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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle. Thursday. February 25, 1982 Page Two ROM 1 didn't killanybody' ATLANTA The defense rested its case in Wayne B. Williams' murder trial Wednesday after the defendant took the stand for a third day, called his prosecutor "a fool" and told him; "You don't have any evidence that Wayne Williams killed anybody." Williams, who began his testimony Mon- day and spent a full day on the witness stand Tuesday, responded angrily to many of Assistant District Attorney Jack Mallard's questions Wednesday as the prosecution wrapped up its Asked whether he became concerned cross-examinatio- n. after reading newspaper accounts about evidence found on the bodies of young blacks, the defendant replied, "Sir, I didn't kill anybody, so I wouldn't have no reason to be concerned. You don't have any evidence all that Wayne Williams killed anybody you got is some hearsay mess." After the prosecution concluded its defense attorney Alvin Binder asked Williams a few more questions, then rested his case. Mallard ended his by ... cross-examinatio- n, cross-examinati- j TH ASSOCIATED asking Williams if he considered this case "your center stage, your challenge of a lifetime." "You must be a fool," Williams replied. Mallard asked if Williams felt he had outsmarted the police. "No I didn't, because I wasn't engaged in any type contest with them," Williams said. "I can't help it if they did a sorry job." black free-lanc- e Williams, a d and talent promphotographer innocent has to oter, pleaded murdering Nathaniel Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, two of 28 young blacks whose deaths over a period were investigated a by special police task force. No arrests have been made in the 26 other cases, but prosecutors contend that the deaths of Cater and Payne are part cf ld self-style- 22-mon- a th pattern of killings that includes the slayings of 10 other young blacks. Reagan unveils program WASHINGTON President Reagan warned Wednesday that the United States is prepared to do "whatever is prudent and ft'fti jt -- necessary" to protect its security interests tion in Central America" and said he will ask Congress for increased security assistin a his coupled speech ance for friendly countries of the area. warning, Reagan to the Organization of American States, with unveiling his plan for Soviot Caribbean-Centra- l of the development A fiery object which blazed a spectacular American region. across skies in several Western states trail The president outlined an integrated was a falling booster rocket from a satellite program of trade, aid and investment for the launched by the Soviet Union last week, an area, which he said is under "economic Air Force officer said. siege" because of deteriorating terms of The yellow-orang-e object, which both trade. and thrilled hundreds of onlookfrightened The economic hardships "have provided over southeastern Idaho ers, disappeared a fresh opening to the enemies of freedom, after in spectato disintegrate appearing national independence and peaceful develcular said. authorities fireworks, opment," he said. Col. Fred Watkins of the North American If the United States does not act promptly Air Defense Command Post at Colorado in defense of freedom, "new Cubas will identified the object as the arise from the ruins of today's conflicts," Springs, Colo., Cosmos 1 338 into which rocket, propelled Reagan said in his prepared remarks. orbit Feb. 16. He said the burned-ou- t "We will face more totalitarian regimes, rocket's orbit around Earth had been decaymore regimes tied militarily to the Soviet ing ever since. Sharon Kunz, office secretary for the Bear Union, more regimes exporting subversion, Lake County sheriff's office in Montpelier, more regimes so incompetent yet so totalitarian that their citizens' only hope becomes Idaho, said sheriff's deputies and Montthat of one day migrating to other American pelier police officers planned to fan out over nations as in recent years they have come to the county to look for any pieces that may have hit the earth. the United States,", he said. "Soviet-backethe denounced She said no one had reported finding any Reagan d support for violent revolu debris early Wednesday. in the Caribbean Basin. long-await- object crashes ed . d. Cuban-manage- CALCULATOR SALE CASIO TEXAS INSTRUMENTS STUDENT MATH KIT Programmable Scientific 0 - 38 step programmable 50 functions including statistics 7 memory capacity Constant memory Auto power off HP?B content , Beauty much mow mv & function calculator Built-i- 8 digit slimline LCD 11-0- Powerful 54 Hid Calculator ssSssl n statistical capabilities Large student math book included TI-3- 1 A- I" SOoocQeooO oo.ojjp 7 1ST smm fa kfA- - OF If Qui s& tsrm 7 mm (WRoaaK ci LKiwRH , ITftl DOWNC goose down HANT v si FILL POWER mXX fl) WllOlOfKRW. GOOSE DOWN JACKETS VKt 5 LTfcO I |
