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Only if you forget about the bombing of Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, which, IIRC, happened in August of that year. It killed a graduate student who was doing research in the wee hours when the truck bomb (the classic nitrogen fertilizer and fuel oil mixed in 55 gallon drums) went off. Some of the debris fell on the researcher, pinning him to the floor. Burst pipes flooded the lower floors and the fellow drowned. Perfectly innocent, incidental victim of some whacked anti-war protesters in Madison. I think that was what killed the anti-war movement.

OBTW, his name was Robert Fassnacht. And he was married and had three young children.

By the time I arrived at Madison in the fall of 1975, several of the conspirators in the bombing had been arrested and were being prosecuted. I had a knock on my door in the dormitory where I was living as a freshman, and it was some brain dead hippie who was raising money for the legal defense of David Fine, one of the conspirators. Two mistakes there, knocking on the door of a college student looking for a donation of any kind (I was very broke, all of the time then), and knocking on the door of someone who knew of and cared about the victim of that crime. I tore into that bastard and he left frightened by my response.

Fine was convicted, served time, attended the University of Oregon Law School and passed the bar there. He was rejected for admission to practice, and sued. Fortunately, he was never able to get licensed. He could not pass the moral character requirement.

Every August, in years that mark a 5 year anniversary increment - the local papers cover the topic with a "where are they now?" approach, focusing on the bombers, one of whom, Leo Burt, remains a fugitive. Very little is ever said about the victim.