Williams Convicted in Atlanta Slayings Case
Wayne Williams is found guilty of murdering two victims in the Atlanta serial killings. He receives two consecutive life terms with parole eligibility in seven years, while pledging innocence. Prosecutors presented evidence linking him to the broader 28 slayings, including fibers. Defense signals appeal.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Williams
Superior Court
Clarence Cooper
Wayne Williams
Lewis Slaton
Sandra Laney
Fulton County Superior Courthouse
Edward Derum
Detroit
Roswell
Payne
Cater
Binder
Cooper
Slaton
Plan hurts low income households
The CBO analysis for Reagan's economic plan finds that families under 20000 will bear most cuts while tax savings skew to higher income households. It notes 85 percent of 1983 individual tax savings go to those earning over 20000, with substantial grant reductions affecting low income programs.
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Washington
Reagan
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
Northeast
Midwest
U.S
Nonpartisan
Congressional Agency
Leader of right wing wounded in El Salvador
Right wing leader Roberto D Aubuisson was wounded by gunmen during an election campaign stop in San Salvador. The Nationalist Republican Alliance head was shot in the back shoulder. doctors said the bullet caused no bone damage and he walked from the hospital. No others were injured. The NRA blamed the ruling Christian Democratic Party for the attack.
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Gazette Wire
San Salvador
el Salvador
Roberto D'Aubuisson
D’aubuisson
National Guard
Republican Alliance Party
Antonio Fernandez
D'Aubuisson
Wapango
Republican Alliance
Mario Raelli
Christian Democratic Party
EI Salvador
Gunmen threaten to blow up plane hijack at Stansted
Four gunmen forced a Tanzanian Airlines Boeing 737 to divert from Africa to Stansted England for a two day hijacking. They demanded the ouster of Julius Nyerere and threatened to blow up the plane with nearly 100 people aboard as armed police cordoned the jet. The hijackers shouted they would die and demanded 100 coffins as fire trucks blocked a takeoff.
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Stansted
England
UPI
Julius Nyerere
Africa
London
Branstad enters governor's race in Iowa
Lt. Gov. Terry Branstad announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor at Cedar Rapids Airport, signaling likely opposition may be minimal. He stresses a pro business, job friendly agenda, commitment to education, agriculture, and law enforcement as key planks while noting filing deadlines open until April 2.
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Ken Sullivan
Xette
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Cedar Rapids
Robert Ray
Iowa
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