- FORT b, Texas (Reuters) -
The mayor of Fort Worth on Tuesday urged children to skip Halloween trick-or-treating
this year in the wake of the anthrax scare and the Sept. 11 attacks.
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- Mayor Kenneth Barr told the city council there were no
specific threats in this north Texas city about 35 miles (56 km) west of
Dallas and that he was not banning trick-or-treating, but that he wanted
parents to be cautious.
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- Barr said parents should take children to neighborhood,
church or private parties instead of going door-to-door for candy.
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- ``If the decision of parents is to allow their children
to engage in door-to-door trick-or-treating, we advise parents to direct
their children to the homes of trusted neighbors and friends,'' the mayor
said in a statement.
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- Ahead of Halloween on Oct. 31, the tradition of trick-or-treating
has come under question nationwide because of safety fears. Last week,
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee urged parents to find alternatives, saying
he was concerned that a flood of false anthrax alarms could ensue as nervous
parents survey their children's' candy.
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