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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1998

Page

6

Woman Gives Kidney to Boss in Arlington Story

Nancy Nearing a 42 year old employee donated one of her kidneys to her boss Art Helms a psychiatrist at the Federal Trade Commission after he lost both kidneys to polycystic disease Helms praised the gift saying it made him feel young again Nearing described the act as a choice to help a friend rather than preserve her job and medical ethics advisors weighed in on the situation.

Arlington Nancy Nearing Art Helms Nearing Nancy Helms Federal Trade Commission Washington Post Georgetown Transplant Institute Jean Alexandria Key Elementary

Montana arrest in Salt Lake abduction case of malnourished boy

Christopher Fink 23 was captured in Stillwater County Montana after allegedly abducting his 21 month old son David from a hospital in Utah. The FBI said the family including the newborn was in custody. The boy had been fed only lettuce and watermelon as the couple claimed he was “the Christ Child.”

Salt Lake City Montana Christopher Fink Stillwater County Kyndra David FBI Cindy Lyle St. Vincent Hospital Billings Mont Fink Ksl-Tv Nye Sweet Grass Tyler Molzahn Custer National Forest Primary Children’s Medical Center Deer Creek Reservoir Kyndra Fink

Court orders release of bombing evidence in McVeigh case

A 10th Circuit panel lifted a ban on disclosing evidence from the Oklahoma City bombing trials. The court said Judge Matsch correctly ordered the materials turned over to state authorities after Nichols’s trial, but delayed release to allow defense appeals. The 1995 attack at the federal building killed 168, with McVeigh contesting his murder, conspiracy and weapons convictions and death sentence and Nichols appealing involuntary manslaughter and murder convictions and life term.

Denver Oklahoma City Timothy McVeigh Terry Nichols Oklahoma 10Th US. Circuit Court of Appeals U.S Richard Matsch Nichols McVeigh Alfred P Murrah Federal Building

Wind shear triggers balloon crash at Albuquerque base

An oversize hot air balloon struck power lines at Kirtland Air Force Base and plummeted to the ground in high winds. One passenger was killed and 12 others injured, with the gondola breaking free and falling about 18 feet. Pilot Thomas Thompson, among the injured, and Wayfinder team's assessment detailed the landing to field amid gale-like conditions.

Albuquerque N.M Kirtland Air Force Base Jim Stevens Thomas Thompson Mark Flett University Hospital Thompson Flett California Sandia Pueblo

Amish men plead guilty in cocaine conspiracy case

Two Amish men Abner King Stoltzfus and Abner Stoltzfus admitted to conspiring to buy cocaine from a Philadelphia Pagan motorcycle gang and sell it to Amish youths from 1992 to 1997. They face five to 40 years and up to two million dollars in fines. Eight Pagan members also faced charges.

Philadelphia Abner King Stoltzfus Abner Stoltzfus Stoltzfus The Pagans Lancaster County

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