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HI MJCi 130TII YEAR NO. 2H FINAL EDITION MORNING, MAY 7, 1970 PRICE 10 CENTS nn To UK oses i foods nn cmc in TP BP OS Sen 10 Troopers were met by about 300 students who scattered as the state police moved toward them. The youths then began a march around the campus, shouting; obscenities, chanting and singing. The students later left the UK area and marched toward Transylvania University. Adj.

Gen. Larry C. Dawson refused to say how many guards would be moved onto the campus. demonstrations last weekend were transported to their respective headquarters. Col.

Harry Finley of the guard said they would be deactivated immediately. Four hundred more guardsmen were to be removed by nightfall Thursday, he said. To insure order Is maintained on the campus empty of its 19,000 students Finley said a force of Ohio Highway Patrolmen would remain behind. A university spokesman said Tuesday there was no immediate decision to continue an injunction which closed the school until at least May 10. PRESIDENT NIXON, after meeting with six Kent State students Wednesday, ordered his White House staff to compile a thorough report on the Kent violence and to recommend ways to prevent campus From Enquirer Wires Ohio State University was ordered closed Wednesday in the face of new student protests while at Lexington, riot-equipped state police and the National Guard were called upon to enforce a curfew at the University of Kentucky.

President Novice G. Fawcett ordered OSU closed shortly after Gov. James A. Rhodes issued a statement saying that all state universities experiencing unrest should shut down immediately. Fawcett asked all students to return home and said all were expected to be off the campus by noon today.

The latest Incident at the OSU campus here involved the stoning of firemen called to the campus to fight several fires Wednesday afternoon. A contingent of Ohio National Guardsmen, stationed near the campus for nearly a week, were called to provide protection for the firefighters. An OSU student group had demanded an end to war research and ROTC, and provision for greater black enrollment and greater student decision-making power. Scores of persons were injured and arrested in two days of violence which erupted when a student leader was arrested last Wednesday. AT LEXINGTON, about 80 state policemen, some carrying riot guns, and 250 National Guardsmen moved onto the campus shortly after Gov.

Louie B. Nunn said he had ordered police and Guardsmen "with mounted bayonets and live ammunition" onto the campus to enforce a 7 p. m. to 6:30 a. m.

curfew. The curfew was set by the governor after about 750 students failed to heed a 5. p. m. deadline set by UK president Dr.

Otis Singletary forbidding groups to meet on the campus. "There will be enough, and if they can't do the job, we'll get some more," he said. In committing troops to the campus, Governor Nunn said. "I have determined that a state of emergency exists. Nunn's order came 18 hours after the Air Force ROTC building was destroyed by fire and a student, Miss Sue Anne Salmon, 21, of Hopkins County, was arrested on an arson charge.

Meanwhile in Kent, Ohio, convoys of National Guardsmen, bleary-eyed from lack of sleep, continued rolling away from the Kent State University campus Wednesday. Security precautions, however, remained tight in the wake of the shooting deaths of four students by Guardsmen Monday. SOME 400 citizen-soldiers activated to quell student and anti-war Classes Canceled Miami University President Dr. Phillip Shriver met with about 6000 students late Wednesday and canceled classes for the rest of the week to give the students "a chance to come together" to talk out their differences. He said the school would be shut down in memory of the four Kent State students killed Monday and all the Vietnam war dead.

Shriver met the students at the Sundial Overlook, a quardrangle area on the south end of the campus, after a roving band of about 500 demonstrators calling for a student strike marched through the campus for several hours, gathering members along the way. UC Classes On Ralph C. Bursiek, acting president of the University of Cincinnati, announced early today that UC will hold classes today. Bursiek said, "As was decided earlier this week, class attendance is on a voluntary basis." Some students conducted an all night vigil in the university's administration building Taft etzenbaum hi To Vie For Senate thought to lose ground last week when the governor called out National Guard troops to restore order on the turbulent Ohio State University campus. Impact of violence on the Kent State University campus which left four students dead, shot by National Guard troops, has not been assessed, but several seasoned observers Wednesday speculated that it helped Rhodes cut into Taft's lead.

The two Republicans debated for live television audiences four times, once each in Cincinnati, Akron, Toledo and Cleveland. i Irfc. Governor Race Pits 2 Veterans -II I I Ill IK i 'T '-igWyatn. AP Wirephofo Salmon of Madisonville, was arrested minutes after the fire broke out and charged with arson. THE OLD AIR ROTC Building at the University of Kentucky was destroyed by fire about midnight Tuesday after a day of student unrest on the campus.

Sue Ann House OKs Weapons Bill and parliamentary maneuvering prevented members from casting roll call votes on all but two issues final passage of the bill and the unsuccessful attempt to win a roll call on the Leggett amendment. Another Side By Associated Press In an interview broadcast on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, Wednesday night, an unidentified Guardsman who had been at the Kent University during the trouble but not involved in the shooting said, "People threw rocks and bricks at us A kid gets his kneecap shattered with a wrench Nobody cares about us. All they care about is them four kids up there that got killed A second Guardsman, als" unidentified at his own request, said, "I wouldn't shoot anybody. I don't even load my weapon when I'm on Why would I want to shoot innocent kids? the Senate a $20.2 billion bill that would authorize the Pentagon to purchase military weapons, including part of the Safeguard ABM, and conduct research in the fiscal year beginning July 1 Although beaten In every attempt to curb or place restrictions on the President's action in Cambodia, doves showed surprising strength for the House, which in recent years has steadfastly gone along with presidential foreign policy decisions. WAR CRITICS reached their high point when 146 members voted to have a roll call on an amendment that would have barred the use of any funds "to finance the introduction of any American ground troops into Laos, Thailand or Cambodia without the prior consent of the Congress." Proposed by Rep.

Robert Leggett (D Calif.) the motion for a roll call was rejected by 248 lawmakers. Members had beaten the amendment earlier on a nonrecord vote of 132 to 215. A combination of House rules BY WARREN WHEAT Columbus Bureau Chief One of the state's oldest political names and one of its freshest won party nominations for the U. S. Senate and will oppose each other in the November general election.

Robert Taft grandson of a President and son of a U. S. Senator, squeaked by Gov. James A. Rhodes for the bitterly contested Republican nomination for the Senate.

Taft, with some 4500 ballots remaining to be tabulated in Hamilton County, received 467,866 votes to Rhodes' 464,701. Cleveland attorney and former state legislator Howard M. Metzen-baum pulled off the oiggest surprise of the primary election, defeating former astronaut John Glenn Jr. for the Democratic U. S.

Senate nomination. Largely unknown outside his home town until a few short weeks ago, Metzenbaum topped Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, 427,294 votes to 414.848. THE RHODES-TAFT skirmish captured most attention during the campaign. Glenn was given a strong edge against Metzenbaum. Refusing to go along with pressure to join a dream team Repub- Voting Charts.

Page 58 lican ticket as a candidate for governor, Taft took on one of the state's most popular chief executives and top vote getters. Rated as moderate Republicans and disagreeing on few national and international issues Taft and Rhodes waged highly-personal campaigns. Two of the most significant factors in their battle included a disputed Life magazine article entitled "The Governor and The Mobster" published a year ago and violence on Ohio college campuses on the eve of the election. Rhodes sued Life Magazine for $10.3 million for allegations contained in the article. Taft declined to discuss the article publicly, but in what was regarded as a veiled reference to it used the term "integrity" freely throughout the campaign.

Taft led Rhodes in most polls throughout the campaign, but was -AP Wlrephoto Up until the last few weeks and days of the campaign Metzenbaum was not given a chance. His opponent Glenn made limited use of television and newspaper advertising, saying he ran out of campaign funds. A lifelong Democrat, Metzenbaum continued to blanket the state with heavy television advertising and an aggressive personal campaign. He won by 12,446 votes, also defeating two lesser opponents, Dr. Kenneth Clement and John Mc-Alarney who shared about 80,000 between them.

House Minority Leader John McDonald Newark) who received 253,007 votes. Republican State Treasurer John Herbert was unopposed. State Rep. Roger Tracy (R Columbus) was nominated by Republicans for auditor with 627,591 votes. Attempting to make a political comeback, Joseph T.

Ferguson, 74, received 466,076 votes to win the Democratic nomination for auditor. Ferguson was auditor of state 16 years and treasurer four years. FOR TREASURER Republicans nominated State Sen. Robin Turner (R Marion i with 182,023 votes. Turner, a maverick legislator, defeated four opponents 'ncluding Ralph Park Jr.

who received 179.210 votes. Democratic nominee for treasurer is Mrs. Gertrude Donahey, only woman on the ticket. Mrs. Donahey is wife of former Lt.

Gov. Vic Donahey. John F. Kennedy, Cleveland, was nominated as the Democratic candidate for secretary of state. He will be opposed by Republican incumbent Ted W.

Brown. S. Viet Units Pull Out Of Cambodia SAIGON (LTD The South Vietnamese High Command announced Thursday that 6000 government infantrymen, rangers and armored units are returning to South Viet-name in the first withdrawal of allied forces involved in the current Cambodian offensive. The units were ordered pulled out of the southern portion of the Parrot's Beak area about 40 miles west of Saigon. Military sources said the withdrawal had been largely completed.

"The troops have successfully completed their mission which was to destroy Communist base camps and supply depots," an announcement of the South Vietnamese general staff said. lly the move, allied troops involved in operations In Cambodia ere cut to less than military sources said. It followed the start of the three new drives into the neighboring country Wednesday. The withdrawal came after Communist troops in apparent retaliation against the allied drives into their formed sanctuaries in Cambo-dio slammed rockets into South Vietnam's former imperial capital of flue, killing 12 Vietnamese and wounding 21. Near the demilitarized zone Wednesday, IT.

S. forces suffered their highest losses in a single action in 20 months 29 killed and 31 wou ded. Ohio Democrats and Republicans selected veteran political warriors to lead their party tickets in the November general election. Auditor of State Roger Cloud, a Republican, and Cincinnati Democrat John J. Gilligan both won handily in their three-way primary election scraps for nomination for governor.

WITH SOME 4500 ballots yet to be counted In Cincinnati Cloud had posted 462,591 votes to 280,362 received by U. S. Rep. Donald Lukens, Middletown conservative, and 168,571 for Atty. Gen.

Paul W. Brown. Gilligan declared his victory less than four hours after the polls closed Tuesday evening. He received 544,648 votes smothering his opponents Cleveland Democrats Robert Sweeney who had 216,456 votes and Mark McElroy with A former Cincinnati Councilman and congressman, Gilligan ran a quiet campaign relying on exposure he received in his unsuccessful bid for the U. S.

Senate in 19S8. His greatest political victory was in defeating U. S. Sen. Frank J.

Lausche in 1968 for the Democratic nomination. Gilligan, 49, went on to lose the general election to William B. Saxbe. Cloud, 59, has long years of service behind him in state and local government. After serving four years as a school board member and eight as Logan County Commissioner, Cloud was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives where he served a record 10 years as Speaker of the House.

In 1965 he was appointed to fill out an expired term as auditor of state and was elected to a full term the next year. EDWIN LAWTON, 46-year-old Columbus material control and purchasing agent, won the American Independent Party nomination for governor. In other primary contests for state offices: State Sen. Anthony Calabrese Cleveland) won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor with 231,457 votes. He deieated six opponents including A.

William Sweeney, Cincinnati, who had votes. Republican incumbent John Brown was unopposed Democrats nominated William J. Brown, Lake Milton, for attorney general with 344,789 votes. He defeated three opponents including Nixon Schedules News Conference WASHINGTON President Nixon will hold a television-radio news conference some time Friday, the White House announced WASHINGTON (UPD The House debated President Nixon's decision to send U. S.

troops into Cambodia for five hours Wednesday, but In the end it defeated all five amendments that were offered and refused to either oppose or endorse the action. After the futile debate, members voted 326 to 69 to pass and send to Local Youths Qbj cm yJi Sea Search The Coast Guard reported Wednesday it was searching for two Cincinnati men it believed were floating in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Mass, in an eight-foot life raft. THE TWO MEN were identified as Thomas M. Rizzo, 5100 Foley a student at the University of Cincinnati, and James Paul Winters, a former UC student. A Coast Guard spokesman said the two men abandoned their 30-foot sailboat, which was found Tuesday on the beach.

However, a relative of Rizzo said in Cincinnati Wednesday night that Rizzo called her after the sailboat was wrecked and reported he was all right. She said he telephoned to say he was leaving the sailboat on the beach and planned to visit friends at Martha's Vineyard. She said he was planning to sell the boat and return to Cincinnati today. The Weather Mostly sunny today, with a 10 chance of showers. High in upper ills.

Sunny and warmer Friday. Details, Map on Page 56 Page Action Line 56 Amuse. ...76,77 Astrodata 52 Books 57 Bridge 54 Business Classified 59-69 Columnists 7 Comics 40 Crossword 52 Dear Abby .24 Deaths 13, 57 Page Editorials 6 Graham 32 Horse Sense .51 Jumble 52 People 3 Society 25 Sports 71-76 TV-Radio ....18 Welkel 55 Women's Word Game .26 Are? and Local News Pages 55, 56 CI siute 11 i Republican, Democratic Rivals In November Senate Race Robert Taft left, signals victory; j'ioward Metzenbaum and wife, ripht, conduct news conference.

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