European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse 20 the stars and stripes wednesday. August 30, 1978 Michael thevis m by chalks Cami Blu. Associated Cress 1 1chael g. Thevis once called himself businessman in an unusual the Reader diff of put it another Way titling him the suntan of smut raised by greek immigrant grandparents in Raleigh thevis hitchhiked to Atlanta when he was 17 and two years later opened a Bookstore. But his career do not Tossom until he realized the Public s Appe Tite Cor sexually explicit literature could be translated into had Cash. I sensed thai something was happening kith Reader demand in the Early Kitt he explained in an interview several years ago. Books that dead with sex Don t stay on the shelves very i thevis now 5s, became a millionaire with that idea Buie also developed troubles. When he ambled out of an unlocked door at an Indiana jail while serving time on obscenity and conspiracy charges he wound up on the Fri s most wanted list. And it was not just the nature of his product that upset. Authorities. A racketeering indictment alleges that he founded his pornography Empire and tried to expand i nationwide by murder and extortion. In Federal court in Dallas an attorney for one of his co defendants described thevis As the most notorious Fugi Tive from Federal Justice today save Only Robert Vesco the financier who bilked investors out of millions before fleeing to the Caribbean. While thevis was building Hia Fortune he is not unmindful of his reputation. Newspaper reports says he supported Little league baseball symphonies an operas and Atlanta s High museum of Art. It was alleged that while in prison he gave $100,000 to Jimmy Carter s presidential Campaign hot both he Sod the Carter Camp have denied Taia . Ambassador Andrew Young wrote two letters one before and one after he resigned his Georgia congressional seat supporting thevis request for a prison trans Fer. Young said his intervention was a routine service to a reports also said that while in jail thevis paid guards for favors and a grand jury report said hews a. Fed visits from a woman Friend Patricia Mclean or sexual relations. She a on trial on charges of helping him traffic. When a takes the Cap off a bottle for you. It happened again last weekend what was wandering through a if store and inadvertently found the Yard goods department. U looked like Woodstock. Young fris who Roamn t Hare Keea in their teens were Uffia psst Hiriart Patten books Uke they find these an Pec Une Fly on a test 1 metals it. Help Bat overhear if h has no pattern repeat Yon Wamget by with the 44-Inch stuff and Quarter i of a Yard teas. 1 made it but week in i could t thread my Osedo i one evening there s a remnant Over there t know Linda could get an entire pants suit i m not starting Art any Milf a finish the if a a can t gel your atae get the next one and Well alter the then a salesperson approached me. Shikore braces and could t have been men than 12. Could i help you wit thing Well the truth you need something easy Here s a pattern with Only five that Many i asked. Actually i Whf looking for something rather Sunj look u you have any problem it tic Seta or facings or handling the new pics. Just bring it in and 1 s help we a pfc it Gusseff i though you Nade Gray out of pm it thanksgiving that s terribly Sweet of you i for Marten i have three Yards of us crepe a Yard and a half of silk and sew Corduroy for ,7 i watched this child with pure respect she added a Row of fractions and Cameo with total. Call to Pride. I did t have the heart to Tell her i Don t sew. Ii in
