I tried your suggestion(Carl Wiedemann carl.wiedemann@gmail.com) and have a very interesting update to the issue.
I deleted all of the aliases through the Drupal interface at Site building > User aliases > Delete all aliases. One at a time I started the rebuilding process, I have Automatic alias in the URL Path settings section of Edit unchecked, so I was able to create the aliases I wanted for each page.
The same problem is occurring with one interesting twist. First of all, when selecting the Home tab on the Primary menu - you are directed to the Home (node/33) page but the Criminal/Traffic <node/81) page is highlighted. When I select a section below the Home page, no tabs are highlighted.
So in one way I am back at square one.
Is there something missing in this section of css that controls this functionality? The two sections with #primary-menu ul.menu li.active- are the ones that shut off the functionality of highlighting completely.
#primary-menu ul.menu li.active,
#primary-menu ul.menu li:hover,
#primary-menu ul.menu li.hover,
#primary-menu ul.menu li:focus,
#primary-menu ul.menu li.hover {
background: #ad462b;
}
#primary-menu ul.menu li.active a,
#primary-menu ul.menu li:hover a,
#primary-menu ul.menu li.hover a,
#primary-menu ul.menu li:focus a,
#primary-menu ul.menu li.hover a {
background: #ad462b;
color: #fff;
}
#primary-menu ul.menu li.active-trail {
background: #ad462b;
color: #fff;
}
#primary-menu ul.menu li.active-trail a {
background: #ad462b;
color: #fff;
}
Thank you for all the help so far.