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+e ery £ oe 247 a & a 330 PM on ‘Saturday, | Hay 2, i970, i “the ‘Ohio Rational Guard had been ordered to the city of Kent, Onie, and were beginning to arrive there. At ebout that tine” approximutely 600 students began gathering at the ROIC pulléing on ¥SU cempus end were yelling, chanting and throwing objects at tae butlding. Several windows were broken in the building and the students set fires in the area, Flame from these fires were tarried to the building in attempts to bet at on fire. tal “ My re ie —_ «) nd bots 8. <> Bie] mall € band The ROTC building was set on fire, the Fire Depertuent - was called end upon their arrival at the scene, students met, ~ then terowing rocks and cutting the hoses they had on the fire 7 trucks. . Officers of the Kent State University Police Departrent | were used te disperse the crowd who had driven off the Fire Deyartneat end at approximately 10;20 Ph, the Fire Department | returned to the scene in an unsuccessful effort to put out the _ fire in the ROTC tuilding, By this tine the Ohio National Guerdsren | had ceployed thenselves around the building and the imediete area and the crowd of students was dispersed and broke into smaller bands of students who gontinued to roam about campus. Approxiimtely 500 Onio Hetional Guardsmen were on campus in _ Sddition to Kent State University police officers and merbers a the Ohio State Mabway Petrol, 7 . “AB of. epproximtely 3:00 AM on Bundey, hey 3, 1970, " eanpus activity was relatively quiet, During the dey of Sunday, sO May 3s 1910, the cempus situatt on was reletively quiet although eee ne Ae el® F Filect