The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • 26
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- The Atlanta Constitutioni
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- Atlanta, Georgia
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- 26
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dress these needs. However, growth is a problem for the whole county, particularly in the area of transportation, he said. "Our No. 1 concern remains transportation," Smith told the 350 people attending the chamber's monthly breakfast meeting. He said the county's road-building program is the largest in the country for similar-sized counties.
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Tom Robinson, staff assistant to 6th 'District Congressman Newt Gingrich, said Atlanta's noise abatement program which includes buying out homeowners or, insulating their homes against noise is looked at as the best in the nation by the Federal Aviation Administration." He said changes in the airport act recommended by Atlanta would be looked at favorably by Congress. Audit of taxi bureau ordered over bookkeeping problems The mayor's office has ordered a financial audit of the Atlanta city taxi bureau after a police internal investigation showed sloppy bookkeeping, though no criminal violations. The audit should be finished within 60 days, according to Melin-da Langston, Mayor Andrew Young's chief policy analyst. Shirley Franklin, Young's top aide, requested the police investigation after employee allegations of inconsistency OO 0111 llt-Q3 Furniture Appliances 'Electronics yO rr" lliiir-T iiiin "-ANTA. GA ITS OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE AND EVERY MBCH 1987, FURNITURE ITEM IN OUR HUGE INVENTORY IS SUPER SALE-PRICED AT BOTH ROBERDS LOCATIONS NORCROSS AND AND WHEN YOU BUY NOW ON "THE MORE VALUE CARD" AT ROBERDS ENJOY S) II and mismanagement on the part of the bureau's director, Abdul Haa-dee-Muhammad.
The taxi bureau falls under the juristiction of the city's Department of Public Safety. Muhammad admitted to investigators that he had removed $200 in cash, paid by a taxi company for a license, from the office and replaced the money with a personal check, Ms. Langston said Friday. Muhammad was unavailable for comment Friday. Atlantan indicted in slayings of six male street hustlers The Fulton County grand jury NO PAYMENT UNTIL MARCH! ANOTHER REASON WHY WE SAY.
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The killings occurred from Dec. 6. 1985, to Oct. 20, 1986. Police treated them as separate cases until about a week after the last body was found.
the victims were black and hustled in the vicinity of Georgia Baptist Hospital and the Ashby Street-Martin Luther King Jr. Drive area. The victims were Richard Williams, 24; Curtis Lee Brown, 21; Al-vin George, 31; Jason McCollev, 18; George Willingham, 30; and Daryl O. Williams, 20. Special tax district sought for the 'Platinum Triangle' Cobb County Chairman Earl Smith Friday called for the creation of a special tax district for the "Platinum Triangle" area from Cumberland Mall and the Galleria -rtretching along Interstate 75 up to Windy Hill Road.
The tax district was one of several proposals on the chairman's wish list as he made a State of the County address, dealing with the Eroblems of rapid growth, to the obb Chamber of Commerce. He laid the county's tax digest had doubled in the last year. roll tops, DESKS--for the student for Mom for Dad pedestals, numerous styles a great selection! PJl HALL TREES--in many styles a beautiful gift forv someone special. They are beautiful! CEDAR CHESTS-for your sweetheart Contemporary, Traditional and Early American. ACCESSORIES-lamps, mirrors, paintings, crystal, figurines super gifts! PLUS OUR ENTIRE LINE OF HOWARD MILLER SETH THOMAS GRANDFATHER CLOCKS 50 He said businesses and residents in the "Platinum Triangle" need water and sewer improvements, and they should assess themselves to ad- m.
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