European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 4, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Low crime Rafe emptying Wyoming jails Pinedale Wyo. A Wyom ing s crime rate has dropped so Low that some county sheriffs say it s a waste of Money to keep their jails open. It s kind of hard to justify operating a jail with no prisoners in it said hot Springs sheriff Deloyd Quarberg. We have to do it but it s not  Quarberg was one of nine sheriffs contacted by the Casper Star Tribune who said they were concerned about the drop in jail populations. Along with Quarberg sheriffs in Sublette Johnson Converse Crook Platte Lincoln Washakie and Campbell counties said the Lack of inmates was making it inefficient to keep their jails open 24 hours a Day. The state has 23 counties. Johnson county sheriff Larry Kirk Patrick whose jail had been averaging five inmates a Day says there have been times when he did t have a single prisoner in his jail. The same goes in Converse county where sheriff John Bey agrees with his colleagues that perhaps the state can Send some work and Money their Way by paying counties to House state inmates in county jails. Such a move would be a real Benefit to both the state and the counties he said. However state Board of charities and Reform officials in Cheyenne say it s unlikely that state inmates will be sent to county jails on a Long term basis. I Don t think there s a single jail in the state that provides the services that an inmate that is sentenced for a Long period of time. Is entitled to said Don Boyer the Board s corrections administrator. Such services include counselling a Cess to a Law Library exercise Yards and chaplains he said. Quarberg who thinks he could pro vide the needed services is upset that his jail is partially empty while the Penitentiary is releasing some inmates Early because of overcrowding. All the things that they provide at the Penitentiary we have in hot Springs county he said. Sublette county sheriff Jack Cain said he must staff his jail around the clock with six employees at a Cost of about $100,000 annually. He said he thought about closing the facility but Learned that that would be against the Law. Registered nurses join san Francisco strike the los Angeles times san Francisco registered nurses at six maj9r hospitals Here walked off their jobs tuesday forcing Hospital administrators to Transfer patients postpone elective surgery and consolidate wards. The 2,000 registered nurses joined 1,700 licensed vocational nurses and other health care workers who Are in the second week of their walkout against seven City and area hospitals. Public health officials feared that the strike could spread to san Francisco general Hospital the main county run facility. Nurses there have set a strike deadline of next monday and negotiations have broken off. Supervisors and nurses brought in from Southern California Sacramento and out of state worked 12 hours shifts to fill the void left by the 2,000 nurses. While five of the six hospitals kept emergency rooms open Only 60 percent of their Beds were filled. The hospitals Are virtually shut Down said Mau Reen Anderson of the California nurses association. The strike came after a 37-hour session ended Mon Day without an agreement. No new talks were scheduled. Scores of nurses carried picket signs with such slogans As really needed rarely  they Are seeking a 13 percent pay increase in a one year contract. Salaries now Range from $35,000 to $40,000 a year Well above the National average of roughly $28,000, but the nurses note that this area has a Cost of living that is among the highest in the nation. Karen Henry chief negotiator for the hospitals accused the nurses of refusing to put to a vote a final offer on a three year contract. That proposal would Grace Cano Zielinski pickets at St. Francis memorial. Have raised pay 12 percent to 14 percent in the first year and Cost hospitals More than $40 million Over the three years. However Anderson said that the new offer amounted to a total of Only 18 percent Over three years. She also said the hospitals want nurses to work 12-hour shifts in some cases and accept reduced health benefits for some employees. The strike affects children a Marshall Hale memo rial mount Zion St. Francis and St. Mary s in the City and Seton medical Center in Daly City which adjoins san Francisco on the South. Health care workers have struck All the six facilities As Well As Pacific presbyterian in san Francisco. All of the other departments have rallied around to support nursing said Penny Holland vice president for nursing at children s Hospital which had scheduled just nine surgeries tuesday rather than the average of 32. With nurses at children s and mount Zion on strike the walkout affects two of five san Francisco area hospitals with wards equipped to provide the highest level of intensive care for infants. Mount Zion and Chil Drens which had a total of 41 infants in the units on Friday sent All but 14 to other hospitals tuesday. Henry noting that the remaining three Bay area hospitals equipped to treat the infants Are full accused the nurses of refusing to provide staff for the intensive care wards. If there is any kind of an emergency absolutely nurses will come in Anderson said. But we Are not going in just because they Are getting Panicky and they did t move the babies. What they should do is Call Karen Henry and Tell her to  showers too Little too late for Many Farmers by the associated press a spate of showers has brought Short term Relief to some of the nation s scorched crops but Farmers fear the re turn of High temperatures will destroy what is left in their Fields before the fall Harvest. Scattered rainfall helped some Fields but came too late to reverse drought damage in others and missed parts of the farm Belt entirely. Following the show ers glaring cloudless skies and tempera Tures near 100 degrees have returned. Scorching temperatures toppled re cords in Wisconsin Minnesota Michi Gan and Illinois tuesday. La Crosse wis., set a record for the Date of 102 degrees and tied a record set in 1955 with its 35th Day of 90-degree or hotter weather this summer. In Minnesota the twin cities set a record with 101 degrees. Chicago hit 100, the record seventh time this year that the Mercury has soared into triple digits. Up to 5 inches of rain fell recently on Central Illinois Fields Farmed by Larry Dallas and his brother in Douglas county but they need More after a hot Dayspring and Early summer. What Corn there is the rain helped and we be got some decent sized ears Ait Pallas who expects no More than half his Normal Harvest. Rain soaked Many Fields in Indiana Ohio Kentucky and Southern Illinois in recent weeks but Iowa Western Illinois Southern Minnesota and Wisconsin got Little Relief. Experts say the drought could threaten next year s crop production As Well be cause it has taken so much deep Reserve moisture out of the soil. They say it is unlikely hard hit areas will get enough rain this year to replenish the lost moisture and that will make win Ter Snow and Early Spring Rains critical. For now some Farmers Are assessing the Benefit of the late july Rains. It s looking a whole lot better said Kentucky Farmer Homer Hurst or. Of Flem ing county. We actually Cut some Hay yesterday. We reseeded 65 acres of Corn and we re hoping for a late fall. A half Inch of rain a week would be a  showers made a difference in Arkan Sas too. Sorghum was heading out the rain made their crop said Lonoke county Extension agent Blair Griffin. Farmers in other states have not been As fortunate. It s the same old Story we need rain we re not getting any said Herb Hal Orson assistant agriculture commissioner in Minnesota. The Impact on the Corn and the soy Beans and the Canning crops has been  in South Dakota experts said Rains came too late to save most crops. Rain in parts of North Dakota also will have limited Benefit experts there said. Despite some showers in july Farmers in Barren county wis., have Given up Hope for a second Hay crop and a Corn Harvest said agriculture agent Don draft. The Midwest baked under record High temperatures tuesday while cooler air stretched from the Pacific Northwest to Northern Minnesota. Storms peppered the edges of the hot weather area and parts of the Southeast with a Tornado reported in the twin Cit ies area of Minnesota and thunderstorms dropping up to one Inch Hail just West of Akron Ohio. A High pressure system Over Ohio scorched the Midwest and is expected to show Little movement keeping the East Ern Midwest hot and mostly dry. Very High humidity combined with the heat to produce effective heat values of up to 115 degrees in places. Record highs for the Date included 102 in la Crosse wis. 101 in Alpena Mich. 98 in Detroit and Milwaukee and 97 in Cleveland and Madison wis. Rockford 111., tied a record with 99. In contrast to the Midwest cooler temperatures in the 60s and 70s stretched from the Pacific Northwest to Northern Minnesota. Wednesday s forecast called for show ers and thunderstorms across the North Ern Border states from Eastern Montana to Michigan and from new York to Maine. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 4, 1948 the liner America the largest passenger ship Ever built in the United states sailed for Europe on its first Atlantic voyage As a privately owned ship. 30 years ago today. Aug. 4, 1958 the chief of the defense department s advanced research project Agency said that America s first Moon rocket May have no better than a 1-in 10 Chance of Success. 20 years ago today ,. Aug. 4, 1968 the Book the death of Adolf Hitler said the nazi Leader did not die of gunshot wounds but committed suicide by swallowing cyanide. However one of Hitler s aides insisted that he shot himself. 0 years ago today. Aug. 4, 1978 the army announced plans to increase the number of soldiers on Active duty in the grades of e-4 and above by More than 15,000