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Orig. bildtext... FAILURE OF A MISSION Oscar Collazo, 37-year-old Puerto Rican terrorist from New York City, lies in his blood at the foot of the steps of Blair House, residence of president Truman. The man who shot him down, Secret Service man Floyd Boring, is at right. Collazo and a fellow-terrorist, Griselio Torresola, tried to shoot their way into Blair House to kill the president. Torresola was killed. Collazo recovered from his wound and is charged with murder in the death of White House policeman Leslie Coffelt during the gun battle. The date was Nov. 1. Orig. bildtext... GUNMAN FELLED TRYING TO SHOOT WAY INTO BLAIR HOUSE Wash.D.C. Shown is one of two gunmen who were shot down outside Blair House today after they made a frantic shooting effort to get up the Blair House steps and into the presidential residence. One gunman shot through the head, presumably dead, was identified as Marion R. Preston. The other was identified as Oscar Olliskin. Police said one of the two men carried letters in a foreign language. President Truman was in Blair House during the shooting which occured shortly before he was to leave for a ceremony atArlington cemetry. Three police officers were struck by the assailants' bullets. White House policeman H.W. Francis said that the raging gun battle was apparently an attempt to assassinate president Truman. Anm. Den 30 oktober 1950 startade nationalister i Puerto Rico en tre dagars revolt mot USA. Den 1 november försökte två nationalister döda den amerikanske presidenten Truman. Politisk opposition Mordförsök Nationalism Lik Skadad Sårad Åskådare CD617 persons: OSCAR COLLAZO;FLOYD BORING;HARRY S TRUMAN* sites: PUERTO RICO*;WASHINGTON D C;USA