Friday, April 25, I?“

The Grinnell REPORTER

 

Press inlern's beat in Des Moines

By Jonathan Shows

Covering the towel State Capitol as
a reporting intern for United Press
International (UPI) was strictly an
"Alice in Wonderland" experience. It
was entertaining. frightening, and even
interesting at times.

The day starts when you try to get
past the little old man in the parking
lot. He's determined to park you off
somewhere with the “general public,"
whatever that is. And you just about
have to run the old dear over to sneak
into the convenient spots reserved for
newsmen.

Then you wind your way up to the
press gallery. There the reporters, hung-
over but enthusiastic, are busily try-
ing to stir up some news. After all,
you've got to have something before that
10 a.m. deadline. If all else fails, you
can ask some nut about daylight sav-
ings time. ”fliere': always a little old
lady around who will insist that it's
a Communist plot, or it's going to burn
her lawn.

You’ve got to hustle down to the
Governor's news conference shortly
thereafter, It‘s a cat and mouse game
that no one should miss. The Governor
tries his best to keep the reporters in
the dark. of course, sometimes he'll
speak “oil-flierecoi'd" and toss out
some tidbit that has been common
knowledge for a month. And the re

porters? Well, they try to get a juicy
(hopefully profane) quotation—the sub-
ject doesn’t matter much.

After that there’s the interview with
the chief of the Pottawattamie County
Temperance Union; a cup of coffee:
a call from the downtown bureau ask<
lng what the hell you've been doing
all morning; another cup of coffee; and
then you decide you'd better do a story
or your vast following will fall to see
your name in print in tomorrow’s papers.

So you glance at-a Legislator, who
then dashes madly over, anxious to
divulge anything which may get his
name in print. You pretend to he busily
taking notes as he spews forth every
thing he knows about anything. This
usually takes a few minutes. when he
tinally runs out of breath, you ask
him to, please, call someone a dirty
name, endorse the Pill, nr predict some-
thing about the war in Vietnam. A
bored smile will usually cause him
such frustration that he’ll say some-
thing controversial. Even if it's just
another comment about what s.o.b.'s
journalists are.

All too soon you’ve got to race back
to Grinnell. Just enough time to grab
a Winky-burger on the way out of
town. But you have a moment to re-
liect. And usually I think about what
a strange breed of cat is lowa gow
emment, and how beautifully appropri-
ate is its press coverage,

Page Three

Fran/r assault case continues;
Des Moines poll e comment

iiy John Milne

Both the Iowa Civil Liberties Union
and the Des Moines ChieictrPolice
commented during the past week on
the alleged assault of Lawrence Frank,
in Grinnell freshman.

Frank claims he was struck in the
lace during the Des Moines peace
march, April 15. He also claims two
policemen ignored him when he pressed
charges and that an auxiliary police-
man spirited the a a s a i l a n t away
to somewhere besides the police station.

The governing board of the ICU],
according to former member, Grimeil
professor C. Edwin Gilmour (political
science), is examining evidence in the
case, The governing board will decide
shortly whether to support Frank In
legally pursuing the case.

Glimour also said he had been em-
powered to dralt a statement which. if
approved by the Hill}, would be sent
to the Polk County attorney and Des
Moines Chielol-Poiico protesting the in~
action of two policemen and the no-
tlons of an auxiliary policeman in tho
alleged assault.

Des Moines police chief Vear V. Doug-
las replied this week to the charges
made by Frank in last week's Reporter.

 

LeMoyne students protest
Memphis police brutality

Protesting what they termed uncheck-
ed police brutality, zoo LeMoyne C014
loge students and 5 Grinneil exchange
students marched on the Memphis City
Hall earlier this month.

The April 3 march resulted from
the dismissal of charges against two
city policemen who had reportedly beat-
all 21 year old LeMoyne student Clint-
Dtl Jamerson during an earlier incident.

Jamerson was lighting a cigarette
when a police officer walked toward
him. According to Jamerson. the po-
liceman expected his cigarette to be
lighted also. When the student blew the
match out, the policeman~with the aid
of another officer—took him to a squad
uar where they allegedly beat him.

One of the officers involved claimed
that Jamerson made a motion as if
m strike him but missed. The day
liter the march, April 4, charges of
disorderly conduct and resisting arrest
Igainst the Lemoyne student were dis-
miss-ed.

“We feel that it is incumbent upon
the City Commission to take immediat‘
lotion towards the emotion of an in-
dependent citizens' review board," come
mented Dr. Vasco Smith, Vice-Chairman
of the Memphis NAACP. ”The Commis<
llun must provide lawAabiding citizens
of this community with the protection
they need from our police department."

“A police department investigating
complaints against itself," added Smith,
"is like a big brother investigating his
little brother. They come out clean
ovary time.”

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bation {or the five accused. “I don’t
think separation from the community
is an adequate answer to this problem."

Charles Connerly, a Cowles Hall
member, stated, “Expulsion is a cruel
and cowardly punishment because it
eliminates a person from society. in
this respect it is analogous to capital
punishment.” ,

Four of the accused brought witnesses

Weekend Social Events

By Kathy Shea

Folk singing (other

Foiksinging Episcopal priest, Father
Ian Mitchell, will be at Grinnell this
weekend to promote his rennaissanoo
in liturgical church music.

As a freelance priest and composer
of the “American Folk Song Mass",
Father Mitchell has taken his musical
missionary work to cathedrals, night
clubs, and concert halls throughout this
country and the Far East in search
of converts, He will appear at Ex Loco
Parentis tonight, the South Lounge at
9:45 p.m. tomorrow, and Herrick Chap
31 Sunday at 11 p.m.

Year's son

Michael Yeats, son of poet W. B.
Yeats, protessional music critic and a
senator in the Irish Parliament, will
speak on “Music in the Work of WB.
Yeats" at 4 p.m. today,

His wife, Grainne Yeats, will M34
company herself on the Irish harp in
a concert of Irish ballads at 8 p.m.
tonight. Both events are in the Soufll
Lounge of the Forum.

Forum Coffee House

Comedy and satire take the stage
tonight in the in p.m. coffee house
drama series. Anne Williams, Wayne
Stengel and Ken Hicks will perform
in Murray Schisgal's Tho Typists and
Mark Twain's 1601.

Eli Loco Parentll
Friday—
on P.M. — Foiksinger, Father ion
Mitchell ,

to court to testify for them. Ken Adei<
man, however, pleaded guilty, and
stated, “I think all who participated
in it were ashamed. It was a mob
scene."

Later, at the end of the trial, the
other four defendants changed their
pleas to guilty and apologized.

Nemmets said, “I Wasn’t aware un-
til now how seriously the other mem-
bers of Lhe hall took all this.”

Stuart said he was sorry and added
"I just want to brush up my three
weeks and graduate."

Saturday— ,.
10:30 PM. ~ Dru McConaughy and
Ann Kirschner

Sunday — ,
Open 10 A.M. — 5 P.M.

Tuesday— .
10:38 PM. — Poetry reading by
George M, Young

Piano recital

Jean To Paske presents her senior
piano recital this Sunday at 8 p.m.
in Roberts Theatre.

Miss Te Paske will play four num-
bers: Chopin‘s Nocturne in B Major,
0p. 32, No. l: Bach's Third French Suitez‘
Brahms’ Intermezzo, Op. lis, No. 63
and Copland's Piano Sonata.

In reply to the charges of police
inaction, Douglas commented, “We ques<
tioned Sergeant Buntz as to his actions
and he stated under the circumstances
he was confused as to who or why
you wanted anyone arrested." At the
time he spoke to the policemen his
mouth was bleeding.

To charges made by Frank that an
auxiliary policeman, Russell Lavina,
exceeded his authority, Douglas said,
“According to Mr. Lavina it appeared
to him that the boy being pursued was
about to be assaulted by one or mor‘
assailants.”

Douglas concluded, ”I am genuinely
sorry that you (Frank) experienced such
an incident in our city, but i am sure
you realize during demonstrations at
this type emotions and tensions of
participants run extremely high. The
police department feels successful when
no serious injuries are intiicted on any.
one."

YR'S name Jones president

Ed Jones was elected President M
Grinnell College Young Republican Club
tor the school year 196771968 at the
club’s Annual Meeting Sunday, April 10.

Other newly elected club officers in-
clude: Mike Pill, Vice-President; Mao-
cia Still, Secretary; Richard Pierpont,
Treasurer; and Stan Wezelman, Canon
paign Manager.

Purse" gets NSF grant

Grinnell has been awarded an $8,300
research grant by the National Scienoa
Foundation, President Glenn Legget!
has announced,

The grant, for a two-year period boa
ginning June 1, 1961, is for research on
“Rings of Real Functions" by Lyle E.
Pursell.

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