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Campus "Unrest" Demonstrations, 1970

1970-05-07 ""A Description of Events Which Occurred on or About The Pentacrest Area on May 7 and 8, 1970"" Page 2

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-2- estimate 1,500 or 2,000) were gathered on the lawn in front of Old Capitol. Another group of people, presumably students, was inside Old Capitol standing in the doorway and leaning out of the upstairs hall windows. Some were standing on the porch in front of the main doors on the east approach shouting to the mass of people on the Pentacrest to "come on in," "burn the ---- ---- down," and "join us, the revolution has started." No students were standing on the walkway which runs dorth and south in front of Old Capitol. It was quite obvious that the large crowd had no desire to become a part of the unruly mob in the building and in no way were they responding to their requests to join them. [handwritten] The walk was a kind of dividing line. I turned to Dean Hubbard and said, "Here's our chance to nail this small group. They are separated from the large crowd. Let's call the police." We ran back to the Security shack and there met with Mr. Binney, Mr. Heffner, and Mr. Larson. We were told that Captain Lyle Dickinson of the Highway Patrol had happened into the shack earlier and upon learning of the breakin, left saying that he would change into his uniform and call his men. Upon conferring, we decided to call the City Police to ask that the crowd at Old Capitol be arrested. That request was made by phone. At this time I would say that not more than thirty minutes had elapsed from the time that Dean Hubbard and I arrived on campus--probably less time. I waited in the Security shack for a short time and then moved back to the old Capitol area to observe. (It should be noted at this point that by the time Dean Hubbard and I initially arrived on campus, the group that
 
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