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1972-05-12 Daily Iowan Article: ""Protesters block I-80"" Page 1
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DI 1 (of 4) ily Iowan Friday May 12, 1972 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Still one thin dime Eerie The atmosphere was bizarre. Thursday night as a band of anti war demonstrators blocked interstate 80 for a short time at 10:30. A searchlight helicopter, flares, uniformed men and elusive protestors created a puzzling scene for passing motorists. Photo by Hoyt. E. Carrier II Protestors block I-80 BY DAILY IOWAN STAFF WRITERS Antiwar protestors in Iowa City Thursday night blocked a portion of Interstate 80 for a short time before being routed by police and tear gas in the third evening of demonstrations in a week. The protestors reached the Interstate after a confrontation with Iowa Highway patrolmen at Dubuque Street near City Park and after sometimes run shouting "on to the Interstate." Shortly after the growing group turned north onto North Dubuque Street at 9:30 p.m., the group spotted a line of about 60 police lined up at the Park Road intersection near City Park. Nevertheless, the demonstrators - nearing 1,000 in number - continued to advance on the police, ignoring a bullhorned order by the highway patrol to get off the street. Then the patrol activated a a thickly wooded area by a floodlight shining from a helicopter above. About 60 persons converged on a section of Interstate 80 to the west of the overpass, and a brush fire was set in the eastbound land. Traffic, was stopped by the protestors, some of whom sat on the Interstate for about five minutes before being routed by police. Iowa City and Coralville pass. About 40 policemen and patrolmen began chasing the crowd south on Prairie du Chien, and more arrests were made as the crowd dispersed. A smaller crowd, composed of some of the same people who had been involved in the Interstate protest, assembled on the steps of the Old Capitol at 11:30 and a trash can was set afire at 11:45. Several newspapers reported problems in covering the protest and one Daily Iowan
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DI 1 (of 4) ily Iowan Friday May 12, 1972 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Still one thin dime Eerie The atmosphere was bizarre. Thursday night as a band of anti war demonstrators blocked interstate 80 for a short time at 10:30. A searchlight helicopter, flares, uniformed men and elusive protestors created a puzzling scene for passing motorists. Photo by Hoyt. E. Carrier II Protestors block I-80 BY DAILY IOWAN STAFF WRITERS Antiwar protestors in Iowa City Thursday night blocked a portion of Interstate 80 for a short time before being routed by police and tear gas in the third evening of demonstrations in a week. The protestors reached the Interstate after a confrontation with Iowa Highway patrolmen at Dubuque Street near City Park and after sometimes run shouting "on to the Interstate." Shortly after the growing group turned north onto North Dubuque Street at 9:30 p.m., the group spotted a line of about 60 police lined up at the Park Road intersection near City Park. Nevertheless, the demonstrators - nearing 1,000 in number - continued to advance on the police, ignoring a bullhorned order by the highway patrol to get off the street. Then the patrol activated a a thickly wooded area by a floodlight shining from a helicopter above. About 60 persons converged on a section of Interstate 80 to the west of the overpass, and a brush fire was set in the eastbound land. Traffic, was stopped by the protestors, some of whom sat on the Interstate for about five minutes before being routed by police. Iowa City and Coralville pass. About 40 policemen and patrolmen began chasing the crowd south on Prairie du Chien, and more arrests were made as the crowd dispersed. A smaller crowd, composed of some of the same people who had been involved in the Interstate protest, assembled on the steps of the Old Capitol at 11:30 and a trash can was set afire at 11:45. Several newspapers reported problems in covering the protest and one Daily Iowan
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