European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday. June 18, 936 . Prisons population tops 500,000, study finds Washington a the  of stale and Federal prisons Rose above half a million last year and has increased nearly 70 percent since 1977, a government study shows. Prison overcrowding resulted in 19 slates granting Early releases to 18,600 inmates in 1985, the Bureau of jul slice statistics report said anti her 10,100 prisoners  backed up in local jails because slate prison sys tems did t have enough room for them according 10 the Bureau a Justice department research Agency. As of last dec. 31. The stale and Federal prison population stood at an All time High of 503,601, with the addition of 39,000 new prisoners in 1985. The study said. It was Estima cd that by year end 1985, the nation s prisons were operating from 6 percen to 21 percent above capacity depending on the definition used to determine overcrowding. The Federal system which has a Loul of 40,200 prisoners operated from 23 percent to 54 Perchm above capacity the Bureau said in he report released Mon Day. Prison population grew 8.4 percent last year and population is up nearly 6s percent since 1977, when it was 300,024. Last year s addition of 39,000 new prisoners was the third highest increase since prisoner Sia Tissi Csere first collected in 1926. From 1983 to 19ss, state and Federal prisons in the United Stales were expanded to accommodate an additional 45,000 inmates but during the same period prison populations grew by nearly 68,000. Slates have added about 165,000 prison Beds since 1978, thereby increasing capacity almost two thirds in seven years Steven r. Schlesinger director of he Bureau of Justice statistics said in a statement. The numbers arc staggering and they will continue to be staggering and criminal Justice policy will continue to have less tolerance far the offender predicted Anthony a Travisono executive director of the american correctional association a professional group of 20,000 members who work in the corrections Field. We re in a conservative Mode and the Public has been basically fed up with. Crime Rales Travisono said. The liberalism of the 70s has just disappeared in these Long sentences that Are being  in 1985. The number of prisoners sentenced to More than a year in prison per 100,000 residents surpassed 200, Selling a new record the study found. Since 1980, the number of inmates sentenced to serve More than a year per 100,000 residents has risen by nearly 45 per cent from 39 to 201, the study concluded there is some evidence that changes in criminal Justice policies increased a Crimi Nal s probability of being  from 1980 to 1984, the number of people sent to prison for each 1,000 major crimes Rose by 56 percent from 25 commitments to prison in 1980 to 39 in 1984. Major crimes including murder rape robbery and burglary account Foi 60 percent of All prison commitments. There were marked regional differences in prison population growth. In the 1980s, the biggest increase in prison Rolls has been in the West up almost 90 percent Schlesinger said. Rales were up 69 percent in the Northeast 47 percent in the Midwest and 37 percent in the South. Fase claim prompts Switzler to drop out of race for governor Boston a two weeks after disclosing he falsely claimed to have served in the military in Viet Nam Republican Royall Switzler announced monday night he was dropping out of the Campaign for Gover nor. Switzler purchased five minutes of advertising Lime on a Boston television station for his statement and was unavailable for further comment. While Massachusetts voters had forgiven other politicians who had committed errors Switzler said he feared thai his Campaign could harm the chances of other republicans winning election this fall. It is Best that i stand aside so that my errors do not become a blemish on the others said Switzler a six term state legislator from . Switzler 47, also offered an apology to soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. I had no right to place myself among you. Your sacrifices should never be tarnished he said. His decision came after the deadline for candidates to remove their names from the ballot. So Switzer s name will still be listed along with the other gop candidate Gregory Hyatt in the sept. 16 primary. Gov. Peter Dukakis who is unopposed for the democratic nomination for another term had no comment on Switzler s decision said press Secretary James Dor sey. Switzler called a news conference june 3 and said he was eager to Start campaigning but wanted first id apologize for having embellished his military record in the past at the news conference he said that during his legislative campaigns in the late 1970s, he claimed to have served As a Green Beret Captain in Vietnam. In reality he said he had served As a sergeant in peace time Korea and had visited Vietnam while on leave. The following Day Switzler was confronted by a newspaper interview from 1985 that showed his exaggerations about his military service had not slopped in 1980, Aspe implied. In the Story. Switzler claimed he also had served As an adviser to a South vietnamese battalion and bad seen action in Vietnam. Switzler responded by saying he had Given some informal advice to a battalion while visiting Vietnam and had seen some military action at a distance while visiting but conceded he again had overstated his involvement. Swirl or was drafted for the gubernatorial race april 12 at the Republican state convention where he won his party s non binding endorsement. Cyanide laced excedrin capsule kills Bank officer in Seattle area Auburn Wash. Up a Bank officer in a Seattle suburb has died from cyanide contained in Ait extra strength excedrin painkiller capsule she Swal Lowed last week authorities said monday. The victim sue Snow 40, was found collapsed on the floor of her Home in Auburn june 11 and died that Day from acute cyanide poisoning the King county medical examiner s office reported. The death was under investigation by Auburn police and the food and drug administration. Auburn police chief Jake Evans said the excedrin capsule tainted with the cyanide is believed to have been purchased in album 20 Miles South of Seattle. Auburn police and Fra agents were going to stores in the area monday night removing All capsules of extra strength excedrin from the shelves. Snow was an assistant vice president at puget sound National Bank and manager of the Bank s Auburn Branch. She was married and was the Mother of two girls. It was the fifth death in 1986 believed to have been caused by a painkiller poisoned with cyanide. In three of the cases it was tylenol capsules that had been tampered with. Suicide is suspected in two of those deaths. The other death was believed to have been caused by a cyanide faced anacin-3 capsule. In the latest Case in Washington state the Fra re ported thai several capsules in a to capsule bottle of extra Strong in exceed in found in the woman s Home contained cyanide. Neither the Fra nor Auburn police would com ment on when the capsules May have been tainted. Stateside coca cola to Purchase Sci bottling properties Atlanta a the coca cola co. Said monday it had reached agreement to Purchase the . And Canadian bottling properties of Sci holdings corp. For about 11 billion. Sci was formed in the j6. T billion buyout of he Beatrice companies inc. Conglomerate by the inv Jimell firm Kohl Cre krafts Roberts. Proceeds from the Sale will be used to repay some of the Debl incurred in the april 19b6 acquisition. Former Iowa senator donates personal papers Iowa City Iowa a Jack r. Miller on monday formally donated his personal papers from 12 years in the . Senile to the Lown state historical department. Miller. 70, a Republican who represented Lov a in the Senate from 1961 unlit 1972, do r led Iso Bones of letters documents photo graphs and films. He said monday he brought a car full of stuff with him from his office in Washington where he has served As a Federal judge since 1972, when he was appointed by former presi Dent Nixon. He took senior judge status Las year. Another imported wine found contaminated Washington a Federal officials said monday that a chemical used in Antifreeze has been found at a dangerously High concentr.-. Lion in a wine imported from Austria bringing to 97 the number of imported wines found lobe i contaminated. Officials at the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms said concentrations of Dieth Alerte glycol had been found in concentrations of 2,400 parts per million in the 1983 Golden Castle wine shipped by Gold Maslell Weinzell Reiges Schirmbeck. The Bureau said any concentration of die thy inc glycol above 160 parts per million could pose health hazards if consumed Over a period of time. So far 97 wines imported from Austria Italy and Germany have been found to be contaminated with Dieth Ylene glycol an ingredient added illegally to wine to make it sweeter. Battleship Missouri plans Public Tours during Holiday san Francisco a the newly recommissioned battleship Missouri returns to its future Home port next week for Public Tours planned throughout the fourth of july weekend. Rear adm Stuart Platte said the world War ii battleship will arrive at san Francisco on june 28 from Long Beach where it is undergoing final fitting. Visitors will be Able to see the ship s 16-Inch guns its cruise and Harpoon missiles and a. Defensive Armor plate that plane said can hold its own against the fastest skimming Mii Sija in the world.7 the Missouri s main deck was the site of the formal japanese surrender in August 1945. The ship which was recon pinioned Tan month in san Francisco Wilt return to Long Beach after the Holiday to finish its fitting. The Navy also is tending the battleship Iowa to new York City for Tours during the Holiday weekend. House vote commends courage of w. Berliners Washington a the mouse on Mon Day passed Resolution commending the people of West Berlin for courage and Devotion to Freedom during the 25 Yean since erection of the Berlin Wall. It also voted1 to commend wot Berlin for ill decision to hold celebrations in August to Mark the Soth anniversary of the victories of Black american athlete Jesse Owens Al the 1916 Berlin olympics