
    No. 98-8571.
    No. 98-8589.
    No. 98-8604.
    No. 98-8614.
    No. 98-9006.
    Sheppard v. United States; Sheppard v. United States; Sheppard v. United States; Brown v. United States; and Edwards v. United States.
   C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 159 F. 3d 1117.  