12 Thursday, March 28, 1974 University Daily Kansan --- Kent State Investigation Nears End But Justice Department attorneys refused to say what recommendations the jury was considering or to hint when the jury would report. Speculation had centered on today as a reporting date. CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP)—A federal grand jury probing the 1970 shooting deaths of four Kent State University students by Ohio National Guardsmen was reported near a decision yesterday. The jury received yesterday afternoon, and a Justice Department spokesman said it would resume work today. He said the jury wouldn't begin its day today by reporting what it is what it would do if it had been asked to report a issue. The jury's decisions are to be reached in closed-door session without the presence of prosecutors. Decisions will be presented to the chief U.S. District Court judge here. Possibilities include a written report describing the hurts' findings, one or more indetects or some THE JURY WAS EMPANELED Dec. 18 to determine whether there was cause to believe federal law was violated in the May 4, 1970, shootings by National Guard units that were ordered to the Kent State campus to control protesters demonstrating against U.S. military involvement in Cambodia. In addition to the deaths, nine students were wounded when Guardsmen opened a 13-second burst of gunfire from a knoll on the suburban campus. The shots came during a noon protest rally. combination. The jury also could tell the judge it found no basis for taking legal action in connection with the case. The Guardsmans were ordered to campus two days before the fatal shootings by then-Gov. James A. Rhodes. He acted after an Army Reserve Officers Corps war was burned during a nighttime operation. THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED the jury examination last year, reversing a 1971 decision by the judge. A presidential commission a state grand jury and the The decision to make a grand jury presentation was made by Attv. Attv. Gen. J. Stanley Pottimer. FBI looked into the shootings, but the current federal grade hearings are the first brought by the Justice Department. The investigation of the shootings—or alleged lack of investigation—has become as emotional an issue to the department as it has been in recent years. First came an investigation by an Ohio grand jury, which absolved Guardmen of all blame. It was immediately assailed by the parents of the dead students and critics of the Guard action, who charged that the jury was dominated by Kent area residents with a built-in bias toward students. Then came the report of a presidential commission, which said the shootings were inexcusable. This time recrimination came from local and state officials, who maintained from the beginning that while the deaths were regrettable, the Guardmen were defending themselves when they fired at a threatening mob. THERE WERE A SERIES of civil lawsuits filed by the parents of three of the four dead students against Rhodes, former Kent State President Robert White and five men who were Ohio National Guard officials at the time of the shootings. The suits seek a total of about $12 million in damages. Last summer, Justice Department investigators were told several persons present at the confrontation could identify the Guardman who they said fired the first shot. At that time, congressional investigators, including their own, turned over to the department records of interest with 48 individuals who said they could identify the person. Early in January, 22 federal grant jurors began meeting in Cleveland. Student Senate Voids Higher Activity Fees The Student Senate passed a bill last night that would raise the activity fee for part-time students to $12 a semester and then, after two years, reduce the bill to $5 a semester back it to committee. In an emergency meeting of the Student Senate Executive Committee (StudEx) after the senate meeting, Hunter asked the members of StudEx to use their influence in the senate to prevent such abuses from occurring in the future. The debate revolved around whether part-time students would begin paying higher activity fees in the fall of 1975 or in the fall of 1976. Senators passed the bill without understanding its implications, said Todd Hunter, Oklahoma City junior and presiding officer of the senate. The senators discerned the item in the bill when they wanted to consider the time it would affect Hunter. Said The debate lasted two hours because some senators abused parliamentary rules. PART-TIME STUDENTS, who are students enrolled in six hours or less, currently pay an activity fee of $1.20 for each hour in which they are enrolled. Full-time students pay a $12 activity fee each semester. Part-time students should pay the same activity fee as full-time students because part-time students have the same opportunity that full-time students have to use the services that the activity fee funds, said Elena Moyes, a volunteer. Ms. Junior and a sponsor of the bill. The bill would generate about $49,000 more in student activity fees for fiscal 1975 if the fees were increased beginning next fall. Davis said. The intent of the bill wasn't to generate more revenue, but to make the system of taxation more efficient. "We're just now being thought of as responsible," said Cindi Buxton, Alton, Ill., junior and member of StudEx. "If we change the budget procedure now we're taking the operation of the budget out of the budget and putting it into possible political play." 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