5 Colleges Disrupted
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) NEW YORK, April 30.
Armed rebellion by black militants at a southern college highlighted continuing student revolts across the Unietri States today. About 250 National Guardsmen and policemen patrolled the tense Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina, where about 25 black students surrendered last night after seizing two buildings which they held with guns and other weapons
.» similar black militant action upset Cornell University last week. Five colleges in New York City remained disrupted by student protesters including the City College of New York, which has been closed for more than a week. President Nixon’s denunciation yesterday of campus
“lawlessness” evoked no immediate reaction from students and school administrators. But some observers feared it might inspire new disorders from radical Leftistwing campus groups.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31976, 1 May 1969, Page 15
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