Chili peppers as pest repellent could heat up defense work
In Socorro a New Mexico Tech Research Foundation project uses the habanero pepper to create a pest repellent for coatings and materials. Tests show roadrunners avoid treated fence posts and rats avoid cable coatings, with potential use against zebra mussels in Lake Michigan harbor. EPA testing will determine if the pepper repellent becomes a market item for coastal and aquatic pest control.
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N.M
New Mexico Tech Research Foundation
Socorro
Wile FE. Coyote
Chris Bees
Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Darwin van de Graaff
MEDD4
Santa Fe
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Ohio
Aquatic Research Institute
East Chicago
Ind
Lake Michigan
U.S. Coast Guard
EPA
Boes
Longest Yard Sale crash kills two in Tennessee
A runaway tractor-trailer at the 450 mile sale along U S Highway 127 near Dunlap Tennessee plowed through a line of vendors and shoppers, killing two people in a burning Ford sedan and injuring 17 others, four critically. The truck with S Farms of Pikeville on its side after losing brakes struck cars and exhibitors over 550 feet before stopping.
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Mnlap
Tenn
Jim Allison
Pikeville
Allison
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Mike Walker
Chattanooga
Highway Patrol
John Savage
Mack Harris
Dunlap
Harris
S Farms
Erlanger Medical Center
Todd Womack
Womack
China
Gadsden
Ala
Georgia
Tennessee
Covington
Boys accused in Chicago murder confined to homes
In a six hour Chicago hearing, two boys aged 7 and 8 were released to relatives and ordered to stay at home under electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for the killing of an 11 year old girl. They will return to court August 28.
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Chicago
Illinois
R. Eugene Pincham
One Day Used Car Blowout at Crown Toyota
Crown Toyota in Lawrence announces a Saturday August 15 1998 one day sale to liquidate overstocked used vehicle trade ins. Cars priced as low as 499 with most between four and six thousand dollars. Preview at 9 am, sale at 10 am with no haggle pricing and wholesale bidding 10 am to 4 pm.
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Miles Schnaer
Crown Chevrolet
Toyota
South
Iowa
Lawrence
Miles
Crown Toyota
Preachers' murders may have been mistake
In Colorado a suspect in the slayings of two ministers was found not guilty by circumstance. Authorities say the intended victim was the husband and the 17 year old was misled by Natalie Murdock. Murdock and her husband Arthur faced murder investigations as the case unfolded.
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Sttleton
Colo
Mim
Joel A. England
Denver
Galilee Baptist Church
Roderick B. Marable
Heritage Christian Center
Murdock
Arapahoe County
Pat Sullivan
England
Sullivan
City manager's budget suit tailored by council
Riviera Beach city council trimmed City Manager William Hunter's budget in a tight economy. His proposal included $150 jogging suits and $46 caps for office staff to “promote the city.” The council shaved those items, shaving $20 per employee shirts for casual Fridays.
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Riviera Beach, Fla
William Hunter
Hunter
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