V, SUPPOR'T FOR GAY LIBERATION See Editorial Page .Ilr :4Iaitii~ BLEAK Hligh-60 Low-5? Cloudy and chance of rain Vol. LXXXI, No. 48 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, October 28, 1970 Ten Cents Ten Pages 'U' remote sensing: By DAVE CHUDWIN Second of a four-part series You're a Viet Cong guerrilla bringing supplies down the Ho Chi Minh trail to South Vietnam. It's night as your convoy of trucks threads through the thick jun- gle foliage. Miles a w a y an allied aircraft streaks across the sky. Inside, a technician turns on an infrared detector and adjusts a sidelooking moving-target indicator radar. A quick call to a nearby Air Force base and soon you are dead - detected by re- mote sensing techniques developed by re- searchers at the University's Willow Run Laboratories.. The infrared detector had picked up the heat of your bodies and the trucks' en- gines, converting the thermal radiation in- to a "heat map" of the scene. Because you and your trucks were much warmer than the surrounding jungle veg- etation, ground and water, the technician quickly pinpoints your location, approxi- mate numbers and movement from images on the "map." The high-resolution radar sent out short pulses which bounced off you and your men, a small percentage returning Sight to the plane. An antenna collected the re- turning radar waves and turned them into a detailed map of your convoy's movements and the surrounding terrain. "If the military is using remote sensing in Vietnam, it must root back to scientific development here over the last 15 years," says James Wilson, director of the Univer- sity's Institute of Science and Technology (IST). "The University of Michigan is the lead- er in imaging the world with infrared sen- sors and radar devices," boasts Richard Legault, associate director of Willow Run Laboratories where almost all of the Uni- versity's remote sensing work has been done. Willow Run Labs, located 17 miles from central campus in Ypsilanti, is a division of IST and "an integral part of the Uni- versity," explains Vice President for Re- search A. Geoffrey Norman. Remote sensing accounts for almost one- half of Willow Run's $7 million annual re- search budget. Most of the projects in the sensing field are classified. Willow Run researchers are now at work refining radar and infrared remote sens- ing, developing advanced techniques with higher resolutions and clearer images. for war eyes While remote sensing has promising civ- ilian applications, its development, major uses and funding are now mainly military. "It is not surprising that the military would have been interested in the develop- ment of infrared sensors," says a paper by Willow Run researchers written for the University's Research News. "Infrared images can be made at night and they can be made passively; infrared sensing does not require sending out energy to be re- flected (and perhaps detected by an en- emy). "Furthermore, infrared images show things that neither visual photographs nor radar techniques can show - for instance the presence of a warm object, say a ve- hicle, t h a t is completely concealed be- neath camouflage," the paper continues. "Infrared radiation can pentrate smoke or haze," although not rain or heavy clouds. "An infrared scanner carried by an air- plane can gather a surprisingly l a r g e amount of information on enemy maneu- vers," the article concludes. Aviation Week magazine reports t h a t infrared and similar techniques are used to increase the vision of military forces at night, to guide missiles and ordance and to See REMOTE, Page 8 MONROE, MICHIGAN is pictured above using radar techniques developed for the military by the University's Willow Run Laboratories. The high-resolution airborne radar which took the picture is useful in mapping terrain and detecting enemy in- stallations and forces. Willow Run's Richard Legault US. i w :: -Associated Press Policy change asked New York Senate candidate Richard Ottinger speaks yesterday at a press conference held at the National Democratic Club, Ottinger earlier said the United States should change its Latin American policy "'to escape the shadows of another Vietnam." COMMANDO SYMPATHY: Judiciary committee at impasse By ROBERT KRAFTOWITZ The committee attempting to formulate new University disciplinary procedures reach- ed a virtual impasse last night, as its members remained sharply divided on the method for deciding procedural ques- tions at trials of students. The committee has already agreed to propose a disciplinary system which complies with long- standing student demands for an all-student jury in student trials. However, for the past month the group has been unable to agree on the makeup of the panel which will preside at such trials and which will rule on particularly sensitive questions including: -A motion to bar certain peo- ple from the judicial proceedings; and -A motion to prohibit the pre- sentation of certain evidence, such as evidence of a political nature. Athlast night's meeting, most of the student members of the committee supported the estab- lishment of a panel of two stu- dents and one faculty member which could overule the decisions of a presiding judge by a majority vote. The faculty members of the com- mittee argued in favor of seating one student and one faculty mem- ber on the review panel, with the stipulation that the student would be able to veto a ruling by the presiding judge to exclude evidence or bar the defendent, complainant or an attorney from the courtroom. The two regents on the com- mittee - Lawrence Lindemer (R- Stockbridge) and Robert Neder- lander (D-Detroit) - were not present at last night's meeting. At past meetings, however, both have been opposed to establishing any reviewdpanel, preferring -;o leave procedural questions com- See JUDICIAL, Page 7 S. ra penalty ises drug91sellers WASHINGTON (R) - President Nixon yesterday signed the Drug Abuse Control Bill which reduces the penalties for the possession of narcotics but increases the penalties for drug sales. The new law focuses federal law enforcement activities on controlling the flow of illegal drugs and on capturing nar- cotics pushers. The law also includes the use of the contro- versial "no-knock" power when authorized by a judge. The measure sets in motion new procedures for controlling the legitimate manufacture and sale of drugs, and for expanded educational and rehabilitation programs. After signing the bill-the third major administration crime bill to be approved by Congress this year, Nixon called for -Associated Press OEO shut down Mayor Joe Smitherman of Selma, Alabama nails a sign on the door closing the federal Office of Economic Opportunity office on city property. The mayor says the OEO was discriminating against white persons. ALL-MALE PARTIES: Radicals leave U.S., for Arab countries By The Associated Press Radical literature has increasingly depicted Arab com- mandos as revolutionary fighters against imperialism and capitalism, and Arab countries have become a mecca for fugi- tive radicals fleeing the United States. New Leftist and Black Panther, white radical and blacks who often disagree on other issues, find common cause in the commandos' struggle against Israel. Radical groups picture the Palestinians as innocent victims left homeless by Western imperialism, and depict, Israel as a "racist, Zionist state." The groups say it is not a ques- tion of being anti-Jewish. It is a case, they claim, of choosing sides between Israel - a state they see ti as carved out by the Western nations and owing its existence Wmainly to the United States-and, on the other hand, the nearly one and one-half million Palestinian refugees see-king a homeland. Athletic board denies discrirninat(ion By ANITA CRONE Before each home football game, the athletic department holds a cocktail and dinner party for the visiting press and coaches of the visiting team. The Regents, vice presidents of the University, and the Daily senior sports editor are among those traditionally invited. The exceptions to this tradition have been Regent Gertrude Hueb- ner, former Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Newell and Daily executive sports editor Pat Atkins. These women have never been invited to the "smok- ers." The athletic department has denied the policy is discriminatory, claiming the "smokers" are pri- vate parties. However, the Regents oylaws state the University will work to eliminate discrimination in "pri- vate organizations recognized by the University" and by non-Uni- versity sources where students and employes of the University are in- volved." Atkins recently filed a statement with the student organizations of- fice citing the athletic depart- ment's failure to extend an in- vitation to her. Contacted list nikht Atkins committee of the University which consists of President R o b b e n Fleming and the vice presidents. Although the invitation to the "smokers" reads, "Michigan's Ath- letic Department cordially invites you . . ." the parties are paid for by the "M" Graduate Club. The club is composed of alumni varsity letter winners. The parties are held off campus at the Ramada Inn on Jackson Rd. William Mazer, president of the "M" Graduate Club, said a recent, bysex executive meeting of his club, which discussed inviting women to the smokers, unanimously decided "not to invite women." Mazer continued, "We don't in- vite women for their own protec- tion. When a group of men get together and drink, the language gets a bit rough. Women should feel honored not to be invited." Commenting on the situation, Huebner said last night, "I per- sonally don't feel left out by not being invited." on American 'to help save "thousands of our young peo- ple who would otherwise be hooked on drugs" by backing up law enforcers with moral support. Under the new law, penalties for simple possession or use of narcotics or dangerous drugs are 'reduced from felonies to mis- demeanors punishable by no more than a year's imprisonment on the first offense and allowing proba- tion, parole or dismissal of charges at a judge's discretion. Penalties for sale of the drugs are, increased, ranging from five years to life depending on the na- ture of the selling operation and the type of drug or narcotic in- volved. Manufacturers and distributors of drugs will be licensed under the act, and reporting and record- keeping regulations are strength- ened. Five separate categories of drugs and narcotics are establish- ed according to their potential for abuse. The new law authorizes a total expenditure for educational, treat- ment, and rehabilitation programs of nearly $2 million under the De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare. Defendant in New Bethel incident slain A Detroit resident, acquitted of charges resulting from a Detroit shoot-out last year, was stabbed to death outside his home Monday night. Last year's shoot-out took place at the New Bethel Baptist Church. The killing of Clarence Fuller, 27, puzzled homocide detectives who say robbery has been ruled out as a motive. Fuller was acquitted of charges steming from an exchange of gun- fire last year between members of the Republic of New Africa (RNA) and Detroit police outside a church where RNA was meeting. Fuller's wife said he left the house Monday night to attend classes at Wayne County Commu- nity College. He was stabbed on his return to the house and was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Breakfast program faces fund shortage Arab countries have become a mecca for some radicals. Theyf turn up there as fugitives from the United States or as political tourists. Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver, a fugitive, lives in Al- geria, where the Panthers have an! office. Recent arrivals there were Dr. Timothy Leary, who escaped from a California prison where he was; serving a term on drug charges; his wife Rosemary, and Jenifer Dohrn, sister of fugitive Weather- man leader Bernardine Dohrn. By ART LERNER A program which feeds up to 85 local children each morning is threatened by a critical lack of funds. The Free Breakfast Program, run by the community commit- tee of the Black Students Un- ion (BSU), presently provides breakfasts to local school child- ren who "otherwise would not r-aceive them." a committee re- BSU recently requested mone- tary support from the Ann Ar- bor Chamber of Commerce. But Alex Hawkins, director of human resources development for the Chamber of Commerce, says, "It's up in the air right now - it's being mulled over." The breakfast program receiv- es lump sum donations from a number of local businesses, but nommitts memberRo v Sinr. ..