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Kent State — Part 21

114 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 2, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 112 pages OCR'd
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.fD-302 {Rav. 4-15-64) ; ~l- ’ Dare_9/ 19, (9 | 4 a New York, telephone reoruary 2h, 1949, at as follows: nterview advised He was a Junior at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, during the 1959-1970 school year, and left the campus in early May, 1970. On tie evening of May 2, 1970, at which time there was a Tect at Kent , he was visitigg his irl friend at her resicence at resent at that time was (phonetic) and her boy friend, ¢ of his vecolleation, they hea and other emerrency vehiclag porch of the residence at noted flames coning from the camnus area. ne four of them drove to the campus, and noved the ROTC Building on campus was adiaze and almost burned to tne ground, ‘There were crowds of several thousand students and others in the area watcning the fire. ae a1. +1, Sl ke oe AU CAS Time arrived at tne area or the fire, the fire trucks = Se cady left and he heard that when they had attempted to extinquish the fire the fi) hoses nad been cut by students or others. nen aia and his tnree comoanions arrived at the fire scene, the National Guard and otner law enforcement officers were . merely allowing the fire to burn out and were primarily concerned with keeping the crowd away from the fire at a safe distance, Ch ee YH . a :::: from unrecalled sources, that the fire nad deen arted by a small group of students, numbering at most 150, and that had the Gnio State Police riot police, who had been on campus, taken rirm steps at that time they could have prevented the building being set Ea) _ A rH ; Cleveland 98-2140 on__6/16/70_,, GMB ew york Buffalo 98-1235 S\ 6/6/70 by eee Daten dictatad This document contains neither recommandations nor conclusions af the FOL. tt is the property af the FBt and fa loaned to your agency: i} and its contents ozs not to be distributed outalds your egency. 3 5. . wees wth nee en es at ee wena
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