Grand Jury to weigh murder indictment for Wayne Williams
Atlanta officials say a Fulton County grand jury will be asked within a month to indict Wayne Williams, a freelance photographer linked to the death of Nathaniel Cater, 27, whose body was recovered from the Chattahoochee River. Prosecutors cited fiber evidence and a pre-dawn police encounter as links, while the defense called the case weak.
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Lewis Slaton
Fulton County
Grand Jury
Williams
Nathaniel Cater
Chattahoochee River
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Albert Thompson
Cater
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Mary Welcome
Tony Axam
Hampton
FBI
John Douglas
Atlanta Constitution
Farm Credit Officials Warn on Credit Access for Farmers
Washington witnesses say loan funds exist but rising production costs and high interest rates squeeze eligibility. FCA governor Wilkinson says the issue is credit worthiness rather than availability, with no general crisis in credit sources. Hearing supports Reagan recovery and FHA lending trims as Treasury notes moderating rates.
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Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Donald E. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
House Agriculture Subcommittee On Credit
Frank Naylor
Agriculture Department
Small Community and Rural Development
Reagan
Naylor
USDA
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Manuel Johnson
U.S. Treasury Department
Johnson
Shawnee Mission teachers to get smaller raise after tax vote
Voters in Mission Kansas rejected a property tax increase, limiting the raise for about 2,800 non administrative district employees including teachers. Unofficial tallies showed 15,065 against and 7,371 for the measure.
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Johnson County
Jerry Stogsdill
National Education Association of
Shawnee Mission
Ginny Bryngelson
Taxpayers Association of
Veto clash boosts Carlin political comeback in Kansas
Kansas Governor John Carlin won a court ruling confirming a legislature overstepped by inserting substantive law into an appropriations bill while Attorney General Robert Stephan secured a separate win that the governor lacked power to veto a bill section. The dispute centers on veto authority and school finance amid looming 1982 politics. Carlin’s victory bolsters his public standing. Stephan gains credibility despite the broader outcome.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Robert Stephan
Kansas
Carlin
Stephan
U.S. Senate
Supreme Court
House approves 1.7 billion food stamp bill
The House sent to the Senate a 1.7 billion authorization to fund food stamps through the current fiscal year ending September 30. It raises program spending from 9.739 to 11.480 billion and aims to prevent California’s processing of up to 600,000 new applications.
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Senate
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House Agriculture Committee
Kika de la Garza
Texas
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