Sympathy for the devil
06/13/03
Route 666 bites the dust.
This spring, politicians in those three states, led by Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, petitioned the federal agency that handles such things to change the highway's number, arguing that the New Testament's association of 666 with Satan was impairing the economic vitality of the towns along its route....
Charlie Lanford's girlfriend was killed on Route 666 four years back. "The Devil," Mr. Lanford explained, "and the tequila."
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