Kent State University shooting...
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May 06, 1970
LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 6, 1970
* Students shot and killed at Kent State University
* War protests
This 22 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Kent State Investigation Is Continuing". Another three-column heading has: "Students Strikes Still In Effect". A related story has: "M.I.T. Students Picket College", with photo.
Other news of the day throughout. Small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre,[2][3][4] occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[5]
Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. However, other students who were shot had merely been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.[6][7]
There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of eight million students, and the event further divided the country, at this already socially contentious time, along political lines.
* Students shot and killed at Kent State University
* War protests
This 22 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Kent State Investigation Is Continuing". Another three-column heading has: "Students Strikes Still In Effect". A related story has: "M.I.T. Students Picket College", with photo.
Other news of the day throughout. Small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre,[2][3][4] occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by members of the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[5]
Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30. However, other students who were shot had merely been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.[6][7]
There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of eight million students, and the event further divided the country, at this already socially contentious time, along political lines.
Category: The 20th Century
