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Passport rules trap British amnesiac in Canada
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Once, he had a name. And a birth certificate. And all the other scraps of paper that made him somebody. But that was in another life -- a life that ended two years ago when he was mugged on a Toronto street. He was robbed of his wallet and his memory...
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Yankees sink Mariners
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees made a liar out of Lou Piniella. The AL championship series never made it back to Seattle, as the Mariners manager promised, thanks to a 12-3 victory in Game 5 Monday night that gave the Yankees a chance to win their fourth straight World Series...
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Ex-Blues help burn St. Louis
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Former Blues Craig Conroy scored two goals and goalie Roman Turek stopped 26 shots as the Calgary Flames beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Monday night. Scott Nichol also scored for Calgary (7-1-0-1), which extended its winning streak to four games. The Flames last won four straight Jan. 8-18, 2000...
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Martz defends his late calls during Rams' rout of Jets
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz has a large bag of trick plays, and the New York Jets saw so many their heads had to be spinning. The Rams remained the NFL's lone unbeaten team with a 34-14 victory over the befuddled Jets Sunday with the help of a downfield lateral that produced a 56-yard touchdown, a direct snap to Trung Canidate with quarterback Kurt Warner split wide to the left and an onside kick that they recovered after taking a 31-7 third-quarter lead...
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Faulk still questionable
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Marshall Faulk might miss another game with a bruised right knee, and St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz said it has nothing to do with Trung Canidate's brilliant starting debut. Canidate had 195 yards rushing and 37 yards receiving in a 34-14 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday. He missed most of his rookie season with injuries...
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Details of war often stay secret for years
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
WASHINGTON -- A decade later, Americans still don't know how far special operations forces went inside Iraq during the Gulf War. Some parts of the fighting in Kosovo and Vietnam -- even Korea -- remain sketchy. Even in conventional wars, the secrets are many. In the war against terrorism, where special operations forces play a crucial, almost unprecedented role, the public may never learn more than a sliver of what happens inside Afghanistan...
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First war bonds since WWII close to OK from Congress
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
WASHINGTON -- Congress is rushing to approve the first U.S. war bonds since World War II in the aftermath of the terror attacks, yet many economists say Americans could give a bigger boost by simply spending money. Even the Treasury Department is giving the bonds idea a lukewarm response, although officials are careful to praise the "patriotic intent and sentiment" of the legislation's sponsors on Capitol Hill...
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Anthrax likely killed two postal workers
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
WASHINGTON -- Anthrax probably killed two postal workers from a facility that delivers mail to the nation's capital and left two more hospitalized, officials said Monday as the country suffered fresh casualties in the bioterrorism war. "The mail and our employees have become the target of terrorists," said Postmaster General John Potter...
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Cape fire report 10/23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/23/01)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Oct. 23 Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:At 7:03 p.m., an emergency medical service at William and Sprigg streets. At 9:19 p.m., an alarm sounding at 1000 Towers. At 10:25 p.m., a suspicious smell at 735 William St...
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Cape police report 10/23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/23/01)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, Oct. 23 ArrestsChristopher John Turner, 38, of 735 William, Apt. 6, was arrested Saturday on a city warrant for contempt of court. Feleshia Lynne Kimes, 24, of 1226 Harmony, was arrested Saturday on a city warrant for contempt of court...
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Want to help?
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
To get involved in the Adopt-A-School program, college students may contact Katie McGowan at 332-5514 or David Kashmerick at 651-8956.
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Hearing in Cape on need for voting reforms
(Editorial ~ 10/23/01)
Election reform has been an important subject nationwide and especially in Missouri, thanks to the appalling events of last November's election in St. Louis. Late in the afternoon of Election Day last year, lawyers for the Missouri Democratic Party and for the Al Gore campaign went into court, seeking an order to keep the polls open past the 7 p.m. closing time. They found a compliant judge in the city who issued the order...
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Generations in Valor celebrates nation's values
(Editorial ~ 10/23/01)
A remarkable event will take place tomorrow at the Show Me Center. Called Generations in Valor, it is a daylong celebration of the values of the vanishing World War II generation. Still, it is far more than that. This is an ambitious attempt to begin mentoring young people from schools throughout the region, instructing them and leading them toward the values of what has rightly been called "the Greatest Generation."...
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Seven players suspended after failing polygraph test
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/01)
The Associated Press DUNLAP, Ill. -- Seven Dunlap High football players accused of attending a party where alcohol was served failed a lie detector test and will be suspended from the team for the rest of the season, just in time for the state playoffs...
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Cape Central soccer blanks Farmington, collects 20th win
(High School Sports ~ 10/23/01)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau Central High School boys soccer team picked up its 20th victory of the season Monday afternoon, but coach Tom Doyle said the Tigers were less than impressive. Central, which earlier in the year destroyed Farmington 10-0, found itself in a scoreless tie for 60 minutes against the host Knights. But the Tigers exploded for four goals in a seven-minute span and cruised to a 4-0 victory...
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Indians keep eyes focused on winning campaign
(College Sports ~ 10/23/01)
Southeast Missouri State University's football team has no margin for error remaining as it shoots for the program's first winning season since 1994. The Indians (3-5 overall, 1-3 Ohio Valley Conference) must sweep their final three games, beginning Saturday at Tennessee Tech (3-3, 1-2)...
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Initial BCS poll ranks Oklahoma, Nebraska 1-2
(College Sports ~ 10/23/01)
Miami, No. 1 in the AP media poll and the coaches' poll, was fourth in rankings that determine which teams will play for a national championship at the Rose Bowl in January. The Hurricanes, thanks to a first-half schedule ranked 92nd of 115 teams, were behind Oklahoma, Nebraska and UCLA in the first Bowl Championship Series standings released on Monday night...
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Common sense says don't feed Afghan enemies
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/01)
To the editor: I come from a time when common sense prevailed. This seems to be lacking today in our under-experienced and highly educated society. My common sense tells me that American schoolchildren should not send dollars to President Bush to give to Afghanistan's children. ...
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NASCAR reviews rules for Daytona, Talladega
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- NASCAR will take a closer look at rules designed to make racing safer at Talladega and Daytona after angry drivers complained conditions at those tracks are actually more dangerous. Drivers and crew chiefs stormed the NASCAR hauler Sunday following the EA Sports 500, which was marred by a wild 16-car wreck on the last lap in which Bobby Labonte's car ended up on its roof...
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Eagles score late TD, edge Giants 10-9
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants let the Philadelphia Eagles hang around. Big mistake. Donovan McNabb threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to James Thrash with 1:52 left in the game to give Philadelphia a 10-9 victory over the Giants on Monday night...
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At 1-5, Vermeil's Chiefs own worst record in AFC
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The 1-5 Kansas City Chiefs, off to their worst start in any non-strike year since 1978, have surprised their leaders as much as their fans. Unless the Chiefs get things turned around in a hurry, they're about to experience their worst record since Carl Peterson took over as president and general manager in 1989...
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Nation digest 10/23/01
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Leading indicators drop 0.5 percent NEW YORK -- A key gauge of future economic activity posted its biggest decline in nearly six years last month as the terrorist attacks damaged already shaky business conditions. The Conference Board reported Monday that its Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.5 percent to 109.2 in September, meeting analysts' expectations. The reading follows a 0.1 drop in August...
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Sinn Fein chief calls for IRA to disarm
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
LONDON -- Sparking expectations of a breakthrough, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams urged the Irish Republican Army on Monday to begin disarming to save Northern Ireland's peace process. Adams' call came within days of the likely collapse of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, created as part of the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998 but hobbled repeatedly by the disarmament issue...
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AOL Time Warner signs deal to broadcast in China
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
BEIJING -- AOL Time Warner Inc. announced a landmark deal Monday that will make it the first foreign television broadcaster in China, in exchange for carrying Chinese state television's English-language channel on U.S. cable systems. AOL Time Warner is getting a foothold in the rapidly developing Chinese television market, which foreign broadcasters are eager to break into. ...
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U.S. jets strike Taliban front line
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- U.S. jets struck Taliban front-line positions Monday as the United States tried to pave the way for the opposition to advance on Kabul and other major cities. In an appeal for Muslim support worldwide, the Taliban accused America of waging a campaign of "genocide."...
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World goes on anthrax alert as hoaxes, jitters spread
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
TOKYO -- Fear of suspicious powder sent firefighters racing to two embassies in Malaysia, halted mail service in Finland and forced evacuation of a high school and a government building in Japan on Monday. Global jitters worsened after tests discovered traces of anthrax in white powder leaking from a letter at a Bahamas post office and two postal workers at a site that handles mail for the U.S. Capitol died, likely from anthrax...
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Israel will keep hold on towns until militants are turned over
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
JERUSALEM -- Standing firm on tough conditions, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday his troops would not release their hold on six West Bank towns until the Palestinians turn over the militants who assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister...
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State set to execute man for 1982 slaying
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Stephen K. Johns has been waiting a long time for the state to carry out his sentence of death. So long, in fact, his attorneys argue that executing him now would unfairly punish him twice for the same crime. Johns, convicted of the 1982 gas-station slaying of 17-year-old Don D. Voepel, is scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at the Potosi Correctional Center...
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Emerson Electric to cut 4,000 jobs, close 20 plants
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Emerson Electric Co. is cutting 4,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its salaried work force, and will close about 20 of its 350 plants worldwide because of a decrease in customer demand and a downturn in the economy aggravated by last month's terrorist attacks...
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Ex-pastor of fire-destroyed church pleads guilty to theft
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
SALEM, Mo. -- The former pastor of a church that burned down in January pleaded guilty Monday to felony stealing counts. David Cartee, 33, of Arnold, Mo., entered the pleas in Dent County as part of a deal with prosecutors, who dropped charges that he forged the names of a church elder on two checks for personal use...
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Three killed, one wounded in shooting
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Three people were killed and another critically injured after all four were shot in the head while at home in their apartment. Springfield police have made no arrests in the shooting deaths of 20-year-old Adam Widener; his mother, 43-year-old Margaret Maledy; and 22-year-old Sabrina Cole, who also was a resident of the apartment...
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Sen. Bond gives testimony at election reform hearing
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Republican Sen. Kit Bond opened a hearing Monday of an interim state Senate panel examining election reform with a familiar call for legislation that "makes it easier for citizens to vote, but harder for people to cheat."...
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Rumors of losing contract flying around Boeing offices
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Even when speaking privately, away from reporters' notebooks, officials at Boeing Co. always say "when we win" while talking about the Joint Strike Fighter. Never "if." That's the kind of bravado needed in St. Louis this week, with word expected Friday from the Pentagon on whether Boeing and its St. Louis-based military aircraft group -- or rival Lockheed Martin Corp. -- has won the $300 billion JSF contract...
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Gates foundation awards $86,000 to KC libraries
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
The libraries in several Missouri communities will be the beneficiaries of a national campaign funded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates to bring Internet access to the poor. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving the Kansas City Public Library about $86,000 -- enough for 30 computers, eight laser printers, training and software...
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Official wants all children to get chickenpox vaccine
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Public Health director recommended Monday that young children be vaccinated against chickenpox starting next fall. "Chickenpox can be serious and even deadly, but the vaccine can prevent severe infections with a high degree of reliability," Dr. John Lumpkin said in a statement...
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Coal mine and generator to have $35 million payroll
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
LIVELY GROVE, Ill. -- Grocer David Waller has seen coal mines come and go over the 60 years his family has owned Waller's Market in this southwest Illinois village. News that St. Louis-based Peabody Energy plans to dig a new mine near this village and build a 1,500-megawatt generator on top of it means one thing to this remote corner of Washington County, Waller said Monday...
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Missouri releases money to help fight bioterrorism threat
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Money originally cut from the state health department's budget has been restored to help fund Missouri's preparation for bioterrorism attacks. The Department of Health and Senior Services had more than $163,000 released by the state in order to hire additional staff to deal with potential threats...
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Sports digest 10/23/01
(Professional Sports ~ 10/23/01)
Bears lose Robinson for remainder of season LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Bears wideout Marcus Robinson will miss the rest of the season with torn ligaments in his left knee. Robinson, Chicago's leading receiver the past two seasons, will have surgery within two weeks to repair two torn ligaments. His recovery is expected to take up to a year...
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Speak out 101901
(Speak Out ~ 10/23/01)
Honor to serve I AM an old Marine, but I sure wish I was a young one, because I would sure be in the Far East. It would be an honor. A wake-up call? I WAS wondering: If a fundamentalist Christian sees recent events at the World Trade Center as a wake-up call from God, then how does he view recent developments surrounding Rush Limbaugh?...
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Rosalie Heitman
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Rosalie Kurre Heitman, 80, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, after suffering from leukemia. She was born Oct. 12, 1921, at Kurreville, Mo., daughter of G.G. and Leonora Fulbright Kurre. She and Arthur Lynn Heitman were married Jan. 25, 1942, in Alabama...
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Farm Bureau to consider transportation plan petition
(State News ~ 10/23/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Farm Bureau, a major player in past transportation funding efforts, isn't ready to commit to an initiative petition drive to put a transportation tax increase before the state's voters. However, the group is exploring that option...
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Southeast to lighten donation threshold for naming honors
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Southeast Missouri State University donors don't have to give $3 million to get their names on a River Campus building. The school has thrown out its original guidelines and is drafting new ones that university president, Dr. Ken Dobbins, said are more realistic...
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2,000 take part in coloring contest
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
More than 2,000 Cape Girardeau public grade school students participated in the first UPN 9 24 Coloring Contest held in conjunction with Old Town Artscape during the City of Roses festival. Kayla Smith, second-grader at Blanchard Elementary; Julie Langenfeld, fourth-grader at Alma Schrader Elementary; and Tiffany Choate, sixth-grader at Alma Schrader won $50 savings bonds from Capaha Bank for their drawings explaining what the phrase "United We Stand" meant to them...
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Students get Three Rivers scholarships
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Three area students received the Joda W. Bess Memorial Scholarship from Three Rivers Community College for the 2001-02 school year. Scholarship recipients are Tanya Leggett of Malden, Mo., daughter of Charles and Julie Patterson; Michael Maness of Charleston, Mo., married to Charmin Maness; and Amanda Gayle Michel of Malden, daughter of Steven and Sherry Michel...
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Winners of coloring contest announced
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Winners of coloring contest announced Southeast Missouri State University announced the winners of the Homecoming Coloring Contest. Winning entries are on display at Schnucks in Cape Girardeau. First-place winners received two tickets to the Southeast Homecoming game...
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113 students make national dean's list
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
A total of 113 students from this area are among the approximately 140,000 students included in the 24th Annual Edition of The National Dean's List 2000-2001. Students are selected for this honor by their college deans, registrars or honor society advisors and must be in the upper 10 percent of their class, on their school's Deans' List or have earned a comparable honor...
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Cape Marching Tigers take second place
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
The Cape Central Marching Tigers placed second in their division and won an award for best of music Oct. 20 in the Park Hills Marching Contest at Park Hills, Mo. Earlier that morning the Marching Tigers were seen in the Southeast Missouri State University 2001 Homecoming parade...
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Zalma student wins Belt scholarship
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Veronica McKlin, daughter of Shirley and Jamie McKlin of Zalma, Mo., received the David Belt Memorial Scholarship from Three Rivers Community College. McKlin is a graduate of Zalma High School and plans to major in art education.
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Anthrax found at off-site White House mail screening site
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Tests have confirmed the presence of anthrax at an off-site mail screening facility for the White House, presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said Tuesday. Fleischer said the facility is at a military installation miles from the White House, and "has been closed for further testing and decontamination."...
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Two U.S. helicopters fired on over Pakistan
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Two U.S. helicopters came under fire in Pakistan as their crews attempted to retrieve the wreckage of another helicopter that had crashed during a covert weekend commando raid, the Pentagon said Tuesday...
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Terrorist cell based in Germany planned Sept. 11 attack
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- A terrorist cell operating out of Hamburg, Germany, since at least 1999 included three of the hijackers and three accomplices who are being sought in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday...
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Death of 2 postal workers confirmed to be caused by anthrax
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials confirmed anthrax Tuesday as the cause of death in two local postal workers, the latest victims in the nation's bioterrorism scare. A mail employee was hospitalized in New Jersey, also believed to be suffering from the inhalation form of the disease...
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IRA says it has begun to 'decommission' arms
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The Irish Republican Army announced Tuesday that it has begun to disarm for the first time, saying it wants to prevent the collapse of the peace process, long threatened by the impasse over IRA weapons. There was no immediate word on the number of weapons being put out of use or the method. The IRA said only it had "implemented the scheme" accepted by an international disarmament commission in August, the details of which were never made public...
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Pentagon investigating whether bomb may have struck hospital
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon is investigating the possibility that an American bomb that struck in the western Afghan city of Herat may have caused unintended civilian casualties at a hospital or senior citizens home near where the bomb landed, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday...
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New precautions foreseen at post offices across country
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The death of two postal workers of "almost certain" anthrax led health officials to begin testing mail workers from 36 post offices in the nation's capital Tuesday and put thousands on antibiotics as a precaution...
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Women pilots flying combat missions over Afghanistan
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) -- After flying an attack mission on Afghanistan, Lt. j.g. Sara said Tuesday she didn't think she and other women pilots should be singled out for attention -- or that what she was doing was historic...
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Odyssey spacecraft nears orbit around Red Planet
(National News ~ 10/23/01)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft closed in on Mars on Tuesday on a mission that NASA hoped would mark a comeback after a pair of failures. Odyssey was designed to map minerals and search for frozen reservoirs of water on the planet's dusty surface...
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Students take on challenging words in second grade
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Seth Whistler is meticulous about his handwriting and wants to make sure his assignment is perfect before turning it in. He works diligently to copy the words of the poem "Leaves" onto a worksheet that will be colored like a pumpkin and then displayed in the hallway. At desks nearby, students finish a variety of worksheets, either assignments in math or language lessons on the "ch" sound. Others read library books...
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Role models and friends
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Rob Garner isn't going to college to be a teacher. The senior at Southeast Missouri State University is seeking a degree in advertising, but that hasn't stopped him from volunteering his time helping kids at Franklin Elementary School. Garner, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, is one of the volunteers from the university involved in the Adopt-A-School program sponsored by Caring Communities and the Southeast Greek system. ...
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Dole to speak at veterans event in Cape
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
A couple of men named George Bush were at the top of the list of significant national figures sought to speak at Generations in Valor, Wednesday's event at the Show Me Center honoring World II veterans. Both were occupied, but organizers were elated Monday night to announce that war hero and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole will speak...
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Tuter Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Funeral for Riley "Tuter" Mayberry of Commerce will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, Mo. The Rev. David Thompson will officiate. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapel from 5-8 p.m. today...
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Wilma Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Funeral for Wilma M. Mayberry of Puxico will be held at 11 a.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Mo. Billy Davis will officiate. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield. Mayberry, 71, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, in Puxico...
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Thelma Davis
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Funeral for Thelma Irene Davis of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home. Johnny Hester and Pat Hogan will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Davis, 81, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at Sikeston Convalescent Center...
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Louise Price
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Louise Price, 73, of Dexter died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at Vintage Villa Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 16, 1927, at Portageville, Mo., daughter of Fred Monroe and Pearl Adams Cathey. She and Delmar Carson Price were married Jan. 18, 1946, in St. Louis. He died Sept. 29, 1994...
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Maurice Beardslee
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- Maurice Beardslee, 86, of Benton died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 7, 1914, at Oran, Mo., son of Paul and Frances Groves Beardslee. He and Elizabeth Garber were married June 18, 1940, in Detroit, Mich...
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Chelsey Tupper
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
THEBES, Ill. -- Chelsey "C.J." Tupper, 87, of Thebes died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 1, 1913, in Tennessee, son of Chancy J. and Emma Maude Pence Tupper. He married the former Virginia Prater. Tupper retired as an automobile salesman from Jim Pearl Auto Sales in Anna, Ill...
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Wanda Grace
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Wanda Grace, 57, of Mounds died Monday, Oct. 22, 2001, at her home. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
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Arthur Kelley
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
Arthur F. Kelley, 77, of Hattiesburg, Miss., died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. He was born Jan. 19, 1924, in Boston, Mass., son of Francis Arthur and Mary Kenefick Kelley. He married the former Jane Harmon. Kelley was director of pastoral care 20 years at St. Francis Medical Center, retiring in November 1997...
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LaVera Maloy
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
AFFTON, Mo. -- LaVera Maloy, 88, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001. She was born Oct. 25, 1912, the daughter of Charles and Lola Maloy. She attended Southeast Missouri State University and worked for a bank in Cape Girardeau. She also was a secretary for the federal government...
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Armella Emerson
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
Armella Ann Emerson, 83, of Nokomis, Ill., died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, at Hillsboro, Ill. She was born June 12, 1918, in New Hamburg, Mo., the daughter of Lawrence and Louise Glastetter Westrich. She married A.B. Emerson on Oct. 18, 1935. She was a member of Coalton Baptist Church at Coalton, Ill....
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Alberta Sawyer
(Obituary ~ 10/23/01)
MANASSAS, Va. -- Alberta Sawyer, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Oct. 22, 2001, in Manassas. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau.
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Correction 10/23
(Correction ~ 10/23/01)
Cindy Lange is the educational outreach coordinator for the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. Her name was incorrect in an article in Monday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Out of the past 10/23/01
(Out of the Past ~ 10/23/01)
10 years ago: Oct. 23, 1991 Condemnation and demolition of old St. Francis Hospital building and Marquette Hotel could cost city more than $600,000, according to estimates solicited by City Manager J. Ronald Fischer; but Fischer told City Council Monday that new city dangerous-buildings law could defray some of demolition expense for dilapidated buildings...
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University donations
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
SEMO's top donors*Louis D. Brodsky Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brodsky Harry Crisp II Rosemary Crisp Donald C. Bedell ** Robert Dempster Lynn Dempster ** Donald Harrison Shirley Harrison Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Marion, Ill. George A. Schriever ** Mrs. George Schriever...
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Area prices for gasoline near lowest in nation
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Cape Girardeau County appears to be offering one of the best bargains in the nation on gasoline once again. Early Monday, the Lundberg Survey, which tracks fuel prices at more than 8,000 stations in the United States, reported the lowest average price was $1.06 a gallon in Tulsa, Okla. The highest was in Honolulu -- $1.87. But at least one Cape Girardeau station, Cash Only, offered regular unleaded for 94.9 cents a gallon...
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Native American writer to give readings this week
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
Native American writer Joseph Marshall III will give public readings and speak to Southeast classes this week. Marshall, who lives in Wyoming, is a Sicangu Lakota who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. His newest book, "The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living," was published by Viking Press this month...
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Jury selected in murder trial of Scott City man
(Local News ~ 10/23/01)
WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Opening statements are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. today in the first-degree murder trial of a Scott City, Mo., man charged with killing his cousin's 57-year-old lover. A jury of 10 men and two women -- as well as one woman alternate -- were selected Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Gary Wayne Biggs. The case was moved to Pulaski County on a change of venue...
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U.S. forces blast al-Qaida base north of Kabul
(International News ~ 10/23/01)
Associated Press WriterBAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. jets Tuesday attacked a stronghold of Osama bin Laden's fighters north of Kabul and set fire to critical Taliban oil supplies in the southern city of Kandahar. Elsewhere, opposition officials reported U.S. attacks around the key northern city Mazar-e-Sharif, where an opposition offensive to recapture the stronghold faltered last week...
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