Alessio Transfer Highlighted by Lompoc FCI Investigation
John Alessio a 60 year old director and inmate at FCI Lompoc under a three year federal sentence for defrauding the government and tax evasion has been moved to McNeil Island Washington at the Bureau of Prisons direction. The case ties to an inquiry into alleged inmate privileges and a broader investigation by the U S Attorney General and FBI.
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John Alessio
Caliente
Federal Correctional Institution
Lompoc
Federal Institution
McNeil Island
Washington
Bureau of Prisons
Frank Kenton
FCI
Alessio
U.S
Daniel Morgan
Maurice Friedman
Las Vegas
FCS
Kenton
Friedman
Las Vegas Frontier Hotel
Federal Grand
Los Angeles
Robert Ward
U. S. Attorney General
Organized Crime and
Federal Grand Jury
Chou En-lai commits to deepening US China friendship process
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai pledged to work unswervingly to promote friendship and normalize relations with the United States after four days of talks with President Nixon. Nixon expressed hope for a peaceful new world order as the talks continued with secrecy and tight control on details.
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Peking
UPI
Chou En-lai
Nixon
United States
Chou
Great Hall of the People
China
Great Hall
Great Wall of China
White House
Mao Tse-tung
Hangchow
Shanghai
Washington
Forbidden City
Israel Launches Major Lebanon Assault On 60 Mile Front
Israel mounted a heavy 60 mile frontline attack into Lebanon with jets tanks and artillery in what Arab and Israeli sources called the fiercest strike since 1967. Guerrillas reported casualties as Beirut civilians and soldiers suffered damage amid new UN peace efforts led by Gunnar V. Jarring.
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Lebanon
Israel
Beirut
Jerusalem
United Nations
Gunnar V. Jarring
U S Units Ambushed in Vietnam Wounding Dozens
Communist forces struck three U S Army units in Vietnam, wounding 29 GIs in the heaviest U S action in a year. Five Americans were wounded in a strafing error, and two flyers were reported killed. The major clash occurred 42 miles east of Saigon against a unit sharing a Custer designation.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
George Armstrong Custer
the Little Big Horn
Central Highlands
Qui Nhon
da Nang
196Th
Mekong
Xuyen Moc
Wholesale prices rise 0.8 percent in January
UPI reports January wholesale prices up 0.8 percent marking the second straight month of that rise. Farm and food products led gains with a 13 percent surge, while industrial commodities rose 0.5 percent and consumer goods 0.4 percent. On unadjusted terms, prices also climbed 0.8 percent in December.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Senate Denies Court Power to Order Busing
The Senate voted 43 to 40 to restrict federal court authority to order school busing on the basis of race or origin. Absent five Democratic presidential candidates aided the margin, with Griffin calling out their absence as they push anti busing positions. The measure blocks federal funds for busing unless districts request aid, as part of a larger antibusing plan attached to a $24 billion higher education bill.
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Washington
Griffin
Senate
Sens Edmunds S. Muskie
Maine
Idubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Fire sweeps Pirani Building in Sao Paulo death toll rises
Firemen find eight more bodies raising the known dead to at least 16 in the Pirani building blaze. Helicopters airlifted over 400 people to safety as crews searched floor by floor. many victims died leaping from windows or suffering smoke inhalation. The fire, starting on the second floor at 3:15 p.m., raged for hours with helicopters bringing people down from the roof.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
UPI
Guerra
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United Press International
al Fatah
Middle East
Abba Eban
David Elazar
Vietnam
The
Price Commission
Lompoc Lions Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Raymond Kienol
Lompoc Casmalia
Samuel Reed
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Reed
Rexford Dickerson
Regal Ave
Vandenberg Village
Cabrillo High School
Pirani
Cdair Guerra
Air Force
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