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The Catholic Times
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
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In Independence, Iowa, eight Amish men went to jail for three days instead of paying $10 fines for not sending children to approved schools, protesting state education laws requiring college-trained teachers. Two others were arrested; one paid, one hospitalized.
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INDEPENDENCE, Iowa—Eight men of the Amish denomination protesting state interference with operation of their private schools, went to jail here for three days rather than pay fines of $10 each.
Charged with failure to send their children to an approved school, the Amish insisted their own teachers with only an eighth-grade education are sufficient to instruct their children in the "simple farm life" of their religious sect. They also contended they do not have funds to pay for college-trained teachers required by state law.
Two other Amish men were arrested. One paid his fine, the other was hospitalized and could not appear for trial.
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Independence, Iowa
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eight men went to jail for three days rather than pay $10 fines. one other man paid his fine; the other was hospitalized and could not appear for trial.
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Eight Amish men were charged with failure to send their children to an approved school and chose jail over paying fines, protesting state interference with their private schools. They argued their eighth-grade educated teachers suffice for their simple farm life and they lack funds for college-trained teachers required by law. Two other Amish men were arrested.