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1972-05-10 Iowa City Press-Citizen Article: ""Highway Patrolmen To Remain on Duty in Iowa City"" Page 3

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PRESS-CITIZEN
IOWA WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1972 15 CENTS

Remain on Duty in Iowa City

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 area streets and brief sit-ins at several intersections. Last night's march involved none of the window breaking sweeps through the business district that characterized a march of similar size last Tuesday. 
Confrontations between police and the crowd occurred twice, about two hours apart, at the intersection of Burlington Street and Riverside Drive.
Most of the arrests were made at that intersection about 10:45 p.m., after police converged on the area from three sides and prodded most members of a crowd of 750 out of the street. Those who refused to move were led or dragged to waiting buses and taken to jail. 
A ragged, circular movement across the Iowa River and through the downtown area brought the thinning crowd back to the intersection shortly after midnight. This time, a pickup truck's wooden camper unit was overturned and set afire. Witnesses said the truck's driver told the crowd to remove the camper body from the truck and put it to the torch, then drove away after the unit was brought crashing to the pavement. 
Peters was jailed on an arson charge in connection with the camper fire. 
Lawmen had the intersection cleared again by 1 a.m., and withdrew to the Burlington Street Bridge as the remaining crowd of about 300 perched on terraces overlooking Riverside Drive and yelled taunts at the departing officers. Patrol cars

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hips Changing Direction'

Laird: Troop Withdrawals Will Continue 

WASHINGTON (AP) - There is some sign that Soviet ships heading for North Vietnam have changed direction since President Nixon ordered North Vietnamese harbors sealed off by mines, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said today. 
At the same time, he said the U.S. troop withdrawal program will continue during the new military action in Vietnam.
Laird made a brief reference, in a news conference, to the Soviet ships' changing direction when he was asked about the effects so far of President Nixon's Monday announcement of the mine sowing. 
He also said there is no evidence the Soviets have tried to 

No Coralville Action on Chief Despite Petitions

By JOHANNA N. BEERS
Of the Press-Citizen

CORALVILLE- The Coralville City Council played to a packed house Tuesday night as community sentiment about the recent dismissal of Wayne J. Winter as police chief came to a boil.
A standingroom only crowd estimated at some 75 persons jammed the council chambers in City Hall for a regular meeting that was called one hour earlier than usual to allow for 

Despite the presentation of petitions seeking Winter's reinstatement and many vocal comments to the same effect, May or Robert Rogers and the council gave no indication that they would consider such action at the present time. 
Winter was not in attendance
Rogers introduced this portion of the meeting by reading a prepared statement which he had issued earlier Tuesday. That statement, published in Tuesday's Press-Citizen, attri

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3 (of 6) PRESS-CITIZEN IOWA WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1972 15 CENTS Remain on Duty in Iowa City 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 area streets and brief sit-ins at several intersections. Last night's march involved none of the window breaking sweeps through the business district that characterized a march of similar size last Tuesday. Confrontations between police and the crowd occurred twice, about two hours apart, at the intersection of Burlington Street and Riverside Drive. Most of the arrests were made at that intersection about 10:45 p.m., after police converged on the area from three sides and prodded most members of a crowd of 750 out of the street. Those who refused to move were led or dragged to waiting buses and taken to jail. A ragged, circular movement across the Iowa River and through the downtown area brought the thinning crowd back to the intersection shortly after midnight. This time, a pickup truck's wooden camper unit was overturned and set afire. Witnesses said the truck's driver told the crowd to remove the camper body from the truck and put it to the torch, then drove away after the unit was brought crashing to the pavement. Peters was jailed on an arson charge in connection with the camper fire. Lawmen had the intersection cleared again by 1 a.m., and withdrew to the Burlington Street Bridge as the remaining crowd of about 300 perched on terraces overlooking Riverside Drive and yelled taunts at the departing officers. Patrol cars PROTEST Turn to Page 2A hips Changing Direction' Laird: Troop Withdrawals Will Continue WASHINGTON (AP) - There is some sign that Soviet ships heading for North Vietnam have changed direction since President Nixon ordered North Vietnamese harbors sealed off by mines, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said today. At the same time, he said the U.S. troop withdrawal program will continue during the new military action in Vietnam. Laird made a brief reference, in a news conference, to the Soviet ships' changing direction when he was asked about the effects so far of President Nixon's Monday announcement of the mine sowing. He also said there is no evidence the Soviets have tried to No Coralville Action on Chief Despite Petitions By JOHANNA N. BEERS Of the Press-Citizen CORALVILLE- The Coralville City Council played to a packed house Tuesday night as community sentiment about the recent dismissal of Wayne J. Winter as police chief came to a boil. A standingroom only crowd estimated at some 75 persons jammed the council chambers in City Hall for a regular meeting that was called one hour earlier than usual to allow for Despite the presentation of petitions seeking Winter's reinstatement and many vocal comments to the same effect, May or Robert Rogers and the council gave no indication that they would consider such action at the present time. Winter was not in attendance Rogers introduced this portion of the meeting by reading a prepared statement which he had issued earlier Tuesday. That statement, published in Tuesday's Press-Citizen, attri