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Show Jixu .lll.. 2A TV Sait Lake Tribune, Friday, October 18, 1985 o A-- ty gled out, although speculation abounded about his secretive financial dealings and the possibility that Mr. Hofmann feared being exposed as a forger of valuable Mormon documents. That rampant speculation on the part of both police officials and the media has led to a crackdown on information being released to the press. But all officials agree that the ' both the susplayers in the crimes , pect and the intended victims have two things in common- a link to the collection and sale of Mormon mem- orabilia and financial transactions related to those dealings. We're looking at the papers, the finances, or both, as the motive right now, said Sheriff Hayward. The ; notice is within these circles, but what exactly it is we dont know. Among items recovered from Mr. Hofmann's car and now in police evidence are a series of documents purported to be the William McLellm journals, dealing with the earliest periods of the origins of the LDS Church Supposedly included in those journals are ancient hieroglyphiclike symbols from which The Pearl of Great Price" one of the churchs sacred scriptures was translated. Police said those documents were badly water and fire damaged in the explosion. The authenticity of those journals if indeed they are in the documents recovered from Mr. Hofmanns car has not been determined. In fact, Sheriff Hayward and other police officials speculate that Mr. Hofmann may have been involved in a historical document forging scam in which he sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in forged papers to collectors and high LDS Church offi-c'ls. .Jr. Hofmann is a historical docu- ment dealeiywho, in 1983, sold the controversial white salamander letter to Mr. Christensen, who in turn donated it to the LDS Church. Several notable historians verified the authenticity of that letter. Police didnt know Thursday what exactly the connection is between Mr. Hofmann, these historical docu- ments, and the intended vict;ms or whether the possibility exists that the documents were forged. . . And quite frankly, right now, we dont care, said Sheriff Hayward. We can speculate all we want, but right now were trying to gather evidence to charge Mr. Hofmann with ... murder. There is no definite motive right now. Theres a lot of speculation that the McLellin journals are forgeries . . , But we have nothing solid at this point, he said. Mr. Hofmanns possession of the letter, the purported McClellin journals and numerous other documents which be has sold to other collectors including high LDS Church officials does raise some interesting questions, the sheriff said the first being, Why him? Where does he get them? All of the sudden there's this one guy who keeps coming up with these things, worth all that money. These kind cl documents, dont just lie around for years and years, Sheriff hay vard said. I know for a fac that 50 of us couldnt find these papers in 50 years if we were looking for them, the sheriff said But he keeps coming up with them. Detectives, however, began to earn more about the man who has become their prime suspect in the killings. They know now that he had extensive dealings with Mr. Christensen, and at one point the two of them had a joint bank account containing money they may have intended to use to buy historical papers. They also know that Mr. Hofmann's car contained materials with which he could have constructed the simple but deadly pipe bombs used in the murders. And they know that, based on evidence retrieved from his car, he was planning to leave Salt lake City in the near future. An airplane ticket to an undisclosed location in New York state was found among the checks and other belongings scattered by the explosion. Also Thursday, detectives continued to seen and execute various search warrants in hopes of gathering more evidence. Police returned to his house with another search war- rant after retrieving some evidence Wednesday night. Among that mate- e rial, which included blank paper, personal documents and clothing, were items which Sheriff Hayward said that there is speculation that these things could be used in forging documents. Police were seeking a second residence Mr. Hofmann may have been renting and also executed search boxes. warrants on Detectives questioned Mr. Hofmann briefly at the hospital following Wednedays explosion, and were told a story which was inconsistent with his injuries and with what witnesses parch-mentlik- larg- in citys 42-d- ... told us." The Sheriffs Office Thursday was served with a notice from Salt Lake City defense attorney Ronald Yen-gic- h that he had been retained in the case and that no further questioning of Mr. Hofmann would be possible. Sean Connery will play a The Name of the Rose, the strike against both daily newspapers announced a tentative contract agreement early Friday, leaving only 87 porters to settle their differences. Negotiators said they would remain at the William J. Green Federal Building until the porters reached an agreement with Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. and the Council of Newspaper Unions approved all 14 contracts for 4,774 employees of the morning Inquirer and the afternoon Daily News. Jean-Jacqu- was fined $100 and given a suspended jail term Thursday after pleading no contest to charges he attacked two British journalists who tried to photograph pop star Madonna outside a hotel. Penn, 24, star of the movies The Falcon and the Snowman and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, arrived at the Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., by a tunnel entrance and eluded a crowd of reporters. Sean Penn rep- resents newsroom and advertising employees, announced they had resolved problems in distributing a weekly increase averaging $150 in wage and benefits over four years. At least five of the nine unions scheduled ratification meetings for Friday, but William Gullifer, president of Teamsters Local 628, said the process could take two days or more. The newspaper strike, the longest in the citys history, began when employees walked off the job Sept. 7. - 90-d- Madonna, who married the actor Aog. 16 at Malibu, Calif., was not seen at the courthouse. 33, a freelance reporter, and photographer Ian Markham-Smith- , lawsuits in Los Laurence Cottrell, 30, have filed multimillion-dolla- r Angeles against Penn claiming he attacked them as Madonna watched June 30 outside Nash . illes Maxwell House Hotel. Tribune Wire Services Crucial Day for UAW, Chrysler - The United DETROIT (UPI) chief bargainer said Thursday an agreement would have to be reached immediately to keep the strike by 80,000 Chrysler Corp. workers in the United States and Canada from dragging on longer than necessary. Today is a very crucial day, UAW Vice President Marc Stepp said as he returned to Chryslers Highland Park headquarters to resume negotiations with the No. 3 auto company. If we dont make it today the strike Auto Workers ment, talks would have to be put on hold for two or even three days because of the unions Chrysler Council meeting Saturday in Huntsville, Ala. Union officials said earlier this week they hoped to have a tentative agreement to present to the council at the Huntsville meeting. The council represents every local in the nation. About 70,000 Chrysler workers in the United States and more than 10,000 in Canada walked off their jobs at midnight Tuesday when their old contract expired. The newly indepen two-day-o- ld UAW-Chrysl- will go on. Without a quick tentative agree er dent Canadian UAW is negotiating separately in Toronto. The strike already is having an effect on at least one Chrysler supplier. C & F Stamping Inc. of Kentwood, Mich., laid off 220 of its 550 workers Thursday. Forty percent of the companys business is with Chrysler. The firm makes plastic bumpers and other parts for the Big Three automakers. UAW President Owen Bieber said Wednesday night that some progress had been made after 10 hours of talks. The pace has picked up a little bit, he said. Theyre Steals!!! Come into the Furniture Clearance Center, your warehouse furniture store for the best furniture prices in Utah! If you dont mind concrete floors, our philosophy of selling at prices will be sure to please you. And, the selection is fabulous! One-Day-A-We- ek No-Fri- lls Deliveryman Jeff Anderson says the bomb scares have made him about as popular as a bad guy in a James Bond movie. a feeling by Americans that after years of painful losses to terrorists, the national pride has finally been upheld with the capture of the accused Leon murderers of Klinghoffer. In addition, the capture of the hijackers showed an American firmness and level of technological expertise that will improve the nation's ability to deal with future terrorist attacks, experts say The degree of international cooperation m denying a safe port to the Analysis hijackers while they were on the ship shows that diplomacy can be effective. The already close bonds between the United States and Israel may be strengthened even more, as Israeli leaders believe their rejection of the Palestine Liberation Organization as a terrorist group has been vindicated Israel hopes Washington will drop plans to include the PLO in the Middle East peace process On the negative side, the fall of the Italian government becomes a major loss In its current issue, the Economist newspaper of London said the Craxi had given Italy one of its most stable and prosperous governments since World War II and could be remembered a the man who changed his rountry Another setback is friction in relations with Egypt, which has long been he United States' chief Arab ally. It could become a major setback if Washington and Cairo were to let those frictions erode the basic relationship, or if the government of President Hosm Mubarak should as some in Washington worry be ousted by Moslem extremists. Mubarak has demanded an apology from President Reagan, but Reagan has refused The U.S sponsored search for a Middle East peace could be derailed, although it was nearly stalled anyway The U S strategy has focused on bringing the PLO and its chairman, Yasser Arafat, into a peace negotiation of some kind with Jordan and Israel But if evidence of PLO involvement in the hijacking proves accurate, the PLO may now be exclud- rock-botto- m Choices, Choices, Choices Fall of Italys Government Costs U.S. Ally, Gives Hijacking Surprise Twist By R. Gregory Nokes Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON After basking in the triumph of the capture of the hijackers of the Achille Lauro, the Reagan administration now must deal with the unfavorable consequences, underscored by the fall of an Italian government long supportive of American interests. Particularly disturbing to some is that a terrorist incident could have led to the resignation of the government of Premier Bettmo Craxi of Italy, an important NATO ally. We all have been trying to show terrorists cant achieve anything by what they do, said Helmut Sonnen-feld- t, a former senior Nixon administration official who is now a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution here. The terrorists didn't intend to overthrow the Italian government, but it is unfortunate that a terrorist incident can have an enect of this magnitude. Sonnenfeldt said the Craxi government has been on the whole a very good and effective government from an American standpoint and a NATO standpoint. To lose this government is a setback. The consequences of the Achille Lauro hijacking, including the American seizing of an Egyptian aircraft carrying the fleeing hijackers, con tmue to grow. Most of the positive gams were immediately apparent Some of the negative ones have taken longer to develop Not the least of the positive gains is g producers said. Annaud, The $17 millon production will be directed by whose previous works include Black and White in Color and Quest for Fire, the producers said. Filming will begin next month at the German monastery of Ebebach and is expected to last 14 weeks. Shooting will also take place at an elaborate set outside Rome that has been built to simulate the medieval monastery and village depicted in Ecos thriller. 12 05 Guild, in the movie version of novel by Umberto Eco, the starring role best-sellin- Meanwhile, police agencies continued to be plagued with copycat' bomb threats. Aa anonymous caller Thursday forced the evacuation of employees at The Tribune Building, 143 S. Main, about 9 40 a.m. deliver contain bombs. And I'm starting to get a little queasy, wondering if theyre right. I hope all this comes to an end soon. Its driving me crazy. Mr. Anderson says he doesnt really believe that any of the packages he delivers contain bombs, but three or four times a day his hands start shaking . As he delivered a package to the law office of Harriet Shapiro in the Judge Building, the receptionist, Dawn Richmond, joked nervously that she cant help but wonder if there is a bomb inside. Calvin Klein gets criticized by people who find his advertisements too risque, but the designer says they aren t as objectionable as what kids see on television and at the movies. I think violence on TV is far more destructive than beautiful, sensual photographs, Klein said during a promotion tour in Boston. At a and detective very early age children learn from television that "guns stones and all this violence and adventure is glamorous, Klein said. I almost think that some form of beautiful, sexual advertising is I think thats destructive to our better than guns and Rambo. see photosociety and thats what I worry about. I would prefer to to do with sexuality and TV have on that film or commercials graphs, the beauty of love than machine guns, violence and death. safe-depos- it At of The Sean Penn Sean Connery Calvin Klein Pact Nears in Newspaper Strike a.m. Friday, officials about PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The which est involved the Newspaper By Cathy Free Tribune Staff Writer Three bombings in two days have made life tough for delivery-me- n like Jeff Anderson. Mr. Anderson delivers packages for United Parcel Service, and he says people have been treating him like hes the "bad guy in a James Bond movie. Nobody wants to come near me," he said. Put that package over there I dont want it, said a secretary at the Judge Building on Thursday when Mr. Anderson walked into her office with a package so small it could barely contain a paperweight, let alone a bomb. You see? said Mr. Anderson. Ive been getting this for two days now, and itll probably never let up. Everybody wonders if the I Car Blown-U- p white-salamand- union r iMiinrinfflf.iif-i- Spotlight Bomb Scare Gives UPS Man Fits packages i IJI, ,tfl o Police Find Checks in Continued From l the myriad and confusing leads in the bizarre case, and announced that formal charges against Mr. Hofmann, 31, likely will not be filed until laboratory reports on evidence found in his automobile and at the scenes of the murders is processed by federal agents in California. While Sheriff Hayward said the county may attempt to seek a murder complaint against Mr. Hofmann on Friday for the Sheets homicide, city police detectives said they will wait for the results of the lab tests at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms laboratory in San Francisco before screening the cae with the county attorney. Federal firearms and explosives which police hoped would charges also were postbe filed Thursday poned pending the results of the tests. US. Attorney Brent Ward projected that those charges will be at least a few days. Its too early to say what kind of charges will be filed against whom or when. We ask for patience while we are investigating, Mr. Ward said. No additional suspects surfaced Thursday, although at a news conference Wednesday night, Salt Lake City Police Chief Bud Willoughby and ATF resident Agent in Charge Gary Miller said additional people were being investigated for possible connection to the crimes. Nor has any one motive been sin- ,WN. ,tljli Put together a Sofa, Loveseat, fabulous living room a complete Bedroom suite Dresser, hutch, mirror, bookcase headboard, chest Compare at $1279 OUR NO FRILLS PRICE Mix or Match ONLY $7Q1 JWI. . 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