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Show Fire Rages in Huddle Thousands Left Homeless I ' " r : ' ; " ''1 ' -- " H- iT-ii iMtfiT r,-l-" -J----'"r'J.T-11iWrrfttii ;atnpus Heat 0 Investigate loddle Fire By POLLY ETHEL LEAN ' Chronically Stiff Writer Members of the University's cam-" cam-" police announced they would 4g into action to investigate any Ability of arson in Saturday's ife dissaster. The fire, which --pt across the Union snack area, 3 responsible for some $5,000 rji of property damage. Our concern is apprehending the -son responsible for this deed," ;d Lt. Gard Wilkinson, "and mak-; mak-; sure he gets his just desserts." . ' culprit, once he is found, will ave to restore the Huddle to its nal condition, including the iyboppers," said Lt. Wilkinson. m officers promised to form committee to investigate the ss of the fire and damage rejig re-jig therefrom. "We've been ping our eyes on the Huddle, :,ray," said ASUU President 1 Kostty, "ever since the inci-iwHh inci-iwHh the pencil sharpenings :irdon Glee." ) ir:?sity president James Chip-;e Chip-;e Fletcher called the inci-"shocking." inci-"shocking." Of course we are moving to piiy what happened there," he mwed. "After all, the Huddle Wi ae students, too, right? A fire, sweeping across the Huddle, was responsible for nine University students being injured and $5,000 worthof property damage, dam-age, Fire-fighting efforts were hindered by the presence of a number of Huddle inhabitants, all claiming that they didn't smell any smoke. Investigations indicated that the blaze, breaking up Saturday night Huddle activity, started in the jukebox juke-box when someone ignored a warning warn-ing posted on the jukebox and pressed G-2. The warning ("If you press G-2, you're going to be in big trouble!") has been entered as evidence in the forthcoming investigation. investi-gation. By pressing the two buttons, some thing was shorted out in the jukebox and the fire started. "It appears to be sabotage," said Lt. Gard Wilkinson of the Campus Police. Po-lice. The fire traveled along some wiring wir-ing and across the floor and had consumed nearly half the area before be-fore any Huddle patrons began to leave. "Actually, I thought someone some-one had found a new kind of trip," said Hal Knocks. "I've seen everything every-thing from pencil sharpenings to ccpies of 'Ramparts' rolled up and smoked in the Huddle." "I didn't notice any new smell," said an unidentified girl, "until my nylons began to burn." Another added that she'd left when her Peace button had started to melt. The eventual arrival of the Salt Lake City Fire Department came after Dean Gofed, director of the University Food Services, sounded the alarm. "Somebody had to call them," he later told the Chronicle, "or the fire would have spread to someplace sereious." The majority of the damage came in the area around the jukebox. "Unfortunately, we were too late to save the jukebox," Mr. Gofed said, "but that's the way it goes, I guess. We got most of the doughnuts dough-nuts out, though." The nine injured students, in addition to seven other Huddle patrons, pat-rons, were taken to the Student Health Center Saturday night, then moved to the University Hospital when it was discovered the Student Stu-dent Health Center was locked. "Aspirin wouldn't have helped them that much anyway," Dr. George R. Edsel, Health Center Director, said yesterday. Conditions of the injured stu- ' dents, all suffering first and second degree burns, range from serious to fair. "All who are able have been sent home," said Lt. Wilkinson, Wilkin-son, "though a number have been booked on charges of vagrancy." Huddle patron flees burning holocaust, unaware that he himself is on fire. Friendly fireman hose him down shortly after. |