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Show 1 . Continued From A-- b LINDA BL'TIiCNE. Were vuu dare at any time that Mr Hofmann was telling people that the church had agreed to pay $3U0 000 for the letter? PRESIDENT MNIKLLV No 1 wait not RICHARD P LINDSAY Thank sou Please JOHN HARRINGTON. Yes for President Hinckley I m John Harrington from KTYX Sir. yesterday Mr Kust Sunday, October 27, 1985 A7 Of Press Conference on Bombings, Documents Sale . . he Salt Lake Tribune. to follow up on Linda Bethune s quesiton. said that he had laid out in his letter to you information that he felt would have made you aware that Mr Hofmann was more or less playing both ends against the middle concerning the McLellin collection He indicated to us at least that he was unable to make personal contact with you and because of that he felt this situation worsened Were you able to ever really go through that letter before any of these bombings or had you ever made any attempt to get back to Mr Rust concerning what was being said by Mr Hofmann about the sale of this collection'' PRESIDENT IHNIKLEY: I did not respond to Mr Rust's letter because Mark Hofmann came to me the day after I received it and I asked him. as I ve indicated in my statement, whether he had settled his matter with Mr Rust He said no, but he would do so And I told him when he had done so then we could discuss the matter of his making a contribution of the McLellin collection to the church Now I have Mr. Rust's letter here I'm not going to read it to you I think its a confidential thing, but to answer your question specifically, there is 10 indication in this let ter of our purchasing the letter, the McLellin collection He talks more of his arrangement with Mark Hofmann, concerning the money aid the trip to go to get the McLellin collection with his son accompanying Mr McLellin and then asks, "I still have no idea what is " going on REPORTER: In that regard, when he said he had no idea what is going on, did it concern you at all at that lime that perhaps something funny was going on concerning the McLel-licollection or at least the attempted acquisition of this collection9 PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: Well. I always had some doubt about the McLellin collection because I had asked our Historical Department what they had on McLellin and they had one or two little items but knew n RICHARD lion LINDSAY. Thank you This lady please LINDA SILLITOE: Linda Sillitoe, Deseret News We have been told by the attorney w ho w as working on the sale to the private purchaser for $185 000 that Steven Christensen was facilitating that negotiation I d like to ask if any one of you heard from Mr Christensen that something had gone awry, that there was something wrong with either the documents or the deal that concerned him9 PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: had never heard anything, no ELDER PIN.NOCK: Nor had That was Mr Christensen and I talked several times about that and there was no suspicion ever communicated that there was not a McLellin collection ELDER OAKS: Nor had I I had no communications with Steve Christensen and I had never heard that RICHARD LINDSAY: Next question please MARTIN DAMS: There s something wrong with the mathematics here According to my calculations $150,000 came from Mr Rust and RICHARD LINDSAY: Will you identify yourself please9 MARTIN DAVIS: Martin Das is. Radio. . and $185,000 came via Elder Pinnocks introduction to the First Interstate Bank We've got a total here of $335,000 to purchase these documents At what stage. Elder Pinnock. were you aware that there were two loans out to buy the same documents9 ELDER PINNOCK: When Steve Christensen originally brought Maik Hofmann to my office, it had been reported that the collection was in Texas, that Mark Hofmann had already paid, made some sort of dow n payment or earnest money payment, and he needed $185,000 in order o consummate the transaction. Tha why the money was borrowed Then as we had talked later, either Mark Hofmann or Steve Christensen reported that on the obtaining of another document of some sort Rust had lent Mark Hofmann $150 000 to be paid back with $160,000. apparently the $10,000 difference was interest, so 1 1 . apparently Mark Hofmann had pledged the McLellin collection in order to obtain the money to obtain another collection I don't think it was purchased twice at that time although I dont know are you suggest REPORTER- understood was being used as the ha sis for securing the loan from First Interstate Bank, and secondly, there has been some rumor that the ehurc h has agreed to pay back that amount of money, the $185,000 to First Interstate Bank Does that rumor have any KISS BEHRMAN. Second ques The historians from the church evidently don't know that itiui h about the McLellin collection Was there anything in your knowledge that would have made them worth the amount he was asking for9 ELDER PINNOCK: No I had not heard of the McLellin collection ei no. I dont ther. so I would just know of anything that would make it valuable except any ancient docu ments that were extensive There was supposed to be a great number of them, apparently would have that type of value We have all read of letters and other documents being sold for substantial amounts of money but I would have no other knowledge than that REPORTER. Were you aware of the Reorganized Church's collection of McLellin papers9 ELDER PINNOCK: No RODD ARQIETTE: Rodd Ar quette of KUTV News To either of you gentleman Do you believe that the McLellin papers exist at all, and if so, are you still interested in pur chasing them9 ELDER OAKS: May I handle that ' Your question assumes that 'he church is interested in purchasing them and I stated flatly the church is not Would you like to rephrase vour questions9 RODD ARQIETTE' Do you be lieve they exist9 ELDER OAKS. What I believe about the existence or of the McLellin collection is really quite beside the point RODD ARQlETTE: I have anoth er question if I could I would like to direct this to Elder Pinnock Do you feel it is proper for a high ranking official of the LDS Church to help a loan for any member of the church as has been reported that you did so for one Mark Hofmann9 ELDER PINNOCK: Wlu ' they came in that Friday afternoon, and when at that time I called two banks. I had not thought it improper. I was w hat I thought was a legition calling mate transaction I will say that there comes into our offices many people asking questions but we would certainly not use our office for a favor for someone that was inappror late RODD ARQI ETTE: Would vou do it again9 ELDER PINNOCK: No RICHARD LINDSAY: Mr Cardall DUANE CARDALL: Elder Pinnock, with respect to the loan, first of all. what was the collateral that you nothing so far as they were able to tel! me of any so called Me Lellm collection Elder Hugh Pinnock VV. No Suspicion ing it has been purchased twice now or there were negotiation to ELDER PINNOCK: No, I m not I have no know ledge of that at all And that was never communicated in that sense KBYU News REPORTER. and this is to President Hinckley A few months ago the L A Times did an article on the Cow dory papers and John Dart, who was the author, had a ' Deep Throat" source that said someone had access to the First Presiden cy's vault and I was wondering if you could tell me who that person was and if it was Mark Hofmann PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: I d like to know if someone has access to the First Presidency's vault I don't have Except through the one man who has the combination No I can state w t any equivocation that Mark Hofmann, not during my time in the First Presidency, has had any access to the First Presidency's vault I don't have the combination to the vault I couldn't get in there if I wanted to without one individual who has the combination to that vault letting me go in there RICHARD LINDSAY: Thank you This gentleman RUSS BEHRMAN: Russ Behrman with KTVX Elder Pinnock, do you have any indication that Hofmann ever made any payments towards the First Interstate loan that he took out9 ELDER PINNOCK: Yes. he obtained a payment of $20,000 w hich he took down to First Insterstate Bank, and brought the interest reduced the principal by a small amount ith-ou- validity9 ELDER PINNOCK. The first ques tnn dealing with the security of the loan, we had been told that, or Mark Hofmann had told us and we had been told, that he had sold a document reported to be the oldest published document in British America, printed in the year lt38. the "Oath of a Free Man " That payment was imminent That payment was to come in the next 20 to 30 days and so that, of course, was to be used as the money to pay off the loan at the bank Second, I would be sure that the church would not pay off any indebtedness that someone else would have at a bank PRESUMIN'"' HINCKLEY: 1 can .1 have not tell you this, that we been questioned on that matter, nor has any response been given, nor w ould we so respond RICHARD LINDSAY: We have time for two more quick questions This gentleman hasn t had a chance Please RICK SHENKMAN: Rick Shenk- man. KUTV News Gentlemen, first of all. have any members of the hierarchy of the church over the last couple of weeks received any bomb threats, or any kinds of threats that might be linked to the bombing attacks9 ELDER OAKS: Not to my knowledge PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: Not to my knowledge. ELDER PINNOCK: No RICK SHENKMAN: Second thing is. there has been speculation that President Hinckley, that you personally were buying documents from Mark Hofmann, either out of your own funds or using the church funds. Did you in your negotiations with Hofmann ever personally acquire documents from him and were any of the payments ever made in cash? PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: The payments were made by check and they are fully authenticated, receipted for, on two occasions Two items Nothing like the figures that you have been hearing today. Relatively small What's that9 REPORTER: Excuse me, can you tell us what items were paid for from Hofmann PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: On. e was the Joseph Smith, Sr letter to Josiah Stowell and the other. I do not remember REPORTER: Can you tell us the pi lee of the letter" PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: Well. don t know that m going to tell you the price, but lm going to tell you that it was nothing like the kind of figures that you've talked of this morning Nothing like that RICHARD IINDSAY One final question Someone that's not had the opportunity FRED MOSS. Fied Moss with KBYU News I just have a question hy is the i hurch so intent on getting the papers9 Is it to secure them in the right hands so that they are not taken advantage of and make the church look bad9 And where does the money come to purchase these letters9 ELDER OAKS: Can I answer the first part . PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: Yes. go ahead ELDER OAKS. Again, why, you say, is the church so intent on getting the papers? I thought it was clear from my statement Uiat the church was very intent on not getting the pa pers. so that there w ould be no misun derstanding about this Could you rephrase that question9 FRED MOSS: letters in the past, like the blessing that Joseph gave to his son and other letters PRESIDENT HINCKLEY: Well of course, I explained in my statement I think very deary that matter, we are under mandate At the tune the church was organized, April 6, 1830. to keep a record and reaffirmed in subsequent revelations. To keep a record of that which is said concerning the church, that which is for and that which is against. If this goes on we will have to find a lot more room to house all the newspaper dippings But we have a mandate We would suppose the institution for which you work keeps a history, a corporate history. We have an obligation to keep a history of the church and we regard that very seriously We are going over to dedicate the new genealogical building, library. It is essentially a historical library It's cost a very handsome sum and its a beautiful ar chive. The finest in the world and the purpose of it is historical, historical 1 1 N research RICHARD LINDSAY: Thank you President Hinckley. This party is due over there in sixteen minutes We thank you for your cooperation and your very fine and appropriate wav of responding Thank you. very much Week in Review LDS Press Meet and Gardners Death Sentence Top S.L. Events Sunda. Oct. 20 - LDS HOFMANN SECl RES LOAN Church Elder Hugh W Pinnock assisted bombing suspect Mark W Hofmann in obtaining a loan of $185,000 Sources said Pinnock. a member of the First Quorum of Seventy and on the First Interstate Bank directors board, secured the loan for Hofmann in July The BODY RETl RNED TO U.S body of Leon Klinghoffer. the crippled American murdered by hijackers on the Achilie Lauro arrived in the U S He was recommended for the Congressional Medcoffin was al of Honor The carried by a military honor guard AIDE ATTEMPTS TO SMOOTH RIFJohn FLED EGYPTIAN FEATHERS C Whitehead deputy secretary of state met with the Egyptian foreign minister to patch up bad relations caused by developments following the Achilie Lauro hijack ing He also delivered a message from Secretary of State George Shultz - d - HOSTAGE SOVIET SECOND An anonymous caller elaim-nKILLED9 to speak for kidnappers of four Sov lets said they have killed a second Russian and dumped his body in south Beirut, the Voice of Lebanon radio reported A search by police was called off after one hour when no body was found FIRE CLAIMS TWO BROTHERS -Tkilled when they apparent lv set lire to a closet where thev were plaving while their mother slept Christo phe'r Richards 3 and Nicolas R Jones. 2. 3319 S 1300 East. Apt 8 were pronounced dead at the scene Kathleen Jones, the mother was uninjured Investigation revealed thev died from smoke inhalation A disposable lighter was recovered from the f)nnr of the closet wobovs were Montla). Oct. 2 1 Al II1LLE LAI RO BACK IN SERA ICE The Achilie Lauro docked at Alexandria on its first cruise since the hijacking Vniencans on board and there were nc manv glanced around nervously when off with the other passengers to - ge'ting visit the pvramids CRAM ASKED TO FORM NEW GOVIlalv s president aslcd ERNMENT caretaker prime minister Bcltino Craxi to form a new government to replace the coalition that fell over its handling of the Achilie Lauro hijacking UIROMH M CUTOFF THREAT -South African President PW Botha said hv go eminent could pat a million Americans out of work bv withholding chromi urn exports to the I S ILVNN CHARGE WITH WEAPONS Shannon VIOLATION 1 Mvnn arrest because of las connection to the bomb in ng deaths of two people was charged Di Tii t ( ur with possi smi n ef an unre g is'erul machine gun Mvnn was released on an $ (0 (FHJ bond He is an assoc late and d (r a nd of bombing suspect Mark W Hof in am MONCONL n,i r Sup! l,n li me -i MIRDI HI R Is DEAD w ho kill' d i isnr Dm White mu n Mi."'! ti M v and Supervisor Harvey Milk committed suicide in the garage of his home His brother found W hite s body inside a sedan with a garden hose running from the exhaust pipe into a partially opened window FREE POWER FOR TEMPLE - An attorney LIGHTS CHALLENGED filed a lawsuit in District Court claiming St George is illegally providing free electric power to light up the outside of the LDS temple there Attorney Phillip L Foremaster filed the suit which also alleges that an image of the temple is unconstitutionally being used on the citys logo St. George City Manager Gary Es-plsaid the temple is a historical land" mark and stimulates the city's economy from a business standpoint it's the biggest draw as far as a tourist attraction that we have." Esplin said LTA CONSIDERS TRANSFER OF Tw buses w ith w BUSES lifts may be transferred to the Salt Lake City area from Utah County, where Utah Transit Authority officials say service has been unsuccessful Salt Lake GORED SPORTSMAN hunter Richard Greenhagen, who shot a buck twice in the Salt Creek Canyon area stab wound when the suffered a deer jumped up turned on the hunter and gored him in the leg enty-thre- heel-cha- e - rebounded and spoke "See if you can get me something to eat." asked Anthony Mandia Said Dr John W Burnside ' His ' level of consciousness is clearly higher MORE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME -The House passed a bill expanding daylight-saving time by four weeks beginning next year Wedntda), - Oct. 23 NAK ASO.NE SAYS JAPAN REGRETS ACTS OF WAR Japan's prime minister offered delegates an apology for World W ar II. evoked apocalyptic v lsions and recited his own verse on the Milky Wav. Nakasone. a wartime nava! officer, noted at the beginning of his commemorative address to the General Assembly that, when the U N Charter was signed at San Francisco in June 1945 Japan was ' waging a desperate and lonely war against Allied countries" Since the over end of that war." he told the w odd body. Japan has profoundly regret ted the ultranalionalism and militarism it unleashed, and the untold suffering the war inflicted upon peoples around the world and indeed, upon its own people HIJACKER SAYS ABBAS PLOTTED One of four hijackers of TAKEOVER the Achilie Lauro has told investigators that Palestinian leader Mohammed Abul Abbas masterminded the hijacking reports said LD CHIRCH TELLS ITS SIDE Church leaders responded by outlining their relationship with the victims and suspects in the case In an unprecedented press conference, President Gordon B Hinckley, second counselor to the First Presidency. Elder Dallin H Oaks a mem ber of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elder Hugh W Pinnock of the First Quorum of the Seventy offered state ments and responded to questions about their involvement with bombing suspect Mark W Hofmann and the church s m volvement in attempts to procure the t McLellin papers HOFMANN SAID (HIRIH BAD Alvin Ru-- t sdid MCLELLIN PAPERS that bombing suspect Mark Hofmann had told him for months that LDS Church offi rials had the McLellin collection and that it wasn t until after last week s bombings that he learned the church did not possess the papers TENNESSEE BARRED FROM ADDA federal judge has ING INMATES barred Tennessee from admitting new in mates to its prison system because t ht state has repeatedly ignored a court ordt r limiting prison populations I TAH CONSIDERED FOR STATIONS The Air Force is studs ing a propo-,i- i to l'n ate trai ing stations in Millard ( oiintv within 3'i miles of where the Ptniagon oik e planned to put a base for the MX Me-i1hi tatiuns would be lm t' J r stale ownid land even though the Air Force has large military reserv it'i'- - i0 Males to the north o d new-pap- er 22 TueNilav. Oct. - Ronnie Lee Cl ILTY OF MURDER Gardner was found guilty of the murder of attorney Michael Burdell during an April escape attempt from the Metropolitan Hall of Justice The jury deliberated less that three hours PACHIRCH BOUGHT MISSING Mark W PERS, HOFMANN CLAIMS Hofmann told investors he had sold the missing Mormon McLellin papers to Gordon B Hinckley of the LDS first presidency Alvin Rust, who gave Hofmann $150 000 to purchase the documents said Hofmann told him that Hinckley agreed to buy the documents for $300 000 Murder victim Steven L Christensen was supposed to confirm the authenticity of the documents for the church Mr Rust said President US DEPLORES RAID Reagan's special envoy said the United States deplores the Israeli air raid on the The PLO headquarters outside Tunis bombing surprised and shocked Americans as much as it did Tunisians We deplore it as we deplore all acts of terrorism wherever they may occur, he said SHOPPING FOR NEW AIR FORCE The Pentagon is asking Congress ONE for permission to trade Air Force One in fur a newer faster and bigger jet INSIRAYE TO ( RANGE NAME -AID Insurance Co announced the compa-ns name will be hanged to avoid issoc i jtion with the distase AIDS The insurer had used tne name mik e 19'iB lung lc fun ai qtiircd immune d fi lent v svndrume - - was ds ovued PATILNT HNS REGAINS (ON P' nn sta'e aitifuial SIIOISNLNS hi art n i ni lapsi il inlu ( niu al ( undi iinn w ah " lm d brim fiin ti n but c r li - i jlWfc - long-los- - - 1 lt MOTHIR -- . FAILS Mt It 1)1 I II ARMS St i end degru mutdi i( charge- - w. re filed ig mist i s qt woman in connection with the death of her newborn baby boy Oct 14 in a Midvale motel The infant was found in a motel garbage can Kimberly Gayle Hargis. 22 was charged with the crime in a complaint signed before 5th Circuit Court Judge L H Griffiths BOMBING PUBLICITY ENTERS M A V OR CAMPAIGN The Merrill Cook campaign accused Salt Lake City Mayor Palmer DePaulis and Police Chief Bud W illoughby of inappropriate" handling of publicity surrounding the area bombing incidents A news release quoted Mr Cook that "in a Cook administration, the police chief would report to the mayor and not the other way around " CARDS TIDOR TEACHES ROYALS IN A ICTORY John Tudor pitched a and Tito Landrum and Willie McGee homered to move the St Louis Cardinals within one victory of their second World Series title in four years with a triumph over the Kansas City Royals H r fue-hitt- 0 Thurxla). Oct. 2 J FRANCE EXPLODES YBOMB -France exploded a nuclear device at its South Pacific testing site only hours after French naval commandos seized a Greenpeace ship sailing to the area to protest the blast French news reports have sug gested the explosion would be a test of Frances first neutron bomb REAGAN, CRAXI LET BVGONES BE BVGONES President Reagan and Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi who clashed over the Italian government s actions following the Achilie Lauro hijacking met and agreed to let bygones be bygones according to a senior administration official EXPERT CLAIMS SALE OF SEl ON ENTl RY PAPV RI Salt Lake City police detectives are questioning Kenneth Rendell. an authority on rare documents who sold two pieces of papyri to suspect Mark W Hofmann that may have been represented to prospective buvers as part of the McLellin collection He said Mr Hofmann stressed how secret this trans action had to be CANNON SAVS POLICE TELLING TOO Ml CH Salt Lake County Vtorrev Ted Cannon has criticized police for re leasing too much information of an investigation of two bombing murders At the same time Salt Lke City Polite Chuf L L Bud Willoughby has refused to an defense attorneys criticisms of statements he made at press conferences Dl ARTE TRADES PRISONERS FOR DAI (iHTF.R President Jose Napoleon Duarte s daughter was freed bv her guer rilla k dnappers in the first part of dn c thange for 118 jailel and wounded rebel-anpohtii c.l pi Miners The government freed 22 pohtical pnsemrs who left Mar eiiu prison on a bus FACTORY WORKER GETS ARTIi I AL HEART A disabled ( factory work cr fating imminent death underwent sur gt rv to receive a J irv ik 7 artificial heait to ki ep him a',ve until a pi m.inent dome h ot is foiinuil hom is ( , lulo-- h under D-- d : Convicted in an April murder, Ronnie Lee Gardner told 3rd District Judge Jay E. Banks, "I prefer to die of old age, Your Honor, but if that aint possible, Ill take the firing squad. PINNOCK PAVS OFF BANK LOAN Elder MIRDER SISPECT Hugh W' Pinnock announced he had paid back to First Interstate Bank the loan he helped bombing suspect Mark W Hof mann obtain I was not a party to the loan, but as a result of my referral the bank made the loan to Mr Hofmann I am convinced that the bank would not have made the loan to Mr Hofmann were it nut for my assurance that it was a safe loan . Although I am not legally obligated to the bank. I feel morally and ethically re sponsible to make certain the bank does not suffer any loss as a result of the loan to Mr Hofmann Accordingly today Friday I have paid to the bank the balance of all principal and interest on the obligation Such payment has been made exclusively from my personal resources HODEL KILLS PLAN DESIGNATING INTEGRAL AISTAS The I S Depart ment of Interior killed a plan that would have limited state control of development on land surrounding national parks - in eluding 17 such vistas in Utah Interior Secretary Donald P Hodel had considered designating the sites as ' integral vistas to ensure development will not compromise park beauty Instead, he agreed to forgo the idea 1 SHOT ONE, NLWSTED SAVS ON One week after the triple inur TAPE der in Cedar Citv last vear Norman Lee Newsted told TuNa police detectives the robbery and murders were the idea of his accomplice Douglas 0 Kay and that the murders were so sickening thev maue hail vomit He has not testified in the trial but a tape of his Feb 21 1984 statement to Tulsa detectives was played In it he said he shot Schmid with a small caliber gun but that Kay shot the other two with the smile gun and thyi shot all tluei tints with a larger caliber gun went surgery at Presbyterian-- l niversitv Hospital NO LllK IN 12TH DAY OF SEARCH Box Elder County FOR HINTERS Sheriff Robert Limb said the 12th day of searching for two missing duck hunters near here was without results Hank 41, and Kent Binatina 40 both Park City, were last seen clinging to the side of their swamped boat Oct 12 A third companion Mi' e Giltner. 34. also Park City swam ID miles to shore for help FAMILY FILES MIT IN The family of a Cedar City woman raped and killed by a California Highway Patrol trooper has filed a $114 million suit against ihe officer, the CHP and three officials George Gwaltney. the first CHI trooper ever charged with murder while on duty was con' icted on federal charges of violating Robin L Bishops civil rights by forcing her to have sex with him and then killing her A federal judge sentenced Gwaltney to 90 years in prison The judge said he would not be eligible for parole until 2114 - Yer-ron- RAPE-SLAVIN- - Frida). Out. 25 JIRY SENTENCES GARDNER - MADE TO TO After five and half hours of deliberation Friday night the jury m Ronnie Lee Gardners capital murder case sentenced him to death for killing a Salt Luke attorney last April DEATH Gardner waived his right to wait for an execution date saying he wanted to get back to the prison Judge Jav FI Banks sentenced him to die Dec 20 UB3 howcv er the sentenc e will be automatically ap pealed to the Utah Supreme Court his preference for the method uf d exec utiun, Gardner responded pic fer to die of old a ie Your Honor, but if that ,im t possible I J ike the fir.ng squad 1 I f m.t jm y |
