Word: kent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though his daughter Allison was shot to death by Ohio National Guardsmen in the 1970 tragedy at Kent State, Arthur Krause announced last week that he was contributing to a legal defense fund to aid the eight former Guardsmen indicted for the shootings. Said Krause: "They are innocent until proven guilty, and I will not deprive them of that right, even though my daughter was deprived of her right-the right to live." He argued that it was not just the Guardsmen but also their superiors who were responsible: "Who allowed live ammunition to be given to a tired...
...already received $10,000. At the Cleveland Trust, the state's largest bank, a special account has been opened for contributions. In an editorial, the Cleveland Plain Dealer urged the state of Ohio to cover the Guardsmen's legal expenses because "these men were sent to Kent State by the state on a police mission . . . higher employees of the state were responsible for their arming and deploying...
...killings at Kent State are a national stain that has stubbornly refused to go away. Though the shootings occurred nearly four years ago, the insistent demands for justice by parents of the victims and others have kept the matter before the attention of official scrutiny by one Government agency or another. Last week it looked as if at long last the Kent State tragedy was heading toward a just resolution...
...Canton, Ohio; James E. Pierce, 29, of Amelia Island, Fla.; and Ralph W. Zoller, 27, of Mantua, Ohio -were charged with felonies for the four deaths. If convicted, all could be sentenced from one year to life in prison. The other three defendants-Barry W. Morris, 29, of Kent; Mathew J. McManus, 28, of West Salem, Ohio; and Leon H. Smith, 27, of Bay City, Ohio-were charged with misdemeanors because there was no evidence that their bullets had struck the dead students. If found guilty, they each could get up to a year in jail...
...interested in the Guardsmen being imprisoned or fined but that the truth come out as to what they did," said Mrs. Louis Schroeder of Lorain, Ohio. Added Mrs. Sarah Scheuer of Youngstown, Ohio: "I'm pleased that at long last there will be an accounting before the law." Kent State Student Dean Kahler, 24, who was struck in the spine by a Guardsman's bullet and is now confined to a wheelchair, declared: "This re-establishes my faith in the grand jury system. The American system of justice finally prevailed...