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Kent State University. - The Kent State Coverup

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Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Authors Note; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Chronology; Cast of Characters; Prologue; Part One: The Long Road to the Cleveland Courthouse; 1. I Get Involved; 2. The Shooting Victims; 3. Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.; 4. Obstacles and Roadblocks; 5. Picking the Jury; 6. Blueprints for a Trial; 7. Opening Statements; Part Two: At Last, Our Day in Court; 8. Friday and Saturday Nights; 9. It Speaks for Itself; 10. The Man Who Shot Joseph Lewis, Jr.; 11. The Steel Helmet; 12. Witch Hunt; 13. The Plaintiffs as Defendants; 14. The Defenses Jugular.;On May 4, 1970, two platoons of Ohio National Guardsmen fired on a crowd of students at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine. Neither the federal government nor the state of Ohio took any responsibility for the guardsmens actions. Through the account of the subsequent civil trial, we follow the events of that tragic day, as experienced by the victims and their families, and share their frustration as they try to discover the truth.

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The Kent State Coverup Joseph Kelner James Munves Contents To Robert - photo 1

The Kent State Coverup

Joseph Kelner & James Munves

Contents

To Robert Kelner, who worried and slaved in this great cause,
and to those whose support meant so much:
Libbie, Gail and Dr. Kenneth Kelner.

J.K.

Tin soldiers and Nixon comin

Were finally on our own

This summer right here theyre comin

Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are gunnin us down,

What if you knew her

And found her dead on the ground?

How can you run when you know?

Four dead in Ohio,

Four dead in Ohio.

from Ohio,

Crosby, Stills and Nash, July, 1970

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.

from the Declaration of Independence,

Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1776

Kent State marked a turning point for Nixon. [The] beginning of his downhill slide toward Watergate.

from The Ends of Power,

H. R. Haldeman and Joseph Dimona

Illustrations

Jeffrey Glenn Miller.

Allison Krause.

Sandra Scheuer.

Arthur Krause, Sarah Scheuer and Joseph Kelner, chief counsel for the victims.

Florence and Louis Schroeder and Reverend John Adams.

Sarah and Martin Scheuer.

Judge Edwin Jones.

Federal Judge William K. Thomas.

Federal Judge Frank Battisti.

Federal Judge Don J. Young.

Governor James A. Rhodes and Adjutant General Sylvester Del Corso.

Seven of the guardsmen indicted in the federal governments criminal case.

The jurors.

Dean Kahler.

Sergeant Michael Delaney.

Peter Davies.

Galen Keller.

The ROTC Building burns, Saturday, May 2.

The student sitdown on Main Street, Sunday, May 3.

Monday, May 4. The students on the Commons

A few minutes later, tear-gas has been fired and the guardsmen have started their advance.

Driven from the Commons, the students reassemble.

The guardsmen approach the Pagoda.

The kneeling guardsmen and Alan Canfora on the practice field.

The guardsmen ascend Blanket Hill.

John Cleary.

Scott MacKenzie.

Joe Lewis, Jr.

The guardsmen reach the Pagoda.

Robert Stamps.

Jan Wrentmore.

Charlotte and Floyd Stamps

Alan and Albert Canfora.

Thomas Mark Grace.

Panorama of the parking lot, as the guardsmen kneel on the practice field.

The guardsmen turn and level their weapons.

The guardsmen shoot.

Aftermath. The parking lot, and the dead and wounded.

General Robert Canterbury after the shooting.

MAPS

Kent, Ohio.

Aerial view of the Kent State University Campus.

Chronology

APRIL 8 MAY 5 , 1970

April 810

Student disturbances in Cleveland, 952 national guardsmen called out

April 16, 17

Student disturbances in Oxford, Ohio, 561 national guardsmen called out

April 18, 19

Student disturbances in Sandusky, 96 national guardsmen called out

April 29

Governor Rhodes issues proclamation calling out Ohio National Guard in aid of civil authorities to northeastern Ohio because of wildcat strike of Teamsters; 3,257 guardsmen called out

Student disturbances at Ohio State University in Columbus; 2,861 guardsmen called to campus

April 30

President Nixon announces invasion of Cambodia

May 1

noon

Constitution burial ceremony, Commons, Kent State University

5:30 P.M.

President White leaves Kent State for Mason City, Iowa

8:00 P.M.

Disturbances in downtown Kent begin; $10,000 damage, 60 persons arrested

midnight

Kent Mayor Satrom calls office of Governor Rhodes

May 2

12:30 A.M.

Mayor Satrom declares state of civil emergency

Mayor Satrom announces curfew effective 8:00 P.M. in city and 1:00 A.M. on Kent State campus

Headline in Kent Record-Courier: NIXON HITS BUMS WHO BLOW UP COLLEGE CAMPUSES

5:30 P.M.

Mayor Satrom requests National Guard

7:30 P.M.

Crowd gathers at ROTC Building, Kent State campus

8:30 P.M.

ROTC Building begins to smolder

9:05 P.M.

Kent firemen arrive at ROTC Building

9:30 P.M.

Ohio National Guard arrives in Kent; 1,196 men

May 3

10:00 A.M.

Governor Rhodes arrives in Kent by helicopter

11:00 A.M.

Governor Rhodes gives press conference in firehouse, denounces students, and vows to use all force necessary to keep campus open

11:45 A.M.

President White arrives at Kent airport, meets Governor Rhodes

4:00 P.M.

Kent State University, instructed by Ohio National Guard, issues letter prohibiting all forms of outdoor demonstrations and rallys [sic]peaceful or otherwise

9:30 P.M.

Students sit down on Main Street at intersection with Lincoln Street

11:00 P.M.

Students on Main Street dispersed by guardsmen

May 4

10:30 A.M.

Meeting at Kent firehouse, presided over by General Canterbury

11:20 A.M.

Meeting ends

11:40 A.M.

Students and guardsmen confront each other on Commons

11:50 A.M.

Riot Act read to students

12:24 P.M.

67 shots fired at students; 4 killed, 9 wounded

May 5

Governor Rhodes issues proclamation stating that martial law existed since April 29

Cast of Characters

I . THE PLAINTIFFS

Alan Canfora, Barberton, Ohio

Wounded in wrist

John Robert Cleary, Scotia, N.Y.

Wounded in chest

Thomas Mark Grace, Syracuse, N.Y.

Wounded in foot

Mrs. Arthur Holstein, Plainview, N.Y.

Mother of

Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Junior, dcd.

Died instantaneously from head wound

Dean Kahler, E. Canton, Ohio

Wounded in back

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krause, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Parents of

Allison Krause, dcd.

Died in ambulance from chest wound

Joseph Lewis, Jr., Massillon, Ohio

Wounded in abdomen, leg

Donald Scott MacKenzie, Summit Sta., Pa.

Wounded in neck

James Dennis Russell, Teaneck, N.J.

Wounded in forehead, thigh

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Scheuer, Youngstown, Pa.

Parents of

Sandra Scheuer, dcd.

Died in ambulance from neck wound

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schroeder, Lorain, Ohio

Parents of

William Schroeder, dcd.

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