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REPORTER: This nation was in turmoil and choosing up sides. The man in the White House was getting a message. He had set a firm date for withdrawal from Cambodia. He was saying nothing about Vietnam. On Sunday a Spokesman of Authority had come to this Ohio campus. His National Guard was in command with live ammunition. Sandra Lee Scheuer was struck in the neck with a round from an M-l rifle. Her young body crumpled when her windpipe was cut in two. Instantly. A nation was now at war with its young. Instantly. STUDENT LEADER: (From the dock.) Every boy in this town tonight who has long hair is a Weatherman....SDS. I want to read to you what the chief of campus police said.... REPORTER: (Making a sudden move in her direction.) Just a minute.... (looking at the audience). Now the rules of presenting evidence wouldn't permit this....hearsay. Not admissable as evidence. (The reporter stops and ponders his own edict. Rubs both hands over and down the back of his head, closing eyes as in deep thought, then looks into the front row.) Why not? I'm sure that all this has been read into the record of one grand jury or the other....so why not let you have a crack at it? One grand jury actually got this case, but no one ever learned just what happened....another high jury indicted the student body president. Tonight, we don't play by the rules of evidence. We play by the Page 9 |