DIY History | Transcribe | Campus Culture | University of Iowa anti-war protests, January-April 1971 | 1971-03-03 ICPC Article: ""Anti-ROTC Rally, Picnic On Thursday"" 1971-03-08 ICPC: ""40 Slated For Trial March 22""; DMR Article: ""4 Arrested In Draft Protest""

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University of Iowa anti-war protests, January-April 1971

1971-03-03 ICPC Article: ""Anti-ROTC Rally, Picnic On Thursday"" 1971-03-08 ICPC: ""40 Slated For Trial March 22""; DMR Article: ""4 Arrested In Draft Protest""

P-C 3/3/71

Anti-ROTC Rally, Picnic On Thursday 

The drive to remove Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs from the University of Iowa campus will come to life again Thursday in a rally set for 3:30 p.m. on the Pentacrest. 
In a meeting sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society Tuesday night, plans were made to present two demands to UI President Willard L. Boyd after Thursday's rally. 
The demands include an end to ROTC, war recruitment and war research on the UI campus and an end to the layoff of campus workers. 

After presenting the demands, students plan to march to the UI Recreation Building where they will hold an anti-ROTC picnic during a ROTC awards ceremony and Pershing Rifles drill. 
Included in the planning with SDS are the Student Liberation Front, New University Conference, Veterans Against the War and other anti-war groups. 
The rally will be held in conjunction with SDS chapters across the country Thursday March 4 is the anniversary of the burning of a ROTC building in Puerto Rico last year by college students and workers. 

P-C 3/8/71
40 Slated For Trial March 22

Trials have been set in Police Court on March 22 for 40 persons remaining from an original group of 51 arrested May 5 on charges of disorderly conduct. 
The arrests were made in connection with protests against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and sparked a week of disorders that virtually shut down the University of Iowa. 
Facing trial on the charges are Gary Anderson, Douglas Baker, Claire Brown, Bryan Davis, Gerald Depew, Kath Donovan, Jonathan Dukehart, Michael Evans, Patricia Farrell, Michael Glowacki, George Herger, Helen Herrick, Pamela Hood, Dennis Hurley, Charles Johnson, Terry Joseph, Regina Kaiser, Michael Knight, Allen Lehman, David Lehmanm John Lenz, Perle Little, Stephen McCurdy, Darlene Mallonee, Barbara Martin, John Mullen, Michael Murphy, Laurie Riskin, Jody Rogers, Jerry Sies, Michael Shannon, John Shaw, William D. Shepard, Kent Simon, David Toussaint, Thomas Tubbesing, Howard Weinberg, Christine Wemmer, Robert Young and Louis Katz. 

DMR 3/13/71

4 ARRESTED IN DRAFT PROTEST 

By Larry Eckholt 
(Register Staff Writer) 

IOWA, IA - Four persons were arrested without resistance here early Tuesday morning after they blocked a bus carrying about 40 young men en route to Des Moines for military inductions and physicals. 
The four - all charged with disorderly conduct - were members of a group called the Iowa Peace Action Committee (IPAC) which has been unsuccessfully attempting to arrange a public meeting with members of the Johnson County Selective Service Board for two weeks. 

Mar. 12 Trial 
Arraigned before Police Court Judge Joseph Thornton later Tuesday were Timothy M. Gardner, 24, Ray L. Rohrbaugh, 32 and Ramona W. Braddock, 23, all of Iowa City; and Daniel O. Clark, 20. of North Liberty. Judge Thornton set trial date for Mar. 12. 
A group of about 20 persons gathered in front of the U.S. Post Office here shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday to protest the Indochina War "and the role of the Selective Service System in that war," according to an IPAC handout. 
Leaflets were distributed to most of the young men who faced induction or physicals at Fort Des Moines later in the morning. As the men boarded the bus, the quartet of protesters positioned themselves in front of the huge bus and refused to move. 
The departure of the bus was delayed about 45 minutes, until three Iowa City police officers took the four into custody at 6:20 a.m.
IPAC members told the Des Moines-bound men that "it is not our purpose to harass you this morning but rather to face with you, for a time, the large impersonal machine which has so much power to alter lives so completely."
The group said it is "anxious for persons in this country to now that this bus is only one in a long line off buses which have taken young men in the pre-dawn to new destinations,"

Show Sincerity 
The four decided to delay the bus's departure and face possible arrest to show that IPAC was sincere in its recent series of confrontations with the local draft board, according to Gardner's wife. 
"It would have been hypocritical to tell the guys we support them and then wave goodbye as the bus drives off," Mrs. Gardner said. Her husband is a local draft counselor. 
Two weeks ago, IPAC members began a daily visit to the local draft office in the post office building to try and arrange a meeting with board members. After the fifth day, the group stood in silence for 30 minutes in the office in protest of the board's refusal to meet with the group. 
Gardner and Rohrbaugh were transferred to the Johnson County Jail where they remained in custody Tuesday night. Miss Braddock and Clark were released on $105 bond.

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P-C 3/3/71 Anti-ROTC Rally, Picnic On Thursday The drive to remove Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs from the University of Iowa campus will come to life again Thursday in a rally set for 3:30 p.m. on the Pentacrest. In a meeting sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society Tuesday night, plans were made to present two demands to UI President Willard L. Boyd after Thursday's rally. The demands include an end to ROTC, war recruitment and war research on the UI campus and an end to the layoff of campus workers. After presenting the demands, students plan to march to the UI Recreation Building where they will hold an anti-ROTC picnic during a ROTC awards ceremony and Pershing Rifles drill. Included in the planning with SDS are the Student Liberation Front, New University Conference, Veterans Against the War and other anti-war groups. The rally will be held in conjunction with SDS chapters across the country Thursday March 4 is the anniversary of the burning of a ROTC building in Puerto Rico last year by college students and workers. P-C 3/8/71 40 Slated For Trial March 22 Trials have been set in Police Court on March 22 for 40 persons remaining from an original group of 51 arrested May 5 on charges of disorderly conduct. The arrests were made in connection with protests against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and sparked a week of disorders that virtually shut down the University of Iowa. Facing trial on the charges are Gary Anderson, Douglas Baker, Claire Brown, Bryan Davis, Gerald Depew, Kath Donovan, Jonathan Dukehart, Michael Evans, Patricia Farrell, Michael Glowacki, George Herger, Helen Herrick, Pamela Hood, Dennis Hurley, Charles Johnson, Terry Joseph, Regina Kaiser, Michael Knight, Allen Lehman, David Lehmanm John Lenz, Perle Little, Stephen McCurdy, Darlene Mallonee, Barbara Martin, John Mullen, Michael Murphy, Laurie Riskin, Jody Rogers, Jerry Sies, Michael Shannon, John Shaw, William D. Shepard, Kent Simon, David Toussaint, Thomas Tubbesing, Howard Weinberg, Christine Wemmer, Robert Young and Louis Katz. DMR 3/13/71 4 ARRESTED IN DRAFT PROTEST By Larry Eckholt (Register Staff Writer) IOWA, IA - Four persons were arrested without resistance here early Tuesday morning after they blocked a bus carrying about 40 young men en route to Des Moines for military inductions and physicals. The four - all charged with disorderly conduct - were members of a group called the Iowa Peace Action Committee (IPAC) which has been unsuccessfully attempting to arrange a public meeting with members of the Johnson County Selective Service Board for two weeks. Mar. 12 Trial Arraigned before Police Court Judge Joseph Thornton later Tuesday were Timothy M. Gardner, 24, Ray L. Rohrbaugh, 32 and Ramona W. Braddock, 23, all of Iowa City; and Daniel O. Clark, 20. of North Liberty. Judge Thornton set trial date for Mar. 12. A group of about 20 persons gathered in front of the U.S. Post Office here shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday to protest the Indochina War "and the role of the Selective Service System in that war," according to an IPAC handout. Leaflets were distributed to most of the young men who faced induction or physicals at Fort Des Moines later in the morning. As the men boarded the bus, the quartet of protesters positioned themselves in front of the huge bus and refused to move. The departure of the bus was delayed about 45 minutes, until three Iowa City police officers took the four into custody at 6:20 a.m. IPAC members told the Des Moines-bound men that "it is not our purpose to harass you this morning but rather to face with you, for a time, the large impersonal machine which has so much power to alter lives so completely." The group said it is "anxious for persons in this country to now that this bus is only one in a long line off buses which have taken young men in the pre-dawn to new destinations," Show Sincerity The four decided to delay the bus's departure and face possible arrest to show that IPAC was sincere in its recent series of confrontations with the local draft board, according to Gardner's wife. "It would have been hypocritical to tell the guys we support them and then wave goodbye as the bus drives off," Mrs. Gardner said. Her husband is a local draft counselor. Two weeks ago, IPAC members began a daily visit to the local draft office in the post office building to try and arrange a meeting with board members. After the fifth day, the group stood in silence for 30 minutes in the office in protest of the board's refusal to meet with the group. Gardner and Rohrbaugh were transferred to the Johnson County Jail where they remained in custody Tuesday night. Miss Braddock and Clark were released on $105 bond.