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Intended as an alternative to jail terms and suspended licenses for drunk drivers, the locks have mouthpieces into which drivers must exhale to measure their breath-alcohol level. The manufacturers, Guardian Interlock Systems of Denver and Safety Interlock of Carmel, Calif., claim that built-in safeguards make it difficult for drivers to use compressed air or borrow a breath of fresh air from a friend. One unsolved problem: how to prevent a tipsy driver from borrowing a car that has not been drunkproofed...
Time does fly. Not long ago, Hollywood's lone-wolf hero was touring neighborhoods, pressing the flesh and even puckering up in a successful last- minute campaign for the $200-a-month job of mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. Next week Mayor Clint will celebrate the first anniversary of his victory...
Still, even the critics praise Eastwood's solution to the thorny Mission Ranch dilemma. Developers coveted the bucolic 22-acre parcel along Carmel's southern border. To keep them at bay, the new mayor sought a solution that would not burden taxpayers. "I thought I could come up with a dream philanthropist," he says. After canvassing the candidates, Clint found his man: "The guy I talked into it was me." Last December he closed the deal for about $5 million and has begun modest restoration work on some of the rental cabins. Says Mac McDonald, managing editor of the Carmel...
...decision gives a big boost to affirmative action, even without evidence of past discrimination. -- Two Marine guards are accused of letting Soviet agents roam through the U. S. embassy in Moscow. -- Poindexter is likely to testify that he told Reagan in general terms about the contra fund diversion. -- Carmel- by- the- Sea is lean and clean under Mayor Clint Eastwood...
...Clint Eastwood, the way to make your day is to sample his hearty apple pie. Eastwood, the actor turned mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., fired off the recipe to The Mayors' Cookbook (Acropolis Books; $14.95), a collection of more than 300 city leaders' favorite dishes. The contents are not only eclectic but reflect a politically prudent regional loyalty: Ed Koch of New York City advocates pasta primavera and Kathryn Whitmire of Houston sings the merits of huevos con chorizo (eggs with sausage). But gourmets may balk when it comes to the Lone Star broccoli casserole, the preferred dish...