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1972-05-10 Iowa City Press-Citizen Article: ""Highway Patrolmen To Remain on Duty in Iowa City"" Page 1

P-C 5/10/72 
1 (of 6)

IOWA CITY PRES
4 SECTIONS- SECTION A, IOWA CITY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 

Highway Patrolmen To Remain

By MARK F. ROHNER
Of the Press-Citizen 

A massive antiwar demonstration ended relatively peacefully early this morning as more than 200 law officers broke up a crowd of protesters that had ranger through the center of the city most of Tuesday night. 
A detachment of 180 Iowa Highway patrolmen dispatched here to aid local lawmen Tuesday are lodged in Coralville today and will remain here at least through tonight. Joined by local officers, the state police will begin "surveillance patrols" of the downtown and campus areas early this afternoon to watch for any renewed crowd activity. The Emergency Operations Board activated at 1 p.m. Tuesday to coordinate all local law enforcement under the direction of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, remains in control today. 
"The situation was tense enough last night to warrant our presence here tonight," said Robert Holetz, deputy public safety commissioner, who is performing administrative duties for the operations board here. 
Apprehension that Tuesday's demonstration would erupt into violence and widespread property damage proved to be without foundation as the night's activity ended with what authorities described as "minimal" trouble. 
Two patrolmen were injured, two windows broken and three fires set with flammable liquids. Twenty two young persons were arrested, among them a North Liberty man, Mark Peters, who was charged with arson in connection with one of the blazes. 
The demonstration was characterized by mass marches through downtown are streets and brief sit ins at several intersections. Last night's march involved none of the window breaking sweeps through the 

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P-C 5/10/72 1 (of 6) IOWA CITY PRES 4 SECTIONS- SECTION A, IOWA CITY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY Highway Patrolmen To Remain By MARK F. ROHNER Of the Press-Citizen A massive antiwar demonstration ended relatively peacefully early this morning as more than 200 law officers broke up a crowd of protesters that had ranger through the center of the city most of Tuesday night. A detachment of 180 Iowa Highway patrolmen dispatched here to aid local lawmen Tuesday are lodged in Coralville today and will remain here at least through tonight. Joined by local officers, the state police will begin "surveillance patrols" of the downtown and campus areas early this afternoon to watch for any renewed crowd activity. The Emergency Operations Board activated at 1 p.m. Tuesday to coordinate all local law enforcement under the direction of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, remains in control today. "The situation was tense enough last night to warrant our presence here tonight," said Robert Holetz, deputy public safety commissioner, who is performing administrative duties for the operations board here. Apprehension that Tuesday's demonstration would erupt into violence and widespread property damage proved to be without foundation as the night's activity ended with what authorities described as "minimal" trouble. Two patrolmen were injured, two windows broken and three fires set with flammable liquids. Twenty two young persons were arrested, among them a North Liberty man, Mark Peters, who was charged with arson in connection with one of the blazes. The demonstration was characterized by mass marches through downtown are streets and brief sit ins at several intersections. Last night's march involved none of the window breaking sweeps through the 'Signs of Soviet Ships