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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
12
Demonstrators battling Iowa City police on campus bridges and dorm rooftops hurled missiles, rocks, and bottles at officers. Eight arrests occurred with seventeen patrolmen injured, while Johnson County deputies did not engage. Police recovered weapons as protesters prepared for a second night of clashes.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it acquired Velasquez Portrait of Juan De Pareja, a 1649 work, for 5.5 million dollars, tying the auction record for a painting. The Wildenstein Gallery paid the same price at Christie's in London.
A detailed house session in Iowa shows ongoing tax reform deliberations. Lawmakers debated sales and income tax changes, rejected several amendments, and advanced provisions for local revenue, per capita distribution, and property tax exemptions amid party splits and procedural votes.
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