Plush Prison in San Diego Crowned as Hotel Like Jail
The Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown San Diego, opened December 1974, is described as plush and hotel like with color TV, dining rooms, and bay views. It houses nearly 600 inmates in private rooms and dormitories. guards wear plain clothes and no weapons. residents have ample floor access and telephones, drawing mixed views on coddling criminals while many inmates await trial or psychiatric evaluation.
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Carter Runs Unopposed Campaign Push In Indiana
Jimmy Carter presses a lone campaign effort in Indiana for Democratic delegates with stops in Indianapolis Gary and Fort Wayne. He appeals to black church voters in Indianapolis and pledges a four to five year phased withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from South Korea while calling for removal of atomic weapons there but keeping air support. He predicts victory in Indiana and Georgia and comments on Vietnam war policies and Ronald Reagan’s influence on Gerald Ford.
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Marine drill instructors face court martial in recruit death
In San Diego two drum instructors face general courts martial over the pugil stick beating that killed recruit Pvt Lynn F. McClure, 26, of Lufkin Texas after emergency brain surgery. One instructor pleads innocence while the other remains silent as officers face charges of involuntary manslaughter aggravated assault and maltreatment.
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Violence in Lebanon Overshadows Politics in Beirut
Be irut witnesses heavy artillery and mortar battles as Christians and Muslims fight street to street amid stalled presidential selection. About 1,690 shells hit the capital in 24 hours with 350 in the commercial district. casualties exceed 18,000 dead and 40,000 wounded over more than a year of fighting. Diplomatic efforts resume as Dean Brown returns from Washington amid calls for Syrian troop withdrawal and broad political reforms.
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Reagan Aims to Win Indiana Primary Push to beat Carter
Reagan travels to Indianapolis and other Indiana cities after his Texas primary surge, saying Washington establishment is failing. He argues voters want change and cross over Democratic votes may help. Indiana campaign chair Dennis Nicholas cites need to beat Carter and unify the ticket.
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Terrorists Could Build Nuclear Bomb For 2040 Price
American police expert John B. Walt warned in a British police magazine that political terrorists may assemble a nuclear bomb using about 20 pounds of spent fuel. He estimated cost around 20 dollars and 40 cents, claiming a device twice Hiroshima’s power could be produced and placed in a pickup truck. He noted fuel sources could rise as reactors shift to plutonium.
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