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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1970
1970-05-08 Daily Iowan Article: ""Arrests Made!"" Page 1
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DI May 8, 1970 1(of 2) Arrests Made! BY STAFF WRITERS Police arrested about 150 participants in a peaceful antiwar rally on the Old Capitol east steps early this morning. The demonstrators were arrested after University Pres. Willard Boyd gave an order from Des Moines to clear the Pentacrest. The order was relayed to the demonstrators by Iowa Highway Patrol Captain Lyle Dickinson, who commanded the 200 law enforcement officials making the arrests. Dickenson said after the arrests were made that demonstrators would be charged with disorderly conduct. Earlier, he had told the demonstrators that they would be charged with felonies if they did not disperse. Preliminary hearings were set for this morning before City Police Court Judge Marlon Neely. The protesters who were arrested were herded into four buses and taken to be booked. Two busloads - about 70 - were taken to the Iowa City Police Station, and another busload of 35 was taken to the Johnson County Jail. It was unknown where the fourth busload was taken. Officials at the Police Station and the County Jail said some of those arrested would have to be transported to other county jails in the area to spend the night because the local city and county jails were not large enough to accommodate all the protesters. They were then to be transported back to Iowa City this morning for hearings. Police making the arrests included 75 Highway Patrolmen called in from throughout Southeast Iowa, 25 Iowa City policemen and an undetermined number of Campus Security officers and sheriff's deputies from Johnson and Linn counties. Nine Highway Patrolmen were left at Old Capitol to keep watch. Dickinson said they might be there throughout the night. A sizable crowd remained after those arrested were taken away, but police were able to clear the area by about 4 a.m. Boyd was unavailable for comment throughout the night and it was thought he might still be in Des Moines. Several persons attempted to get in touch with Boyd as police grouped at the edge of the Pentacrest to try to dissuade him from sending in the police. None was
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DI May 8, 1970 1(of 2) Arrests Made! BY STAFF WRITERS Police arrested about 150 participants in a peaceful antiwar rally on the Old Capitol east steps early this morning. The demonstrators were arrested after University Pres. Willard Boyd gave an order from Des Moines to clear the Pentacrest. The order was relayed to the demonstrators by Iowa Highway Patrol Captain Lyle Dickinson, who commanded the 200 law enforcement officials making the arrests. Dickenson said after the arrests were made that demonstrators would be charged with disorderly conduct. Earlier, he had told the demonstrators that they would be charged with felonies if they did not disperse. Preliminary hearings were set for this morning before City Police Court Judge Marlon Neely. The protesters who were arrested were herded into four buses and taken to be booked. Two busloads - about 70 - were taken to the Iowa City Police Station, and another busload of 35 was taken to the Johnson County Jail. It was unknown where the fourth busload was taken. Officials at the Police Station and the County Jail said some of those arrested would have to be transported to other county jails in the area to spend the night because the local city and county jails were not large enough to accommodate all the protesters. They were then to be transported back to Iowa City this morning for hearings. Police making the arrests included 75 Highway Patrolmen called in from throughout Southeast Iowa, 25 Iowa City policemen and an undetermined number of Campus Security officers and sheriff's deputies from Johnson and Linn counties. Nine Highway Patrolmen were left at Old Capitol to keep watch. Dickinson said they might be there throughout the night. A sizable crowd remained after those arrested were taken away, but police were able to clear the area by about 4 a.m. Boyd was unavailable for comment throughout the night and it was thought he might still be in Des Moines. Several persons attempted to get in touch with Boyd as police grouped at the edge of the Pentacrest to try to dissuade him from sending in the police. None was
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