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- ↑ "Walter Williams, 85, legislator and banker". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ↑ https://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Xml/Bills/Senate%20Resolutions/8673-Walter%20B.%20Williams.xml
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