BOLIVIAN MINERS DEFEND RADIO STATION
In an attack on the radio station of the mine workers union at Huanuni, Bolivia, April 26, six persons were killed and some twenty wounded, The attack was made, according to the radio station, by “certain people supporting General René Barrientos." -
Barrientos Orturo, commander in chief of the Bolivian air force, is the vice~presidential candidate on the slate headed :-by Paz Estenssoro in the presidential elections, thee
The miners used arms to defend their radio station and, after the attack, took over control of the town and police headquarters,
_ The Federation of Miners was reported to be organizing a four hour strike on a nation-wide scale to protest the attack,