Miami Hurricane, December 10, 1971

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Voi. 47,
No. 21
Friday, December 10, 1971
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—Hurricane Photo By DAVID POKRESS
Onlookers Watch the Aftermath of an Eighteen Mile Chase Monday Night
. .. the violator icas stopped in front of the student union
30 Police Cars Chase Traffic Violator To Student Union
By MARK TARGE
Hurricane Reporter
What started as a simply traffic violation, and progressed into a high speed chase and shooting involving more than 30 police cars, ended 18 miles later at the UM Student Union late Monday night. At 11:30 on Monday night, Metro patrolman William Lattimer spotted Garvin Leedy driving south on 1-95 at N.W. 79th St. In a white Volkswagen with his lights off.
Lattimer approached Leedy first by flashing his own headlights, then by informing him over his P.A. system to turn his lights on. Leedy then increased his speed. Lattimer pulled up along side, at which point Leedy attempted twice to run Lat-timer's patrolcar off the road.
Metro police joined the chase at N.W. 36th Street, heading south on 1-95, while City of Miami and Coral Gables police were notified.
At one point, there were 10 Metro, 15 Coral Gables, 3 Highway, and several City of Miami high-powered cruisers involved in the 85-mph chase on the crowded highway.
Heading south on U.S. 1, the suspect ran two red lights and darted cross the traffic median from the south lane to north and back again.
Coral Gables police established road blocks at S.W. 27th Avenue and U.S. 1 and at the University and U.S. 1. At the first road block the officer attempted to flag Leedy down. Leedy tried to run the officer over but the
patrolman scrambled to safety on top of his patrolcar, while Lattimer was still in pursuit.
At the second road block Leedy smashed into a patrol car at which point shots were fired. Leedy then turned onto Miller Drive.
As Lecciy rounded the Union traffic circle, he collided with Lattimer’s car which was traveling ip the opposite direction. Leedy jumped from his car and ran, but was arrested by the patrolman,
Leedy was immediately handcuffed and rushed into another police car and taken to the downtown jail for booking and then to Jackson Memorial-Hospital because he appeared under the influence of drugs or intoxication, according to police.
When the approximately
—Hurricane Photo By BRUCE POSNER
High Speed Oíase Ends With Shooting And Five Charges
. .. hefian as a minor traf fir violation
30 police cars turned on to Miller Drive from Dixie Hwy. North and South, Ponce de Leon, and Dickinson Drive, sirens blasting, lights glaring, all emerging on the Union traffic circle at once, a crowd of about 400 students quickly assembled. Many students stayed behind in their dorms believing a large-scale drug raid was in progress.
A Hurricane reporter on
the scene observed that the front of the car was smashed and that there were three large bullet holes in it; one in the front, one in the passenger side, one in the rear. The bullet holes were about one foot below window level, It Is not clear whether the officers were shooting for the tires or the suspect, in the high speed chase.
Leedy, age 25, of 125 N.E. 136 th Street North Miami, is being charged with 5 counts of aggravated assult, willfully fleeing a police officer, reckless driving, and possession of marijuana.
He carried no identification when arrested, and refused to talk to police. There was speculation that he was a UM student, but there is no record in the registrar’s office of any Garvin Leedy in the last ten years. There was no UM parking sticker on the Volkswagen.
No one was injured in the high speed chase, but damage to police cars was estimated to be about $150.
Pursuing officer Diaz of the Coral Gables Police Department, one of the officers involved in the shooting part of the chase commented, “Boy, was I ever scared when that guy started shootin at me."
Students Favor Smart Gridders
IT cane Opinion
Poll
By ERIC BALOFF And DF.RRIF. SAMUF.LSON
Of Thu Hurricane Staff
This week s poll of 100 UM students Is devoted entirely to our varsity football team in hopes of determining the students' true feelings toward the sport. Here’s how it went:
How would you rate the performance of the UM varsity football team?
Excel- Good Fair Poor 4%	37%	29%	30%
It appears that a majority of students would rate the football team as being less than good. Having finished their season on the losing end, students were reluctant to show any enthusiasm. However, a large percentage saw a ray of hope, and consider our chances of having a good team as "promising.’’
One coed who responded with an "excellent” vote said, “I didn’t expect them to do any better!”
Do you think Fran Curci is an improvement over Charlie Tate?
Yes No Undecided »1%	22 %	27%
After years of complaining
about the performance of ex-Miami footbaii coa ii Char ie Tate, students were quite pleased last year v*en the University acquired a new head coach, Fran Curci. Now, after his first season, we went back to those students to see if they were still pleased. By a slight majority. UM students see Curci as a definite improvement. Only 22% of those polled were unhappy with the new coach.
"1 promised myself I’d give Curci one season to show some improvement. I don’t like coaches who habitually blame their losses on injured players. He knows who to blame!" one discontented student said.
As usual, the large percentage of “undecided" resulted from file fact that
man" eeople had never heard of either Charlie Tate or Fran Curci.
Do you still believe the old saying that football players are “all brawn and no brain?"
Yes No Undecided
37 %	54%	9%
Not too many years back, the general attitude of most college students was that their athletic counterparts lacked the mental capacity of the average student. For years coaches and players alike have denied these allegations as being false and unfounded.
A typical example of this attitude came from one petite coed who told us. “There are many football players in
my speech class, and they're all stupid." However, it appears that that feeling has changed, in that a majority of our students feel that it takes a lot more than muscle to be a football player.
"If it weren't for the size of some of the players I’ve seen, they’re no different than any other student. They’re people just like us, not animals, one student said. Students readily pointed out the scholastic achievements of both college players and pro players.
Finally, in a lighter moment, 100 students were shown a football action photo graph and asked the following question:
Is it polite to cut in?
Yes No Undecided
73%	20%	7%
The photograph shows Dick Trower (Number 75) and Navy’s quarterback, Fred Stuvek (Number 15) in what appears to be a fox trot or a lively polka. However, it appeared that Stuvek cut in on stumbling Mike Leary (Number 94) Now, is that polite? A large majority of UM students think so. Where have all your manners gone. It’s never polite to cut in!
Senate
Reset
Snowballs?
Things are snowballing at WVUM. Excitement is mounting in their new “Find the Snowball Contest.” All you have to do is find the hidden snowballs (all over the cam-
—Hurricane Photo By MICHAEL NEWMAN
pus) and bring them up to WVUM on the 2nd floor of the Student Union and receive your free prizes, from $75 worth of Columbia records to a free trip to Parrot Jungle. Contest runs until next Wednesday. Listen to 90.5 on your radio dial for more details.
Cancellation Of H-S Now May Be Advantageous
By BARBARA KERR
Hurrlceiw Assistant Nesw Editor
Student Body Government SBG Senate elections have once again been postponed, and will now be held Monday and Tuesday, December 13 and 14 instead of yesterday and today.
The election which will determine the apportionment of the Fieldhouse fee as well as filling the vacant Senate seats, was delayed because the ballot was not prepared in time to have the voting machines set up and programmed.
The balloting will again be scheduled form 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Student Union only, and only full-time undergraduate students will be eligible to vote upon presentation of a valid UM photo ID card.
The election was originally slated for October, but the Election Commission was not selected until after Thanksgiving. This gave them only three weeks to organize an election code before today’s scheduled election.
“A minimum of four weeks is needed,” Howard Winni-man Election Commission Advisor said. “A week is needed to file, a week to check eligibility, a week (for the ballot) at the printer’s, and a week at the Dade County Voting Machine Warehouse. This gives no time if there are any complications.”
The new Election Commission has had only three weeks to organize a code and to plan the election, this, Winniman said, coupled with inexperience, has resulted in the seconl postponement of the election.
Winniman also expects to see a shortage of workers during the election since “we must have a minimum of 20 people working the election at every hour."
The Monday and Tuesday election will allow students to decide the fate of many student services. The referendum will ask whether students wish to continue setting aside the $3.00 of their Student Activity Fee for the fieldhouse, or whether they want the money redistributed to such student services as the Open Door, the development of a SBG professional legal aid program, WVUM, and UM publications (Hurricane, Ibis, and Truck).
Several organizations feel the redirection of the money could be critical to the continued operation of their services.
Winniman summed up his feelings about the continual postponment of the election by saying, “my own opinion is that the election has been a comedy of errors.”
UM Registrar G. W. Smith announced today that it may be to the advantage of most 20-year-oid male students, born in 1951, who have asked and received 1I-S student deferments, to request cancellation of this deferment on or before December 31, 1971.
There are no more inductions planned for this year and if you meet the following requirements, it may be to your advan-
tage to request cancellation of your deferred status:
•	Born in 1951
•	Now classified as II-S, student deferment, or any other deferred status
•	Hold a draft number above 125.
•	If your number is above 125 you will not be inducted this year.
If you are in “Deferred" status at the end of the year, you will then be placed in the first priority the following year, or whenever your deferment ends.
If, on the other hand, you are 1-A draft eligible status, at the end of the year and have not been drafted, or have requested cancellation of deferred status prior to the end of the year, you will then be placed in a second priority next year.
To request cancellation of deferred status, if you are now in a deferred status, all you need do is write to your local draft board.
The letter must have your name and local address, the date, your selective service board number and address, your signature and selective service number, and
it must be postmarked on or before Dec. 31, 1971 in order for you to be placed in second priority. Printing or typing will make things easier.
Forms and information will be available in the Ashe Building, second floor, and forms will also be available in the dorms.
This information pertains to males born in 1951 ONLY, not 1950, 1952, etc.
Publication
Positions
Available
Applications are now available for the five elected positions in Student Publications for the spring semester in SM213 of the Student Union.
The five positions are: Editor and Associate Editor of the Hurricane, Editor and Associate Editor of Truck, and Business Manager of Student Publications.
Applications for all encumbents running must be in by Dec. 14. Deadline for all other applications is Dec. 17.
Elections will be held in January.
, Fran Curci
■—Hurricane Photo Bv SUNSHINE
May I Have The Next Dance?
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