Dixie drama in Nashville as mayor and singer engage
Nashville mayor Bill Boner and aspiring singer Traci Peel drive local gossip after July engagement announcement. Boner, married to his third wife Betty, met Peel at a golf tournament in May and started a romance that July 20 drew media inquiry. The Nashville Banner reported Peel's claim of seven hour passion, which Peel denies though the paper stands by its interview. Bumper stickers reading Seven Hours for Traci appear amid the scandal.
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Drug Alert spray faces civil liberties concerns
iS THE NATION Drug Alert spray marketed to parents as a tool to detect marijuana or cocaine use faces pushback as three New York TV stations reject ads over civil-liberties worries. Israeli invention sold in the U S by SherTest Corp of Yonkers it is used by the Coast Guard and Customs Service. Pack includes three cans a book Not My Kid and a drug free home sticker priced 49 95.
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Crews gain hold on Calif. blazes
Fire crews in California reduced the threat to 1,600 homes and gained the upper hand on wildfires that have burned 400 square miles, closed Yosemite National Park, and killed one firefighter. Crews also reined in most Idaho fires and subdued the last two in Utah. Over 40 blazes burned in Washington's Wenatchee National Forest with small fires in Wyoming, Montana and Arizona.
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Protesters Burn Certificates In Catholic Campaign Demo
Twenty demonstrators outside San Francisco's Cathedral Hill Hotel burned mock baptismal certificates and declared themselves voluntarily excommunicated to protest a Catholic anti abortion campaign. Alison Gude, 28, baptized Catholic, spoke as activists gathered to view the Hill and Knowlton created effort among about 200 Catholic officials and laymen.
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