| Show Vol 76 No 237 Logan Utah Thursday October 26 17 1985 pages 2 sections 25 cents Police suggest possible motive for bombings - A SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) suspected bomber hurt in an apparently accidental car bomb explosion may have blown up two people because he was never paid MO 000 for his sale of a controversial 1830 Mormon church letter authorities said Thursday The only link between Mark Hofmann a Mormon documents dealer and two people killed by mysterious booby-tra- p bomb blasts three hours apart Tuesday was the “White Salamander self-employ- ed ed Letter” authorities said Hofmann 30 was critically hurt in an explosion while getting into his parked car on a downtown street Wednesday The blast appeared to have been accidental and caused by bomb the same type booby-tra- p that killed the others officials A upi police officer looks through debris from a bomb blast that critically injured Mark Hofmann ' 4 " V ' ' said Authorities believe Hofmann was out to kill at least three other unidentified victims Valuable Mormon documents were found in the trunk of his gutted car police chief Bud Willoughby said Revenge apparently was Hofmann's motive in the bombing attacks he carried out and others he planned said Jerry Miller Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agent “We're lalUng probably a monetary problem here” Miller said Salt Lake County Sheriff Peter Hayward also suggested forgery may be involved in the case “We're also looking at the possibility of forged documents — this Joseph Smith document was one of them” he said Researchers believed the letter to be authentic Hofmann underwent eight hours of surgery at LDS hospital and was listed in critical condition Officials planned to file federal weapons charges against the suspect with more See BOMB on page 2 s Local residents shocked that Hofmann is a suspect By Kristi Gllssmeyer staff writer Shock surprise and even fear rippled : through Logan residents and historians who knew or worked with Mark Heffiounn a former Utah State University student criti-cally injured la a car explosion Wednesday and the prime suspect in‘ a pair of Salt Lake ' 'Last night opened my car door and threw I salamander” letter was authentic Cache Valley historian AJ Simmonds USU special collections curator had known for and worked with Hofmann some five years Simmonds at the time of authentication of the document was quoted by media across the nation that he believes in a heavy book to see if it was going to explode guess I was half joking maybe AJ Simmonds off-and-- on I Authorities say menge finked to a con- troversial Mormon letter which raised queJ document tb one of (he two vfctims Steven F killed Tuesday tkms about the might of 'the :LDS ' church S Cfaxlstehsenf 211'' who :? w could be a possible motive forfoe murders In an explosion at ids Salt Lake City office-I Hofmann 30 a dealer of historic Mormon W :$ Killed in a separate Mast Tuesday at her documents sold a controversial Mormon yik : - Holladay home sras Kathleen Sheets 50 wife of J Gary Sheets Mr Sheets Christensen's business associate had repoitedlyhelped finance a 1284)00 study to determine whether the historical document known as the “white ! Before news came that Hofmann wu a suspect in the murders Simmonds and other historians involved with the controversial letter feared they might be to danger “Last night I opened my car door and threw in a heavy book to see if it wu going to See HOFMANN on page 2 Craxi resigns over handling of ship hijacking ROME (UPI) — Prime Minister Bettino Craxi resigned and dissolved his government over his handling of the Achille Lauro hijacking today and doctors confirmed the presence of bullet wounds in the bead and chest of American hostage Leon Klinghoffer Craxi tendered his resignation shortly after midday to President Francesco Cossiga who asked him to stay on temporarily in a caretaker capacity The step was forced when Defense Minister Giovanni Spadolini withdrew his Republican Party from the five- - party governing coalition Wednesday in outrage at last week’s release of PLO official and suspected hijacking mastermind Mohammed Abbas Bat Craxi told the parliament Spadolini had agreed in advance to the release of Abbas and said “We acted according to our conscience according to our policy and according help resolve foe hijacking The Yugoslav government today formally rejected a US request for the extradition of Abbas who fled inghoffer's killing But US officials said five FBI agents would board foe ship today to begin their own investigation and would remain aboard if necessary during the ship's next cruise sched- there from Italy A Palestine Libera- tion Organization spokesman said today he believed Abbas was now in Baghdad Iraq for a meeting with PLO chief Yasser Arafat Hie hijacked vessel palled into harbor to thunderous applause Wednesday night at Genoa where Italian officials who boarded foe luxury liner earlier in foe week said they had “cleared op every detail” of Kl- - toourlawa” He also said the “polemical tone” of the US reaction “gave me a feeling of bitterness for foe failure of a friendly government to recognize all foe Italian government did” to uled to begin later in foe day Klinghoffer'a body washed ashore in Syria Sunday It was identified by US forensic experts in Damascus Wednesday and shipped aboard a commercial flight to Rome where it was taken to foe Legal Medical Institute for an autopsy Medical experts determined in a GNP increases by a healthy 33 percent - WASHINGTON (UPI) The nation’s economy increased by a healthy 33 percent during the third quarter fueled by con- stronger spending by sumers and government foe Commerce Department reported today The figure for the gross na-tion- al product for the quarter was significantly more than foe 28 percent flash estimate issued last month by govern- ment economists But foe combination of foe weak 03 percent advance in foe first quarter and a slight rebound of a revised 19 percent in the second quarter means that the 'Ol January-to-Septemb- er period expanded by only 18 percent To reach the Reagan administration's forecast for a 3 percent growth rate for 1985 foe fourth quarter would have to soar at a blistering percent rate a Commerce partment economist said Real GNP -- Gross 67 De- Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige told reporters he expects growth in the fourth quarter will be “over the 3 percent level” and “we’ll see this kind of growth continue” But he acknowledged that meeting foe administration'! hopes of a major fourth quarter increase would be difficult In a statement accompanying foe GNP figures Baldrige said “The economy’s star performer last quarter was foe consumer Outlays for personal consumption rose strongly accounting for foe lion’s share of growth in GNP" But David Wyss that much” 5 & Seasonally adjusted annual rates -Percentages reflect change!: from previous quarter1: ' WM ftv ? 101 ' v 71 68 16 an economist with Data Resources Inc in Lexington Mass said he saw no prospect that foe fourth quarter "is going to grow National Product 1 2 1984 UPI Graphic ' V "tf ''V s Lv preliminary examination late WedNew nesday that foe W-- y ear-ol- d Yorker had been shot in the bead and chest They also said his left leg was mutilated and his right forearm torn oft possibly by fish after foe hijackers threw his body into foe Mediterranean Sea Oct 8 The foil autopsy which will be “long and laborious” was to begin today as soon as an American anatomical expert arrived from a NATO base in West Germany Officials said foe autopsy would establish foe cause and approximate time of death French writer gets Nobel in literature STOCKHOLM Sweden (UPI) — French writer Claude Simon today won the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming foe first French author to win foe literary world’s highest distinction since Jean-PaSartre in 1964 The Swedish Academy said Simon who turned 72 a week ago “combines foe port’s and the painter’! creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in foe depiction of foe human condition'' The announcement was made in four languages by foe academy’s perm ament secretary Lars Gy Hens ten in foe 18th century stone building housing foe academy and foe Stock Exchange Gyllensten describing Simon’s reaction on learning be won the prize said “He was happy and said he will be coming in December” for foe awards ceremony in Stockholm Dec 10 No French author has been chosen for the prize worth $225000 this year since 1964 when it was declined by foe existentialist Sartre Sarte argued that crowning a world champion in literature corrupts foe recipient Simon the 13th laureate from France since the prize was first awarded in 1901 also is a playwright and essayist The academy has considered him for foe Nobel prize in literature for foe past three years Simon is considered one of foe most important New Novelists in France ul Aa-f- f ' J of the opposite ShowMe Stae baseball fans rejoiced at the prospect of the first all Missouri World Series since the- St Louis Browns and 12 Cardinals faced ott in 1944 On - tr WM r “V1 ii - S Weather s a great wa to this Now about this World Series Don't worry about those burglars frorr St Louis they'll be 4 Royal roast cue ksoor Waking up start a cay ie bus-ress- : |
