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Putting `hard' in hard time

Tough-minded sheriff says his prisoners earned stripes FORT PIERCE -- Prison road gangs wear old-fashioned uniforms, horizontally striped with black and white bars. Humiliating? ``You bet it is,'' the sheriff said.

Leader putting the `hard' in hard time
Tough-minded sheriff believes prisoners earned their stripes

STRIPES: St. Lucie County inmates on work crews have been required to wear uniforms reminiscent of those used years ago. POLITICALLY ASTUTE: R.C. `Bobby' Knowles espouses notion that prisoners should be punished, not merely incarcerated.

THIS WEEK

Nature programs: International Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated with a 7:30 a.m. guided bird walk on the Marsh Trail of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach. A National Audubon Society slide show will be offered at 2 p.m. at the Visitor Center Auditorium. Refuge entrance fee of $4 per car. Call 732-3684.

Patent dispute involving USF is muddy issue

By Jack Wheat L ast week, this newspaper reported on an extraordinary case: the story of a young inventor who wound up on a Florida chain gang because he wouldn't cough up his patent to the University of South Florida.

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THIS IS FOR the WEATHER PAGE (May 12)

Today: In the early dawn, the Great Square of Pegasus (Flying Horse) hangs above the eastern horizon. In the south, Jupiter glows above the Sagittarian ``teapot.'' Dim Comet Hale-Bopp cruises to the upper left of the bright planet. Huge Scorpius crawls across the southwest.

State emergency office monitors crash efforts

TALLAHASSEE -- The state's Division of Emergency Management monitored rescue efforts from a crisis command post near Tallahassee on Saturday night. Florida Highway Patrol and Marine Patrol officers were sent toward the crash site in trucks and helicopters. The Florida Department of Transportation and fire marshal's office collected lights and generators to send to the scene as needed.

State office contributed to search efforts

TALLAHASSEE -- The state's Division of Emergency Management monitored rescue efforts from a crisis command post near Tallahassee on Saturday night. Florida Highway Patrol and Marine Patrol officers were sent toward the crash site in trucks and helicopters. The Florida Department of Transportation and fire marshal's office collected lights and generators to send to the scene as needed.

Session saw stars fall, others rise
For up-and-comers, elections will be key

TALLAHASSEE -- Power during the 1996 legislative session slipped from the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House to the men who control the purse: Sen. Mario Diaz-Balart and Rep. Buzz Ritchie, according to The Herald's annual rankings of state lawmakers.

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Cotterell Dunbar Gluckman Hernandez MacNamara Robinson Silva ABOUT THIS SURVEY HOW THE RANKINGS WERE DONE To rate the effectiveness of members of the 1996 Legislature, The Herald selected a panel of eight observers with broad backgrounds and interests. The panelists were asked to rate the effectiveness of lawmakers independently using the ``alteration ranking method.''

Where `hard time' has new meaning

FORT PIERCE -- Prison road gangs wear old-fashioned uniforms, horizontally striped with black and white bars. Humiliating? ``You bet it is,'' the sheriff said. Prisoners pay $1.20 a day for food, $10 to see a doctor. Soon they'll live in tents. Pitiless? ``Too bad,'' the sheriff said. ``We save a lot of money.''

HELEN WALLENDA
Last of original Great Wallendas

SARASOTA, Fla. -- (AP) -- Helen Kreis Wallenda -- the last member of the original four-member Great Wallendas high-wire troupe and frequent pinnacle of the famous Wallenda pyramid during decades on the high-wire -- died Thursday. She was 85.