Miami Hurricane, October 07, 1969

              Lunar Dust Arrives At UM
Samplings of the lunar dust picked up by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin during their Apollo 11 mission, were delivered to UM this week for study and research.
Dr. Sidney W. Fox, a professor in UM’s biochemistry department, brought the dust samples to UM from the NASA laboratory in Houston.
The Institute of Molecular Evolution at UM, under the directorship of Dr. Fox, began receiving support from NASA in 1966 for bioscience research on lunar material.
Dr. Fox has been designa-ed one of 11 principal investigators in the bioscience area for lunar analyses.
Dr. Fox
Associated with Dr. Fox at the Institute of Molecular Evolution as co-principal investigators are Associate Professor Kaoru Harada and Professor George Mueller. Assisting in the investigation will be Research Associate Charles R. Windsor and Research Assistants Mrs. Ania Mejide and Robert McCauley.	__________________
Dr. Harada
The anticipated arrival of the lunar sample has required extensive preparation, according to Dr. Fox.
All materials and apparatus to be used in the analysis had to be sterilized and tested to establish background contamination. The results of this testing constitutes a set of controls.
Dr. Mueller
Security arrangements have been made in cooperation with the campus security office and the Coral Gables Police Department.
The analytical methods to be employed have been disciplined by years of extensive research on the origins-of-life question. This research has yielded an experimental-
ly tested description of how life could have developed where no life had previously existed.	„
Amino acid analysers, spectrophotometers, light and electron microscopes and optical rotary dispersion instruments will be used in the UM studies. Analysis for amino acids, polymers of amino acids, purines and pyrimidines (the building blocks of the larger macromolecules RNA and DNA) and organized structures will attract the bulk of attention.
Results of the examination and testing will be reported first at a meeting planned for Houston three months from now. Prior to this meeting, no detailed scientific information will be released.
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Tuesday, October 7

UM Security Force Seeks Police Power
“We are presently a guard force without authority”
-—Fred Doerner UM Director of Security
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—Photo* by TURTLE
Picketers march past alert police
... up-side-donn flag symbolizes distress
Nixon Aid Receives Peace Plaque
.. . College Reps, later set up counter-picket
New Party Presents Nixon Aide With Anti-War Plaque, Letter
By MARK BERMAN
And CAROL COPLAND
Of Th* Hurricane Staff
An anti-war plaque and a letter calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops in Asia was presented to a presidential aide at the Nixon Key Biscayne compound Saturday by New Party state coordinator, Robert Kunst and 35 picketers,
“War is not healthy for children and other living things," was inscribed on the masonite board plaque.
The anti-war group consisting of college students, adults and children marched in front of the compound carrying peace signs.
They were met by a group of 20 State College Republicans, who set up a counterpicket across the street in support of the Nixon administration.
The Republicans, led by UM student Doug Kelly, vice-chairman of the organization, wore solid blue buttons symbolizing what they called, “the silent majority."
Both leaders said thffeir demonstrations were successful because they showed that people are concerned with the problems facing the nation.
“We proved our point here today," said Kunst, “enough so that we had to be counter-picketed.”
He said the counterpicket was the first of its kind in Dade County.
“In the past nobody has shown our position," said UM junior, Bob Brekelbaum, state treasurer of the College Republicans. “Our demonstration shows that there is a large number of students and young Americans behind the President.”
One New Party member carried an upsi/e-down flag, which is a distress signal. "The upside-down flug re-
scribed himself as a liberal Democrat, marched with the presidential supporters and
said, “I’m for America and the office of the President. Right or wrong, Mr. Nixon is the President and we should
support him.”
Two of the President’s
neighbors, Mrs. Doris Thomas and Mrs. Thelma Schmidt, watching the demonstrators from their front lawn said that the picket was “ridiculous.”
"They should be out working” Mrs. Schmidt said.
“The President often walks over and says hello," she said. “We’ve known him for
16 years and he is a regular fellow."
“Of course we don’t like picketers, but with the £oast Guard and Secret Service always around, we have the best security in the world and are never afraid," said Mrs. Schmidt.
Asked by a member of the Sheriff’s Eiept. if the demonstration was over, one antiwar picketer answered, "No, it will never be over.”
“I’m a war monger," the officer said, "I’ve got six years of my life invested in the Navy and I’m for war.”
He said he doubted that the President was even
aware that there were protestors in front of the compound.
Kunst said he likes the idea of counterpicketing. “They tend to get the liberals on their feet," he said.
He said that the New Party plans two major demonstrations Oct. 15 at the federal Building downtown.
UM student Steve Helms, marching with the New Party, said the party is gaining support from many private corporations in the area. “There are many older people, especially on the beach, who are really getting with it," he said.
By SHARA PAVI.OW
Hurricane Executive Editor
A request for an extension of police powers to the University security force will be presented to the Coral Gables City Commission today by UM Security Chief Fred Doerner.
He is requesting these powers, he says, because he feels members of the University are deserving of a more sophisticated security program.
“We are presently a guard force without authority,” he has stated.
Doerner is asking that the city grant “deputized authority” to UM security officials under the employ of the University.
His plan calls for some or 12 deputized policemen working for the University to patrol the campus. They will be commissioned to act with legal authority (i.e. carry a gun and make arrests) only when involved with the campus.
“With a campus of 17,000 people in one main area, we (the Department of Security) can better serve the University community if we have a corps of specifically trained professional police officers under University control,” Doerner explained.
While the present force patrols the campus to maintain security, it has no more legal authority to enforce laws than any private citizen.
Should any serious situations arise on campus, we are
not in the position to handle them, he said.
“I feel it is good that the University handle minor infractions through their own devices.”
In a survey of over 185 universities throughout the country, only 19 of these did
not have a security department with the powers of arrest, he revealed.
Although it is a large part of our duties, the idea of campus security involves more than just a guard force, Doerner continued.
Much of what Is Involved
stems from Individuals who have no connection whatso-ever with the University. The UM force needs the authority to deal with potential situations, he explained.
“I am in no way trying to
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“l see no reason for guns on this campus”
—Jim Yasser USG President
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USG President Yasser Attacks Security Plan

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Undergraduate Student Government President Jim Yasser reacted negatively to proposed action now before the Coral Gables City Commission which would give police power to a 12-man UM Security team.
In an Impromptu meeting Saturday with Security Chief Fred Doerner, Yasser* com-
plained that security problems here were too minute to merit such action.
“I am against the idea of armed men with the power to arrest being on this campus," said the USG Prexy. “I think the present security guard force should be made competent enough to handle the problems that arise.”
Moratorium Committee Holds Vigil For Peace
By CAROL COPLAND
Of Th* Hurrlcan* Staff
The silent vigil for peace, sponsored by the Moratorium Committee began at 12:45 Friday. Students casually walked through the union breezway, stopping to chat with the students who had just begun their vigil.
One silent couple was playing tic tac toe while another was discussing weekend plans.
As the group grew to an estimated 100 students, Marty Weinkle arranged
the lines.
Richard Burton, a member of the Moratorium Committee, fainted In line — he had not slept in »6 hours because he was working to make the plea for peace successful.
At 1:15 the silent group seemed to quiet down. The particlpaters just stared
As one girl was leaving the breezway she said, “I think that it is a farce. They seem to be enjoying themselves instead of taking It seriously.”
‘T feel that everyone sitting out here cared — if they were silent for even one minute It is a help, it is a silent prayer for peace,” Steven Berman, who stood in the vigil, explained.
After the group broke their silence at 1:45, they voted to hold silent vigils at 12:30-1:30 daily until Oct. 15, the day of the Moratorium.
Both Marty Weinkle and Pete Yaffe agreed that this plea for peace had been a success. They pointed out that the demonstrators cared enough to support future vigils even though they were harassed and confronted with apathy. Therefore, they concluded, that the event nMffct have been inspiring.
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Yasser seemed more disturbed about the manner in which administration officials handled the situation,
“I want to know why I was not informed about this,” he said. “My first knowledge of it came this morning (Saturday) when I read about it in the Miami Herald. It is just another instance of the Administration ignoring student voice in policy making.”
Yasser also attacked the proposed system on the grounds that it could be used to harass students living in the dormitories.
“With the power to arrest vested in them, UM Security Police could randomly search a room any time they pleased," said Yasser.
Doerner pointed out that the program was not intended to in any way harass students or anyone else within the University family.
“I have only one mandate,” said the Security Chief. “That is to protect the lives and property of the persons on this campus."
Yasser was also upset about arming the 12-man team.
“I can see no reason for guns on this campus,” said the USG Chief. "There is absolutely no reason to use a gun. You don't shoot a guy for being a “peeping Tom" or stealing a car.”
Doerner said, on the other hand, that it is impossible to expect a law enforcement officer ot do his Job without equipping him with th« proper tools.