By 1970 the machine was finally being built at a reasonable rate and it was being readied for delivery in about a year . On 6 January 1970 , '' The Daily Illini '' , the student newspaper , claimed that the computer would be used to design nuclear weapons . It was at this point that the Kent State shootings took place , and anti-war violence erupted across university campuses
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
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