Word: bettye
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Long before they elected him mayor in 1987, Nashville voters knew that William H. Boner was no Goody Two-Shoes. As a Democratic Congressman he had been cited by the House ethics committee for milking campaign funds for personal gain. Before that, in 1985, federal prosecutors scrutinized some of the...
As it turned out, Boner's exultation was a prelude to a pair of spectacular sexual escapades. First, while still married to third wife Betty, Boner had a fling with a female bodyguard. Then he lurched into a love affair with a willowy aspiring country-music singer named Traci Peel...
One tabloid dubbed the scandal the GRAND OLE SOAP OPRY, as Nashvillians cringed in embarrassment. After Boner's divorce from Betty and marriage to Peel, the city's mortification peaked when the Boners appeared on Phil Donahue's TV show to discuss, among other matters, the mayor's alleged sexual...
CHIEF OF RESEARCH: Betty Satterwhite Sutter
CHIEF OF RESEARCH: Betty Satterwhite Sutter