Miami Hurricane, September 24, 1971

              Profs Implicated In Local El^etìoìì Rigging
By SCOTT BRESSLER
Hurrica»* editor
Three UM professors may be involved in an alleged election rigging, according to two newspapers located in the Miami area.
The story, which appeared In The Miami Beach Re-porter and Hie Daily Planet, raised doubts about the results of the Federal-State-Local election held in Dade County on Septembers, 1970.
The three professors Involved, Dr. Ross Beiler, Dr. Virgil Shipley and Dr. Tom Wood, are in the politics and public affairs department (PPA) and were all employed by local television stations to "project” the outcomes of the September 8 election.
According to the stories appearing in The Reporter and The Planet, projections which were made 24 minutes after the polls closed on September 8, were extremely accurate. The projections were based on the returns of “one voting machine” (of 1648 in use) and accurately predicted final results and voter turnout.
In one race, for Florida State Senate District 43, the projected final voter turnout of 97,031 was within 532 votes at 7:24 p.m. (B»e polls closed at 7 p.m.) and later in the night It hit perfectly with a “projected” total of 96.499.
In many cases the computer projections were within one half of one per cent of the final total at 7:24 p.m. The Reporter, which broke the story on August 29, quoted Dr. Beiler as saying the odds for such accurate predicting "would be millions to one.”
Mr. Richard Huxtable, director of the UM Computer Center, was asked what would be required to predict the elections with this degree of accuracy.
“They would need to feed the computer with an excellent set of information and history on trends in Dade County voting. They would need among other things, the number of registered voters, the percentage of voters who voted, broken down by precinct, and a trend analysis of voters in past elections.”
But, according to The Reporter article, Dr. Beiler stated that no memory bank material was used in making the projections.
When interviewed by the Hurricane, however, Dr. Beiler said that there is a memory bank.
“One time I was told that we couldn’t put anything else in it because we had it too full,” Beiler said. The Hurricane has not as yet viewed the disputed material.
Another question raised was about the absence of actual votes from the Dade County courthouse which usually come over the television stations.
This led to the charge that there was a "news blackout" of actual votes until 11:15 p.m. on Che night of the election.
The Reporter article said that this television news blackout was evidenced by two facts:
The first was that the computer readouts at WCKT-Channel 7 showed that no actual votes had been received by the station until 11:15 p.m. This was four hours and fifteen minutes after the polls had closed. The other fact presented was the Channel 4 and Channel 7 newscasters continuously told the public: “The computer at the Dade County Courthouse has broken down. We have no actual votes at all in from Dade County officials.”	,i
However, a release from Computer Center at the Courthouse said that the computer “was never down and it was never slow.”
When asked about this. Dr. Beiler said that “the computer was never down. Southern Bell had the wrong information on how to code and decode the computer in line with Channels Four and Seven.”
Paul M. Bruun, publisher of the Reporter, winds up his article with a challenge:
"This newspaper challenges both WCKT and WTVJ and-or the political science professors at UM to demon-
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open primary election held for the first time in 12 years in the dog-days of summer’s end.
And where was the one machine and who are the who voted on it? Are we to believe that any 100 people’s votes can be “projected” to be typical of us all? . . . If so, why must the rest of us bother going to the polls at all?”
The Reporter article drew response from many of the people involved. Dr. Wood wrote to Brunn saying that “To my mind there is no reason to report on a tale so preposterous.”
President Stanford also wrote and said, “I have great confidence in these professors.”
The article appearing in the Daily Planet went further. According to the Planet, the actual votes which were brought in by the precinct workers were thrown out. The “projections” made agreed with the final figures at the Court House the next day.
So far, the Miami Herald, Miami News and the television stations have not acted on these printed charges despite being made aware of them for the past three weeks.
The records from that election were due to he destroyed on September 8, 1971. The Hurricane contacted acting election supervisor Willard Miller and he agreed not to destroy the records until October 10, so that more investigating may be done.
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Voi. 47, No. 4
Friday, September 24, 1971
284-4401
Ticket Price Hike Voided
Nixon’s Price Freeze
By ED LANG
Of Th* Hurrlcin* Staff
There are dozens of ways of getting out of the draft, all legal. Most people are unaware of the loopholes that are afforded them. With the help of a Law Schoolclass, studentswill be able to be guided in the right direction.
Draft Law Seminar, a course taught by Professor Ray Ritter meets Monday through Thursday, 7-9 p.m. in the Student Union. The first class will be in room S-242, the Student Government office.
This same class met the first semenester last year and met with favorable response from the students. Paul Kaplan, assistant to professor Ritter, emphasized that these students are not lawyers.
“Since they are not lawyers, they are not allowed to give legal advice," he said. “Blit we will give students a full explanation of the lottery system, student deferments and other aspects of the draft.”
Kaplan also said that some students may want no deferments, if their number is high in the lottery. “The main thing we want to stress is that we try to give legal assistance that is entirely within the law. We do and will go through correct channels.”
If there are any cases that cannot be answered in one session, students will do research on it and ask the requesting student to come back the next week. This is one of the benefits for the claSs.
“We hope by the end of the seminar, the students in this class will he informed as to all the various angles involved in the draft and the system," Kaplan said. “Research is a definite part of this class. The class is a ler-aning experience not only for the students taking it, but for those who come in for advice.”
The charge for this advice is absolutely nothing, free. “Most legal counseling costs the student a lot of money,” Kaplan said, "But this is to-
tally free, with no strings attached.
Tte Seminar is a new course that is beginning it’s second year.
“Something like this is not unusual for a campus to have,” Kaplan said. “Most schools offer something like this, it gives practical experience not only with offering draft assistance, but dealing with people as well.
For those wrorried about these students not having experience, ease your mind. All students giving advice are junior or senior year law students."
By ED LANG
Of Tht Hurricun* Stiff
The UM Administration Was forced to back down on its new policy that students must pay $16 for season tickets. The Internal Revenue Service regional office in Jacksonville, said on Wednesday that the new policy was against the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970.
Holger Euringer, compliance co-ordinater for the wage-price-rent freeze division of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, handed down the decision. “From the facts in the written complaint, and in talking the situation over with the University officials, it has been decided that the UM is in violation of the freeze," he said.
After learning of the new policy that affects ticket prices for all sporting events, the Hurricane decided to submit a written complaint to the IRS in Miami.
Ernest McCoy, athletic director, said after issuance of the policy which stated that no athletic team could raise prices over last season, that it did not effect the student tickets.
Students May Lose Insurance
Was It Fixed?
Doubts have been raised concerning the results of the Federal-State-Local elections which were held in Dade County on September 8, 1970. Three UM professors were Involved
in projecting the outcomes of these elections. Their projections were so accurate that the Miami Beach Reporter aqd the Daily Planet have run stories on this suspicious event. There are 150 precincts in the 11th Congressional District. Which was the precinct with the one machine that was so typical of all Dade County voters? (See story above).
UM Establishes Big Brother Program For Fatherless Dade County Youths
By KINGSLEY RUSH
OI Th* Hurric*n* St»ft
The application states, “A Big Brother is an adult male
figure with whom a fatherless boy can identify.”
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.Many UM men will be able to'become Big Brothers this
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year due to efforts of UM student, Jim Howayeck.
Howayeck, who has been a Big Brother for three years, has organized the UM Big Brothers. This registered UM organization, affiliated with the Big Brothers of Greater Miami, hopes to fill 150 positions currently needed in Dade County.
“The college student is ideally suited to be a Big Brother,” Howayeck said.
He reasoned that college age men ara closer in age to their Little Brothers, who range from eight to fourteen • years old. He felt that because of this, college men find it easier to relate to their Little Brothers than older men.
The response Howayeck has received so far almost assures the success of Big Brothers at UM. buring the first week of the semester, 73 men applied to become Big Brothers.
Other UM organizations are also helping Big Brothers with its recruitment program. Fraternities have provided the bulk of assistance. However, members of United Black Students, are providing black Big Brothers for which there is a special need.
Howayeck estimated that applicants would be matthed with their Little Brothers within a month.
The delay arises from processing of the application, which takes about two weeks; a screening of the application by a social worker, who is on the staff of Miami, Big Brothers: and the matching of the Big Brother with a Little Brother.
The matching process is a safeguard in assuring a successful match.
The Big Brother is first asked what type of boy he would like to work with. The social worker then selects a boy who fits these preferences.
A meeting is then arranged between the boy and the Big Brother. The boy is not aware that he is meeting a prospective Big Brother.
If the boy is approved by the Big Brother, then the match is completed with a meeting between the social worker, the Big Brother, the Little Brqther and his mother.
“Since we didn’t charge the students anything for football last season,” he said. “We believe that this policy is in no way a violation of the freeze.”
On the surface, McCoy’s statement held some truth, but technically he was wrong. Of the $16 that was charged for student activities last year, $1.20 per semester was allocated for the football program. Thus, the student identification card served as a season ticket.
After calling the local IRS office, Mrs. Alice Gardner, one of the OEP officials said, “It appears from what you (Hurricane) told me that tha UM is in violation. Please submit a formal letter of complaint and a copy of the student activities budget for last year.
William Sheeder, Student Activities Director, complied with the Hurricane’s request for the copy of the budget and a letter was sent out signed by Scott Bressler, editor, Dave Goldstein, sports editor, and this reporter Friday afternoon.
The Internal Revenue Service received the mail Monday morning, and proceeded to call the Jacksonville office for an official ruling. Holger Euringer released his statement at T.30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
At 4:00 p.m., Dr. Henry King Stanford, UM president,
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By SHARI LIGHTSTONE
Humean» R«port*r
A question has been raised over a recent United Press International report stating that when 18- to 20-year-old college students establish a separate residency from their parents for voting purposes they lose their auto insurance coverage under their parents’ policy.
“We feel that this is not in the students’ interest and want to expand the coverage to protect the students. Work on this will be done in the next few weeks,” Tom Brown, assistant insurance commissioner in Tallahassee, said.
It seems that when a student establishes a separate residence from his parents he declares himself an autonomous unit and must have his own car insurance policy.
“As of now, to be properly insured, parents would have to buy insurance in the student’s name,” said Brown.
John McKiel, Divisional Claim Superintendent for State Farm Insurance, said, “Students are allowed to have two residencies while they are in school and still he covered by their parents’ car insurance.”
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Blood donors are urgently needed to give blood for Joy Bell, a leukemia victim and daughter of Haitian missionary, the Reverend Robert Bell.
Joy, who has just been flown in from Haiti to be cared for at Children’s Variety Hospital, will need several pints of blood a day.
Anyone who would like to give blood should go to the John Elliot Blood Bank at 7575 SW 62 Ave., Tuesday-Saturday between 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and specify that the blood go to Joy Bell.