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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 i j the stars and stripes tuesday september 3, 1985 guards in control of Irish prison after riot Cork Ireland a guards were Back in control of prison was massively overcrowded and understaffed. Aorist crimes is housed there now. Spike Island prison Ireland s Alcatraz monday after i can Only say we told you so said Patrick Mcavoy authorities charged that sunday s riot was a Cari l f a Day of rioting by inmates left three quarters of the facility in soldering ruins. With the remainder of the prison Able to House perhaps 50 inmates officials Early monday began transferring the rest of the 120 population to other Irish jails. As police and soldiers patrolled the grounds car ferries began arriving to take the prisoners across Cork Harbor to the Mainland of Ireland s South coast. The riot broke out Early sunday when about 70 of the inmates some armed with pick axes and pitchforks forced their Way out of dormitories besieged the six guards on duty set fire to some buildings and demolished others in a four hour riot. The rampage ended four hours later when police and army reinforcements rushed from the Mainland two Miles away arrived to gain control. However some 40 inmates who had commandeered a Bulldozer to smash their Way across the jail compound clambered up onto a roof and held authorities at Bay until Nightfall. The riot immediately ignited a political storm in Ireland As officials of the prison officers association charged the prison. " the association s general Secretary. The riot was utterly predictable. Spike Island has neither the facilities re sources manpower nor Money to accommodate the kind of thugs housed  Tom Hoare the association s chairman demanded the resignation of Justice minister Michael Noonan noting that his groups had met Justice department officials just last week to discuss crowding in Irish jails. Michael Woods parliamentary Justice spokesman for the opposition fianna fail party said the riot showed an intolerable degree of maladministration and a policy deficiency bordering on criminal  the facility a former army artillery Barracks was opened As a medium Security prison just five months ago in Hopes of relieving Mainland overcrowding. It houses inmates serving sentences of up to eight years. However Many Are youths convicted of stealing cars for Joy rides. There has been a recent upsurge of such thefts in Irish cities. Some 50 years ago the Island was used to House convicted Irish Republican army guerrillas and gained the nickname Ireland s  no one convicted of terrorist crimes is housed there now. Authorities charge t s riot s a carefully organized attempt by the inmates to Force the government to shut the Island and Transfer them elsewhere. But it is not going to work Noonan declared there is no intention of closing Down Spike Island. The main building has been gutted and consequently it can be re built to a new  he said none of those prisoners involved Are going to get any remission of their sentences Parol and they Are not going to be put Back to the prisons of their Choice at the height of the disturbance inmates roamed the half mile wide Island arming themselves with whatever they could find and hurling objects at police. Seven families living on the Island took Refuge in a Concrete hut but were ordered out by a mob which ran sacked and burned the building. By morning the main administration building and accommodation Block also were gutted shells. Smoke from the fires could be seen from the Mainland. However officials said none of the inmates was injured. The sole policeman Hurt suffered minor cuts and bruises from a gasoline bomb. Engineer charged a French t Rainier Ash chateau Roux France a a judge in this Central French City Char the Engineer of a train with in Volji manslaughter sunday for failing plow his passenger train in a conserion zone causing a derailment a Neprash that resulted in 42 deaths., Driver Jean Yves Brisset 37, who omitted to police that be was travelling too fast in a 20-Mph zone Early saturday mom ing was released under judicial control. Brisset s southbound Paris port Bou express derailed at 12 08 . Saturday just after passing through the station at Argen satellite from Page 1 rocket could explode when the firing signal is sent. Syncom 3 failed when an automatic Bijj device did not work after the Spacco Sajiw was released by another shuttle Crew a april. During a seven hour  space walk saturday one minute longer than the previous record Van Hoften and Fisher electronically bypassed the timing Tevick by Runn Insa wire harness Between pm Stu on the Side of the sat will allow the ground station to the Craft. The Astroff a also attached a Battery pack that enable Washer to raise a 7-foot Omni directional Ai Lalta which will receive the signals from irl ton sur Creuse Fly later by a mail Tel site direction on forty two peal Dent and scores h injured were Hod in critical Condill was one less Thafel said one serious been counted Ami rail traffic All Tea Roux returned eighty two Pel French railway a months. Two of i involved human in on aug. 3, 32 of two trains at i has been charged i Accident. On july hit a truck at a be people. H was struck moments in travelling in the oppo other track. Were killed in the Acci ured. Thirty eight of the Tali Zed with 10 reported n. The official death toll reported earlier. Officials injured passenger had a the dead. Eggenton South of Cha a Normal sunday. He have died in three i dents in the past two me accidents allegedly Boole died in a collision Bujac. A stationmaster a manslaughter in that Bale Havre Paris train 4 crossing killing eight from p8q6 1 Southern half of plaque mines Parish below new oilman. In the Mississippi counties 50,000 people had evacuated when Elena approached late thursday. Evacuation must be rushed to comple Tion the National Hurricane Center said in a statement. Rising tides As much As 10 to 12 feet above Normal could occur and escape routes May be Cut off before  forecasters said the storm also could bring up to 15 inches of rain. As the storm moved Hurricane warnings were discontinued along some 1 10 Miles of Central Florin coast from Citrus to Sarasota counties with Gale warn Ings taking their place in much of the area. Tornadoes and flooding were possible around the edges of the 350-mile wide storm . Diplomat Dies a ref mourners k/7/ 2 Whites in s. Africa Berry a . Diplomat in the 1940s and1950s, has died at his Home in Zurich Switzerland. He was 83. Johannesburg South Africa a Black mourners returning from a Fune ral for riot victims attacked  killed two Whites and badly wounded two other Whites police said sunday. Related Story Page 27. The attack followed a funeral for 18 Black riot victims attended by about 50,000 people in Duncan Village a Black area of East Lon Don on the Indian Ocean. Witnesses said clergymen at the ervice saved the life of a suspected Black police informer whom the crowd was about to set afire in a ritual punishment for  about 1,500 Black miners began a strike saturday night at a Small coalmine 24 hours ahead of the scheduled walkout at seven Gold and Coal mines where 60,000 Black miners work said Howard Gabriels an official of the Black National Union of mineworkers. He said the night shift at the Transvaal navigation collieries refused to go to work and the entire Day shift sunday Fol Lowed suit closing Down the mine at wit Bank 80 mile East of Johannesburg. The other six mines were due to join the walk out at 8 p.m., called by the Union after the mine owners declined to improve previous pay offers. Four White men travelling in a car be tween Duncan Village and Man sane a nearby township within the Borders of the Black Homeland of Piskei were halted by part of the crowd returning from the Fune ral police Headquarters in Pretoria said. The mob attacked the men with knives killing one Man and wounding the others and then set the car on fire  of i the injured men to death the police cute meet said. Of year of Black rioting has claimed the i lives of just two other Whites a woman stoned to death near Johannesburg and a three week old baby boy lulled by a thrown Rock. The rioting has been almost entirely confined to Black areas and nearly All the n Chicago ,650-plus victims have been Black awhile temperatures a h54 a Albany 144 92 albuquarqua41 59 Anchor Aga 47 14 Atlanta 71 Atlantic City 74 balllmora74 Chunoi 19  71 Bolm a 57 boiton52 45 Buffalo 52 40 burllnglon71 m Charlton . 43 79 Chart titon . 45 70 l in 100 ill tag Rock 71 97 lot Anoa Tat 42 to loullvlh74 94 Mam Phat 79 17 Miami bmdl57 74 Mph is. Paul 45 15 nathvwo71 92 Nawor taint 41 72 naw York city71 n Norfolk 71 100 Oklahoma city41 94 Omaha 70 ii Orlando recipient of artificial heart improving Tucson. Ariz up Drummond. At 25 the youngest Arifi heart recipient improved dramatically urday when doctors increased the flow of blood and his temperature went Down to a Normal Range his surgeon said. Drummond had been running a Low Grade fever which doctors at the University of Arizona medical Center said is not common for patients undergoing Ope surgery. But they had  con Cern Friday about the Eva a said it might make him  a human heart transplant. J or. Jack c. Copeman who headed the team that in Scremi Jarvik-7 Bridge to life  thursday said the increased by face Cor that is Nice and  but Copela Arnow is worried about the buildup of of fluids in Drummond  could develop into  is still listed in critical Bung pole condition. Copeland sch Nat. Because Drummond Marcej Metthe parts of the body far for the polyurethane mechanical ire not getting enough blood. We tar attention too much on the  ampt enough on the patient said Copeland we Hopes to find a donor heart to replace  one within seven to 24 Days. A Copeland said to Weason Why the blood flow had not been fled up earlier was that doctors were of Ramjat blood cells might be destroyed. Tas pleased As up Plano seemed to be about Drummond s improved bar and the drop of his temperature from 10z5 degrees to the Normal Range he expressed concern several have been from the mixed race k we a Jet a. And asian minorities. A s olt Moinett "55 72 datroll44 47 Fairbanks 41 m faroe51 42 Hartford 75 91 honolulu75 91 Houston 41 71 Nduna Wollt about the possibility of pneumonia. A in Tay that would be a setback of sorts Copeland said. Drummond s father Clarence said his son was scared but is doing Well. He s hanging on till he gets one donor heart. Our son is still alive so we feel much better. When we brought him Down Here from Phoenix his color was yellow. Today he s 13 107 la anal if 45 Pkt Burth 54 Portland. Main a 77 Portland on.54 51 pro Lonc m n rawon57 m Rano 4� h is. Loub77 ii is. 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