Trouble at Iowa reformatory claims overcrowding and gangs
Convicted inmate Robert Williams calls the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa the most hostile he has seen in 30 years citing crowding staff shortages and gang activity. Warden Brimeyer and officer Owen Bickford blame rising gangs and a shifting inmate mix while noting recruiting failures to hire minority staff. The prison, designed for 840, now houses 1348 inmates with 218 officers.
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Robert Anthony Williams
Iowa
Anamosa
Larry Brimeyer
Cedar Rapids
Owen Bickford
Brimeyer
Bickford
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council
Prison inmates confront despondency and perceived enemies
An anonymous statement notes rising despondency and barbaric behavior among prisoners toward those seen as enemies, urging examination of underlying causes. It cites inmate Robert Anthony Williams as a referenced individual.
Unions Pressure Milosevic as Serbia Protests Grow
In Belgrade unions threaten strike amid three week street protests against Slobodan Milosevic. Independent unions say workers will strike if Nov 17 local election wins are not reinstated. Milosevic also wins court rulings in some challenged races, while the coalition protests annulments in 46 districts.
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Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
Supreme Court
Milica Nedeljkovic
Electoral Commission
Penn panel to study rising incivility in society
A 48 member group of intellectuals historians journalists and sociologists will meet at the University of Pennsylvania to discuss an explosion of incivility in America and worldwide. The Penn Commission will meet twice yearly for three years to seek ways to stem the trend led by Judith Rodin with members including E L Doctorow Bill Bradley Kathleen Hall Jamieson Calvin Trillin and Derek Bok with overseas guests from Northern Ireland and Hungary.
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Penn Commission On
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E.L. Doctorow
New Jersey
Bill Bradley
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Penn
Annenberg School For Communication
Calvin Trillin
Harvard University
Derek Bok
Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
Central European University
Budapest
Hungary
Belle Plaine teen begins long recovery after self immolation
Michelle Kimm 15 suffered extensive burns after pouring gasoline and lighter fluid on herself and lighting a match on Oct 24 near her Belle Plaine home. Her mother Marcia Mumby remains at her bedside at University Hospitals while a Michelle Kimm Fund gathers donations at Citizen's Bank and Trust.
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Michelle Kimm
Michelle
Citizen's Bank and Trust
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Kimm
Marcia Mumby
Mumby
Michelle Kim
University Hospitals
Charles Kimm
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