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Flu Epidemic at
California Hospital
Fatal To 9 Persons
By UNITED PRESS
Deaths blamed on flu' climbed
toward the 250 mark today,
boosted by an influenza epidemic
at a California school (for re
tarded children that killed nine
persons.
The epidemic at the Porter
ville, Calif., State Hospital for
the Mentally Retarded was the
third fatal outbreak to hit such
state institutions.
A United Press survey showed
a total of 249 persons have died
of flu or complications since last
summer when the first cases of
Asian flu were diagnosed in the
nation and its territories.
The highest death toll wag in
New York with 55 victims. Penn
sylvania was a close second with
50 deaths. 24 of them in the Le
high Valley area. California's
toll climbed to 29. ' .
Lists Flu Fatalities
Elsewhere, Michigan reported
26 flu-caused deaths, Louisiana
21, Illinois 13, Hawaii 9, Ohio,
Utah and Wisconsin 7 each, Iowa
and Kentucky 6 each, Colorado
5, New Jersey 3, and one each in
Indiana, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Temperatures Skid
As Snow Blankets
Part of Montana
By UNITED PRESS
A snow storm whipped by
northerly winds of up to 35
miles per hour swirled across
Montana, and weathermen warn
ed the snow will spread as far
south as Wyoming today.
The wintry invasion sent
readings skidding into the low
20s in parts of Montana during
the night, and a two-inch snow
fall blanketed Cutbank, Mont.
Forecasters predicted contin
ued snow and strong northerly
winds today in Montana "with
heavy snow accumulations like
ly in the mountain sections.
Snow also was seen for Wyom
ing and portions of the Dakotas.
To the south, heavy rains
soaked the southern Plains and
the lower Mississippi Valley
during the night. San Antonio,
Tex., was hit by a two-inch de
luge in a six-hour period Mon
day night, and a number of
points, including Lawton, Okla.,
Waco, Tex., and Alexandria, La.,
reported more than one-half
inch.
Lighter amounts of rain also
fell elsewhere in the Mississippi
Valley, the central Plains and
the upper Great Lakes.
Scattered showers occurred in
Washington, Utah, northern Ari
zona and in most of the central
and southern Rockies. Dry
weather prevailed in most of
the Ohio Valley and the Atlan
tic Coast states.
Occasional rain is expected to
continue today in the central
Plains, most of the Mississippi
Valley and the Great Lakes
region and penetrate the lower
Ohio Valley.
Colder weather is predicted
for most of the northern portion
of the country from the Pacific
Northwest to the northern Great
Lakes, while fair and warmer
weather is expected in New England.
President of Haiti
Takes Oath of Office
Port Au Prince, Haiti BP)
Dr. Francis Duvalier, 48, was
sworn in as president of Haiti
today, ending 10 hectic months
of rule by provisional and mili
tary governments.
The dark-skinned country doc
tor took the oath of office in the
imposing white marble national
palace where the president of
this Negro republic traditionally
resides.
Duvalier took over power
from Gen. Antonio Kebreau,
president of the military junta
which has ruled Haiti since June
1. Martial law, which was im
posed in the wake of the disput
ed presidential elections Sept.
22, ended with Duvalier's inaug
uration. The new president inherited
critical domestic and foreign
policy problems stemming from
the months of political instabil
ity since Gen. Paul Maglorre
was forced into exile by an un
precedented nationwide peace
ful resistance movement last
December.'
Washington and the District of
Columbia.
The California State Hospital
outbreak claimed five lives last
week and four more over the
week end. The latest victims
were two boys and'a girl and a
47-year-old woman.
A flu epidemic at Pennhurst
School for the Mentally Retarded
near Philadelphia killed 11 pa
tients, and another outbreak in
a state school at Dixon, 111., re
sulted in seven deaths.
An influenza epidemic in Mil
waukee was reported on the
wane and an outbreak in Madi
son, Wis., also was easing off.
Colleges and secondary schools
around the country continued to
be hard hit by the flu. Columbia
College at Columbia, S. C, was
the latest college to close its
doors because of the flu.
Schools Forced To Close
A number of grade and high
schools were forced to shut down
this week in New York state,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
Student homecoming activities
were cancelled this week end at
Iowa State Teachers college be
cause of a flu outbreak which
has infected about 700 students
in the past 10 days. However, the
school's traditional homecoming
football game against North Da
kota University Saturday will be ;
played as scheduled. I
A flu epidemic broke out at
the Crippled Children's Center
in Peoria, 111., forcing authorities
to close its pre-school depart
ment. Illinois officials reported
1,059 inmates stricken with flu
at four state institutions.
Medical authorities in Denver
reported 25 deaths from flu and
pneumonia since Sept. 29, or
three times the normal figure.
Porllander's Body
Found Beneath Car -
The Dalles (IP) The body of
Harry C. Witzel, 46, Portland,
was found at 1:30 p.m. Monday
beneath his overturned car in a
ditch off the Columbia river
highway three miles east of
Mosier.
A truck driver had noticed
the wrecked vehicle and state
police were notified. Wasco
County Coroner Kenneth Libby
said Witzel had left Portland
about 9 p.m. Sunday. He appar
ently lost control of the car.
was thrown out when the auto
left the highway and was
crushed beneath it.
State police said there was no
evidence of a collision, and no
witnesses to the accident.
AWARD WINNER DIES
San Francisco (W Joseph
Rucker, 70, who won an Acad
emy Award in 1930 for his news
reels taken with Adm. Richard
Byrd at the South Pole, died
here Monday night. Rucker
worked for Universal Newsreels,
Pathc, Paramount and was a for
mer president of the San Francisco-Oakland
Press Photogra
phers association.
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