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“iOhio Guards ,Still CarryingSfPe a be h e pe-ds-Loaded RiflesP-PIMgLmWASHINGTON (AP) - National Guardsmen called out to j0] control protests at four major!ct ,a universities across the countryf‘rafter the Kent State shootings 1have been given orders to keeptheir guns unloaded. 20'un Troops sent into the Universi- p|city of Kentucky to enforce a j0. night-long curfew were issued thetn-*eaionlive ammunition Wednesday on rrV orders from Gov. Louie B.f*1’ Nunn, but the guardsmen were f0 . told not to load their rifles. sc e' Ammunition was kept from „0 a ‘ guardsmen at the University of Wisconsin, where students builtic1 s as toa u eirandastlt;FranFrdebarricades in the streets and set I._them ablaze before being routed by tear gas Wednesday night. | Only in Ohio were guardsmen still carrying loaded rifles, but new warnings were issued ' * against opening fire in the wake of the earlier deaths.Four students were killed and 10 wounded Monday when Ohio National Guardsmen shot into a crowd of antiwar demonstrators I at Kent State.Illinois put 5.000 guardsmen on standby alert and sent part of the force onto the Southern II-, linois University campus after a clash Wednesday night. But the militia's top general said the i troops had standing orders not A to load or fire without a specific . command from a senior officer. j 10n Maryland Troops Withdrawn est Guard guns were also kept un- ‘ ( *! loaded at the University of n 1,1 Maryland, where the last troops ** were withdrawn Wednesday af-ter five days of demonstrations jy The Pentagon’s riot regula-|U{ tions say troops are allowed to load their weapons only upon an bu officer's orders or if their live* ^ are in danger.teebe-ateib-so-D-n’sioninon“eqir
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Eau Claire Daily Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 07, 1970
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