Word: corliss
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According to John Corliss, a spokesman for the Kent student government, the mood of the campus was improved by a Civil Liberties Action Day last Friday, when a rally drew 3500 people, "more than we ever had any time last May." Speakers included radical writer
...Corliss further reported that as of Sunday afternoon 30 telegrams and 40 telephone calls of support had been received at Kent, as well as a number of small donations for the Legal Defense Fund...
...Corliss also cited the fact that Kingman Brewster, president of Yale, has called upon the alumni of the Yale Law School to support the Kent 25, who have "become a symbol of civil liberties under attack...
...However, Corliss said, "There is no way at all of telling how much is actually being done in the way of supportive action on any of the campuses. It's possible that there has been very little follow-through. We're planning on sending out 40 speakers who'll appear at rallies and such on request. I don't know how much demand for them there's been...