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'COO0 182 0 8 .a . . - . -. 1 Thp YMCA has announced sponsorship for 100 prolcssional counselors' to f.unction as third parties in street disputes in an cffort to' keep arrests at a minimum. Th;e county has announced it will run around-the-clock courts to provide speedy justice during both conven- tibns. . Meanwhile, as the politicians and protesters squabble over where the campsite should be, .Police Chief Rocky Pomerance, using part of a $395,000 F e d e i a l Law Enforc ment Assistance Administration Grant, is readying his forces to handle <he crowds. Police officers are tak- ing special training courses at Florida International University. Course; include police tactics and crowd control, but the real empha- sis is on such non-police topics as the history and philosophy of dis- sent, the reasons for the Bill of Rights'; the First Amendment and constitutional law. The city council has passed an ordinance banning demonstra- tions without a permit. An area will be set aside in front of the Con- vention Hall for the demonstrators ., .', Reportedly, the wildest threat against the public o r d e r , a nude m a r c h by 100,000 Yippies in front of the Convention Hall, was im- mediately disclaimed by leaders of the Youth Intcrnational. Party. ' . The Yippies who four years ago campaiined for Pigasus the Pig for president, have now gone moderately respectable. old Miami University dropout J e r r y Gorde along with Jerry Rubin, Stu Albert, Abbie Hoffman atld other seasoned Yippie leaders are planning a coi!ntctconvention for the Yippies. Gorde has stated that the Yippie encampment will be a showcase of youth culture, music, art and poetry. Democratic and Republican Conventions will be called the "Celebra- tion of Change--Ten Days to End the World." P r o t e s t marches will be held from the Yippie campgrounds to the Convention Hall to pro- test the war. The theme of the "Celebration of Change" will be change in all areas of life by any means necessary. Major rock groups have agreed to appear as well as "superstars, I' yogi and jufigling acts. clscwherc.sa Miami Dca ch could attract many young pcoplc. Twenty-one year This giant gathering of young people during the No rock fbstivals are as yet planned for this summcr Among the othcr groups planning to comc to t l r c convcntion . a r e homosexuals of Gay Ligeration who want a campsiteon the 2lst street beach so they will be ;loge to the social and community gay *- - . *