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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1998

Page

7

Hunters join search for Rudolph in mountains

In Wesser Creek near the Great Smoky Mountains Hoosier hunters Mark Wesser and Bill Sempf join a broad manhunt for Eric Rudolph. Despite a $1 million reward and a growing federal effort the search focuses on rugged terrain as authorities widen charges including the 1996 Olympic Park bombing and Alabama clinic attack. Local reactions mix sympathy and fear as the hunt continues.

Almond N.C Wesser Creek Mark Wesser Bill Sempf Hobart Ind Great Smoky Mountains Eric Rudolph Black Bear Wefler Sempf Rudolph New Woman All Women Clinic Birmingham Ala Murphy Alabama FBI George Nordmann Atlanta Olympic Park Southeast Celestine Armstead

Man 19 jumps to death after rejecting plea deal

New York AP report on Derrick Smith a 19 year old in a drug case who refused a plea offer and leaped from a 16th story courthouse window dying after landing on a Department of Correction bus. Court officials noted minimal restraint in unsecured areas as observers recalled the fatal fall.

NEW York Derrick Smith State Supreme Court Budd Goodman Smith Criminal Courts Goodman Department of Correction David Bookstaver Office of Court Administration Bookstaver Kay Skinner

Feminine boy shakes up small Georgia high school

In Carrollton Georgia 15 year old Matthew Alex McLendon challenged gender norms at a rural school. Classmates recall friendliness while others pressured the student to withdraw amid controversy. Local supporters question what threat was protected by the withdrawal.

Georgia Carrollton Patrick Nelson Patrick Matthew Alex” McLendon Alex Meayghan Denkers

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