Nation IN BRIEF : IOWA : 200 Turn Out to Cheer Klan Leader
About 200 people turned out to cheer a national Ku Klux Klan leader who came to Dubuque, Iowa, in the wake of at least 10 cross-burnings in this mostly white city. Ten blocks away, about 250 people gathered at a rally organized to protest the cross-burnings and Thomas Robb’s visit. Mayor Jim Brady and Gov. Terry E. Branstad urged residents to ignore the appearance of Robb, 44, of Zinc, Ark., national director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. About six blacks were in the crowd for Robb’s appearance. They were heckled when they tried to interrupt his speech.
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