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Student protests, May-December 1971

1971-05-11 Iowa City Press-Citizen Articles: ""Barney's Hit Again"" ""No Gasoline In Portable Containers""

P-C
5/11/71

Barney's Hit Again

Barney's DX, a service station at 122 South Linn Street which was the first target of rock-throwing demonstrations last Wednesday night, again lost windows as disturbances began Monday night. 
Three large front windows were broken about 10:15 p.m.- some six hours after they and about 17 other broken last week were replaced. One eyewitness to the vandalism described the persons who lobbed the rocks through the station windows as "teenyboppers" and "high school kids about 14 years old."
"Maybe the papers won't say it, but I know its not the students." William T. Barnes, the station's operator said today. "It is about 25 or 30 kids who come in here from our of town."
Barnes denies allegations that one of his attendants intentionally drove through a crowd of demonstrators last Wednesday, and event which preceded widespread rock-throwing. 
"It said in your paper that my truck squealed through the mob," he said "I'll give you $5,000 if you can squeal the tires on that little four cylinder. And there weren't any bodies bouncing off of it either. If there were, people would have been injured. You can go look at it. The only dents on it are on the back from rocks before it ever even entered the mob."
The truck, he said was on a service call. 

P-C 5/11/71

No Gasoline in Portable Containers. 

Police Chief Patrick J. McCarney this morning ordered all local service stations to stop selling gasoline in portable containers. 
McCarney today expressed fear that gasoline bombings might figure in any future disorders here. 
Most stations this morning were turning away all requests to fill gasoline containers except those from their regular customers.

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P-C 5/11/71 Barney's Hit Again Barney's DX, a service station at 122 South Linn Street which was the first target of rock-throwing demonstrations last Wednesday night, again lost windows as disturbances began Monday night. Three large front windows were broken about 10:15 p.m.- some six hours after they and about 17 other broken last week were replaced. One eyewitness to the vandalism described the persons who lobbed the rocks through the station windows as "teenyboppers" and "high school kids about 14 years old." "Maybe the papers won't say it, but I know its not the students." William T. Barnes, the station's operator said today. "It is about 25 or 30 kids who come in here from our of town." Barnes denies allegations that one of his attendants intentionally drove through a crowd of demonstrators last Wednesday, and event which preceded widespread rock-throwing. "It said in your paper that my truck squealed through the mob," he said "I'll give you $5,000 if you can squeal the tires on that little four cylinder. And there weren't any bodies bouncing off of it either. If there were, people would have been injured. You can go look at it. The only dents on it are on the back from rocks before it ever even entered the mob." The truck, he said was on a service call. P-C 5/11/71 No Gasoline in Portable Containers. Police Chief Patrick J. McCarney this morning ordered all local service stations to stop selling gasoline in portable containers. McCarney today expressed fear that gasoline bombings might figure in any future disorders here. Most stations this morning were turning away all requests to fill gasoline containers except those from their regular customers.