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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1983

Page

2

West Germans grill suspect in diaries hoax

Konrad Kujau, 44, a Stuttgart Nazi-souvenir dealer, is in investigative custody in Hamburg on suspicion of fraud over the fake Hitler diaries sold to Stern. No charges filed yet. no other arrests reported as authorities pursue the case.

Frankfurt West Germany Hitler Stern Hamburg Peter Beck Konrad Kujau Kujau Stuttgart Adolf Hitler Gerd Heidemann Federal Beck The Sunday Times

Court clash with public officials over improvised legal money

A group in Willis and Porter led by James Elmore and William Beals challenged a traffic ticket and local prosecutions by claiming a Public Office Money Certificate holds value like currency. Officials including Kroll, a Montgomery County attorney, and deputies confronted the group at a garage court. Beals was arrested on a child support warrant but later freed. arrests and confiscations occurred as the group's self-styled judges pressed for dismissals and apologies.

Kroll Willis Federal Reserve James Elmore Houston Montgomery County William Beals Porter Harris County McGee Beals The Swanks Blake Elmore Conroe Keeshan

Eastern Airlines L 1011 diverted to Miami after engine failures

An Eastern Airlines L 1011 flying to the Bahamas diverted to Miami after the first of its three engines failed. All three engines later died while the jet with 172 aboard descended. Capt Boddy restarted the tail engine and landed safely. Investigators blame maintenance lapses for missing six oil seals.

Anne S. Crowley Associated Press Miami Eastern Airlines Bahamas Biscayne Bay Richard E. Boddy Steven C. Thompson Boddy Miami International Airport Miami Beach Thompson National Transportation Safety Board Nassau

Sharp on trial for 1991 West Texas murders

Testimony detailed Sharp leaving a rig in a hurry and using a pocket knife that Almager later handed to sheriff deputies as part of a murder probe. Sharp was later convicted of Christie Elms murder and faced capital murder charges. Selena Elms identified him in Lubbock as the man who abducted her family.

Almager Sharp Winkler County Sheriff’s Deputies Broadway Christie Elms Sweetwater Selena Elms Kermit Lubbock Crockett County Ficers Department of Public Safety Winkler and Crockett Counties Glen Williamson Odessa

Open container bill dies in Texas and more

A Texas senator says the open container ban on drinking while driving failed to reach 21 votes, ending the bill’s floor bid. Meanwhile, in Georgia defense lawyers seek a new trial for Wayne Williams, convicted of a double murder in 1982. In Poland, a Solidarity-linked case escalates as police beat the son of a relief worker, who dies days later, heightening church state tensions ahead of a Pope visit.

Austin Senate Bill Sarpalius Hereford Atlanta Georgia Supreme Court Wayne B. Williams Lynn Whatley High Court Williams Nathaniel Cater Jimmy Ray Payne Warsaw Poland Solidarity

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Permian Basin Weather Forecast Shows Warm, Sunny Days Ahead

Today and tonight dry and mild with lower 60s lows and south winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday warms to mid 80s with gusty south to southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Texan-wide, mostly clear skies follow recent heavy storms, with a warming trend back Tuesday night and Wednesday, possible thundershowers, and cooler Panhandle to Big Bend highs later in the week.

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