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

1971-02-12 Daily Iowan Article: ""Protesters Raid ROTC; One Arrest"" Page 1

DI 2/12/71 (1 of 4)

The Daily
Serving the University of Iowa and
Established in 1868  Iowa City, Iowa 52240--Friday, February

Protesters Raid RO[see next page]
By LYNNE JOSLIN
Daily Iowan Reporter

[photo]
Iowa City detective Ron Evans inspects a damaged door at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center, 221 S. Linn.

A winding sometimes destructive parade of protestors chanted its way from the Union to the University Recreation Building and eventually into the streets of downtown Iowa City Thursday night.
A group of about 50 persons, some of them wearing war paint, left the Union shortly after 6;30 p.m. intending to confront the ROTC drill team in the Recreation Building to protest U.S. military involvement in Laos. 
Finding the doors to the Recreation Building locked, the frustrated protesters moved to the Field House and ransacked the offices of Army ROTC headquarters.
Vice- President Phillip Hubbard was seen strolling toward the Recreation Building as the group backtracked to the Field House.
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By Daily Iowan Staff Writers
   An ever-changing number of protesters warmed up with an 11 a.m. rally in the Gold Feather Lobby, tried to increase their following by an impromptu march through the Union and ended by staging a non-obstructive sit-in outside the Placement Office, where they discussed the University of Iowa's complicity with the war in Indochina.
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Paris Delegates Name and Claim GI Units in Laos

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DI 2/12/71 (1 of 4) The Daily Serving the University of Iowa and Established in 1868 Iowa City, Iowa 52240--Friday, February Protesters Raid RO[see next page] By LYNNE JOSLIN Daily Iowan Reporter [photo] Iowa City detective Ron Evans inspects a damaged door at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center, 221 S. Linn. A winding sometimes destructive parade of protestors chanted its way from the Union to the University Recreation Building and eventually into the streets of downtown Iowa City Thursday night. A group of about 50 persons, some of them wearing war paint, left the Union shortly after 6;30 p.m. intending to confront the ROTC drill team in the Recreation Building to protest U.S. military involvement in Laos. Finding the doors to the Recreation Building locked, the frustrated protesters moved to the Field House and ransacked the offices of Army ROTC headquarters. Vice- President Phillip Hubbard was seen strolling toward the Recreation Building as the group backtracked to the Field House. The demonstrators went almost un-[see next page] Protest Bank of America R[see next page] Students Hit [see next page] By Daily Iowan Staff Writers An ever-changing number of protesters warmed up with an 11 a.m. rally in the Gold Feather Lobby, tried to increase their following by an impromptu march through the Union and ended by staging a non-obstructive sit-in outside the Placement Office, where they discussed the University of Iowa's complicity with the war in Indochina. [partial words, rest on next page] At the rally, sons for their pro cent issue of a b the Bank of Amer serve bank in Veit tary funds are dep The bank has ships with such heed Aircraft, Kai er corporations wi contracts: it has tries, including So land and has a ings with racist extending credit t according to the "This whole id mistake is crazy They're there to speaker, referring ment and busines "Do a little re whole base of t another speaker t "They're not goi Paris Delegates Name and Claim GI Units in Laos