Evening star., 1962-10-01
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BeIeoquered Morsho|s Use Tear Gas,
Refrain From Firing on Rioters
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registered by Registrar Robert
Ellis.
Federal marshals. a bit the
worse for wear after the night
of shambles, surrounded the old
Doric building.
Mr.. Meredith walked out of
the Lyceum a duly registered
student. He was smiling and
he seemed calm as he has
been during the excitement of
the past two weeks. A crowd
gathered slowly 100 feet away
in front Of Conner Hall, across
campus street.
Impassioned students, yelling
constantly. shouted:
you've got blood on your
hands"
"How's it feel to have blood
on your hands,?
TNigger go home"
Mr.. Meredith's impassivity
didn't alter when someone
asked him If he were happy
that his struggle to enroll met
success.
mo" he said, "thls is not
q happy occasion"
Marshals to Stay
A few minutes after Mr..
Meredith and his escort circled
the Lyceum and returned with
out finding the proper class
building, Edward o. Guthman,
spokesman for the Justice De-
partlnent, said:
"Marshals will escort Mere
dith about the campus as long
as necessary. They won't leave
him as long as he is in any
danger" y
At least 40 marshals have
been berthed at Baxter Hall,
the campus apartment building
where Mr.. Meredith was housed
last night.
The Government built up its
strength during the night de-
spite the lull in the disorder.
An Army spokesman said 1000
regular troops now are in Ok
ford. The towns population is
5,283.
The campus rioting, pune
tuated with gunfire from the
rioters ranks, broke out last
night as the students and many
outsiders vented their anger
over the entrance Of Mr.. Mere
dith to the 114-year-old insti-
tuition.
Ragged Through The Night
The riot ragged throughout
che night as students and out
siders repeatedly attacked sew
eral hundred marshals who had
brought the Negro student to
the campus late in the after
noon.
Regular Army troops were
ordered here from their stag
ing area in Memphis, Tenn,
when the situation rapidly got
out of hand under the cover Of
darkness.
Mississippi's II. Gov. Paul B.
johnson, jr., visited the campus
at the height of the rioting and
warned Justice Department Of
ficials who are here to expect
more violence and possibly
bloodshed during the day.
The Lieutenant Gov rn or
was said to have expressed
fears that many from outside
oxford were on the way here
to join in the battle against in
tegratlng the university.
NewSman Killed
One of those killed in the
campus rioting was a French
newspaperman. Paul Guihard.
representing the London Daily
Sketch and French news
agency. After one of the early
student forays he was found
dead with wound in the back.
A 23-year-old juke box re-
pairman. Ray Gunter, Of OK
ford, also was fatally shot. He
was taken from the university
campus to oxford Hospital,
where he was pronounced dead
on arrival.
A United States marshal,
Graham Same, was critically
wounded by a gunshot in the
neck and was flown to the hos
pital at the Memphis Naval Air
Station for emergency treat
ment. Another marshal was
wounded in the thigh by rifle
fire.
Newsman Bill Crider of the
Memphis staff of the Associated
Press was wounded in the back
by a burst of birdshot. Several
members of the Mississippi
State patrol also were wounded.
Mr.. Orders wounds were not
serious. He was treated and
soon returned to the campus,
The troops, arriving early this
morning forced the rioters into
dormitories and the wooded
hills that make up the 640-acre
Ole Miss campus. They left be-
hind the litter of battle and the
hulks of a half dozen burned
out cars.
Military police arrested SO as
they swept back the rioters
Later arrests brought the total
taken into custody to ll2
Estimates put the strength of
the troops on the campus at
1000 men.
United States marshals. at
tired in riot jackets and
helmet liners, earlier hao
turned back the attackers time
after time in a battle they
fought with tear gas and smoke
bombs.
The attackers used bricks
IRON pipes, and as the night
wore on, turned to Molotoy