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Student !Midy President Dave Krashna, chairman of the nation's military policies and the Three university of Mexico strike agenda committee, last night called an emergency Strike Mass killing of four students at Kent students were stabbed - none by Mike Chapin seriously - in a fight over session of all strikers to meet tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Stepan State University. "Once the hand is laid on the Gov. Ronald Reagan an­ whether to raise or lower the Center. plow anyone who looks back U.S. flag in memory of four nounced that the University of Earlier at an ad hoc meeting to determine the direction of shall never see the kingdom of California's nine campuses and Kent State University students. the strike, Krashna, in an attempt to consolidate leadership God," quoted Father Burrell Most of the strikes and the state's 18 state colleges from the gospel at the concel­ would close down from mid­ demonstrations were peaceful. appointed Mark Winings, Jim Leary, Walt Williams, Fred brated Mass on the main quad night Wednesday through Sun­ At many schools, only scores or Dedrick, Chris Ottenweller, Professors John Houck and yesterday afternoon. He said the day in the face of "emotional hundreds out of thousands of William Storey to an agenda committee for the strike meeting students who have moved for students were participating. turmoil." tonight. Houck and Storey supported the action but declined the disruption in the normal Classes went on normally at The Texas state capitol was membership because they felt the students should manage proceedings because of their hundreds of colleges. But scores evacuated and hundreds of concern over the war have of presigious universities had their own affairs. armed Texas Rangers, state committed themselves to live by shut down for the day, for the Krashna adjourned the ad hoc meeting and an a pnvate troopers and Austin police the spirit of their actions. rest of the week and in the case session with the new agenda committee established a single guarded it against renewal of Burrell gave his sermon to a of a few ·for the rest of the attacks by University of Texas proposal to be set forth at the strike meeting for student crowd of over I ,000 persons academic year. students. appraisal and vote. sitting around a makeshift altar. Firebombings of ROTC of­ In Illinois, Gov. Richard B. The proposal reads as follows: His sermon was preceded by a fices or other buildings shook Ogilvie ordered 5,000 National reading from Thomas Merton by some campuses. Buildings were The Notre Dame Student Strike should be extended to Guard troops to the Champaign Father Amen. The emphasis of occupied on a few campuses and Friday, May 15 in order to achieve the following measures: Urbana campus of the University the reading was on the importan­ held by students. of Illinois to quell student 1) Student support and petitioning for Father Hesburgh's ce of finding one's self and being Evacuation of the Texas capi­ disturbances. attack on President Nixon's Southeast Asian policy. true to one's convictions. tol was ordered by Gov. Preston National Guardsmen moved 2) The establishment of a Communiversity which would A small band played folk Smith after a bomb threat was back onto the University of tunes during the Mass. The telephoned to security guards program films, teach-ins, seminars, etc. which pertain to all Wisconsin campus, where bands crowd was particularly moved and student protesters gathered relevant issues. Furthermore, the ~ommuniversity would of students marched and shout­ when they played "The Great ed after a mass rally. The for a campus rally and threaten­ (continued on page 7) (continued on page 7) Guardsmen used tear gas Tues­ ed a march on the capitol. Police day to disperse rock throwing Tuesday hurled tear gas bombs students. into ranks of screami:1g, chant­ The hastily organized Na" ing demonstrators who stormed Thousands participate tiona! Strike Center at Brandeis around the capitol and marched University in Waltham, Mass., downtown. reported strikes were under way at 240 colleges and universities. Two New York high in Howard Park march schools were--closed and dozens Half of the affected schools are by Marty Graham The march began after a few the situation which had existed of others reported meager in New England and New York preliminary instructions from attendance yesterday as thou­ Over three thousand Notre· on her campus at the time of the State. Student Body President Dave sands of secondary school stu­ Dame, St. Mary's, and South killings by National G~ard District of Columbia police Krashna and other strike leaders. dents joined the nationwide Bend studentS" participated in troops. fired dozens of canisters of tear Krashna also read a proposal anti-Vietnam War protest yesterday's protest march and She said, "We were going to gas at rock and bottle hurling directed to Father Theodore mounted by college students. rally at Howard Park. have a rally at 12:00 ... We were student demonstrators at Ameri- Hesburgh calling for the paid sitting in a circle on a hill. The suspension of University workers national guard came down in Friday for the purpose of joining jeeps saying 'disperse'." Faculty endorses Hesburgh the strike. A short time later, she said, In an extraordinary special war to be concluded by a vote James Massey, Chairman of the The rally opened wfth a the troops started lobbing tear session yesterday, the faculty on such measures as may be Student Life Council asked for speech from Jim Engel, who gas canisters into the crowd. voted 21 7 to 134 to support the necessary to achieve the aims of faculty members to volunteer to recently returned from harvest­ "Then finally," she stated, "the declaration of Notre Dame Presi­ the Declaration. go into the halls to rap with the ing sugar in Cuba. He spoke on troops lined up and marched dent Fr. Theodore llesburgh Before the actual debate be­ students last night and today. the development of the "third toward us." concerning the war in Vietnam gan, it was decided that the Five clipboards circulated for world" and the present revolu­ Then she sobbed, "All of a and the invasion of Cambodia. resolution would have to be interested teachers to sign during tion in America. sudden they just turned around Included in the resolutin was accepted or rejected as a whole the initial presentations. A girl from Kent State, who and fired." an appeal to Fr. Hesburgh to and no amendments would be Professor Edward Goerner of was present at the killing A close friend of hers, she travel to Washington to present allowed. Meanwhile, Professor (continued on page 2) the four students, spoke next on said, cradled one of . the dying the declaration in person and, if students, but there was no hope possible be accompanied by because "his face was blown presidents of other universities. away." The entire resolution follows: Her talk was followed by a The faculty uf the University high school student and Charles uf Nutre Dame, conscious uf the Murphy, a member of the South need for both urder and effec­ Bend Council of Churches. tive actiun in this extraordinary Rev. Murphy told the crowd, mument in our histury, and "What you are doing today is hm,ing met in extraordinary exactly what the church should be doing .. .l look at you and say, sessiun, hereby publicly expesses 'this is beautiful'." lie concluded its suppurt fur the Declaration his speech by symbolically made by the President of the pointing a gun toward Washing­ University un May 4, 1970 ton and President Nixon. On the concerning the war in Vietnam gun was inscribed the single and the invasion of Cambodia, word, "Shalom," which means and it askes the President of the "peace" in Hebrew. "My only University, in cuncert with re­ message today," he said, "is presentatives uf uther universi­ 'peace'." ties ifpussib/e, tu gu tu Washing­ Faculty members William Storey and James Massey spoke tun in order to present the next on the faculty endorsement Declaration tu the appropriate of Hesburgh 's declaration con~ officers of the Congress and tu cerning America's involvement urge the Congress to undertake, in the Indo-China war1 which in pursuance of its cunstitutiunal had received 1433 signatures by responsibilities, a comprehensive noon yesterday. and fundamental debate on the Fr. Hesburgh and Mr. Faccenda review beginning of yesterday's march (continued on page 3) ~ niversity policy hit in statement by Ed Ellis Richard Hunter, chairman of Hunter, who is head of the dietary to its purport." Accord­ the newly-formed Committee campus' Young Democrats and a ing to Student Body President for Academic Freedom, announ­ former senator, had previously Krashna, since the President has ced last night that a petition released a statemeritto Associa­ made a serious mistake in decrying the University's deci­ ted Press and United Press Cambodia, classes should be sion to close classes as "a International calling the class suspended to discuss whether or dangerous precedent" and call­ cancellation "a perversion of not the President made a serious ing upon the University to leave everything the University pre­ mistake in Cambodia ..

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