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Prevent disaster at your office holiday party
(Column ~ 11/19/01)
$$$Start She is the "Miss Manners" of the business world. And if you want to climb the corporate ladder, you'd better listen to her. Manners count! Pay particular attention to this holiday season, when companies host their annual parties. Party mistakes can lead to office conflicts and embarrassments. In other words, behave yourself, says Barbara Pachter. Your job could depend on it...
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Titans' strong start helps get them back on track
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/01)
CINCINNATI -- Derrick Mason returned the opening kickoff 101 yards and Kevin Dyson caught a 28-yard touchdown pass to lead the Tennessee Titans to a 20-7 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday. Tennessee (4-5) was coming off a 16-10 loss to Baltimore that could have scuttled its season...
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Rams hold off tough Patriots
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/01)
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Injuries and interceptions couldn't keep Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams from beating the surging New England Patriots. Warner completed 30 of 42 passes for 401 yards and three touchdowns as the Rams won 24-17 Sunday night despite his two interceptions that led to 10 Patriots points and injuries that knocked five Rams out of the game. None returned...
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Gordon, Labonte big winners in NAPA 500
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/01)
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Jeff Gordon's fourth Winston Cup championship has put him in elite company. The Rainbow Warrior, who led the Winston Cup points for most of the 2001 season, joined NASCAR's two greatest stars, Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, as the only drivers with more than three titles...
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All is right in BCS World -- at least for now
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/01)
MIAMI -- Clinton Portis was smiling away in the Miami locker room, poking fun at those who doubted the Hurricanes were national-championship material. Soft schedule. Nearly lost to Boston College. And this week, even after Saturday's 59-0 rout of Syracuse, the running back was trying to figure the next knock on Miami:...
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OSU coach still going strong despite memories of tragedy
(Professional Sports ~ 11/19/01)
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Before Eddie Sutton leaves his house each day, he sticks a pin in the lapel of his sports coat. It's a black square with an orange ribbon and the numeral 10, a reminder of those killed when an Oklahoma State plane crashed in January...
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Democrats seek more federal aid to education
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- The nation's economic downturn has forced states to cut billions of dollars from their education budgets, leading congressional Democrats to push for more federal education spending. Democrats, led by Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Rep. George Miller of California, cite an expected $11.3 billion shortfall in state education budgets in fiscal year 2002. Congressional analysts compiled the figures from state budget offices. Their report will be released today...
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Police warn drivers will get tickets for drunk driving
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- Police pledge strict enforcement of safety laws this holiday week as more Americans take to the road for their Thanksgiving travels. The AAA predicts that 30 million Thanksgiving travelers -- a record 87 percent of those going on a trip of 50 miles or more -- will choose to drive because of fears of flying after the Sept. 11 attacks...
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Powell - Reduced violence key to Palestinian state
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- Plans for the creation of a Palestinian state cannot begin to take shape until Middle East violence is quelled, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday, a day before a much anticipated speech on the region. "A new plan coming in from the flank isn't what's going to do it," Powell said on "Fox News Sunday." "It's both sides working together, finding ways to talk to each other, so that we can get a real cease-fire in place."...
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Bush administration says bin Laden, al-Qaida on run
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- Terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network are on the run in Afghanistan and their Taliban supporters are in disarray, but the American-led military campaign to crush them is far from over, senior administration officials said Sunday...
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Two sailors missing after tanker sinks
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
MANAMA, Bahrain -- The U.S. Navy was searching Sunday for two U.S. sailors missing in the Persian Gulf after boarding a rickety tanker deemed to be smuggling Iraqi oil. The United Arab Emirates-flagged tanker sank at about 4:45 a.m. local time Sunday in the northern Persian Gulf, said Lt. Melissa Schuermann, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain. Six other Americans were rescued...
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Community digest 11/19/01
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Homeschooling meeting scheduled for Tuesday The Mississippi Valley Home Educators' monthly homeschool meeting will be held from 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday at the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau. Participants will discuss teaching methods and activities for children taught at home. For more information, call Pam Recker at 335-6810...
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Cape fire report 11/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/19/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Nov. 19 Firefighters responded to these calls Saturday:At 4:59 p.m., an illegal burn at 2210 Yorktown. At 5:02 p.m., a medical assist at 629 William. At 10:21 p.m., a public assist at 2807 Hopper Road. At 10:37 p.m., a medical assist at 555 N. Spring...
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Cape police report 11/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/19/01)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Nov. 19 ArrestsAndre Clarke, 1318 N. Sprigg, was arrested Sunday on a warrant for failure to appear and driving while suspended. Ja'Net Derossett, 2003 Concord Place, was arrested Sunday on a warrant. SummonsJustin M. Shelby, 20, 1325 Dunklin, was issued a summons Sunday for disorderly house...
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Two die in bus accident in Poplar Bluff
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/19/01)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two Joplin, Mo., residents died Sunday afternoon when a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck unhitched and crossed U.S. 60 and collided with a charter bus near here. Richard Olsen, 66, and Sharon Dejager were killed. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Olsen was driving the bus, and Dejager was a passenger. ...
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Charter school survives tough year with nonreading students
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No one expected students to be so behind when Della Lamb Charter Elementary opened in summer 1999. Pretests taken during the first few weeks of classes identified 39 percent of the second-, third- and fourth-graders as "nonreaders" -- meaning the children couldn't sound out words...
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Troubled charter schools face action by education chief
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Frustrated by low test scores, Missouri's education chief says he'll ask lawmakers for the power to pull state money away from troubled charter schools unless they start showing improvements. Nearly all of the state's 21 operating charter schools -- 16 in Kansas City, five in St. Louis -- have foundered academically, and one of the schools has filed for bankruptcy. The oldest of the schools are starting their third year...
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Promising results in some Illinois charter schools
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
DECATUR, Ill. -- When the Rev. Jesse Jackson appeared in Decatur following an incident at a high school in 1998, the Rev. Aubrey Hudson knew something had to be done to help black students in the public schools. So he and his wife launched a campaign to form a charter school targeting what they saw as an underserved population...
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Campaign hopes to boost benefits for state's veterans
(State News ~ 11/19/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- About 550,000 military veterans live in Missouri, some with health problems stemming from their service. But few are receiving the benefits to which they are entitled from the federal government. The reason is that many have never applied...
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Dentist offers free care to poor Springfield students
(State News ~ 11/19/01)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Getting children to go to the dentist is often like pulling teeth. But for John Chainey, who can't afford regular checkups for his children, Saturday's trip was easy. "That extra $200 a month is hard to come by," said Chainey, a single father on disability. "It's just wrong that the kids have to suffer because I can't afford it."...
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Enthusiasm mounts for Dow's return
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
NEW YORK -- As investors' optimism about the economy and enthusiasm for stocks grows, Wall Street's rallies are carrying the Dow Jones industrials back toward 10,000. That milestone, a symbol of the stock market's accomplishments over the past decade, stands now as a goal in the recovery from the economic slump and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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Weak demand, low oil costs push down gas prices
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
CAMARILLO, Calif. -- The price of gasoline fell 4.5 cents in the past two weeks because of weak demand and the plunging cost of crude oil, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday. Some regions of the country are seeing buck-a-gallon gas for the first time in months, Lundberg said. The lowest price in the nation Friday for a gallon of regular grade was 97 cents in Atlanta, and the highest was $1.82 in Honolulu...
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Nation digest 11/19
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
Two Senate buildings to reopen today WASHINGTON -- Two of the Senate office buildings closed for anthrax testing are set to reopen for business, but a third building will remain shut, officials said Sunday. Lt. Dan Nichols of the Capitol Police said the Dirksen and Russell buildings would reopen at 8 a.m. today. The Hart Senate Office Building, shut last month when an anthrax-tainted letter was found in the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., will remain closed...
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Survey says hiring to stay in recession until April
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
MILWAUKEE -- Hiring will stay flat nationwide during the first three months of next year, nearing levels not seen since the last two recessions, according to a survey released today. Sixteen percent of the firms interviewed said they planned to add jobs during the first quarter of next year, while another 16 percent said they anticipated cutting staff during the same time, according to Manpower Inc.'s quarterly survey of 16,000 American businesses...
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Phillips, Conoco agree to merge
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
TULSA, Okla. -- Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco Inc. have signed an agreement to merge in a deal tentatively worth $35 billion. The new business will be called ConocoPhillips and is expected to be the nation's third-biggest oil and gas company in terms of production. It will be the fifth-biggest refiner in the world...
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Services held in New York and Dominican Republic
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
NEW YORK -- Mourners from New York to the Dominican Republic gathered in separate ceremonies Sunday to grieve for the passengers of American Airlines Flight 587, the Dominican Republic-bound airliner that plunged into a suburban neighborhood shortly after takeoff...
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Attention-deficit drugs popular on black market
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
She had no idea she had a popular party drug on hand. To her, the vial of prescription pills she'd once been given to treat attention deficit disorder were just leftovers, until a friend from New York called to ask if she'd mail out a few -- just for fun...
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Meteors dazzle viewers in United States, Asia
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
MOUNT WILSON, Calif. -- Thousands of shooting stars provided a dazzling light show Sunday that amazed veteran and novice stargazers alike as the Leonid meteor show made the moonless sky appear to rain light. At the peak of the early morning shower, as many as 1,250 meteors per hour streaked overhead, according to NASA estimates...
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Actor turns fear of commitment into a distinguished career
(Entertainment ~ 11/19/01)
KNEBWORTH, Herts, England -- Richard Harris needed some serious persuasion to play Professor Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movie. His young granddaughter, Ella, provided it, and the 71-year-old actor succumbed without even having read J.K. Rowling's novels...
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Stars in 'fat suits' anger overweight people
(Entertainment ~ 11/19/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Playing the heavy in Hollywood has gotten a whole new meaning. Instead of villainous roles, it now also applies to thin people putting on so-called fat suits -- mainly for laughs. But some people aren't laughing. "Whenever thin actors portray fat people it's always a stereotype," said Carol Johnson, the "plus-sized" author of "Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes." "They look kind of blobby and slobby, and do awkward, pathetic and embarrassing things."...
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'Potter' makes old box-office records disappear in flash
(Entertainment ~ 11/19/01)
LOS ANGELES -- Wizards vanquished lizards as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" grossed $93.5 million in its first weekend, shattering the box-office debut record held by the dinosaur sequel "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." Other records also fell by the wayside. "Harry Potter" posted the top three one-day box office hauls, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Sharon asks week without violence before peace talks
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
JERUSALEM -- On the eve of a major U.S. policy statement, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon refused to ease demands for a week without violence as a condition for peace talks with Palestinians. Violence continued Sunday. A bomb went off near the King David hotel in Jerusalem while police were trying to defuse it. ...
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EU urges Israel to end blockade
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
JERUSALEM -- European Union representatives met with Israeli leaders Sunday in hopes of restarting peace talks with the Palestinians, but the Israelis were cool to the idea of European involvement. EU officials said they would press Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to drop his insistence on a week without Palestinian violence before implementing an international peace plan...
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Kremlin begins talks with Chechen rebels
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
MOSCOW -- A prominent representative of Chechnya's rebels met with an envoy of President Vladimir Putin on Sunday for the first face-to-face talks on ending hostilities since renewed war broke out in the separatist region two years ago. Viktor Kazantsev, Putin's envoy for Chechnya, met behind closed doors at Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 international airport with Akhmed Zakayev, a representative of Chechnya's rebel president Aslan Maskhadov. Zakayev flew in from Turkey...
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World Bank, IMF discuss debt relief
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
OTTAWA -- Concerned that the economic fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has hit the poorest countries the hardest, World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials met Sunday to discuss debt relief and ways to reduce poverty in the developing world...
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Factions already showing up in Afghan cities
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Less than a week after the Taliban were driven from Kabul, 3,000 Shiite Muslim fighters are poised outside, demanding a share of power. Major cities are now warlords' fiefdoms, and the idea of a broad-based government is being challenged by hastily multiplying posters of factional leaders...
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Taliban offer to surrender last outpost
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
BANGI, Afghanistan -- The Taliban offered on Sunday to surrender their last northern stronghold if Arab and other foreign fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden in the city are spared, an anti-Taliban commander said. The northern alliance, meanwhile, agreed to a conference on neutral ground to plan a multiethnic government...
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Made in USA - Cape Shoes looking to double workforce
(Business ~ 11/19/01)
They still make shoes in the United States, and in Cape Girardeau. Last year on Nov. 27, the final shoe rolled off the assembly line at Florsheim Shoe Co. A year later, shoes are still rolling off the lines, just under a different name. Florsheim joined the lengthy list of American shoe manufacturers who moved to overseas operations. The local factory's work orders are now completed in India...
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Business personnel 11/19/01
(Business ~ 11/19/01)
White promoted at McLeodUSA Publishing Jason White of Cape Girardeau has been promoted to district sales manager of McLeodUSA Publishing Co. White, who joined the company more than a year ago, will be responsible for sales and service of yellow pages in the St. Louis area McLeodUSA directory...
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Paul Dunivan
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
POMONA, Calif. -- Paul Dunivan, 90, of Pomona died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, at Pomona. He was born July 27, 1911, at Senath, Mo., son of William and Mary Dunivan. He was married to Alice Dunvian. She died in 1986. Dunivan was a professional bowler. He was picked by Southern California Bowling Sports Writer's Association in 1950, 1951 and 1955 as Bowler of the Year to win the Helms Athletic Foundation Award. He was a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association...
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Out of the past 11/19/01
(Out of the Past ~ 11/19/01)
10 years ago: Nov. 19, 1991 John E. Fidler, former chief executive officer at medical facilities in California and Florida, has been named new president of St. Francis Medical Center; Fidler, 52, who lives in Los Angeles, will begin his duties here Jan. 2...
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Good weather sends many deer hunters into the field
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Encouraged by nearly perfect weather, hunters have been successful in their quest for deer this year. Missouri hunters bagged 111,002 during the first week of firearms hunting season, up about 5 percent over the same period a year ago. "I got a 10-point buck," said McKinley James of Scott City, Mo., who was hunting in the Glen Allen/ Marble Hill area the second day of the Missouri season. "I'm going to have the horns mounted."...
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Bollinger now interim public works director
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. -- Rodney Bollinger, who has been the superintendent of the Jackson Building and Planning Department since 1997, is now the city's interim public works director as well. Jim Roach has been fulfilling the duties of both public works director and city administrator since his appointment to the latter job in June. Roach was hired as public works director in 1997...
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On the air - Interactive TV expands reach of classes
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Katherine Parrish stood at the front of her class in Dempster Hall, looked at a large television screen on the back wall and asked, "Malden, Poplar Bluff, can you hear me?" A few seconds later, two quiet voices murmured, "Yes," from speakers around the room...
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Brazeau residents prepare for Christmas
(State News ~ 11/19/01)
WANT TO GO? What: Brazeau Christmas Walk When: From 3-8 p.m. Dec. 1 Cost: $5 for adults, $2.50 for children, snacks will be available for a donation. Directions: Highway 61 north to Route D, turn right, follow road to Brazeau...
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Dow continues trek toward 10,000
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrials came a step closer to 10,000 Monday, managing a solid rally as reports of U.S. military victories in Afghanistan increased hopes that the worst is over for the market. The index has now risen 21 percent from its 2001 low on Sept. ...
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Rumsfeld hopes Afghans will flush out bin Laden
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
AP Military WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon is hoping Afghans will flush Osama bin Laden out of his hiding place so Americans don't have to go into caves to find him, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday. He said he hopes a $25 million reward will help convince local people to look for the No. 1 suspect in the terrorist attacks in America...
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AMA names new top executive
(State News ~ 11/19/01)
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) -- The American Medical Association on Monday named as its new top executive Dr. Michael D. Maves, president of a trade group for the over-the-counter drug and dietary supplement industries. Maves replaces Dr. E. Ratcliffe Anderson, fired in June in a dispute about his authority over the nation's largest group of physicians...
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Moderate party wins Kosovo election, official results show
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
Associated Press WriterPRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) -- A moderate ethnic Albanian party won Kosovo's first free and democratic postwar elections, claiming the right to lead the province alongside the United Nations and NATO, election organizers said Monday...
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Bush signs compromise aviation security bill
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush signed legislation Monday to put the nation's airport baggage screeners on the federal payroll, part of an effort to enhance airline safety and reassure passengers the skies are safe 10 weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
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4 journalists missing in eastern Afghanistan
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) -- Four international journalists were missing Monday after they were stopped by armed men along a road between the eastern city of Jalalabad and the capital, Kabul. Gunmen opened fire after the journalists were taken from their cars, drivers said...
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Alliance, U.S. hit Kunduz defenses
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. warplanes and northern alliance artillery on Monday pounded positions of the Taliban and foreign militants linked to Osama bin Laden at Kunduz, the Taliban's last stronghold in the north. Four international journalists were missing after gunmen took them from a convoy in eastern Afghanistan...
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Housing construction falls by 1.3 percent in October
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Housing construction declined in October as builders displayed more caution in the face of sagging consumer confidence and rising unemployment. The Commerce Department reported Monday that last month, builders broke ground on 1.55 million housing units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, a 1.3 percent drop from September...
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Military digest 11/19/01
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Perryville grad finishes noncom academy Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tina Balsman has graduated from the Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. Balsman is an aircraft maintenance assignment supervisor assigned to Headquarters, Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, Ill...
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Speak Out 11/19/01
(Speak Out ~ 11/19/01)
Grading the president LISTEN, DAVID Limbaugh, lay off teasing the White House with titillating insights concerning which you refuse to elaborate upon. I'm sure President Bush appreciates your seal-of-approval assertion that he has been conducting the war "just about right." On the other hand, he is probably quite frustrated because you failed to inform him on what he needs to do to achieve an A-plus instead of your apparently ascribed grade of A or A-minus...
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U.S. accuses Iraq, N. Korea of developing biological weapons
(International News ~ 11/19/01)
Associated Press WriterGENEVA (AP) -- The United States identified Iraq and five other countries Monday as states that are developing germ warfare programs but refused to say whether any may have assisted Osama bin Laden in his quest for biological weapons...
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Honor rolls 11/19/01
(Honor Roll ~ 11/19/01)
Chaffee Elementary SchoolFirst Quarter 5th grade -- ANDY CANNON, KACY HALL, STEVEN HENDRIX, AMBER KIRK, TAYLOR LAXTON, JC REEVES, KATELYN SLINKARD, ASHLEY SULLIVAN, TAIMEN TAYLOR, CALEB ANDERSON, MELANIE BAKER, MIKELA BROWN, KAYLA CHAPMAN, DYLAN DAVIS, CHRIS MOORE, JESSICA SEABAUGH, RICHIE SEYER, ASHLEY WHITLOW...
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Sherry Tilley
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo.-- Sherry J. Tilley, 28, of Bloomfield died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001 at her home. She was born April 21, 1973, at Dexter, Mo., daughter of Patty and J. W. Tilley. Survivors include her parents; a brother, John Tilley of Bloomfield; three sisters, Mary Jane Tilley and Tammy Starnes of Bloomfield and Martha Starnes of Dexter; and her grandmother, Evelyn Crowell...
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Old shoe factory meant jobs for hundreds in the region
(Business ~ 11/19/01)
The history of "the old shoe factory," a five-level International Shoe Plant at Cape Girardeau is an indication of the trend in the shoe-making industry. International employed 1,200 workers in its heyday but was taken down, brick by brick, in 1989. The old building, once called the "Pride of Southeast Missouri," was replaced by a one-level factory that employed about 300 to 500 workers...
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Business memo 11/19/01
(Business ~ 11/19/01)
Realtors meeting scheduled for Nov. 27 The Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors will hold its annual meeting Nov. 27 at the Drury Lodge. Registration for the luncheon session will be at 11:15 a.m. Judith Lange will be guest speaker for the event...
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New businesses 11/19/01
(Business ~ 11/19/01)
Doris' Antiques moves down the street Doris' Antiques & Collectibles has moved down the street, from 631 to 627 Good Hope. Doris Bengley, who started selling used clothing in the retail market more than 20 years ago, has shifted the clothing to the back burner, and is now concentrating more on antiques and collectibles...
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Cape County taxes could be a lot higher
(Editorial ~ 11/19/01)
Most Cape Girardeau County property owners between now and the end of the year will perform the annual duty of turning over good portions of their money to the county in the form of taxes. For some it can be a painful task, particularly if they haven't put the money aside by Dec. ...
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Salvation Army depends on you for success
(Editorial ~ 11/19/01)
With Thanksgiving upon us, the Salvation Army is gearing up for its annual holiday programs that benefit the need, both young and old. First is the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner, which takes place Thursday at the Army's headquarters, 701 Good Hope...
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Jackson aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19 City Hall Action Items Power and Light Committee Consider a bill proposing an ordinance authorizing a contractual agreement with the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association for providing services relating to the recruitment of business and commerce to the Jackson area...
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Koeper making mark at SEMO
(College Sports ~ 11/19/01)
Of the many differences Andrea Koeper sees between college basketball and the high school variety, Southeast Missouri State University's freshman forward from Jackson High School laughed loudly when she mentioned one in particular. "These girls are all a lot stronger," she said during the Otahkians' recent media day. "In high school I was used to knocking people around. Not here."...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Monday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public hearings Consent ordinances A public hearing regarding the necessity to make certain sewer improvements in Lateral Sewer District No. 14-M-2, including the construction of a sanitary sewer eight inches in diameter along with manholes, wyes, pavement restoration and other necessary appurtenances to serve Lateral Sewer District No. 14-M-2...
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Mary Bray
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Mary Lou Bray, 83 years old, passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau following a lengthy respiratory illness. Visitation will be Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, from 3-7 p.m. at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Chapel...
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George Sprengel Sr.
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
ST. ANN, Mo. -- George Edward Sprengel Sr., 67, of St. Ann, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at De Paul Hospital in Bridgeton, Mo. He was born Dec. 13, 1933, at Cape Girardeau, son of August and Letha Wallace Sprengel. Sprengel was an aircraft mechanic. He was a member of the Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Bridgeton...
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Addie Markert
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Addie A. Markert, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 22, 1926, at Benton, Ill., daughter of Earl Melvin Austin and Edith K. Graves. She and James H. Markert were married June 19, 1944, at Benton. He preceded her in death...
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Lorene Crites
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Lorene O. Crites, 87, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2001, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born June 24, 1914, at Farmington, Mo., daughter of Oscar and Bertha Wood Rion. She and Elmer Crites were married Dec. 29, 1934. He died April 7, 1993...
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Mary Norman
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
KETCHIKAN, Alaska. -- Mary Virginia Norman, 81, of Ketchikan died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001, at Ketchikan General Hospital. She was born Feb. 12, 1920, at McClure, Ill., daughter of Arley Calvin and Mary Eveline Colyer Cook. She and the late Henry Norman were married in 1970 at Ketchikan...
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Dorothy Seibert
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Dorothy Katherine Seibert, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at Chateau Health Center. She was born March 31, 1907, at St. Louis, daughter of William Cornelius Swartout and Agnes Sybil Dole. She and Thomas W. Seibert married Sept. 4, 1931. He died Nov. 24, 1998...
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Thelma Vernon
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Crosstown, MO. -- THELMA R. VERNON, 88, OF CROSSTOWN DIED SUNDAY, NOV. 18, 2001, AT PERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN PERRYVILLE, MO. SHE WAS BORN NOV. 23, 1912, AT CROSSTOWN, DAUGHTER OF LOUIS F. AND ROSA GREEN STREILER. SHE AND JOHN H. VERNON WERE MARRIED AUG. 7, 1931. HE DIED JULY 13, 1989...
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Lenita Rohlfing
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Lenita E. Rohlfing, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 11, 1913, at Wolf Lake, Ill., daughter of Robert M. and Hallie Crowell Rendleman. She and Henry Rohlfing were married Dec. 10, 1960, at Jonesboro, Ill. He died on Feb. 20, 1994...
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Jack Pitts
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
ANNA, Ill. -- Jack Lee Pitts, 68, of Anna died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born July 13, 1933, at Anna, son of Lynn and Esther Elizabeth Oliver Pitts. He and Barbara Clutts were married March 16, 1956, at Anna. Pitts worked at Bunny Bread in Anna for 41 years. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Bakery and Confectionery Union International and a life member of Anna VFW Post 3455...
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Poll finds many Americans have bioterror concerns
(National News ~ 11/19/01)
WASHINGTON -- Three-fifths of Americans say they would want a smallpox vaccination if it were widely available, said an Associated Press poll that suggests continued nervousness about bioterrorism. About half of the respondents say they are concerned about the threat of a smallpox attack and think last month's anthrax attacks are the beginning of an extended campaign, said the poll conducted for The AP by ICR of Media, Pa...
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