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Vol. 7 No. 2
Kent State--Not To Be Forgotten
By Jim Bresky
Monday, May 4, 1970-Four students brought against the protestors and ,
were shot to death on the campus of Kent were told to leave.. The group, howevi
State University during a protest against weighing the consequences decided
Nixon's invasion of Cambodia. Two of the resist the order and remain in an effort
dead student were not even involved in prove to Americans everywhere that
the actual protest. - ground is sacred and must be preserved
The parents of the slain students Campus police began to remove
have gone to court twice since the in- protestors by carrying them off to arrest
cident, in an effort to bring out the The protestors did not acquiese and
TRUTH about the killings. However, the arrested. The struggle still confine
court ruled in favor of the executioners. both in the court room and on the cal
The parents of the slain have not given up pus.
and are presently involved in another The May Fourth Coalition hl
appeal. requested a "mail in" protest by stu(
The students at Kent State haven't and other concerned people in an effort
forgotten the deaths of their fellow strength the struggle there. Letters to'
classmates. Each year on May 4th, the Department of the Interior, Washing
May Fourth Coalition conducts a three D. C. 20515 and to the President, Kent
day mourning period. Activities include State Uniliersity, Kent, Ohio 44242 a :
various speakers, films an all night vigil urgenuy requested. YOU may not realize
at the Memorial and finally a Memorial the potential pressure that letters such as
Service conducted at *lac this will have on the preservatien oft'
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