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ttt, iOJAV, Satarday, March 11, U72 IMIIEH1 rS Ed Frank Buddy Baker Nick White Vote 'For1 Amendment No. 2 dne.of the Uilngs Floridians will be asked Tuesday Is whether, they will authorize amending the state constitution to permit the issuance of revenue bonds to establish a student fund. We, recommend that voters cast their ballots "for" this amendment. This measure will enable the state to expand its financial assistance to students planning to attend public and private junior colleges, "Universities or vocational training centers. By amending the constitution to authorize the sale of revenue bonds, the state can establish a very practical and innovative method of removing financial barriers to higher education at no additional expenses to taxpayers.

Why Is it needed? College Entrance Examination Board in cooperation with Florida's Department of Education found $39.5 million in unmet needs for the state's students during the 1970 71 school year. This represents student financial needs over and above student self help, family support, and loans and grants. Under the student loan "proposal, the state would sell bonds, backed by pledges of repayment by student borrowers and by a portion of the student enrollment fees. Assuming the continuance of this current level pf the pledge of student fees for financial aid programs (amounting to $9 per year per student) and assuming the current interest rates on tax free state bonds, an estimated $23 to $40 million In proceeds from the bond sales would then be available to students. The terms of the student loans would be identical to the loans available under federally insured loan programs.

The state would qualify as a "lender." Therefore, the federal government would guarantee student repayments. Since the bonds would eventually be retired out of student loan repayments and interest, the loan program will be self supporting and will require no use of general revenue funds. This loan program would be available to aid students from all walks of life not just the poor and not just the outstanding scholar. Thus, middle income families, who have several children, would not find higher education a crushing financial burden. The student himself the beneficiary of the education would be the one who eventually pays for it How Liberal Are You? KV There's a lot of talk these days about "liberals" and "conservatives" and so called "strict con tructionists" (of the U.S.

Constitution). It may be hard for some people to classify themselves. The American Civil Liberties Union (considered by many people to be ultra liberal because of their highly conservative stands on the Constitution) has devised a 20 question test to determine one's ranking as a civil libertarian. Although a bare, one word answer tends to over simplify complex issues somewhat, the test is nevertheless an indicator of a person's leanings. How would you answer these: 1 A nnl iceman accused Of USU12 brutality at a protest demonstration should be suspended forthwith, without a hearing.

(Yes or No). 2 Conscientious objectors to the Vietnam war should have the same recognition now given under the draft law to pacifists who object to all wars. (Yes or No). Any individual, citizen or alien, should have the right to criticize or oppose any government policy or official without fear of penalty or restraint. (Yes or No).

4 Congressional investigation into political opinions and associations, such as those conducted by the House Committee on Internal Security, are essential to the nation's safety. (Yes or No) 5 In their fight against crime the police should be entitled to use wiretaps and other devices for listening in on private conversations. (Yes or No) 6 Racial discrimination in housing, public and private, should be prohibited by law. (Yes or No) 7 If demonstrators subject police to name calling and obscenities, the police are justified in using physical retaliation. (Yes or No) 8 Heckling and counter demonstrating which succeeds in disrupting a meeting is protected by the Bill of Rights.

(Yes or No) 9 The use of tax funds to support parochial schools involves compulsory taxation for religious purposes and thus violates the First Amendment. (Yes or No) 10 Students who shout down speakers to achieve their aims subvert the principles of academic freedom. (Yes or No) 11 Membership in the John Birch Society by itself is enough to bar applicant from appointment to the police force. (Yes or No) I 12 Court calendars are so A crowded that the right to trial by jury should be restricted to person; accused of major crimes only. (Yes or.No) 13 In the light of present stan the small society dards of justice and humanity, the death penalty has become "cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

(Yes or No) 14 A man should be denied unemployment compensation if fired from his job for growing a beard. (Yes or No) 15 High school students are within their rights when they express political opinions, circulate petitions and hyidbills, or' wear political insignia in school. (Yes or No) 16 A draft resister should be allowed to have his lawyer present at all draft board and Selective Service hearings. (Yes or No) 17 A radio station which permits the reading of an anti Semitic poem over the air should have its FCC revoked. (Yes or No) 18 Since the use of marijuana involves protected constitutional rights including the right of privacy criminal penalties for its use and possession should abolished.

(Yes or No) 19 A Post Office employe who confess to engaging in homosexual acts with consenting adults during non wqrking hours should be discharged. (Yes or No) 20 A woman has a private right to decide whether to bear her child or undergo an abortion. (Yes or No) (In the" ACLU's opinion, you should give yourself 5 points for each "Yes" answer to numbers 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20; and give yourself five points for each. "No" answer to 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, and 19.) If you score 75 or more, you agree substantially with the ACLU.) We agree substantially, but not totally, with the ACLU on these questions. Chief Misquoted In an editorial yesterday we misinterpreted a quotation from Cocoa Beach Police Chief Bruce Parsons concerning the number of court cases in his city.

According to our information, Parsons, an opponent of the proposed Article (courjt system revision), said "we" would dump 18,000 cases a year in the new county court, causing a log jam. Our editorial questioned the validity of that figure for Cocoa Beach. However, Parsons use of "we" in the quotation referred to all the municipalities in Brevard, and did not mean Cocoa Beach alone would produce a total of 18,000 cases a year. We do not question that figure, and we apologize to Chief Parsons for implying he was way off base. Nevertheless, we still disagree with the chief about the effect the caseload would have on the proposed court' setup.

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"If we make Fort Knoxes of our airports, we're going to choke off air commerce," James Murphy, head of the Federal Aviation Administration's security program, said Thursday. And airlines fearful Irritating passengers have often vacillated over security measures. When serious incidents have occurred (such as the destruction of three jets in the Middle East in the fall of 1970 by Arab guerrilla), passenger screening and baggage inspections have been noticeably augmented; once the crisis passes, the extra measures often quickly disappear. Unhappy with the airlines' uneven record, the A A ordered them in February to screen all passengers, using a "behaviorial profile pattern" that is supposed to isolate the iLLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLsMLLsLH BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH bbbbH BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBV 'BBBSbH fllHiSiSiSiKr SLsbH LsBMiWLfllliiiiiiiLii' S'H BBBBBBBBBfllBBBBBVifScHt SfllaBSaBV SSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSliSiSiSiiSiSiSiBF Jf 3i3isisisisKr kisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisB KirfS' SBBSBSfv.JSv' BBBBBBBBBBSbHSbV i' iiSB ll BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWVaflHiiL 'mbbbbSbSbBS SLbbbbbHI STiIbbbbbbHI bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBbP 3f vif $3bbbLbLH IbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbIKS tMfiWP BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbsBF BT fSjfifi 5 hbHbBBBBBBBBBbU H'lgi me JNjSlsflHi SSbbbbbLbH4 JIW VJR IIHH E. i Wtjf MVBH Vv fPi'fc imi fit bSbTwKI bbSbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbhbbBbV sbh SbbbbbBSbv HsBiai bbsbsbH PASSENGEll 1 SEARCHED AT AIRPORT Tincspflfliairriiiflrfi mpfnl Hpvfop characteristics of likely Wli jackers.

(The FAA has coion sistently declined to explain. the profile on the grounds tat its usefulness would toe destroyed by publ Hie disclosure.) Aside from the sheer whs and obvious vulnerability the nation's air system number of other factors seeiem. to account for the growth of air crime: Hijackings and even extortion attempts have beuuine glamorized to an extent they never were before, say government and industry officials, who tend to blame the press. Last year, for example, a man who identified himself as D. B.

Cooper hi jacked 'a plane, irecelved $200,000 ransom, and successfully parachuted to safety. He subsequently something ot a minor folk hero, and his exploit triggered two more parachute extortion attempts (both unsuccessful). Every time officials become accustomed to one pattern "sky crime, pattern' shifts, complicating enforcement effort. "We have gone from homesick Cubans (who hijacked planes to Cuba), to fleeing felons, to political terrorists, to straight Murphy said. Diplomatic problems can create effective sanctuaries for hijackers, who enjoy great i local sympathy that makes it difficult for governments to prosecute.

Rafael Minlchiell, a VS. Marine who hijacked a plane more than 7,000 miles to Italy, served less than a year in Italian jails. Most Arab countries apprehend hijackers, but "we don't have any real evidence that many of them have 'been tried," says one U.S. official. Despite the persistence of air crime, only two deaths on regularly scheduled airlines the shooting of a co pilot in" 1970 and a passenger in 1971 have resulted from recent UJS.

domestic hijackings. Abroad, however, 47 people were killed when a Swissair plane exploded in mid air In 1970, and 35 were killed later In 1970 when a Philippines airlines plane was destroyed by a bomb. Officials of the FAA and the Airlines' Pilots Association claim that universal use of the behaviorial profile should significantly reduce hijackings. Last year. 2,250 people were arrested as a result of the screening; 350 were charged with carrying concealed weapons and 575 with having Illegal drugs, the FAA said.

'Howdy! I Want to be the Next President! I'd Appreciate Your Paul Harvey i xtf9 Legal Use of Marijuana Apparently Getting Near President Nixon has designated a panel of 13 men to take another look at marijuana. That coon mission will report to the President March 22. I have seen portions of that report. You'd better brace yourself. You saw that report from the National Institute Mental Health indicating that 15 to 20 million Americans have tried marijuana.

And the NIMH identified possible hazards including the possibility of brain damage and. significant impairment of a user's ability to drive a car. "Well, it's altogether as true of alcohol, isn't it, that it can cause brain damage and wreck carsT So the next government report you see will recommend "qualified legalization" of This presidential commission, comprised of IS mostly conservative members chaired by former Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond P. Shafer, will recommend that "private home use be allowed without penalty.

And here Is the reasoning ot the commissioners: Many persons are unduly terrified Florida Primary Results Jk Afc. a fSBl iSikA MIAMI The disorganized Florida presidential primary next Tuesday seems unlikely to provide any reliable national guidance on the eve tual choice of a Democrat to run against President Nixon in the November election. Soundings by candidates in the last week of campaigning indicate that a great many potential Democratic voters remain undecided, it not indifferent: A telephone poll of 500 persons in Dade County for example, listed 1J7 who had no preference 'among the contenders. The expectation now Is that, four candidates will bunch rather closely together behind Alabama Gov, George Wallace, Tbey are Sens. Hubert H.

Humphrey, Edmund S. Mustde, and Henry M. Jackson, Wash. and Mayor John Lindsay of.New York. Despite credible" (bowing Unclear 1 X.

JacJLJBell in New Hampshire Sen. George S. McGovern, S.D., has put no comparable effort into Florida and is not' considered a big factor la the statewide preference balloting. The first confrontation at the polls, between MuskJe and Humphrey promises to, what small measure of excitement is generated from what has been a low voltage campaign. Muskde's failure to muster majority over McGovern 'and assorted opponents in New Hampshire baa dimmed bis 'Image a bit here.

Jacbson, pressing himself as ifllternative to Wallace, has figsiUr emerged from his pesitlutai just another face in theuaawd. He is running as MrOT age Man, plugging a proposed 'constitutional amendument to ban busing that, nun well become the foriotiusi document after Flcjidj'Vi votes are If Uidtrs are' surprises in Lindsay could supply tomi tfli them. The New York mJl going around telling Ux truing to listen that he has "ttflwd in the streets for aix jttiM'l and knows things bout community problems frS. I Jl I) that his competitor don't even suspect. Lindsay is busing, free abortions' and iMD criminal He is against crime in the.

streets. His, appeal is pitched to moderate whites who don't want to go' back to the era of segregated schools and public facilities. AS the campaign has. developed, he is the only major candidate with a logical appeal to the state's LI million blacks, although McGovern might get some of their Black leaders have written off Rep, Shirley Chlsholm' of New York, a member of their race, as likely to register less than 10 percent of the Negro vote. The campuses seem to be for McGovern and, surprisi ingly, for Rep.

Chlsholm, with Wallace running third in straw 4 of marijuana and many others are tempted to try it because of the myths surrounding its use. Remove the "emotional mythology" about It and they figure it becomes "just another weed." The panel studied 80 separate reports, took testimony from medical men and psychologists and users and others in both public and private hearings. And the panel concluded that there is no real evidence that marijuana users are incited to commit major crimes or that they are more likely to escalate to the use of bard drugs. So the commission will recommend that we decrease penalties for possession, retain penalties for driving under the influence, continue to outlaw the sale of marijuana, but that we permit private at home use without penalty. I don't think President Nixon is going to touch this hot potato this year.1 I do think you and I had better acclimate ourselves to a of penalties already a reality, in several states and to increasing acceptance of, this drug.

I don't and no, I never have. So perhaps I'm not' a qualified crkc. I get so turned, 6n from black coffee I haveto ration myself, I enjoy life so much I don't want to anesthetize myself in any way. But I do resnect the ob Jectlvityand thoroughnessor ine commission 's examination of the facts. It'll Jielp jdoaway with the transparent" hypocrisy of the dad who staggers home drunk and demands that junior pot smoke pot; there's not all that difference.

Up tight father and, son have both been hung up on a copout. 5 3 AMomeht TorPratfeiq MW I Father, let me held Thy hand, and like a child with Taea dowa.aU my see are to Thy lava and strength. 4.