[Imc-radio] call to radio journalists / may 4th / four dead in ohio

[eirene at telerama.com]

*** won't you please come to ohio


this year marks the 35th anniversay of the kent state killings. this years
memorial service will be followed by an unpermitted march against the iraq
war. 

your help is needed if you can attend please call me 1-888-NOTOWAR.



vincent 

BLAST FURNACE RADIO 
http://notowar.com



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here is a list of events on may 4th in kent, ohio
http://dept.kent.edu/may4/542005.html

general info.  http://dept.kent.edu/may4/
               http://www.alancanfora.com/

* audio * from past kent state memorials recorded by blast furnace radio,
          including jello biafra
  http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=9125
  http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=6979


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http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html



4 Kent State Students Killed 

By John Kifner

 Special to The New York Times


kent, Ohio, May 4 -- Four students at Kent State University, two of them
women, were shot to death this afternoon by a volley of National Guard
gunfire. At least 8 other students were wounded.

 The burst of gunfire came about 20 minutes after the guardsmen broke up a
noon rally on the Commons, a grassy campus gathering spot, by lobbing tear
gas at a crowd of about 1,000 young people.

 In Washington, President Nixon deplored the deaths of the four students
in the following statement:

 "This should remind us all once again that when dissent turns to violence
it invites tragedy. It is my hope that this tragic and unfortunate
incident will strengthen the determination of all the nation's campuses,
administrators, faculty and students alike to stand firmly for the right
which exists in this country of peaceful dissent and just as strong
against the resort to violence as a means of such expression."

 In Columbus, Sylvester Del Corso, Adjutant General of the Ohio National
Guard, said in a statement that the guardsmen had been forced to shoot
after a sniper opened fire against the troops from a nearby rooftop and
the crowd began to move to encircle the guardsmen.

 Frederick P. Wenger, the Assistant Adjutant General, said the troops had
opened fire after they were shot at by a sniper.

 "They were understanding orders to take cover and return any fire," he
said.

 This reporter, who was with the group of students, did not see any
indication of sniper fire, nor was the sound of any gunfire audible before
the Guard volley. Students, conceding that rocks had been thrown, heatedly
denied that there was any sniper.

 Gov. James A. Rhodes called on J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, to aid in looking into the campus violence. A
Justice Department spokesman said no decision had been made to
investigate. At 2:10 this afternoon, after the shootings, the university
president, Robert I. White, ordered the university closed for an
indefinite time, and officials were making plans to evacuate the
dormitories and bus out-of-state students to nearby cities.

 Robinson Memorial Hospital identified the dead students as Allison
Krause, 19 years old, of Pittsburgh; Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20, of
Youngstown, Ohio, both coeds; Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20, of 22 Diamond
Drive, Plainsview, L.I., and William K. Schroeder, 19, of Lorain, Ohio.

 At 10:30 P.M. the hospital said that six students had been treated for
gunshot wounds. Three were reported in critical condition and three in
fair condition. Two others with superficial wounds were treated and
released.

 Students here, angered by the expansion of the war into Cambodia, have
held demonstrations for the last three nights. On Saturday night, the Army
Reserve Officers Training Corps building was burned to the ground and the
Guard was called in and martial law was declared.

 Today's rally, called after a night in which the police and guardsmen
drove students into their dormitories and made 69 arrests, began as
students rang the iron Victory bell on the commons, normally used to
herald football victories.

 A National Guard jeep drove onto the Commons and an officer ordered the
crowd to disperse. Then several canisters of tear gas were fired, and the
students straggled up a hill that borders the area and retreated into
buildings.

 A platoon of guardsmen, armed- as they have been since they arrived here
with loaded M-1 rifles and gas equipment - moved across the green and over
the crest of the hill, chasing the main body of protesters.

 The youths split into two groups, one heading farther downhill toward a
dormitory complex, the other eddying around a parking lot and girls'
dormitory just below Taylor Hall, the architecture building.

 The guardsmen moved into a grassy area just below the parking lot and
fired several canisters of tear gas from their short, stubby launchers.

 Three or four youths ran to the smoking canisters and hurled them back.
Most fell far short, but one landed near the troops and a cheer went up
from the crowd, which was chanting "Pigs off campus" and cursing the war.

 A few youths in the front of the crowd ran into the parking lot and
hurled stones or small chunks of pavement in the direction of the
guardsmen. Then the troops began moving back up the hill in the direction
of the college.

Students Cheer 

 The students in the parking lot area, numbering about 500, began to move
toward the rear of the troops, cheering. Again, a few in front picked up
stones from the edge of the parking lot and threw them at the guardsmen.
Another group of several hundred students had gathered around the sides of
Taylor Hall watching.

 As the guardsmen, moving up the hill in single file, reached the crest,
they suddenly turned, forming a skirmish line and opening fire.

 The crackle of the rifle volley cut the suddenly still air. It appeared
to go on, as a solid volley, for perhaps a full minute or a little longer.

 Some of the students dived to the ground, crawling on the grass in
terror. Others stood shocked or half crouched, apparently believing the
troops were firing into the air. Some of the rifle barrels were pointed
upward.

 Near the top of the hill at the corner of Taylor Hall, a student crumpled
over, spun sideways and fell to the ground, shot in the head.

 When the firing stopped, a slim girl, wearing a cowboy shirt and faded
jeans, was lying face down on the road at the edge of the parking lot,
blood pouring out onto the macadam, about 10 feet from this reporter.

Too Shocked to React 

 The youth stood stunned, many of them clustered in small groups staring
at the bodies. A young man cradled one of the bleeding forms in his arms.
Several girls began to cry. But many of the students who rushed from the
scene seemed almost too shocked to react. Several gathered around an
abstract steel sculpture in front of the building and looked at the
.30-caliber bullet hole drilled through one of the plates.

 The hospital said that six young people were being treated for gunshot
wounds, some in the intensive care unit. Three of the students who were
killed were dead on arrival at the hospital.

 One guardsman was treated and released at the hospital and another was
admitted with head prostration.

 In early afternoon, students attempted to gather at various areas of the
Commons but were ordered away by guardsmen and the Ohio Highway Patrol,
which moved in as reinforcements.

 There were no further clashes, as faculty members, graduate assistants
and student leaders urged the crowd to go back to dormitories.

 But a bizarre atmosphere hung over the campus as a Guard helicopter
hovered overhead, grim-faced officers maneuvered their men to safeguard
the normally pastoral campus and students, dazed, fearful and angry,
struggled to comprehend what had happened and to find something to do
about it.

 Students carrying suitcases and duffel bags began leaving the campus this
afternoon. Early tonight the entire campus was sealed off and a court
injunction was issued ordering all students to leave.

 A 5 P.M. curfew was declared in Kent, and road blocks were set up around
the town to prevent anyone from entering. A state of emergency was also
declared in the nearby towns of Stow and Ravenna.



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