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VOL. LXVI No. 13 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Thursday, October 16, 1975
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concern about t
arrest of 18 pers
and Columbia
strat on was st
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Monday's dem
"peaceful prote,
Green Street cc
"The whole th
students who wa
Sansbury said.
of hand."
Eighteen per
students , were
from disorderly
incidents sten
stration. No ari
when Sansbury
walking back at
pedestrian cros
ficulty for cars
Fifty other sti
protest from be
dormitory wind
Campus polic
off Green Streel
Street at 4:55 p.1
-USC directorc
Communication
Key said that
USC's police, m
from Green Str
PhO
dents' pr
)se Green
iorts While the
cording to
'monstration to show student president
he Green Street issue led to the became fr:
ons Monday night by University protesting :
City Police. A similar demon- City . Polic
aged Tuesday without incident. "There i.
Student Sen. Danny Sansbury, and block ,
Dnstration was planned as a time," said
it" on the issues surrounding the "authen.
ntroversy. student bod:
ing was initiated by concerned It belongs t(
nted to have a peaceful protest," fact we hav
"It's just that the crowd got out Before C
Green Stree
sons, 17 of whom are USC 200 person
arrested on charges ranging footballs an
conduct to public drunkeness in Around
ming from Monday's demon- arrived to c
rests were made Tuesday night. the pedestr
ronstrations began at 4:30 p.m. the crowd I
'and about 30 others began police gui
id forth across the Green Street demonstrat
swalk to "create as much dif- "Oeth
as they do for the students." pen ths
idents gathered to watch the Athsslt
th sides of Green Street and inproved our
e, anticipating trouble, blocked gettneverr
traffic from Sumter to Pickens first arrest
mn., according to George A. Key, sophomore
f Public Safety, Security and structing
sMarvin D. Harrelson, chief of shoes kHn
ade the decision to divert traffic antke
Richard Plowden
Is wrestled to the
ground, hand
cuffed aad finally
loaded into the
paddy wagon by
Columbia and
Campus police
during Monday
night's demon
stration on Green
Street. Eighteen
persons were
arrested during
the ten hour
ws by Mark Alxandw protest.
otes t:
5 Street'
street was still open to traffic, ac
Dr. James B. Campbell, vice
for Student Affairs, one woman
ightened when confronted by the
students. She called the Columbia
e, who decided to clear the street.
no way to peacefully demonstrate
i public thoroughfare at the same
Columbia Police Chief William R.
"The street does not belong to the
y of the University of South Carolina.
> the city and state. That's the basic
e to keep in the back of our minds "
Dlumbia police officially reopened
t, the size of the crowd grew to about
;, some of whom were throwing
d Frisbees about.
:20 p.m. campus and city police
lear the street. Campus police lined
ian crosswalk in an attempt to hold
)ack. Meanwhile, city and campus
ded traffic through about 100
ors. Officers were heard saying.
road, or go to jail."
time Sansbury, who sensed the
of trouble, said to the crowd, "We
point. This is not worth anybody
ested."
15 minutes later, at 5:45 p.m., the
was made. Robert A. Dobson, a USC
was arrested for allegedly ob
traffic as he bent down to tie his
was charged with disorderly conduct
to Columbia City Jail.
Please See Green St. Page 10