May 3, 1970 - Gov. Rhodes Criticizes Student Protesters at Kent State

FOUR DAYS IN MAY 1970 - On May 3, Gov. James Rhodes, up for re-election as a law-and-order leader, ranted at a press conference on campus against student protesters, calling them "worse than the brown shirts and the communist element and also the night riders and the vigilantes." Some students defied a curfew and waited in vain to be addressed by the university president. More students were bayoneted. I have a new hypothesis about the cause of the killings that I've reveal on May 4th, the 50 the anniversary of the shootings.

ROTC Building Burned; National Guard Troops Arrive at Kent State University

FOUR DAYS IN MAY 1970 - On May 2, tension was high between students and Kent townspeople. The mayor called Gov. Rhodes and requested the National Guard, which arrived at 10 p.m. as the ROTC building was burning. No arsonist was ever found. The troops skirmished with students, using tear gas and at least student was bayoneted. (To be continued on May 3.)

A New Hypothesis about the Kent State killings to be revealed May 4th

FOUR DAYS IN MAY 1970 - On April 30, 1970, Pres. Nixon announced the "Cambodian incursion" had been launched as part of the Vietnam War. On Friday, May 1, anti-war rallies broke out across the nation, including at Kent State in Ohio. Another rally was set there for Monday, May 4th. Late that night in downtown Kent, a crowd of students and others got rowdy and as orders to close the bars early angered other students, the crowd swelled and vandalism occurred. On Monday, four students were killed and nine injured by National Guard troops. I have a new hypothesis about what happened that crucial day and will share that on Monday.