Walter Cronkite Leaves CBS Evening News After 19 Years
Walter Cronkite bids farewell as anchor of CBS Evening News after 19 years. Dan Rather to take over Monday. Cronkite to remain as contributor and host of a new science program Universe. The broadcast draws wide tributes as a transitioning era ends in American television.
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Reagan Says El Salvador Mission Not Risk Free
President Reagan said the United States will not send troops to El Salvador and that American advisers will stay in garrison, helping the junta but not accompanying Salvadoran forces. He warned that terrorists backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union threaten Central America and possibly beyond. He also acknowledged economic reform will not provide an instant cure, with early recovery signals expected by year end 1982.
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Body of Curtis Walker Found Near Atlanta River
The 13-year-old Curtis Walker, missing since Feb 19, was found asphyxiated in the South River in DeKalb County. Public Safety Director Dick Hand announced the update as authorities tally 20 black children slain in the Atlanta area over 19 months. A fireman spotted a second youth’s body from a bridge, DeKalb police said.
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Legislative Highlights: Tax, Tolls, Write-Ins, and Rates
The House tentatively approved a severance tax bill on oil gas coal salt and cement generating about 138 million in new revenue. The Senate advanced a Kansas Turnpike Authority contract to run six service stations on the 232 mile toll road. Write-in candidacy declarations were tentatively approved to reduce election official workload. A Senate panel endorsed an anti-KCC bill setting a specific formula for electric and natural gas rate cases.
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