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ROCHESTER IT osnr METRO EDITION THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994 35 CENTS NEWSSTAND "i til -OKSQ-Green party Plenty of activities for Earth Day '94 3E Sweep Bears eliminate Amerks in OT in custody Two arrests made in three city slayings IB would ban weight Measure By Jack Jones Staff writer As Congress moved a step closer yesterday to creation of a tougher criminal justice system, law enforcement and correctional officials debated an Ohio congresswoman's amendment that would ban weight lifting in federal prisons. weight lifting ban was one of a package of six amendments approved as part of an omnibus crime President Clinton yesterday -made The amendment, if approved by the Senate and President Clinton, would remove weight training and workout machines to prevent prisoners from "engaging in activities to increase their fighting abilities." "I think the efforts of our legislators could be channeled into more important areas," said Wayne County Sheriff Richard Pisciotti. "I think we could be doing a lot more meaningful things to attack the roots of the crime problem than The Associated Press military action in Bosnia. mmmMmf Some sun High 45 to 50 Details on 10A Nixon remains in critical condition Brain swelling in stroke after-effect ALL ABOUT STROKES 19A The Washington Post Former President Richard M. Nixon was in critical condition and not fully conscious in the intensive care unit of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center last night, three days after having a stroke.

The former president is appar ently suffering the effects of brain swelling, a common and sometimes fatal after-effect of stroke. Asked yesterday whether the former president was nnrnnsrimis. Nixon Fred Plum, one of his doctors, said: "He is arousa-ble." In medical parlance, this means a person is in a state between full consciousness and coma. Plum would not elaborate. Plum also confirmed news reports that before the stroke, Nixon had been in a heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation that particularly predisposes a person to stroke.

As is recommended for most people with atrial fibrillation, Nixon was taking an anticoagulant drug to lower his risk of stroke, Plum said. Brain swelling, known as "cerebral edema," occurs as dead cells break down and release substances that cause inflammation. That, in turn, causes blood vessels in the inflamed area to leak the watery portion of the blood out into the brain matter, causing it to swell. Edema is expected with every stroke. It only becomes a problem when the volume of dead tissue is large, and the swelling extensive.

"The brain is in an essentially fixed and nonexpandable container. The swelling is like the swelling you have with any injury, but there is nowhere for the brain to go," said Michael D. Walker, director of the stroke and trauma division of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Cerebral edema peaks two to four days after a stroke, and then recedes if it is not fatal. There is no good treatment for it, though in emergencies a patient can be put on a mechanical ventilator and forced to breathe very quickly.

This lowers the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood, a change that indirectly lowers pressure in the skull. INDEX BUSINESS CLASSIFIED COMICS CROSSWORD DEATHS 8B 9D 5C 5C 2B 21A LETTERS 8E MOVIES 2A N.Y. LOTTERY ID SPORTS 3B SUBURBS 2C TELEVISION 10A WEATHER ED1T0R1ALS20A INSIDE 1C ALSO TODAY: WEEKEND and FUNFITNESS "Tv This aper is in par on Jy recycled paper fibers and is (fe -If recyclable in Monroe County. Recycle your newspapers. The Monroe County recycling hotline is 254-4225.

To subscribe to the Democrat and Chronicle or limes-Union, call 232-5550. TDD 258-2592 Outside Monroe Co. call 1-800-767-7539. Copyright 1994 Gannett Rochester Newspapers Five sections ME 00 JO -III prisons ties as a means of allowing inmnt.es to vent frustrations that can other wise boil over into assaults on guards and other prisoners. "The normal reaction of any human being when they're penned up is, after a while their emotional energy level goes up," Povero said.

"If you don't provide some kind of outlet, that's when there's the greatest danger to the (jail) staff." Pisciotti and Povero said they PRISONS on page 13A The Washington Post WASHINGTON President Clinton yesterday proposed broadening NATO power to conduct air-strikes to protect besieged Bosnian Muslim "safe havens," an approach that U.S. officials rejected two months ago and that some key U.S. allies yesterday remained unwilling to endorse. Clinton's proposal was a response to the shelling by Bosnian Serbs of the Muslim town of Gorazde designated a "safe area." last May. U.N.

officials said 44 people were killed and 137 wounded yesterday in Gorazde. In a news conference that was delayed nearly two hours as Clinton spoke with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and other leaders, Clinton said he wanted to "extend the approach" used in Sarajevo to the five other safe havens, "where any violations would be grounds for NATO attacks." "Our proposal would create Sarajevo-like conditions, that is, sort of safe zones around all the safe areas," Clinton said. The president also said he wanted "stricter enforcement" of international economic sanctions against Serbia and promised a "major initiative coming out of our common efforts." Hard fight on casinos predicted By Kyle Hughes Albany bureau I ALBANY A measure to legalize casino gambling may pass the Senate but could have a hard time winning approval in the Democratic-controlled Assembly, the chairman of the Legislature's powerful Black and Puerto Rican Caucus says. "I think it's going to be a very tight vote," said caucus chairman and casino opponent Assemblyman Larry Seabrook, D-Brooklyn. "I don't think they're going to have the votes." Another Assembly member, whq has long advocated providing more state money to treat gambling addicts, said casino opponents "might be willing to swallow hard" and support casinos if the state faces a budget squeeze.

GAMBLING on page 13A lifting in CRIME BILL VOTE TODAY 13A going after guys who lift weights in prison." However, James Fotis of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, said, "Why should we be using our tax money to create bulked-up su-percriminals?" Pisciotti and Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero said some correction experts view weight lifting and other strenuous athletic activi Agence France-Presse Ukrainian United Nations soldier jogs across runway at Sarajevo's airport as unit arrives to reinforce units in and around city. More on Clinton's proposal, shelling of Gorazde, Page 13 A. nation the average rate was 63 percent higher than the U.S. average in September the pressure to change is greater in New York. on page 12A bill that calls for more police, expansion of the death penalty, mandatory life sentencing and other measures to deter crime.

The amendments were approved yesterday by a 402-22 vote in the House of Representatives. Some local correctional officials and at least one ex-con said earlier this week that the weight lifting ban proposed by Republican U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce will create more problems than it solves. s-- J.

VivWW 7 3V- Mi, a call for more-aggressive NATO suiting losses from other customers. I argues the money has to come from 1 somewhere, and it's not fair to take it all from shareholders' pockets. So far, the PSC agrees. But the commission, which sets utility rates and profits, has reserved the right to change its mind on the discount issue. The PSC is rewriting the rules for monopoly electric companies and must figure out a way to be fair to everyone shareholders, big users and all other customers.

"There's nothing very appealing (about) changing the system in a way that simply gives breaks to big customers at the expense of the little ones," said PSC Chairman Peter A. Bradford, an appointee of Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. Regulators are being forced to -1 Heat of competition flaring up at -VsT" jP- "U- r' I Aaiiij il.ili I iui.wuwiaift iinwiiwBififirr i tt iiirffirTft'it -wf m-rfffftil'ili iff in -i-ffrnirffMnlrr-rTrilfffiii By Janet Lively Staff writer The University of Rochester won a quiet game of power poker late last year with Rochester Gas and Electric Corp.

UR cut a seven-year deal with that lowers electric rates and helps pay for an energy-saving program. which stood to lose its fourth-largest customer, agreed to the discount if UR dropped plans to generate its own electricity. Shedding light Is prepared for the future? Second of two farts Annette Lein Staff photographer CtO Roger W. Kober of RG addresses shareholders yesterday. He told them the future is arriving faster than expected.

Story, 8B. The utility won't lose much on the deal. will collect from remaining ratepayers most of the income it loses on the UR discount. The New York state Public Service Commission has given permission to cut rate deals with certain large electric customers and recoup up to 70 percent of the re- make difficult decisions as competition bears down on and other utilities across the country. Because electricity prices in New York state are among the highest in the.