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vbw rete ——— | neers OQ bombings perpetrated bv a verbose and imagina- tive individual. He was dubbed the ‘Alphabet Bouber’’ after he vowed to spell the name of his “roup, Aliens of America, through a series of bombings in selecled phices across the United States. He began on August 6 with a blast ut the LosAnveles Airport for *A’'. Shortly thereafter, an unexploded bomb was discovered in a Grey- hound Bus Station Locker for “‘L**. Tupe record- ings of his lengthy harangues were submitted for analysis to the Laboratory’s Translation Unit which provided substantial linguistic profile information and helped identify the ‘Alphabet Bouber’’ as Muharein Kurbegovic, u 3t-vear-old Yugoslav with access to explosives miterial, With his arrest, the bizarre bombings ceased. TRAINING DIVISION, FBI ACADEMY The accomplishments of the Training Divi- sion during Fiscal 1975 centered around the FBI Acadenv ut Quantico, Virginia, its (reining pro- grams, and other services of the Division which were administered by FBI Headquarters personnel. During Fiseal 1975, a total of §,613 taw en- forcenent personnel, including FB Avents and emplovees, received. training al the Academy. The Training Division sent S$ new Agents, four of whom were women, to assignments in the field. Personnel attending in-service training programs: a the Academy numbered 3,414 during the fiscal year. “. * These programs included training in Investi- vation of organized crime, white-collar crime and sex crimes, us well us in fingerprinting. FBI po- lice instructors received traininuy on how to teach principles of supervision to state and local law enforcement officials. Specially trained FB] Agents ussigned [0 the © Bureau's 59 Field Offices provided 108,383 hours of instruction while participating in 10,516 law eee: over 200 specialized schools tor law enforcement VA Ly ee “kb Speciol Agents practice point shooting on ranges st the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, administrators in such topicul areas us crisis intervention, executive -development, forensic science, instructor development, and legal mutiers. The FBI National Academy, established in 1935, provides a professional (aiming program to career Jaw enforcement personnel from throuzhout the United States and some from foreign countries. Duting Fiscal 1975, 994 students graduated trom four National Academy classes, the 9Sth throush the 101st Sessions. This specialized program has now graduated over 9,000 students. Also during the fiscal year, 920 previous gradu- ates of the FBI National Acadenw program re- ceived refresher icaining at the Acufeny. Various seminars and speciahiz.d schools were conducted ut the Academy during Fiscal 1975. The first national seminar on Women in Policing was held during May, 1975, Forty-nine participants, Tepresenting police agencies from 30 different states, attended. The topics of the other seminars ranged from teams for Direc ics Activities; and National posium on Terrorist