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No. 48 No. 135 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Saturday, May 8, 1948 o) Polk Use Tesio4 1 :"? ifela'. .-f?'''' fLAaMW"- ttMt fe.mii ii in iniMimniSi Sn Mini i m3 THE MOB BEGINS MARCH and converges on the Police Station. Students chant "Get Them Out of Jail" as they swarm up to the doors to be met by flashing photographers' bulbs. Notice car and the torn-up VNo-Parking" sign held by smiling students. The crowd marched through downtown streets before curious onlookers and stopped traffi6 before reaching the station. Unsatisfied by the answer of police, the milling students streamed toward the city hall on the second step of the three-stop journey. I ill IRS? STf I" .J5U- . v v .. ... & ...... s-y--. 4j i iniiiliiiiii tf STUDENTS ENTER THE CITY HALL in noisy protest against police action. Dem onstration caused by campus parking troubles. 1 -oed&vf;ri -Mar 4u .a 1 .A ,' . -':t.-y1 , . -y. ' $ x' STUDENTS RUSH THE CAPITOL STEPS, shouting "We want Val." The throng of protesting students rushed to the capitol from the city hall. There, Gov. Val Peter ged a meeting with University officials. son met with a small group and arran Photo Courtesy Llncola Journal TEiroEig McareB.es By Lee Harris Tear gas, the Lincoln riot squad, and the city fire department were not enough to disperse a milling crowd of students rioting in protest against "No Parking" regulations on 12th and R Streets Friday morning. The riot began when police-directed tow trucks attempted to move double parked cars from 12th and R Street. Protesting students deflated tires of two tow trucks and gathered around the two police cars sent as reinforcements. Police used tear gas bombs and called out the city fire depart ment when it became evident that the crowd would not disperse. Bombs Spark Crowd As Ralph C. Fox, photographer from the Lincoln fournal tried to snap a picture of Sgt. Harry Goeglein holding a student. Detective Robbins pushed Fox into Ihe cruiser and said "We don't want any g-- d pictures taken!" The bombs sparked the crowd into action and within a few minutes the enthusiastic mob of bet ter than 2000 began a march which carried them from 12th and R to the police station. From the po lice station students marched to the City Hall and then up O street to the State Capitol building. Chants of "We want parking" fired the mob as they progressed through the town, blocking traffic and causing curious office workers to ap pear at the windows in an effort to watch one of the few crowd demonstrations the city of Lincoln has ever witnessed. Traffic Halted Traffic was stopped at 13th and O where students gathered reinforcements to march on the Capital building. There the crowd poured up the capital steps and into the main hall, where chants of "We want Val" replaced the cry of "We want parking." The crowd sat on the floor of the halls of the Capital while a delegation of twelve students issued the protest against "No parking regula tions" to Governor. Val Peterson. "Order To Be Maintained" The Governor told the representatives that the chancellor had the primary jurisdiction over the University parking problem. He continued by saying that the County Sheriff was the secondary authority and that his office, aided by the State Militia, was the last resort of authority. Peterson reiterated his statement made to the Omaha packing house workers last week by telling the student delegation that under all circumstances order would be maintained. He also stated that the situation had been greatly exaggerated and that no need of state action seemed near. The representatives directed three questions to the Governor. 1. When would the impounded automobiles be released? 2. Why did the police treat the actions of the crowd initially as a riot, and at the same time who ordered the police action in the first place? 3. What will be done to deviate the parking problem on the University campus? State Lacks Authority. The representatives of the group who were in the Governor's office were Lynnwood Parker, Woody Long, Stanley Partsche, Kenneth Templin, Glenn Gross, Dean Towle, Gladys Jackson, Continued on Page 4