Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-07-22
Situation In Bolivia
Still Very Confused
After 4-Day Revolt
President Slain
AndStrung-Up
To Lamp Post

La Faz. Bolivia. July G2.-iPI-
Students and labor rcvolutiunis:
took over the government of Bolivia
today asGaSSinat.ng President Guai-
berto Nillarrucl. who wa thrown
bodily from the presidential palacr.
HANGED Ia a lamp post and Then pa
radcd lifclcSs and naked through
the streets on an amy tank.
After the maCabrc pal adc. III tia
highest capital in the world. The
Sl;.in Presidents body again WI
hanged from lamp post before the
palace. The four day; Of bloody
street fighting in which 1000 per-
sons were killed or wounded cndCu
Sunday with victory. for The rebels
Many of the presidents CollabOra-
tors died with INN.
Justice Takes Over.
MCStor Cullen. dean of the SUI
pcriOr court. assumed pffic" as act
ing president bat vowed tn give up
the office when Tomas Monte, court
president, was well enough to taxi
his place. He called the regime "a
provisional government To call cleo
tionS and then tuIn over power To Il
government chosen by the people"
The revolutionary leaders prom
iScd that suppressed civil liberties
would be restored Immediately.
The rebels reported that partially
burned bodies of political prison.
crs of the Nillarocll regime had been
found in ammunition boxes AT po-
lice headquarters. This. they said.
was evidence of the severity of pre-
viouS measures to suppress the
revolution.
Wounded In Chest.
Survivors of the final assault or
the presidents palace said he was
found wounded in the chest They
said he first pretended he was
LcftiSt leader whom he rcscmblcd
slightly.
They quoted him as telling the
rebels: 81 am Alfredo Mcndizapal
lcadcr Of the revolutionary lcftiSt
party) Don't kill me-"
The president was seized and
thrown from the balcony 10 mob
i'll the street below.
Street fighting. in which approXi-
matcly 1000 persons were roprtcd
killed or wounded. abatcd after the
TcvulutiunistS paradCd through La
Paz with the battered. scmi-nuic
body of the president, drapcd over
an army tank.
Strung Up Again.
At tlge end of the parade. the body
vas returned Ia the same lamp post
and strung up again along with the
bodies of three of his trusted Subal-
terms.
Crowds passed silently by the inn
pruviScd gaIlnwS in the shadow of
the bullct-pOckcd palace. where the
new government met To name tenn
porary officials and la set in motion
machinery for what is described as
Il democratic general election.
Electric and telephone service, dis
Iuptcd for the last several days. was
restored as the city began To return
10 normal.
Many leaders of Villarocl's mill
tary regime persisted with their
leader, but most of the casualties in
street fighting were rCvOlutionlStSS.
Situation Confused.
The situation was still confused
today as leaders of the revolt at
tempted 10 restore order after one of
the most chaotic days in the history
of this country, where revolutions
are taken almost as matter of
course.
The new government is composed
of university professors and stud
entS. labor union groups, and Scv-
eral prominent figures.
The first official act of the revolt
tionary regime. which calls itself
"thc institutional government" was;
to issue u commtmiuuc calling for
national unity and restoration of
popular liberties" which were sus
pended under Villarocl's strong man
rule.