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a special price for educational the name of the book or article. is definitely increasing every year.“
Everybody loves those Student Centerfrench fries. Even her lunch yesterday toabrave rodent in l'K’s botanical purposes. approximately $l2.000 to According to Cheryl Jones. public with more students asking to be . .
- squirrels. t'andy Stitch. zoology junior. donates part of garden. located behind the office tower. $l3.000 a year. to be paid by the services librarian for the Law School trained to operate the reserach system.
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By TIM GIBNESKI professed to having any trouble in bartending.mydrinking hasremained wasn‘t.“ Said Howard. “As a bar 1 . "
Reporter school because ofalcohol intake, about the same. and if anything. 1 employee. you get a different ‘ ’
_ A typical example of those drink less. The hardest part ofthisjob perspective on drinking. First of all. . _
l Alcohol is the number one drug interviewed would be Cathy Caudill.a is working behind the bar. staying you hat’t’tO drink less. Youare usually ,,. e W
. abuse problem on college campuses. who tends bar at O‘Keefes‘ on East sober and maintaining control of the busy serving customers. counting the ’» "\ V ,4 _, 434,. ‘
and one might believefull-time college Maxwell Street. She is a special crowd while everyone is havingagood money. paying the band. controlling _ h . . 3 .334 £4 ,
students in the 2i» to 25-year-old age education senior. carrying an average time. ltgets frustrating sometimes but the crowd. and closing and cleaning ' a» 4 l ,
bracket w ho work as bartenders would of to to I8 hours with a 3.5 grade point it goes with the territory,“Caudill said. the bar. You have to maintain yourself \ 46% I . i
4 be especially susceptible to have average. She is also on the UK varsity Tom Howard. an accounting senior and have all your wits about you to do 4‘ éfi‘ i. . l 4
, trouble with alcohol. cheerleading squad. She works two to from Louisville. is now the manager of thcjob right." Howard said. ‘ . r a 4 l .
V, The late hours they have to work four nights a week, until after one Stingle‘s on Euclid Avenue. He The major drawbacks tothejob for ,, " l -. .
‘ and the easy and cheap access to o'clock in the morning. worked part-time last year. and Howard are putting up with drunk '. , a 4
alcohol might appear to be too much “*— apparently Gary Stingleliked his work patrons and »~ as a non-smoker .- gt; 1‘ .4 ,
"l a temptation TOT many Of these anal sis because now he worksthe barfull-time tolerating high concentrations of ‘4 ,_ "'1 4y i- i. -
student-bartenders. leading to an y and takes six credit hours at UK. Cigarette smoke for hours at a time. ..-. In“. i 1
' erosion of study habits. high rates of “— Five days a week during Howard‘s Clare Sartori. an English senior if .4, ' 559;, 4 . .
class absenteeism and low grades. “It is really a great job." Caudill junior year he had eight or nine o‘clock from Ft. Mitchell. works at Clara‘s in 4 :44 . . .
Wrong. said. “It's fun. You meet a lot of classes. and he confesses that it was Chevy Chase. She works two to four . 5’.
While this sample survey is far too different people. especially students. indeed dilllCUlt to get to SCltOOl some nights a week until l orZa.m. She said ‘ 4 ,, --' 1).: - . 3
, small to be called scientific. it seems and a lot of my friends drop by. The mornings. considering that he usually she rarely misses a class. bUI does a i“ . , -. ' i
that students at UK who Work as hours are very flexible. and the pay is got to sleep around 2:30 am. admit difficulty in getting to her . U " - 1'
‘ bartenders. whether for extra money outstanding for a part-timejob. With Howard also worked for a bar in classes some mornings. ' 3 'i
' or out of neccessity. fare better than my hourly wage, tips. and reduced Louisville before coming to Sartori said she likes her lOb . . . ‘
their fellow students when it comes to prices on meals and drinks. I figure 1 Lexington. and with all the college immensely. citing factors such as the i ,
grades and controlling their drinking average about $5 an hour. It beats the students working as bartenders he has flexibility 0f hours. and the unusually . . .53 ,
habits. heck out of working at the Student met. he couldn't think of one who high rate Of my 4. .
In all.ad01en full-time students and Center for minimum wage. allowed alcohol to interfere with “You meet people from all walks of V .
one pan-time student who work inthe "I've rarely had any difficulty school. life here. so it is really an enriching By TIM GlBNESKI/KemelStlff
. ' = various campus drinking establish- getting out ofbed for morning classes. “I have found thatl drink less when experience. And I have been able to
‘ mcnts were contacted. Only one And I‘ve found that since I started employed as a bartender than when l Continued on page 8 TOM HOWARD 4
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British ioumalism superior to American,
' world .
, says UK grad John F '3unny' Day State IN AN ATTEMPT r0 MOBILIZE SUPPORT for
' GOV. JOHN v. BROWN JR.. has ordered Attorney ”M“ 04‘?“ “1"?“ h°§‘a3“'“T°hra"‘-4‘h°"BESS“:
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By THOMAS (‘LARK "wins on both ends the best and the British papers offer their readers ;:T:rr:;::;:hl:c:;::r4:§|iiivifnzzgcztficorfgfifgfig President Valery Giscard d'Estaing in the first ofaseries of
I ritertainmcnt lditor contemptible." “broader coverage, more imagination. Graham. Although he expressed personal satisfaction with talks With European leaders. .4
Day said the British excellence better style. are more accurate and the report. Brownwanted Beshcartoconfirminformationin The French PTCSidcmf‘XPTCSSCdSymPath)’ 0V" thecruel
When compared side to side. the comes largely fromits nationalpapers. more interesting to the reader" than the report. and expand it if necessary. 34'“ 'Mdm'SS‘bl°_ ordeal of ”W “05mg“ and Prom'se‘lm
journalism that is practiced in the such as The Telegraph. The London American papers. Graham. 22, was wanted in connection with the Nov. 7 firmly 'PPIY dectSionslmade by Common Market Toms"
newspapers and electronic media of Times. The Guardian, The Sunday shooting death of Kentucky State POIiCC TI’OOP" Eddie ministers to reduce diplomatic missions m Tehran and ~
Great Britain is superior to that which Times and The Observer. The A common fault Day found in Harris in Larue County. Graham was "‘9‘ and killed Dec. 8 impose a trade ban 'f the hostages are not {Md by May ”‘
is found in similar American “national" scope of thesepapers. be American "a?“ espeCIally ",1 the ”IT'S? SS" EUSCTCdgllzy “(3 mould: Ewfihmf :34 AN IRANIAN LEADER said yesterday he doubts "an
institutions. according to a l'K said. is unlike any American paper. regiona papersfsuchas The L"””"”4" c "port con.” ‘ é." "a m ' ' arm. I h M |7dead|inesflbttthuro anCommon
4, . _ , , , . . (ourit’r-Jnurna/ and The 5,4 Louis there was no police conspiracy to execute Graham. that canmeett e ay , 3, pe
graduatcwho has spent nearly 20years although America s top papers. such . lll' - "e d‘d . - 3 co cal evide of Market for the release of the American hostages.
publishing a weekly newspaper in as The New York Times, The Port-Dispatch). “,5 the lack ,Of mom 0 we“ -I no conspire 0 nc . nee A atollah Mohammad Beheshti. respondingtoreporters'
. , 4 .. - alleged wrongdomg by Kentucky officers. and. that 3'4 ,
England. Washington Pusl and The [.05 international reporting. I think I” Graham's shooting was [eganyjus‘ified questions about the deadline set by Common Market
, John F. “Sunny" Day. who spoke Ange/es Times. do have a nationwide great that the ( (lunar-Journal sent a ’ ' ' foreign ministers at a meeting held in Luxembourg. said.
last night at the third annual .loe audience. team ‘0 Cambodia and wona Pulitzer nation “We 0"“ "‘0" “mt“ , . . '
_ Creason Lecture Series. prefaced his “By sheer weight and volume," Dav Prize for it. But that was a one-shot Behesti said the hostage situation was mademoredifficult
remarks by reaffirming that he still said. “The New York Times wins deal." A FEDERAL JUDGE lSSUCd a ruling yesterday barring by "l” European actions: a ban ,0." new export and 5mm
regards Kentucky as home and “I do hands down. But ifl read from frontto “British papers do a better job of “mm" °mml5lmm Ptlmlufl “I‘ll“"bmlnfi ballotsforthe contracts “'4": llran 4and4a4lflsrpiil1it34zyasales to Iran' and
hopethe good Lord andthe Daughters back. I feel I have been betterinformed being a part of the world than May 27 Kentucky prcs'dem'a' primary "film they ”laud” ”Twin" (is '$°T',if,;.;m;n BaniSadr said that Iran
of the American Revolution will by The Sunday Times,“ American papers do." Day said. the "am; OfaCkWIandanomey asaDemocraticeandidate d rania4n l "Tote; omit ties with Etirope because of the
forgive me for whatlam about to say, Day said he once stated his "Americans are rather rovincial {Mpm'dcm' - - - . oesrio pan hic M l tmembers.
I half expect to be shot at sun-Up . approach to readin The New l’irlt about their own interests “ P Rmhard 8' Kay had lequemd'hm Dlsmc‘JUdyw'llm-n ”muons agreed to by t e ommon ar 3
"But I d ) lid 4 ,. h ‘ . ‘ T' 4 g ‘, , ‘ “ O Bertelsman place his name onthe ballot. Kay hosed his weather
4' t me. e continued. imei at a convention of managing But the Americans do not lag request on a Kentucky smmnhm Bit/CS the 5m, Board of
that the British havetheedge overthe editors as “Come here you son of a behind the British in all areas of print Elections the authority to place a person's name on the THOSE SUNIURNS will have time to heal tOdIy- The
Americans in both print and. bitch. I'm going to read you even if it journalism. Day said. American ballot. if that person is nationally known or famous. clouds will increase. and today‘s temperature will fall into
especrally. in radio~te|cvision.” kills me." He quickly added that the schools of journalism produce Kay said that the fact that he was on the presidential the low to mid 60s. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a
Speaking in terms of newspapers. Times “is a great newspaper and scholars ofa higher level than docsihc primary ballots in Florida and Georgia. and his candidacy chance of rain. The low will be in the mid to upper 49s
Day said “the range ofquality from the there‘s nothing else like it in the world. British apprentice system. he said. and had "cm“ newspaper COVNBBC- qualified himto beleed Tomorrow will be cloudy With 34¢°“"““¢d Chan“ M m”
superior to the abhorrent is about the . . thank God." the Americans “are far ahead inthe use °" ll" “”0" Th’ “'3" "n be '" the '0‘" '0 m'd 605'
same.“ He also added that Britain Specifically. Day said he felt the (‘ontinued on page!
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KENTUCKY ' Debbie McDaniel ‘
Mum m ( hie! Mark Green Kim Aubrey ' Thomas (’hrl John (1., (inry Lenders
Jay lossett Bob ('ochnnc hnh'nummenr tilt/or 81mm Ell or lllmlm u/ Photograph
, ( iiry “itlis 1nmiulr' tilt/Mi Paul Mann
"unllt'llrt' him" . ('indy McGee S. 1. Robinson ‘ Brian Rlclterd David Mlynrd
Jldl Rudd “swam Aim/um Spoils Elli“); Hruru Manager ' t
Steve Massey Lisa Doumrd ( o/ri lt/lIlI’\ h'nn'I/ummi'nl kill/or ’
editorials & comments ( uni/tin Idirm Ii/uunu/ Mum
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‘ The Kentucky Supreme (‘ourt has once again Court by the five louisvillians who filed suit overthe protected under our nation‘s constitution to choose It seems Clayton deems himself worthy to decide ‘
shown that absurd logic and individual preference constitutionality of the law. But the fact that it hasto the religious beliefs they hold or don‘t wish to hold. what is educationally important for all the people in ~
often preside over rational. objective thought when it go to the highest court in the nation is a blow to Moreimportantly. Stephenson‘sargumentdodges the the state.
comes to making decisions. Kentucky and its legal system. question of consitutionality with its two wrongs make Furthermore. ifthe stateand the court deem worthy ‘
. First there was the ruling which upheld lexington To think that the state high court would allow a a right analogy. the posting of creeds having impact on Western
Theological Seminary"s right to deny a Master of controversial law to stand even thoughitraises severe Stephenson went on to say that the Ten thought and development, then Marxist doctrine,
I ' Divinity degree to a confessed homosexual. In its and justifiable questions about the separation of Commandments “have historical as well as religious Darwinist principles and various other creeds should
decision. the state high court failed to realize in its church and state and the individual‘s right todecideis significance.“ This in itself invalidates his whole also be posted.
. argumentsthe difference betweeneducationaldegrees hard to accept. And the arguments made by the opinion ofseparation ofchurchandstate byinstalling And the fact that the Kentucky Heritage
and actual ordination into ministry. justices ruling in favor ofthe law prove this absurdity. religion as a base for his opinion. Foundation is having problems with how to word the
Now the state high court has prmen its inability to Justice James Stephenson. one of three in favor of Another opinion by Justice Boyce Clayton states Ten Commandments because of oral arguments .
uphold individual rights by allowing the state law the law. said the posting ofthe Ten Commandmentsis that the Ten Commandments “may bring to one‘s between different religious groups is evidence alone of
. which requiresthe posting ofthe len Commandments no more offensive to unsupportive individuals of the attention the basic tenets of a particular scheme of the implicit religious connotation in the law. KHF is
in every public and elementary classroom tostand as Judeo-(‘hristian creed than the state constitution Western philosophical thought . . .it isa cornerstone Sponsoring and paying for the posting of the Ten
3 constitutional. which mentions “Almighty God" twice. ofknowledge upon which school boards.teachers and Commandments in schools.
In all likelihood. luesday‘s \titc. split at 3-} with First of all. at issue is not Kentucky‘s constitution parents may begin to build the intellectual Religion and state are separate. It‘s a shame that
. one abstention. will be appealed to the l'.S. Supreme but a creed not held by all individuals individuals foundations of Kentucky‘s youth.“ our own high court can‘t delineate this difference.
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Columnist speaks on candida tes UK J’s. .. «t. , .f ,
u u . WELL Noll-A5, "1W . ”Swim!” .‘
. gestapo, marijuana, Olympic boycott VouRCHIEEID ,, My; \
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. ' 3. MARK KOOPMAN ticntlemen. what are you teaching Nineteen l'.S. athletes have filed a GKRIFlCCSOMe - . ., [:sagEH‘L \ . '
. [hcsc children‘.'()r.whocallcdthatson complaint against the Olympic THlNCSS ifchNMYik
Well. tor all ”j you bleeding heart ol a bitch a dean. anyway‘.’ Committee in a Washington federal ' a hh‘g‘éfw ‘ =
' liberals. tolerant consery dtl\ es. and . court. lhey Cla'm that. the committee m .5: w i? ”‘5‘”, i: 34,31: t
i i i the rest ot you moderate and assorted While most areas of the nation are violated ”is?” constitutional rights and w, . . K; if" § 2‘s. :
. ‘ apathetic hypocrites who haye becoming enlightened by the political the” own charter m supporting the = ' i '5 I. IV g, y: ix $3: 5%
. , . inadvertantl) blotted collee a“ mu clout 0' a minority as large as pot boycott (of the Moscow games). .. = ’ ‘ ’5; s. _ ‘5 _, ,_,y .2. w?e
.. -‘ _ ~ . the paper “hm. reading this column. smokers. Kentucky is attempting to lhey are probably right. but they . . as ,7, its .3,- {a ‘ a
rest assured. lhis is the last one pass stringent laws against people certainly cannot expect Just"? ‘0 m 6’ . ’ r "/ . 5; k9 / ,2“ . my... 3
' O caught with slightly over one ounce. prevail 0V" the “h'mh 0' the M Ma 1. v’: \W \ .J'; '73" . » 41%
. _ Although it may be premature. it _—,—— president. . 2 V i; \ _&.1r
. _ seems that Rep John Anderson may , , . 3.5: 23¢”, ,VI. \ g; ’ 5/ \
be running as an independent. While. paSSIVE attaCk llhls Iisemester has certainly been .. r ' . 0‘”; 1,4 I’:
' simultaneoUsly. Sen l‘dward po itica y interesting. ifnot politically .. II ss 3 ”,4 I ‘r '71.:
, . . Kcnngd} isagainmakingarespectablc productive. | find myself ending the @g ,‘V’l. / int—"N. £13" g i i”? L__, ’
_ bid for the Democratic nomination. lt Fyen though marijuana prohibition is semester with a quote “by former ‘f' i _ ”‘5 .3 (,‘6n L—___L—.
. * would certainly be a first to have two riddled with weaknesses. “[th has Kerrie/columnist.(ircggl-ields.“l.o\e {VA ii}; .~. _ . L
’ f ' intelligent men campaigning i‘" 'hc been done.Quitetothe contrarv.state ya. baby. 030'" i _ r 5 VQ \vvn‘ir“ ‘ii' ‘ . ”’5..." [LS
presidential post at the same time. legislators seem to believe that pot . ~ -' l ‘ {1: " n if“ i .
' . . smokers are social degenerates and M"? Koopmanrsagraduate student ' i i 'ii . . ' /’/ M
. , , . . . . - . _ , at [K This is his last column of the . w x '/
: lhe Kirwan lower gt‘sldpti. in the immoral criminals who should be in f ; . i m\\ { ’ -O‘OOO'n-Nmuum
- name ol (iod. insticc and the jail. semester. “‘“‘ ‘ ~- s“ ' a‘ WM""‘"9M I
' 7 l'niiersity of Kentucky. has reyiycd It‘s incredible. but they‘re serious,
‘ .i . the practice of casually breaking What‘s more. if you ignorant people 'j
students‘rights. l'nlawtulentry.illegal don‘t write your state legislator and I I I
i i search and set/ure. and indiscriminate tell the fool how you feel. you might rln gs ent tate Vlctl m to ca m pus
~ . harassment are among policies find yourself in prison next spring
i g , . . currently Mimi: “mph-”d bl 1h“ 'n’t‘ei‘d 0' at “MOI W'Shmg 3"” had By STEVEN HIRSCH three units present. down a hill and that the guardsmen were not. as they Seven months earlier. in a letter to
lniycrsity administration written, onloafoorba”practicefieldin pursuit claimed. surrounded; that the only the New York Times, Arthur S.
, At noon on May4. 1970. on the usu- of the students. This tactically inde- guardsman injured that day was hit by Krause. father of slain Kent State stu-
. y ' ally conservative. politically apathetic . fensible manuever exposed the guards~ a rock ten to fifteen minutes beforethe dent Allison Krause. wrote: “Have we
, ' Letters pal/0y campus of Kent State University in men to virtual encirclement by angry shooting; that there was no student come to such a state in this country
, Kent. Ohio. about two thousand stu- students. who harassed them verbally sniper. as had been alleged; and that that ayoung girl hasto be shot because
“ 1 ' , | m MW“ A‘ Mm“ “Claim“ a“ cm‘mhmlm“ 'mm the l K com- detns gathered forthe biggest peaceful and threw occasional rocks. That the the-claim by the National Guard that shedisagreesdeeply withtheactionsof
. . _ . , . , H demonstration in the Unwersrty 5 his- students posed no real threat to the theirlives were endangered was proba- her government?
. lllllll|l\ tot publication on tht ttillitlltll and opinion pages. ,_ . , , , .
_ ' ‘ tory. the unusually large turnout was guardsmen is revealed by the factthat bly fabricated after the event. The Committee Against Registra-
‘ . . l L‘IlL‘H. opinions and commentaries must be typed and triple-spaced. not. in the main. to protest the Viet- one officer. Major Harry Jones of Just ten days after the Kent State tion and the Draft. formerly the Lex-
; '_ , dud ”MN 'hs‘llidt' tht' “ “1“" \itlhitllhsi midis“ and Phil“? number. l‘K nam War or President Nixon‘s Troop C. elbowed his solitary way killings. Phillip Gibbs and James Earl ington Committee Against
’ ' \ltidt‘nl‘ ~hot|ld ”It‘lUdC ths‘” 50¢” imd mill”I and lhht‘ml.‘ t‘ml’lhlt‘c‘ announcement on April 30 to commit through the crowd to ask Canterbury Green were cut down by a 28-second Registration and the Draft (SChOOl
' y ' .. ‘hm‘id '"i ”m" WWW" “”d d"l“‘””“"“ American ground troops to the South if he needed help. barrage of police gunfire at Jackson regulations forced us to change our
j ' . i the Aerne/ may condense or rciect contributions. and frequent writers Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. —_'_——— State College in Mississippi. The name). willpresent speaker Alan Can-
- may be irmjmj l ditors rcwrtc [hc right in “in for correct spelling. gram- The students were protesting the ille— . . shooting was preceded by disturban- fora on April 28 at 7:30 pm. in Room
i ‘ ‘- - mar and clarity. and may delete libelous statements. gal and unconstitutional takeover of opinion ces on the l3th (of May) that culmi- l06 ofthe WhitehallClassroom Build-
5 (ontribtitionsshould bedcliyercti toRoom ||4 Iournalism l'nitersih their campus by the Ohio National nated With the burning Of a dump trig. Canfora w.“ Shm throngh the
. . 5 I of Kentucky I,e\ingt()n Ky. 40;“, i i ' i ’ “hardy" literal army of occupation _________________. truck the next day. Demonstrators right wrist atadistance of225feet bya
. . . . ‘ , -‘ ‘ ~ ‘ which. in the two preceding days. had The guardsmen were then ordered were scattered by more than l50 National Guardsman at Kent State.
. . ‘_ l‘itl legal reasons. contributors must present a l K H) betorcilic Ai'rm'l repeatedly dispersed peaceful. legiti— to kneel down and aim their weapons rounds of buckshot. rifle slugs, and and was later ihdlCth 0“ criminal
‘: ‘ ‘v “i“ ht” dhlt‘ lo kict‘t'l‘t the "‘1'”th mate gatherings of students. indis~ at students in a nearby parking lot, bullets. Besides Gibb and Green, l2 charges by the Ohio grandjury.
‘ . , ”New criminately tear-gassing and One person. probably an officer. fired other students were wounded. We are bringing him here in prepa—
.it. i . q i Sliotiltl be .it) lines or lesszind no more than 2th) words llicy should con- bayonetting them. , a shot into the am but ihls failed to Subsequently. the Presrdent formed ration . for a nationally-organized
i. '2 ‘ ccrti particular issues. concerns or cycnts relc\nnt to the l‘Kv community lhc “men.“ came In the wake Of trigger a ”o'ley- Photos show General a commissron on. qmpus unrest the memorial protest to be held at Kent
' ‘ i ' ; , j - ' weekend rioting in the streets of Kent Canterbury With his backtothe kneel- Scranton Commrssron. The commis- State 0" May 4. Oh the tenth anniver-
' . Opinions: (partly inspired bya local motorcycle ing guardsmen. engrossed in some sion appears to have been used as a sary of the killings. In a time of ~‘
3 .‘i '5 , Should be on lines or less and should l—‘ncand c\Plain a Position pcttaitr gang and by the 0‘16”me use Of papers. obvrously unconcerned With safety valve for WM“: disapproval 0f renewed militarism.“ the part Of Oi."
. , - ' - my 1., mm“ NW 0, ”MIN h, ”k. l K wmmlmm policeiand the burning ofthe campus the student threat. the shootings. In the case of Kent national leaders. With the draft again
. ‘. _ ‘ ROI (‘ building by a small group of At l21l8. Troop G went into a sort State. the Scranton Commission becoming a strong possibility, the
i ~‘. ‘, i' i StUdentS and nonstudents. most of of “huddle"on the practice field. Sub- pointed to the need for a criminal issue of violent suppression ofstudent
whom were later acqurtted. It came sequent events suggest that.duringthe investigation. protest takes 0“ a renewed relevance.
' , , f ‘ ‘ ' also in the wake ot‘dangerous. inllam- huddle. the guardsmen agreed among Nevertheless. on Friday, August l3. 0le a year 380‘ H persons were
‘ ' I THINK matory rhetoric on the part of elected themselves to shoot the students on a l97l. Attorney General John N. Mlt- 3”“th 9" this campus it" SUP'
« f , , . ’ y ’ leaders. including an address speech given signal. chell issued a statement which. posedly disruptingaspeech by former
i .1 ‘ 3 THEREFORE by Vice President Spiro Agnew in Then both Troop G and Troop A although supportive ofthe conclusion ClA director Stansfield Turner. Six
. - _ j- 'l' which he advised his “friends in the started back up the hill toward the reached by the Scranton Commission were “”55“?“ before the 5P°¢Ch CV9"
' i I AM " academic community“ to treat student commons. Photos show that. unlike that the shooting was “unnecessary. began The charge was “diSWPlihB a
j . c protestors as if they were “wearing guardsmen in Troop A. many in unwarranted and inexcusable." went public meeting(outragingthesensibil-
' ‘_ , . ' I brown shirts or white sheets.“and an Troop G kept looking over their on to say that“there is no credible CVi- itiesofan audience).”Bailforcach stu-
' I , ,’ '1 ' incredibly irresponsible radio address shoulders at the dozen or so students dence of a conspiracy between dent was the maximum allowable:
, ‘ , '. . by Ohio Governor James Rhodes in the parking lot. from which the National Guardsmen to Sh00t stu- “5900- (Eight UK football players
. yr "' characterizing those responsible for greatest concentration of rocks and dents on the campus and there is no arrested that same year on rape and
' . I (- disruptions at Kent State as well— Obscenities had issued. likelihood of successful prosecutions sodomy charges were released ontheir .
. i if 0 . trained. hard-core revolutionaries Troop G continued unimpeded to of individual guardsmen.“ own recognizance.) All but one of the
. ‘ ,' ' l , /\ against whom “every weapon" availa- the top of the hill. made a sudden and Thus, the Nixon adminstration defendants WC": convicted, and all bl"
, . . ' ble to Ohio law enforcement agencies dramatic |35 degree turn. and began chose to sweep the Wh0l€ affair under one Of those convicted received and
, 0 would be used. (Rhodes was two days firing down into the parking lot. Gen- the carpet. where it has remained to served Stiff sentences.
1' . ' . 1 away from a primary that could have eral Canterbury later claimed that a this day. Not a single guardsman was Students and other concerned
. ‘ ‘ ended his politicalcareer.andadopted “charging mob" of students came to ever indicted on criminal charges. Americans ShOUld read the
' ’1 . a sudden “law~and-order" stance to within four or five yards of his men although a later-discredited Ohio handwriting onthe wall.0nly youcan
, , (‘6 improve his weak ratings in the polls.) before the shooting. In fact. the nwr- grand jury indicted 25 students and protect your CiVil liberties. Attend
/ The (iuard. whom University Presi- est of the l3 students shot was 7| feet non-students. including one faculty Alan Canfora's speech. and come to
9, / dent Robert White had negligently (6 yards)away. Jeffrey G, Miller. Alli. member and two ofthe wounded. Kent State on May 4. Members of
, / allowed to assume control ofthe cam- son 8. Krause. William K. Schroeder. On January 4. I979. the Ohio State CARD can discuss transportation
' , i "‘4‘ pus. decided on nothing but its own and Sandra L. Schcuer. the four stu- Controlling Board approved pay- with you. Our meetings are held every
' . I ; yl M4", authority that the May4 rally was not dents killed, were shot at distances of merits of $675,000 to the victims and Tuesday night at 7 pm. in Room lll
r . ‘ “I to take place.anddispersedthe crowd. 265. 343. 382. and 390 feet. respec- families of victims of Kent State. Gov- of the Student Center.
)1 V .’ | . ,1) i . Not satisfied with simply clearing the tively. These figures rendcrthegua