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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 3

[partial photo] Trashed
Iowa City detective Ron Evans inspects a damaged door at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center, 221 S. Linn, Thursday night after the glass was broken out by members of a crowd of students protesting the invasion of Laos. The students went to the recruiting station after a brief visit to the Post Office. - Photo by John Avery

Students Make Demands To Board of Regents 
By LOWELL MAY 
Daily Iowan Reporter

A half-dozen University of Iowa students who confronted the Board of Regents with demands formulated by students Wednesday were told that "this is neither the time nor the place for such a discussion."
The regents were also given the ominous promise that the demands would be implemented by students. 
As a result of plans made at a Wednesday night mass meeting of students, the handful of students walked into the university's Hospital School Conference Room, the site of this month's regular regents' meeting at about 11:45 a.m.
A few moments later, university Pres., Willard Boyd requested the nine-member board to break from the agenda to hear a statement that Student Body Pres. Bo Beller read:
" It is clear that the majority of people in American want the U.S. out of Vietnam - NOW! People across the country have acted on this belief in the wake of the Laos invasion, the latest escalation of the war, 1,500 students and others attended a teach-in Feb. 10 to show concern about the invasion and university complicity with the war. We demand the U.S. out of Indochina - NOW!"
" At a mass meeting the evening of Feb.10 500 people decided to implement this general demand locally, We will act to stop university involvement in the war effort and university contribution to the domestic oppression relate to the war-unemployment. Therefore we demand that:
1. The University of Iowa end complicity with the war - abolish ROTC, war research and war recruiters. 
2. The university end all layoffs of campus workers.
Regent Donald Shaw's immediate response was that the board had already decided to maintain ROTC on campus last summer, and that the other demands are beyond the purview of the board. 
"If this board doesn't have jurisdiction, who does ?" Beller responded. 
Shaw claimed that the people of Iowa decided to set up universities and "if that helps out the military-industrial complex then so be it."
In response from a charge from Wakean McClean A2, a member of Students for a Democratic Society that lay-offs of campus workers is "bosses" oppression, the regents' response again was that maintaining an efficient institution is the job of the board.
Again from a student Deborah Bayer, A3, later in the 10-minute discussion, came the charge of university complicity through the sponsorship of military recruiters on campus. 
Cedar Rapids Regent William Quarton, left little doubt that he thinks military personnel should be on campus, rationalizing that " If a university can't hold all points of view, I don't know what it can do"
The final student question came from Helen Herrick, G, who asked what the regents' response would be to allowing " Black Panthers, Young Lords or Weatherman" - all groups commonly thought of as militant - on campus with academic titles like those authorized for ROTC instructors, with access to the Placement Office, and with the time and funds now afforded to military interests on the campus. 
A moment of silence was followed by Quarton's assertion that "this is neither the time nor the place."
McClean then responded with the promise that students at the university would implement the demands. 
In other action the board put off until today a decision about where $80,000 in funds for needed dormitory renovation at the Iowa School for the Deaf in case the regents receive Gov. Robert Ray's recommended cutbacks in capital funding. At stake for the University of Iowa is a commitment to complete and equip a planned Education Building. 

Colder
Partly cloudy and colder Friday and Friday night. Friday highs: 20s in north east Iowa to 30s southwest. Lows Friday night in teens. Partly cloudy Saturday. 

Name and Claim Gi Units in Laos
PARIS - Communist delegates at the Paris peace talks repeatedly accused the United States Thursday of invading Laos - naming military units alleged to have done so. The United States called the accusations "all nonsense."
At the same time, North Vietnam did not deny that it has troops in both Laos and Cambodia, and in fact gave a strong indication that they are in the two countries. 
Mme, Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the Provisional Revolutionary Government delegation, started off the day with a claim that there are 10 battalions of American infantry, artillery and armor fighting inside Laos. She said she was stressing to U.S. statements that there are only South Vietnamese ground forces and no American troops. 
Later, other spokespeople named U.S. units they said are fighting in Laos. They were listed as 7th Battalion of the 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, and "several battalions" from the 5th Mechanized Division, the 101st Airborne Division and the Americal Division. 
Meanwhile, South Vietnamese officers indicated the heavy fighting in Laos is yet to come. 
Field commanders reported they expect major engagements in the valleys around Sepone, where sizable contingents of North Vietnamese regulars are believed deployed. 
The commands have confirmed four helicopters shot down since the Laos offensive started Monday. They withheld reports on a number of others. 

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Bank of America [see next page]
An LNS News Analysis
BOUGAINVILLE, Australia (LNS) - The black natives of Bougainville never had much. White officials from the Australia colonial administration ran the island. But the black had their coconut and copra plantations their villages, and the lush beauty of their South Pacific island. 
Bank of America changed all that. The blacks had the misfortune of living on top of 760 million tons of copper ore. Bank of America wanted the immense profits from strip mining the copper. 
The exploitation of the copper depended upon massive financing Bank of America organized a syndicate in 1969 to provide $250,000,000 capital to Rio Tinto Zinc Ltd., which would actually do the mining through a concession on the Bouganville deposits secured from the Australians. In return for its role as financier, Bank of America was assigned. 

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[partial photo] Trashed Iowa City detective Ron Evans inspects a damaged door at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center, 221 S. Linn, Thursday night after the glass was broken out by members of a crowd of students protesting the invasion of Laos. The students went to the recruiting station after a brief visit to the Post Office. - Photo by John Avery Students Make Demands To Board of Regents By LOWELL MAY Daily Iowan Reporter A half-dozen University of Iowa students who confronted the Board of Regents with demands formulated by students Wednesday were told that "this is neither the time nor the place for such a discussion." The regents were also given the ominous promise that the demands would be implemented by students. As a result of plans made at a Wednesday night mass meeting of students, the handful of students walked into the university's Hospital School Conference Room, the site of this month's regular regents' meeting at about 11:45 a.m. A few moments later, university Pres., Willard Boyd requested the nine-member board to break from the agenda to hear a statement that Student Body Pres. Bo Beller read: " It is clear that the majority of people in American want the U.S. out of Vietnam - NOW! People across the country have acted on this belief in the wake of the Laos invasion, the latest escalation of the war, 1,500 students and others attended a teach-in Feb. 10 to show concern about the invasion and university complicity with the war. We demand the U.S. out of Indochina - NOW!" " At a mass meeting the evening of Feb.10 500 people decided to implement this general demand locally, We will act to stop university involvement in the war effort and university contribution to the domestic oppression relate to the war-unemployment. Therefore we demand that: 1. The University of Iowa end complicity with the war - abolish ROTC, war research and war recruiters. 2. The university end all layoffs of campus workers. Regent Donald Shaw's immediate response was that the board had already decided to maintain ROTC on campus last summer, and that the other demands are beyond the purview of the board. "If this board doesn't have jurisdiction, who does ?" Beller responded. Shaw claimed that the people of Iowa decided to set up universities and "if that helps out the military-industrial complex then so be it." In response from a charge from Wakean McClean A2, a member of Students for a Democratic Society that lay-offs of campus workers is "bosses" oppression, the regents' response again was that maintaining an efficient institution is the job of the board. Again from a student Deborah Bayer, A3, later in the 10-minute discussion, came the charge of university complicity through the sponsorship of military recruiters on campus. Cedar Rapids Regent William Quarton, left little doubt that he thinks military personnel should be on campus, rationalizing that " If a university can't hold all points of view, I don't know what it can do" The final student question came from Helen Herrick, G, who asked what the regents' response would be to allowing " Black Panthers, Young Lords or Weatherman" - all groups commonly thought of as militant - on campus with academic titles like those authorized for ROTC instructors, with access to the Placement Office, and with the time and funds now afforded to military interests on the campus. A moment of silence was followed by Quarton's assertion that "this is neither the time nor the place." McClean then responded with the promise that students at the university would implement the demands. In other action the board put off until today a decision about where $80,000 in funds for needed dormitory renovation at the Iowa School for the Deaf in case the regents receive Gov. Robert Ray's recommended cutbacks in capital funding. At stake for the University of Iowa is a commitment to complete and equip a planned Education Building. Colder Partly cloudy and colder Friday and Friday night. Friday highs: 20s in north east Iowa to 30s southwest. Lows Friday night in teens. Partly cloudy Saturday. Name and Claim Gi Units in Laos PARIS - Communist delegates at the Paris peace talks repeatedly accused the United States Thursday of invading Laos - naming military units alleged to have done so. The United States called the accusations "all nonsense." At the same time, North Vietnam did not deny that it has troops in both Laos and Cambodia, and in fact gave a strong indication that they are in the two countries. Mme, Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the Provisional Revolutionary Government delegation, started off the day with a claim that there are 10 battalions of American infantry, artillery and armor fighting inside Laos. She said she was stressing to U.S. statements that there are only South Vietnamese ground forces and no American troops. Later, other spokespeople named U.S. units they said are fighting in Laos. They were listed as 7th Battalion of the 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, and "several battalions" from the 5th Mechanized Division, the 101st Airborne Division and the Americal Division. Meanwhile, South Vietnamese officers indicated the heavy fighting in Laos is yet to come. Field commanders reported they expect major engagements in the valleys around Sepone, where sizable contingents of North Vietnamese regulars are believed deployed. The commands have confirmed four helicopters shot down since the Laos offensive started Monday. They withheld reports on a number of others. speaker, referring to [see next page for following] ment and business "Do a little rese whole base of the another speaker told "They're not going goddamned war moving an moving Also at the rally harmonica player not too musical" "jolly bankers" musical ball rolling of the Green Ber through the Union participants. Once situated out Office - where a cer was kept busy door for students they were joined by Hubbard,who told cruiter was already Hubbard also sai aske the recruiter at the rally and th "expressed, appreci saying that "he wou BULL SAIGON - Offic[see next page] mitted here Friday connaissance teams Laos, but refused naissance teams The sources sic sance tams had be for years and they work. The officials mad response to question U.S. soldiers had ground inside Laos Bank of America [see next page] An LNS News Analysis BOUGAINVILLE, Australia (LNS) - The black natives of Bougainville never had much. White officials from the Australia colonial administration ran the island. But the black had their coconut and copra plantations their villages, and the lush beauty of their South Pacific island. Bank of America changed all that. The blacks had the misfortune of living on top of 760 million tons of copper ore. Bank of America wanted the immense profits from strip mining the copper. The exploitation of the copper depended upon massive financing Bank of America organized a syndicate in 1969 to provide $250,000,000 capital to Rio Tinto Zinc Ltd., which would actually do the mining through a concession on the Bouganville deposits secured from the Australians. In return for its role as financier, Bank of America was assigned. 3 per cent ownership[see next page for following] come the world's lar mine controlled by bank The copper lay feet of volcanic blacks, however ing the rich law under wh native land were administration. The were signed away When the bulldoz construction of m Rorovana village in 70 black men and ground blocking the tear gas. The native Finally police drove clubs. Other demon were dispersed the To win the lucrativ concessions, Rio DI 2/12/71 3 (of 4)