In Russia, Krushchev and his officials were celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth. Troops were being stationed across New England to prevent violence as the Black Panthers were holding a supposedly peaceful May Day demonstration in New Haven, Connecticut. At Kent State University in Ohio, students were up in arms after the National Guard had used tear gas and guns to break up a student rally at the center of campus. Texas had …showed first 75 words of 3081 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3081 total…Kilgore Students Entered in Contest." Longview Morning Journal. 1 May 1970: 11B.* "'Miss Gregg County' Will Ride in Longview Centennial Parade." Longview Morning Journal. 2 May 1970: 7D.* "Miss Dolly Northcutt 'First Lady of the First Century.'" Longview Morning Journal. 2 May 1970: 6A.* "The Kent State University Shooting of 1970."* "Federal Troops Rush to Possible New England Strife." Longview Morning Journal. 1 May 1970: 1A+.* "American High Schools in Turmoil with Violence, Vandalism Common." Longview Morning Journal. 1 May 1970: 4B.* *Indicates Primary Source