Miami Hurricane, October 24, 1969

              Is McCartney Death Rumor a Macabre
By CYN ZARCO
Hurrlcuna int»rf»lnm«nf Editor
Something is happening and it isn’t alright. Suddenly, like Maxwell’s silver hammer, rumors of the death of Beatle Paul McCartney have been seeping into the minds of many.
Whether via news media, album covers or overactive imaginations, the awing premonition of the proposed actuality is just that.
Spokesmen for Capitol Records and Apple Records in London are denying any validity to the death rumors saying that there is no truth in them whatsoever; and that Paul is alive, well, and unconcerned about the whole ordeal. They added the they have no idea where this whole fantasy began and that the Beatles themselves are not getting involved in putting down the rumor. Needless to say, both record companies have been bombarded with inquiries concerning McCartney’s “death."
On Wednesday morning at five o’clock, London long distance operators were also shelled with phone calls for anyone from Billy Shears to Molly and Desmond to Paul McCartney himself. (Or is he?)
Secret phone numbers have been obtained through cryptograms from album covers, mirror messages and songs. Even a murder plot was explicated with Paul, Brian Epstein (their deceased manager), and the late Brian Jones of the Rolling
The original Paul McCartney at left, and the Paul of today...
Is lie the same man?
Stones as victims of the other three Beatles.
Beatle albums have been played backwards, and forwards at every speed possible to wring out other clues to the plot.
Strangely enough, some of the conclusions are feasible. For example, from the double album, the word "number nine” played backwards has John Lennon chanting “Turn me on, dead man. Turn me on, dead man.” The whole composition "Revolution No. 9” sounds like the eerie car crash which
supposedly decapitated McCartney, the ensuing funeral scene and cremation (complete with flames) afterwards.
Word spread, as rumors usually do, and before long, hip Beatlemaniacs across the country had accumulated quite a bit
of coincidental “evidence” to give anyone the “spinal cracker.”
University of Michigan’s daily newspaper published a whole page-spread proclaiming McCartney’s death to have occurred in November, 1966 “blowing his mind out in a car.” The present McCartney is supposed to be his double who was chosen from a Beatle Look Alike contest: William Campbell, an orphan from Scotland underwent minor plastic surgery and made the necessary adjustments to fill Paul’s shoes.
A former WQAM disc jockey Roby Yonge was fired this past week when he began talking about McCartney’s “death” over the air. He was bodily transferred out of WABC's studio room while he was commenting.
Former WFUN’s news director Larry Kane, who had travelled with the Beatles on several of their American tours, was reached for comment and stated that the whole thing
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Sam And Dave
Soul brothers Sam and Dave will appear on the Rock tomorrow at 8 p.m. For more details, see page 9.
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Lenin Fever
Russia’s Lenin is fast becoming a legend in today’s Soviet society. For an international report on its effects, see page 8.
Voi. 45 No. 12
284-4401
Friday, Oct. 24, 1969
O’Boyle
Resigns
Council
By SCOTT BRESSLER
Hurrican« Associate Editor
In an effort to point out the “unproductiveness” of USG, junior class representative Bruce O’Boyle an-
_______ nounced h i s
r e s i g nation Tuesday.
“B y dabbling in the u n productiveness of Council meetings I was wasting energy when I could be doing someth ing and helpful in our community areas,” O'Boyle said.
O’Boyle
constructive
O’Boyle becomes the second member of the Council to resign since last week when Bill Councill, sophomore representative, handed in his resignation.
“By sitting on the USG Council I was betraying myself and the philosophy 1 adhere to,” O’Boyle said.
He intends to work with Harold Fields, secretary of community affairs, in the coming weeks.
O’Boyle also intends to continue work on campus. He has started a petition for the prevention of firearms on campus and intends to start one to eliminate language requirements.
“We realize the need for better security,” O’Boyle said. “But security can be beefed up without the use of guns. Guns bring out insecurity instead of security and the past record of violence on this campus doesn’t warrant the use of firearms.”
As far as language requirements goes, O’Boyle said that he will be working with Dr. Richard J. Dandeneau, associate dean of the school of arts and sciences.
As a solution to the “growing problem of USG inefficiency,” O'Boyle said that the legislative branch should be abolished. He is in favor of having a strong cabinet to carry out the programs.
“If a democracy doesn’t work you should try something else,” he said. “England uses a cabinet more than we do and people seem to help each other more over there.”
4Impeach Says UM
By SHARA PAVLOW
Executive Editor
A petition for the impeachment of USG President Jim Yasser was released to the Hurricane early Tuesday.
The document, signed by Neil A Hamilton, a undergraduate student, called for ttHMift, uMn lit«* '. mmm.•miwism#'
Time Is Changing
Ticket Taker
After days of waiting in line, Jeff Or-loff, president of Teke fraternity, proudly displays Homecoming Dance ticket No. 0001. A prized possession among
—Hurrican# Photo bv R. 8. POPE
fraternities, this ticket as well as all the others will enable the bearer to participate in the Homecoming Dance on November 8 at the Americana Hotel. Featured performers will be Jerry Butler of “Moody Woman” fame, Cliff Nobles plus one other band.
City Commission OK’s New Security Proposal
Ten Guards Given Full Police Potvers
Freshman Elections To Be Held Next Week
USG Council voted Monday to hold freshman elections October 29-30.
Representatives scheduled the elections after approving seven of nine appointees to a Student Elections Commission. Appointed were: George Rahal, Ron Reshefsky, Don Spurlock, Lynn Siegel, Bertha Berriz, Sally Kunkle, and Margaret Peek.
Two of the appointees were not ratified; senior Paul Sullivan because he was not at the meeting for questioning and Tim Choate because he said he was not familiar with the proceedings of the commission.
The new elections commi-
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USG REPORT
By Mark Berman
sion will elections.
supervise all USG
U M students better remember to set their clocks back one hour before going to sleep Saturday night. Standard time will go into effect at 12:01 A.M. on Sunday morning, giving students an extra hour of sleep.

Yasser’s impeachment on the grounds that he:
•	failed to preside over and keep orderly and proper council meetings,
•	failed to inform council on decisions and problems within the government,
•	failed to represent the best interests of the student body (in the situation with UBOG and a request from the Cuban Students for office space),
•	unconstitutional actions by making appointments to what Hamilton terms ‘a Supreme Court not provided for in the constitution,’ and
•general conduct unbecoming a public official and elected representative of the people.
Ilie petition has not yet been filed with the Secretary of USG Council as is required by both the Administration and USG recognized constitutions.
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Discussion of a proposed elections code was postponed until the next meeting
In other action Council tabled a resolution that will give USG officers the privilege of taking fewer than 12 credit hours per semester and financial renumeration to make up the deficit credit hours of a normal 15-hour load.
The resolution specifies that the elected officers should not be able to take fewer than 3 credit hours per semester.
AWS representative Lynn Siegel said in order to pay the student activity- fee and use the library a student must take at least six hours.
“I think this resolution would make the president a dictator,” said junior Elliot Messing.
“If we have to take 12 credits I don’t see why the president shouldn’t have to and if the president can’t handle the work, let him allocate some of his responsibilities to council,” he said.
President Jim Yasser said the resolution was based upon a question of efficiency. "Actually I'm a student, but the responsibilities of the job of president are so immense that it is hard to do an efficient administrative jpb with
the present academic responsibility,” he said.
Representatives tabled the resolution in order to poll their constituents at the request of Jane Hershman.
Council also approved eight members to the Student Activity Fee Allocations Committee, Bud Bukhair, Bob Dorlon, Cindy Hill, Ira Pollack, Bill Sussman, Vernon Tremblay, Stuart Weiss, and Jim Yasser.
Representatives discussed the possibility of members having conflicts of interest, but decided that appointees were carefully screened and worthy of the job.
in its second presentation before the City Council, Coral Gables city commissioners, Tuesday, gave their approval to a new security proposal granting an extension of police powers to certain members of the University security force.
Proposed by UM Chief of Security Fred Doerner, the plan calls for some 10 men to be added to the present guard force comprising UM’s Security Department.
The men will be sworn in as regular police officers of the city with both the right to carry arms and the powers of arrest. They will however, be hired by and operate under the jurisdiction of the University.
“We have and will continue to have instances where our guard force will be called upon to investigate situations of potential danger.
“The men need these powers (of arrest and to carry guns) both as a means to protect themselves and as a means to take appropriate action should it become necessary,” Doerner explained to the Commission.
As law enforcement officers, the men will be subject to state requirements of training which include a prescribed 200 hours of classroom instruction.
Opposition to the agreement rose from at least one commissioner, Keith Phillips who questioned the necessity of designating the men as regular Coral Gables police officers.
I am in favor of the basic plan, but foresee a lot of unnecessary legal problems for the city as the proposal now stands, Phillips told the commission before the final vote and revisions were made.
The men, although commissioned to act on the UM campus, “may be required to exercise authority off campus
in connection with an on campus occurrence."
Thus, it was necessary to designate them as regular rather than special officers of the Police force, Coral Gables Police Chief Kimball explained in response to questions from Phillips.
“In order to have the powers of arrest, this was the necessary legal procedure,” Kimball told him.
The UM-Coral Gables agreement also stipulates that these men will wear uniforms of the University and will be subject to discipline and under the responsibility of the University.
It further specifies that such a force will not receive regular benefits of city employees (i.e. retirement program) nor will the city be held responsible for “any willful, negligent, or other act of the Police Officers hired by the University.”
Doerner earlier had commented that approval of this program did'not mean that it
will immediately be put into effect.
His plans, he states, call for finding “some young men with a few years college background who will preferably have had a few years of professional experience and who are interested in event-who are inteersted in eventually completing their college education.”
He views the officers as working in conjunction with UM’s Security Guards who will continue to act in their
—Hurrican« Photo bv BOB HOFFMAN
UM Security thief Doerner explains hi« plan
... at Monday afternoon1» 11SG Council meeting
Doerner: TJM Security
J
Not Meant To Harass’
By MARK BERMAN
Ol Th* Hurrican« SUM
“I am here to serve the
University, not to harass students,” UM Director of Security Fred Doerner told
USG Council Monday.
Doerner outlined to council his new security program that will establish a force of 10 uniformed policemen on campus.
Spirited Jan Crowned Queen
By CAROL COPELAND
Of Th* Hurrican* Staff
Jan Wilder, a junior representing Tri Delt, was crowned Spirit Week Queen at last night’s pep rally. First runner-up is Debbie Lawrence, Hayes House. Diane Peterson, Tri Delt, and Lee Korndoerfer, Van Buren House, tied for second runner-up. Pam Dundr, representing Teke, is the fourth runner-up.
At the Queen Finals Wednesday night, the Spirit Week Committee gave Jane Hershman, chairman, a plaque for “outstanding and dedicated service to the school.”
"All other awards will be announced at the Sam and Dave concert Saturday night,” Miss Hershman said. No further announcements on scores will be issued until then."
There are 25 independent organizations and seven Greek organizations
participating in Spirit Week. This year’s theme is “A team behind a team” and “Total Participation."
Each participating group pul on a three to five minute skit at Hurricane Howl Wednesday night. The skits were to display spirit as well as talent humor.
The book drive, this year’s mystery event, will be judged today from 3 pm-6
pm.
"All groups should bring their books to S226C in the student union at 3:00 pm Friday," Miss Hershman said. Zeta Beta Tau had collected three and one-half tons of books as of Wednesday.
Miss Hershman is pleased with the participation and excited about the number of independent organizations that entered Spirit Week.
“So far it has been a tremendous success," she said.
Jan Wilder
. . fieic Spirit Queen
"It is proposed that the officers have some college background, 2-3 years of law enforcement experience and a desire to continue their education,” said Doerner.
He said the University’s present guard force is behind the times and is not equipped to effectively protect the 17,-000 members of the UM community.
“Today people without authority and a means of taking action are avoiding situations of potential danger and that's an unhealthy situation for this campus,” said Doerner.
He cited several recent incidents on campus that warranted outside police investigation.
"On October 15 someone broke into an apartment on campus, grabbed a young lady, threatened her with a linoleum knife and demanded money,” he said.
“These incidents are happening on our campus.”
“Is there any reason why a security officer couldn’t handle a situation without a
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