it failed for lock of U.S. air ridges which recently had been a thunderstorm early Friday morn· through the survey and the truck I the fabuioul ciety can no longer be denied to support at a crucial time. fired. ing. High wInds left a trail of fallen driver, Larry S. Nichola of Des men because of their race, religion Anti·Castro Cubans emphasized Moines, had put the truck into gear nd Country Club.

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