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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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“ “Ry MARY SWWINDELL Press Staff Writer RAVENNA—A Kent Stale professor and a cenvicted drug peddler were the first persons put under arrest to day as deputies rounded up 25 persons indicted in the campus disorders of last May. ; Two of the first five in custody were Greater Cleve- landers. Prof. Thomas S. Lough, 42, professor of saciology indicted for inciting to riot, surrendered voluntarily, ap- parently having learned that he was to be arrested. He Was accompanied by his at- torney. The other also was easy to find. He was Richard C. Felber, 21, of Akron, a fresh- man at Kent State last year ‘and presumably a student at the time of the fatal clash. He was already in jail. Felber was charged with first degree riot, attempting to burn property, assault and interfering with a. fire- man at the scene of a fire. The fire was that which ‘razed the ROTC Bldg. May 2, He recently was convicted of selling drugs and is in the Portage County Jail here awaiting transfer to the Mansfield Reformatory to begin a sentence of 20 to 40 years, Lough was released on $5000 personal recognizance =The-Greater Clevelanders, both of whom sufrendered voluntarily, were James M. Riggs, 20, of 29235 Sunset Dr., Westlake, a sophomore in business administration, and Larry Shub, 1676 Glen- mont Dr., Cleveland Heights, a freshman last year. Each is under indictment for second-degree riot. The fifth in custody is Jerry Rupe, 21, of Kent, not — a student, who already was in Stark County Jail on a charge of possession of nar- colics. He was indicted for arson, assault, striking a fireman, interfering with a fireman and first-degree riot. DEPUTIES, armed with Warrants, were rounding up the others. None will be nained until arrested. None of those indicted last week by a special Grand Jury was among the Nation- al Guard troops who killed four students and wounded nine as a climax to four davs of rioting on the KSU cam- pus. University officials chafed , at the continuing court or- ders banning discussion of the jury report. “Kent State President Rob- ert 1. White said he had been given permission by the pre- siding judge to comment nut not te criticize. He said he would not hold any press conferences as a conse- qtience. , MEANTIME, the Case ‘Western Reserve Student Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam an- rouneed a publicemeaiing
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