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Federal agents are also checking a link between Thornton and David Lee Williams, 35, of Atlanta, who died with 15 other sky divers two weeks ago when his plane stalled and plunged to the ground in rural Jenkinsburg, Ga. The plane's wing tanks were spiked with sugar, indicating sabotage. Thornton and Williams knew each other, and authorities speculate that they skimmed a cocaine shipment from Colombian drug suppliers. After Thornton's death, Williams became a target for revenge. His fellow sky divers, according to this theory, were just innocent bystanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cocaine's Skydiving Smugglers | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...right, and I'm not bragging," said Joe Shaddy, who was supervising the installation of two machines in Jackson, Ga., the other day. "When we first come into an area, people giggle. They say you can't do it; you can't keep 'em alive in a machine. But we can. The only thing we have trouble with is minnows. Night crawlers, crawfish, goldfish, leeches--they're all pretty tough. But with minnows, after seven days we have about a 50% loss. We try to get those minnows out of there before that happens and rejuvenate 'em, same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Des Moines: Worms for Sale | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

...clear day. Light winds. Nothing should have gone wrong. Yet barely had the single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan lifted off in Jenkinsburg, Ga., last week when it stalled and plunged into a pasture from 1,000 ft., too suddenly for the pilot or any of the 16 experienced skydivers to escape. All were killed, their bodies crushed against one another in the front of the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Georgia: The Skydivers' Last Plunge | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

...aging veteran, but former President Jimmy Carter, 60, still knows how to keep his eye on the ball. Trouble is, he doesn't always connect. Take last week. During a Labor Day bash in Plains, Ga., thrown for 300 of his onetime staffers, including ex-Aides Jody Powell and Ham Jordan, the erstwhile leader exhorted his team to victory. But the same week, the old pro may have struck out. The Georgia department of transportation was set to build a four-lane road providing access to the Carter Library, between downtown Atlanta and Emory University. Preservationists took the department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 16, 1985 | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

Some viewers are angry about the attempts to interrupt their free programs. Says Tom Walters, a dish dealer with Eton, Ga.-based International Satellite Systems: "You own anything which comes down in your yard, and you have a right to use it." But others say they are willing to pay cable programmers a fee so that they can continue enjoying their backyard cornucopia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tv Mushrooms in the Backyard | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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