Authorities said they believed a body found hidden in southwestern Douglas County was that of a 50-year-old Lawrence man missing under suspicious circumstances. District Attorney Mike Malone declined to release the name of the victim, found partially buried beneath a bridge in the extreme southwestern corner of the county. The killing was the second county homicide in less than two weeks. On the past Memorial Day, Mark Swanson, 28, was killed in an apparent drug-related slaying at his Lawrence residence. Officials declined to say if the two deaths were related.

A 37-year-old Topeka man who had headed Topeka’s redevelopment agency died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after collapsing at a supermarket here. Robert M. Henry had died of an apparent heart attack.

Raises for Kansas University faculty members were not due to be higher than 10 percent in fiscal year 1984 if the Legislature matched a new figure set by the Kansas Board of Regents. “Conservatism” seemed to be the theme for budgeting, both for education and general state operations. Earlier, it had seemed a strong prospect that the KU pay increases would hit or exceed 10 percent.