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1971-08-19 Des Moines Register Article: ""Drop Counts Against 190 At Iowa City""

DMR 8/19/71

Drop Counts Against 190 At Iowa City
By Larry Eckholt
(Register Staff Writer)

   IOWA CITY, IA. - Charges of disorderly conduct against 190 persons arrested during student unrest on the University of Iowa campus in May, 1970, have been formally dismissed, and bond money is being returned to them, clerks of Police Court here said Wednesday.
   The charges, pending for 15 months during efforts to try the defendants at one mass trial, were dismissed by Police Judge Joseph Thornton upon recommendation of City Atty. Jay Honohan.
   In a petition filed last week before he left on vacation, Honohan indicated that he did not think the 190 defendants would be found guilty, basing his opinion on a ruling handed down by Thornton earlier this year.
   19 Found Innocent
   At that time, Thornton found 19 defendants innocent of charges of disorderly conduct because evidence presented by prosecuting attorneys failed to show that the defendants had engaged in offensive or violent activities.
   The arrests took place during student reaction to the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State University killings of four students in May, 1970.
   In the early morning hours of May 8, police ordered protestors to clear the U of I Pentacrest after a night of unrest during which Old Capitol was broken into.
   When police began arresting people, a group of about 200 persons sat on the steps of Old Capitol. Arrests were made without resistance.
   "This court is unable to equate such activity as being 'offensive,'" Thornton wrote when he found the first 19 innocent.
   After those arrested pleaded to the charges, the cases remained dormant for more than six months.
   Honohan then announced that a single mass trial would be held for 210 persons charged with disorderly conduct - all to be tried under the same set of evidence. The trial was scheduled for Jan. 4, but the cases were continued because of a blizzard.
   The mass trial was stalled for another six months after Thornton ruled that the 19 were innocent of the charge.
   Some Addresses Unknown
   Police Court clerks said Wednesday that checks for the bond money - in most cases for $100 - are being sent to the individuals at their last "known" addresses. Some checks are being withheld because addresses are not known, the clerk said.
   Defendants who have not left forwarding addresses should notify the clerk's office, they said.
   Much of the bond money was raised by fund drives after the mass arrests took place.
   Following are the names of those who had charges of disorderly conduct dismissed against them stemming from student unrest here in May 1970.
   The names and addresses are those given by the defendants at the time of their arrest, according to police dockets here. Charges have been dismissed against:
   Catherine Avery of Iowa City; John Allison of Osceola; Sandra Armstrong of Waterloo; Jeff Aizenberg of Sioux City; James Arthur of Neola; Mark Anderson of Story City; Carl Agee, no address; Christine Brown of Rock Island, Ill.; Stephen Brown of Ankeny; and Michael Broell of Iowa City.
   Also, Krista Bolt of Waterloo; Susan Bruet of Toledo, Ohio; Douglas Brown, no address; Daniel Bernstein of Chicago, Ill.; Robert Brown of Des Moines; Susan Burg of Lincolnwood, Ill.; Rebecca Coven of Riverforest, Ill.; Victoria Carnino of Sac City; and Steven Carl of Highland Park, Ill.
   Also, Lawrence Copeland of Newton; Dennis Clark of Council Bluffs; Martin Chapman of Canton, Ohio; Donald Conrey of Oxford; Nancy Crooker of Emerson; David Cumming, no address; Sherry Dickmeyer of Kirkman; Donald Duggan of Waukon; David Dolman of Kankakee, Ill.; and Robert Davisson of Iowa City.
   Also, Patrick Dooley of Iowa City; George Duster of Sherill; Peter Drefuss of Ottumwa; Kathryn Dettlie, no address; Arlys Dockendorff of Danville; Gary Dunne of Cascade; Michael Eilenfeldt of Iowa City, Bruce Ehrich of Cherokee; Henry Edsill of Waterloo; Harold Erickson of Rapid City, S.D.; Loren Eads of Iowa City; Scott Earle of Iowa City; Norman Fisher, no address; John Fulton of Clinton; Richard Fisher of Sioux City; Janis Fox of Des Moines; Patricia Fred of Iowa City; Leslie Gorden of Glenview, Ill.; and Rey Gereau of Jefferson.
   Gary Grace of Southfield, Mich.; Howard Grubman of Skokie, Ill.; William Graff of Iowa City; Thomas Gibson of Dubuque; Edward George of Muscatine; Steven Henke of Dubuque; Donald Harkman of Eldora; Norman Hunter, no address; John Hildenbrand of Farley; Rebecca Harvey of Chariton; Robert Hoy of West Des Moines; Carol Horvath of Rockford, Ill.; Jeffrey Juesinkveld of Boyden; Joy Hruska of Arlington Heights, Ill.; and Antun Harik of Staten Island, N.Y.
   Also, Richard Huss of Knoxville; Stephen Hesselton of West Des Moines; Michard Hubbard of Iowa City; Gregory Hasapopulos of Mason City; Steven Handler of Davenport; Cheri Horsely of Sioux City; Donald Hruby of Oxford, Brian Isbell of Vinton; Vicki Isbell of Iowa City; Sidney Jacobson of Des Moines; John Johnson of Iowa City and John Jinkinson of Sheldon.
   Also, Steven Jeffries of Iowa City; Steve Jensen of Lombard, Ill.; John Jenks of North Liberty; Wayne Jordan of Iowa City; Elizabeth Kalages of Iowa City; Joseph Kraus of Keokuk; Tim Korb of Burlington; Julie Kipp of Waterloo; Peter Kelly of Bettendorf and John Knight of Elgin.
   Also, Steven Klindt of Iowa City; Roger Koch of Westside; Christine Lamut of Crystal Lake, Minn.; Linda Laborde of Iowa City; Peter Larmour of Iowa City; Leonard Lubin of Memphis, Tenn.; James Larson of Duluth, Minn.; Saul Meyer of Iowa City; Juri Miller, no address; Bruce McAllister of Atlantic; Theresa McDonald of Iowa City and Casey McBride of Mason City.
   Charles Myers of Iowa City; Mary Ellen Magennis of Fort Dodge; Craig Muhl of Oskaloosa; Lawrence Mohr of Fredericksburg; Jeffrey Milbourn of Des Moines; Mary Mangan of Oak Park, Ill.; Michael Maxwell of Dubuque; Jim Mayer of Highland Park, Ill.; Kenneth Mace, no address; Benjamin McGilner, jr., of Iowa City and Mary McElroy of Davenport.
   Also, Thomas McCartney of Mason City; John Morgan of Denison; William Miles of Des Moines; David Meade of Onslow; Nancy Newton of Ames; Nancy Nikodim of Ely; Dwayne Netvig of Iowa City; Rhonda Neswitz of Iowa City; Michael Oruck of Des Moines; Linda Opdahl of Hawarden; Elizabeth Okner of Oak Park, Ill.; Ronald Osborne of Iowa City; John Paxson, no address; David Plager of Waterloo; Steven Price of Des Moines and Jeffrey Portnoy of Omaha, Neb.
   Loretta Piacenza of Highland Park, Ill.; Patricia Phelps of Swea City; Gregory Page of Des Moines; Lyman Piersma of Inwood; Bradley Pearson, no address; James Powers of Estherville; Jean Rogers of Iowa City; Randall Rissman of Sioux City; James Ralston of Waterloo; Nancy Rump of Burlington; Warren Rosen of Iowa City and Michael Ryan of Des Plaines, Ill.
   And, Michael Reynolds of Des Moines; Robert Bissler of Chariton; Sally Redfern of Clarion, Pa.; Angelo Russo of Abbeville, La.; Deborah Romine of Wellman; Paul Rosenberg of Des Moines; Joel Sayre of Iowa City; Peter Schmidt of Des Moines; Beauford Salisbury of Iowa City; Donald Smith of Ames; Paul Scott of Des Moines; Richard Salent of Los Angeles, Calif.; Susan Skogman of Mechanicsville; Alan Steed, no address, and Jerome Schniders of Rolfe.
   And, Jack Swanson of Urbandale; 
   Also, John Tinker of Coralville; James Shaffer of Scranton; Deborah Schneider of Iowa City; Jim Scanlon of Marion; Phyliss Saltzman of Iowa City; William Strans, no address; Lewis Spector of Glencoe, Ill.; Robert Silbur of Sioux City; David Snider of Central City; Philip Smith of Des Moines; Jeffrey Shotwell of Des Moines; Leslie Sha of Storm Lake; Lynn Tedrow of Creston, and Jim Terney, no address. 
   Also, Michael Varner of Des Moines; Robert Wright, jr., of Des Moines; Louis Wilde of Ely; Robert Wedin of Urbandale; Judith Webb of Iowa City; Joseph Waechter, no address; Van Woods, no address; Martin Wiesenfeld of Cedar Falls; William West of Iowa Falls; Rich Williams of Iowa City; Janet Zolock of Iowa City; Jon Younger of Great Neck, N.Y.; and Bruce Clark of Iowa City.

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DMR 8/19/71 Drop Counts Against 190 At Iowa City By Larry Eckholt (Register Staff Writer) IOWA CITY, IA. - Charges of disorderly conduct against 190 persons arrested during student unrest on the University of Iowa campus in May, 1970, have been formally dismissed, and bond money is being returned to them, clerks of Police Court here said Wednesday. The charges, pending for 15 months during efforts to try the defendants at one mass trial, were dismissed by Police Judge Joseph Thornton upon recommendation of City Atty. Jay Honohan. In a petition filed last week before he left on vacation, Honohan indicated that he did not think the 190 defendants would be found guilty, basing his opinion on a ruling handed down by Thornton earlier this year. 19 Found Innocent At that time, Thornton found 19 defendants innocent of charges of disorderly conduct because evidence presented by prosecuting attorneys failed to show that the defendants had engaged in offensive or violent activities. The arrests took place during student reaction to the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State University killings of four students in May, 1970. In the early morning hours of May 8, police ordered protestors to clear the U of I Pentacrest after a night of unrest during which Old Capitol was broken into. When police began arresting people, a group of about 200 persons sat on the steps of Old Capitol. Arrests were made without resistance. "This court is unable to equate such activity as being 'offensive,'" Thornton wrote when he found the first 19 innocent. After those arrested pleaded to the charges, the cases remained dormant for more than six months. Honohan then announced that a single mass trial would be held for 210 persons charged with disorderly conduct - all to be tried under the same set of evidence. The trial was scheduled for Jan. 4, but the cases were continued because of a blizzard. The mass trial was stalled for another six months after Thornton ruled that the 19 were innocent of the charge. Some Addresses Unknown Police Court clerks said Wednesday that checks for the bond money - in most cases for $100 - are being sent to the individuals at their last "known" addresses. Some checks are being withheld because addresses are not known, the clerk said. Defendants who have not left forwarding addresses should notify the clerk's office, they said. Much of the bond money was raised by fund drives after the mass arrests took place. Following are the names of those who had charges of disorderly conduct dismissed against them stemming from student unrest here in May 1970. The names and addresses are those given by the defendants at the time of their arrest, according to police dockets here. Charges have been dismissed against: Catherine Avery of Iowa City; John Allison of Osceola; Sandra Armstrong of Waterloo; Jeff Aizenberg of Sioux City; James Arthur of Neola; Mark Anderson of Story City; Carl Agee, no address; Christine Brown of Rock Island, Ill.; Stephen Brown of Ankeny; and Michael Broell of Iowa City. Also, Krista Bolt of Waterloo; Susan Bruet of Toledo, Ohio; Douglas Brown, no address; Daniel Bernstein of Chicago, Ill.; Robert Brown of Des Moines; Susan Burg of Lincolnwood, Ill.; Rebecca Coven of Riverforest, Ill.; Victoria Carnino of Sac City; and Steven Carl of Highland Park, Ill. Also, Lawrence Copeland of Newton; Dennis Clark of Council Bluffs; Martin Chapman of Canton, Ohio; Donald Conrey of Oxford; Nancy Crooker of Emerson; David Cumming, no address; Sherry Dickmeyer of Kirkman; Donald Duggan of Waukon; David Dolman of Kankakee, Ill.; and Robert Davisson of Iowa City. Also, Patrick Dooley of Iowa City; George Duster of Sherill; Peter Drefuss of Ottumwa; Kathryn Dettlie, no address; Arlys Dockendorff of Danville; Gary Dunne of Cascade; Michael Eilenfeldt of Iowa City, Bruce Ehrich of Cherokee; Henry Edsill of Waterloo; Harold Erickson of Rapid City, S.D.; Loren Eads of Iowa City; Scott Earle of Iowa City; Norman Fisher, no address; John Fulton of Clinton; Richard Fisher of Sioux City; Janis Fox of Des Moines; Patricia Fred of Iowa City; Leslie Gorden of Glenview, Ill.; and Rey Gereau of Jefferson. Gary Grace of Southfield, Mich.; Howard Grubman of Skokie, Ill.; William Graff of Iowa City; Thomas Gibson of Dubuque; Edward George of Muscatine; Steven Henke of Dubuque; Donald Harkman of Eldora; Norman Hunter, no address; John Hildenbrand of Farley; Rebecca Harvey of Chariton; Robert Hoy of West Des Moines; Carol Horvath of Rockford, Ill.; Jeffrey Juesinkveld of Boyden; Joy Hruska of Arlington Heights, Ill.; and Antun Harik of Staten Island, N.Y. Also, Richard Huss of Knoxville; Stephen Hesselton of West Des Moines; Michard Hubbard of Iowa City; Gregory Hasapopulos of Mason City; Steven Handler of Davenport; Cheri Horsely of Sioux City; Donald Hruby of Oxford, Brian Isbell of Vinton; Vicki Isbell of Iowa City; Sidney Jacobson of Des Moines; John Johnson of Iowa City and John Jinkinson of Sheldon. Also, Steven Jeffries of Iowa City; Steve Jensen of Lombard, Ill.; John Jenks of North Liberty; Wayne Jordan of Iowa City; Elizabeth Kalages of Iowa City; Joseph Kraus of Keokuk; Tim Korb of Burlington; Julie Kipp of Waterloo; Peter Kelly of Bettendorf and John Knight of Elgin. Also, Steven Klindt of Iowa City; Roger Koch of Westside; Christine Lamut of Crystal Lake, Minn.; Linda Laborde of Iowa City; Peter Larmour of Iowa City; Leonard Lubin of Memphis, Tenn.; James Larson of Duluth, Minn.; Saul Meyer of Iowa City; Juri Miller, no address; Bruce McAllister of Atlantic; Theresa McDonald of Iowa City and Casey McBride of Mason City. Charles Myers of Iowa City; Mary Ellen Magennis of Fort Dodge; Craig Muhl of Oskaloosa; Lawrence Mohr of Fredericksburg; Jeffrey Milbourn of Des Moines; Mary Mangan of Oak Park, Ill.; Michael Maxwell of Dubuque; Jim Mayer of Highland Park, Ill.; Kenneth Mace, no address; Benjamin McGilner, jr., of Iowa City and Mary McElroy of Davenport. Also, Thomas McCartney of Mason City; John Morgan of Denison; William Miles of Des Moines; David Meade of Onslow; Nancy Newton of Ames; Nancy Nikodim of Ely; Dwayne Netvig of Iowa City; Rhonda Neswitz of Iowa City; Michael Oruck of Des Moines; Linda Opdahl of Hawarden; Elizabeth Okner of Oak Park, Ill.; Ronald Osborne of Iowa City; John Paxson, no address; David Plager of Waterloo; Steven Price of Des Moines and Jeffrey Portnoy of Omaha, Neb. Loretta Piacenza of Highland Park, Ill.; Patricia Phelps of Swea City; Gregory Page of Des Moines; Lyman Piersma of Inwood; Bradley Pearson, no address; James Powers of Estherville; Jean Rogers of Iowa City; Randall Rissman of Sioux City; James Ralston of Waterloo; Nancy Rump of Burlington; Warren Rosen of Iowa City and Michael Ryan of Des Plaines, Ill. And, Michael Reynolds of Des Moines; Robert Bissler of Chariton; Sally Redfern of Clarion, Pa.; Angelo Russo of Abbeville, La.; Deborah Romine of Wellman; Paul Rosenberg of Des Moines; Joel Sayre of Iowa City; Peter Schmidt of Des Moines; Beauford Salisbury of Iowa City; Donald Smith of Ames; Paul Scott of Des Moines; Richard Salent of Los Angeles, Calif.; Susan Skogman of Mechanicsville; Alan Steed, no address, and Jerome Schniders of Rolfe. And, Jack Swanson of Urbandale; Also, John Tinker of Coralville; James Shaffer of Scranton; Deborah Schneider of Iowa City; Jim Scanlon of Marion; Phyliss Saltzman of Iowa City; William Strans, no address; Lewis Spector of Glencoe, Ill.; Robert Silbur of Sioux City; David Snider of Central City; Philip Smith of Des Moines; Jeffrey Shotwell of Des Moines; Leslie Sha of Storm Lake; Lynn Tedrow of Creston, and Jim Terney, no address. Also, Michael Varner of Des Moines; Robert Wright, jr., of Des Moines; Louis Wilde of Ely; Robert Wedin of Urbandale; Judith Webb of Iowa City; Joseph Waechter, no address; Van Woods, no address; Martin Wiesenfeld of Cedar Falls; William West of Iowa Falls; Rich Williams of Iowa City; Janet Zolock of Iowa City; Jon Younger of Great Neck, N.Y.; and Bruce Clark of Iowa City.