N ity- di ialei Ninety-four years of editorial freedom Vol. XCIV, No. 16-S Copyright 1984 The Mchigan Doily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, June 12, 1984 Fifteen Cents Sixteen Pages Illegally obtained evidence admissible, Court says WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court yesterday relaxed for the first time its 70-year-old rule banning illegally obtained evidence from criminal trials. The justices ruled that illegally seized evidence may be admissible if police "inevitably" would have discovered it anyway. The ruling in a 16-year-old Iowa mur- der case merely. placed the court's stamp of approval on a practice that most state and federal appeals courts have been using for years. Still ahead, however, is a far more important Supreme Court test of the "exclusionary rule," a device aimed at deterring unlawful police conduct. The justices are expected to decide sometime by July - perhaps as early as teday - whether there should be an exception for evidence that is "illegal" due only to a technical mistake by authorities. The issue has proved to be one of the most controversial and hotly debated in law enforcement. Led by Chief Justice Warren Burger, conservatives have long denounced inflexible adherence to the rule, saying it unduly punishes society and coddles criminals. A federal appeals court had thrown out Robert Williams' conviction in the 1968 killing of Pamela Powers after ruling that police used illegal tactics in persuading him to lead them to the 10- year-old girl's body. Williams was arrested in Davenport and was riding with police the 160 miles back to Des Moines when detective Cletus Leaming urged him to help locate the girl's body. Knowing of Williams' religious fer- See COURT, Page 14 SInside: . A-.m^nageinncase iiieu DOUG McMAHON/Daily Jim "Mouth" Purol takes a seat in Michigan Stadium yesterday. Purol is attempting to set a new world record by sitting in all 101,701 seats. Motor City stunt man challenges 'U' stadium By CHARLIE SEWELL Jim "Mouth" Purol, the self-proclaimed holder of the world record for holding the most world records, is in the Michigan Football Stadium today on the way to yet another record. Purol plans to sit in every one of the stadium's 101,701 seats to raise money for the American Lung Association. He began Sunday afternoon, and said he will travel "over 36 miles in seats" before finishing sometime tomorrow. THE DETROIT comedian had planned to sit in 20,000 seats each day and finish Friday, but yesterday after 24 hours of squatting he had already occupied 35,000 of them. University officials have been very cooperative, in- stalling a telephone in the stands for Purol and leaving the press box lights on at night. By circulating sponsor sheets during his musical comedy nightclub act in Detroit, Purol said he has ac- cumulated over $2,500 in pledges for what he called "the stadium challenge." PUROL SAID his stunts are an effective way to raise charity and get free publicity for his nightclub act. In 1979, he crawled 25 miles on his hands and knees from Livonia's City Hall to Detroit's Hart Plaza. According to the seat-sitter's press secretary and com- panion, who would be identified only as "L," Purol's stun- ts began in 1976 with a two-week drum solo which raised over $2,000 for the March of Dimes. Purol, a native of Livonia, said he has performed stunts for the March of Dimes and Lung association and hopes to help the American Heart Association in the future. He earned the nickname "mouth" by performing such stunts as smoking 140 cigarettes at one time, puffing on forty cigars at once, and smoking 38 pipes simultaneously on television's "That's Incredible." Pursol said he originates all of his stunts and has many future plans including a cross country car trip from Detroit to Los Angeles in reverse. New students praise Orientation By DAVID VANKER coming students to nine extra- Despite the heat, high humidity, an Five exhausted freshpersons entered curricular organizations at the Univer- afternoon of non-stop walking around the Michigan Student Assembly board sity. the campus, the University's newest room, on the third floor of the Michigan The contest requires teams to gather students praised the summer orien- Union on Sunday, and slumped into the information about campus activities tation program, which had its first chairs they could each find. from the organizations - information inaugural run on Sunday and will have "Is this your last stop?" MSA they might find useful in their years at four sessions a week through August 10. President Scott Page asked them. the University. "I didn't know what to expect," said "YES," they replied - they were "And are you ready to claim your Lora Lewis of Kalamazoo, who will en- completing their tour of the Union in mugs?" Page asked, referring to the ter LSA in the fall. "Somehow it's bet- search of information they would need prize awarded to the team with the ter than I thought it would be." to win "Michigamia," the contest most correct answers. "IT'S GREAT," added Sandy Brown, which the Orientation Office and UAC "HOW ABOUT an extra pillow?" an LSA freshwoman from Ypsilanti. invented this year to. intrpduce in- replied one freshperson from Novi. See STUDENTS, Page 2 0 iege increase tanled yesterday as low voter turnout marked the city's school board election. See Page 2. " The State Senate last night ap- proved funding for the Summer Youth Corps. See Page 3. " Braun Court was not a Republican victory. See Opinion, Page 6. The plans of the two Wolverines chosen in the baseball draft are revealed. See Sports, Page 16. 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