1969-09-24; Central Michigan Life

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Government mariiuana drive increases
fAF)  LOS ANGELES - Operation Intercept, the
government's drive to cut off drugs from Mexico,
netted uncounted illegal pills and thousands of pounds
of marijuana as it reached full operation this week
along 2,500 miles of the U^.-Mexico border. '
The interested contraband included half a ton of
marijuana aboard a plane that was seized.
. Some 90,000 persons in 30,000 cars who wnet
to Mexico for a bullfight at Tijuana and horse racing
at Agua Caliente Sunday found themselves waiting
in line for inspection at San Ysidro south of San
.Diego on their return*'"
1 The line stretched six miles at one time and the
delay grew to three to four hours. Inspectors manned
all 16 gates with orders to make thorough checks of
all vehicles and occupants.
There, also were 20,000 returning pedestrians.
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy'and Atty.
Gen. John M. Mitchell announced ih a joint statement
Sunday that Operation Intercept was in full swing and.
would continue indefinitely.,..
A spokesman for the program in Los Angeles said
a rented airplane leaving Mexico tried to evade Operation Intercept aircraft but was forced to land at
Bakorsfield Friday.
It carried 1,000 pounds of marijuana, the spokesman said, and the pilot, Michael Thomas Mitchell, 23,
a University of Washington student from Seattle, was
arrested and booked for investigation of smuggling.
Authorities said Mitchell told them he had paid
$27,000 for the fnarijuana in Mazatlan and planned to
take it to Berkeley.
A car abandoned in line at San Ysidro was'found
to contain 2,000 pills classified as dangerous drugs,
customs officers reported.
The car's young driver, not immediately identified,
was caught as he tried to flee on foot into the United
States.    He was turned over to San Diego poliee.
Operation Intercept headquarters in Loa Angeles
said five men and woman from New York City were
arrested Sunday south of the border by Itosican
officers who reported the group possessed 140 kilos
of marijuana.
A spokesman said the six were jailed at Sonoita,
Mexico, a mile south of LukeviUe, Ariz.
Customs agents at Laredo, Tex., reported they
seized 1,400 pounds of marijuana'from Mexico over
the weekend.
At sea, Navy patrol boats joined Coast Guard
Cutters in checking small craft.
In the air, planes crossing from Mexico were being
monitored on military radar planted at known:
glers, routes aicross the border.
Vol. 50 No. 6
I Faculty votes 1
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Faculty members go to the polls today to decide
whether to secure the services' of the Michigan Association for Higher Education as a bargaining agent.
Voting will be In room 100 of the new library from
ll ajn. to 1:30 pjn. and '3 to 5 pan.
If a majority of teachers voting approve the proposal, CMU will be the only college or university in
the state to begin professional negotiations in higher
education. The negotiations would affect all regular
faculty members working. 10 or 12 months a year1
who hold the title of lecturer or above. Also affected would be department chairmen, professional
librarians, counselors,, coaches and part-time instructors who carry a two-thirds teaching load*
Unaffected by negotiations would be graduate assistants , directors, visiting faculty members, presidents,  vice-presidents,' deans and co-ordinators0
If teachers approve collective bargaining, the actual
negotiating will be done by CMU.teachers'and the
Board of Trustees. The MAHE would provide necessary resources, including researchers, lawyers and
negotiations councils.
Ralph S. Chesebrough, director of. the National
Society of Professors, said antthing affecting the working relationship of faculty members to the university may come, under negotiation, such as wages,
fringe benefits, hours, committee assignment, class
loads and sizes, and sabbatical leave.
If the faculty-votes in favor of MAHE participation,, negotiations may .begin whenever the faculty
..appoints a negotiation committee from among themselves and a date for beginning talks is set by the
committee and the Board of Trustees.
Today's election is conducted by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.
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Michigan
Wednesday, September .24, 1969
Eight set for conspiracy charges
Jury selection due this morning
700 protest trial
CHICAGO CAP)— Eight men come to trial in UJS.
District Court today charged with conspiring to set
off the bloody clashes between police and anti-war
demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Selection of jurors is scheduled to begin this morning in the extra-large Ceremonial Courtroom of the
U.S. Courtroom with Judge Julius J.Hoffman, 74,presiding.
The defendants, who call themselves The Conspiracy, have said they will call upon their si^^rters to
demonstrate against the trial, the first under the anti-
riot provisions of the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
Some 700 persons gathered Tuesday night in Lincoln
Park, scene of some of the worst of the convention
week clashes, and marched more than two miles to
the courthouse carrying lighted candles.
Defendants Named
Police arrested oh e youth after a scuffle but the
march proceeded into the Loop without further incident. ,   ■ _
The defendants are Abbie Hoffman, 32, New York,
leader of the Youth International party-Yippies; David
Bellinger, 53, New York, editor of Liberation magazine;'Rennie Davis, 29, Chicago, organizer for the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; John R. Froines, 30, chemistry professor at the
University of Oregon; Thomas E.Hayden,30, a founder
of the Students for a Democratic Society; Jerry Rubin,
31, New York, organizer of 1967 antiwar demonstrations
in Berkeley j Calif.; Lee Weiner, 29,Northwestern Uni-
versity research assistant in sociology; and Bobby G.
Seale, 32, of Oakland, Calif.; national chairman of the
Black Panther party.
Motions Denied
The defense sought a hearing on its contention that
wiretap evidence against the eight was obtained illegally, but Judge Hoffman ruled that the propertime for
such a hearing was after the trial.
—**!£ the defendants, are ac qpited," he said, "the government can save the expense of such a hearing."
The judge has also denied niotions thathed__sojialify
himself on grounds of prejudice and that he have the
trial moved to a larger arena. Once jury selection is
ended in the Ceremonial Courtroom, the evidence will
be heard in Judge Hoffman's smaller court.
UJS. Marshall John C. Meiszner has brouigbtindep-
uties from across the nation for extra security and a
contingent of Chicago police has been deputized toas-
sist them.
Schoenbrun blames Vietnam
War on poor m
Columbia University senior lecturer David Schoenbrun believes the war in. Vietnam would' have
ended a long time ago, but **unqualified" reporters have been covering the war.
The former CBS newsman told the crowd in Warriner auditorium Monday, "I feel the war is wretched, and" the media has not done a good job".
. Reporters;unfamiliar with the area and history
were sent dver, "and these newsmen accepted as
troth information sent in government: releases'%
according to Schoenbrun.
Schoenbrun attacks objectivity as a **false god",
and said, "The principal of objectivity is one of
the most dangerous things in the world. It is nobly
expressed by members of the media, but it is terribly damaging".
Schoenbrun attacked basic journalistic principles,
such as cramming the facts into .a small space,.and
placed the blame on the introduction of the wire
service. He said people were „ not sure the wire
would hold up for a long story.
•Today we don't have this problem with the wire, .
but we get the same kind of reporting", he added.
The first one-year course in Vietnam history at
Columbia was taught by Schoenbrun in 1957, when he
joined the faculty there* „
New student
conduct code
reporting   forces revision
Schoenbrun witnessed some of the major events'
in "history as a correspondent, including the American
landings in North Africa, the capture of Berlin, the
Indo-China and Korean wars, and the Marshall Plan -
up to the Kennedy administration and the present.
He Won the Overseas Press C lub award for his
interview with Charles de Gaulle, the only exclusive
interview ever given by Hie former French presi- '■*
dent.
The author of ••Vietnam: How we got in and how
,we can get out'% Schoenbrun advocates immediate
withdrawal from Vietnam.
••The war has bloodied us, and it's time we get
out. If we could wash the mud and blood from it,'
it's still a pret&y good flag", he fe&s.
People in the news media always separate the facts
from the opinion, according the Schoenbrun. **Well,
people dont read the editorial page, they read the
front page,, and I believe the facts can't be separated
from the opinion if the media wants to give the public
the whole truth", he. said.
Schoenbrun slammed television news coverage, say-   .
ing, "What you have there is a 40 second description of a major news event, sandwiched in between
a  post  nasal  dri£  and  an  underarm  deodorant".
The judicial review section of the student body
constitution must be revised due to the formulation
of a new student conduct code.
The. student conduct code consists of a series of
revisions of general policies, including the standards
of conduct, university sanctions and procedures of
.review. • ,
The purpose of the revision is to update the present conduct code. The guidelines for the code were
taken from the "Joint Statement of Rights and Procedures for Students."  '
The joint statement was a combined effort of stu*
dent professional' organizations around the country,
including the National Student Association and the
American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Central's previous conduct code was vague and did
not specify in detail which violations were subject
to penalty according to Philip Hummel, assistant
dean of students he said, "the rules should be specified for the good, of the student."
The revision of the Judicial system is the responsibility of1 Student Senate. Lou Oates, student body
president, is heading the revision committee. Working with Oates are Bob Baszler, Montrose, senior,
Gerald Branch, Otsego senior and Tim HrUska, Allen
Park junior.