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Atticus Finch a role model worth paying attention to
(Sports Column ~ 06/23/03)
The passing of Gregory Peck last week had no immediate impact on the world of sports. Maybe that's the problem. The gentlemanly Atticus Finch has passed on without passing on anything about decency to this generation. I don't want that to sound like a fuddyduddy, because I'm not old enough to be one yet...
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Government shuts down major Russian TV station
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
MOSCOW -- The government shut down the country's last large independent television station Sunday, forcing off the air a team of journalists at the center of a debate over Russian media freedom. TVS, created from the ashes of two other television stations that came into conflict with state-connected companies, was yanked off the air early Sunday. Some employees learned the station had been closed while listening to the radio on their way to work...
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Man arrested at Prince William's birthday party
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
The Associated Press LONDON -- In a breach of royal security, a publicity-seeking comedian burst onto the stage at Prince William's 21st birthday party and snatched a microphone from the prince as he addressed 300 guests, including his father and Queen Elizabeth II, news reports said Sunday...
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Jordan's king thinks Saddam Hussein is probably alive
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
AMMAN, Jordan -- Saddam Hussein and at least one of his sons are believed to be alive, Jordan's king said Sunday. King Abdullah II told ABC's "This Week" program that many Iraqis still may fear that their former president "might still be alive and might come back to haunt them."...
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Pope calls for forgiveness for Bosnia's bloody past
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Pope John Paul II asked God's forgiveness Sunday for "so much suffering and bloodshed" inflicted by Roman Catholics and others in this embittered Balkan land during two 20th-century wars. As NATO peacekeeping troops provided security, the frail 83-year-old pope urged Bosnia's rival Muslims, Roman Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs to put their differences behind them and forge a lasting multiethnic society...
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Two more die from SARS in Toronto
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
TORONTO -- Two more people have died of SARS in Canada, raising the country's death toll from the respiratory illness to 38, Ontario's public health commissioner said Sunday. The victims were an 81-year-old woman and a 55-year-old male who had been ill for a long time, commissioner Colin D'Cunha said...
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Blast hampers Iraqi oil exports
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
KIRKUK, Iraq -- Iraq re-entered the world oil market Sunday with its first shipment of crude since the war, but sabotage and looting along its largest pipeline delayed the flow of freshly pumped oil -- the key to the reconstruction of an economy devastated by sanctions and war...
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Sharon says Israel can expand Jewish settlements despite ban
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli tanks shelled a group of Palestinian militants in northern Gaza late Sunday, killing three, witnesses said, after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel can still build Jewish settlements in defiance of a U.S.-backed peace plan...
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U.S. soldiers are edgier, Iraqis angrier as security tightens
(International News ~ 06/23/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. troops are quicker to pull weapons now. They keep cars at a distance. They frisk pedestrians. They break into homes to seize weapons and men. They are working harder to protect themselves, taking lessons from the guerrilla-style attacks that have increasingly been targeting troops in Baghdad. Nine Americans have died in hostile actions this month alone -- including a U.S. soldier killed Sunday in a grenade attack south of the Iraqi capital...
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Branson spillway will prevent catastrophic flooding
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
BRANSON, Mo. -- A new spillway along Table Rock Lake would cut the damage in half if a disastrous flood breaches the dirt portion of the dam, officials were told during a weekend tour. "It's not going to prevent flooding ... downstream," said Jon Wedgeworth, acting project resident engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "But it will prevent catastrophic flooding downstream."...
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Lawyer says urban sprawl keeping cities racially segregated
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Urban sprawl, promoted by government policies fostering suburban economic growth at the expense of cities, is keeping Kansas City and other metropolitan areas as racially segregated as ever, a civil rights expert says. "It's not enough to change our speech. ...
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Robby Gordon wins road race
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
SONOMA, Calif. -- This time Robby Gordon finished what he started, outracing Jeff Gordon on Sunday to win the Dodge/Save Mart 350. Jeff Gordon, a three-time Infineon winner and no relation, looked for a while as if he might win. But Robby Gordon held off the four-time Winston Cup champion by 0.553-seconds -- about four car lengths -- in the battle of Chevrolets...
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Jackson to lay new sewer lines to serve growth
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Of all city structures, perhaps sewers are the most underappreciated by the public. They're only noticed when they don't work. And then, boy, are they noticed. The city of Jackson has declared that the current system isn't working quickly enough -- not for the present and certainly not for the growth officials expect once the city expands with the East Main Street extension project...
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Lawyer charged with attempting to deliver pot to jailed clients
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
CHICAGO -- A drug-sniffing dog barked at a defense attorney visiting clients at the Cook County Jail and officers found 4 ounces of marijuana taped to his thighs, authorities said. Barry Alan Mattes, 49, was arrested after consenting to a search Friday. He was charged with bringing contraband to a penal institution, a felony. He was freed after posting bail...
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Hundreds turn out for marrow donor drive for rapper's sister
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Jacqueline "Jackie" Donahue couldn't help but wonder if any of the hundreds of St. Louisans who turned out to register as potential bone marrow donors might be a match for her. Donahue, the sister of Grammy-winning rapper Nelly, has leukemia, but she knows she's not alone in her battle...
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Crime rate in Illinois drops for eighth consecutive year
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois' overall crime rate dropped for an eighth consecutive year in 2002 -- but two of every five of the state's counties didn't follow the downward trend. While a drop in crime in Cook County and the populous suburban counties surrounding Chicago drove a slight decrease in crime statewide, many areas saw slight increases in criminal activity...
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Milwaukee mayor to leave office early, move south
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist will leave office four months early and move to Chicago to lead an urban development organization, the mayor's spokesman said Sunday. Norquist will become president and chief executive officer of Congress for The New Urbanism on Jan. 1, the mayor's communications director Steve Filmanowicz said...
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Animal rights spy infiltrates Missouri laboratory
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
ST. LOUIS -- The animal rights group PETA planted an infiltrator posing as an employee at a mid-Missouri animal laboratory for nine months. The spy's work later formed the basis of the group's negative publicity campaign aimed at Sinclair Research Center in Hatton, outside Columbia, and several of its clients, including pet food giant Iams, St. Louis-based Nestle Purina Petcare and St. Louis biotech firm Isto Technologies, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday...
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Collector unearths filling station history
(State News ~ 06/23/03)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- In the early 1950s, oil cost 15 cents a quart, about the same price as a gallon of gasoline. You could pull up to a filling station and literally pump your own gas, get an oil change, have a spark plug replaced and an inner tube vulcanized. People were nice, too. They liked to talk a lot. Buying gas use to be an afternoon affair, a social hour...
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Newest 'Harry Potter' book sets sales record in first weekend
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/03)
Harry Potter just keeps topping himself. "We expected to sell 1 million copies in the first week and we sold that many within the first 48 hours," Barnes & Noble CEO Steve Riggio said Sunday as "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" set records around the world in its first weekend...
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Proffessor believes flashing lights will reduce road rage
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. -- Even after 20 years studying the habits of aggressive drivers, Scott Geller admits he has trouble containing his shouts and curses when someone swerves in front of him on the highway. But the Virginia Tech psychologist thinks he knows a better way to deal with road rage, if only he could get other drivers to follow his lead...
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Missouri desperately needs an official weed
(Column ~ 06/23/03)
KENNETT, Mo. -- I'm afraid that during the current bombs-away era of foreign invasions and drooping tax revenue that Missouri has become vulnerable to the lack of official designations by members of the Missouri Legislature. The record by elected public servants in the pursuit of official flora, fauna, highways, byways, exotic weed life and other marvels of Mother Nature has been limited by virtue of the time-consuming efforts in Jefferson City to keep the state's bill collectors at bay while officials come up with workable, profitable sources of revenue, thus depriving a time-honored practice of full realization within legislative chambers.. ...
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Follow the money
(Column ~ 06/23/03)
To pass his tax cut, President Bush had to agree to pay $20 billion in ransom to state governments desperate for cash. The argument at the time, allegedly sincere, was that the money might head off state tax increases that would hurt the U.S. economy...
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Jessica Lynch saga continues to capture attention
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
and David Crary ~ TheAssociatedPress PALESTINE, W.Va. -- It's not hard to spot strangers in this bend-of-the-road town, nestled in a hollow surrounded by mountains. They're the ones who stop to photograph the sign that reads "HOME OF JESSICA LYNCH, EX-P.O.W."...
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Fiber optics could let phone companies launch TV foray
(Business ~ 06/23/03)
NEW YORK -- Let's say it's an unlucky week on your street in 2010. Your premium TV service with hundreds of channels suddenly goes dark. Next door, your neighbor is getting static on her phone. Who are you going to call for repairs? It may sound counterintuitive now, but in this futuristic scenario you might need to get your phone company to fix your TV problem -- while your neighbor contacts her cable provider about the phone trouble...
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Summer means heated competition for local ice cream retailers
(Business ~ 06/23/03)
Seven-year-old Karson King doesn't care that there's ice cream on his face. Sitting at an outside table at the Dairy Queen in Jackson, he's oblivious to everything except the heaping spoonfuls of hard chocolate chip sundae that he's rapidly shoving into his mouth, scoop after glorious scoop...
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'No down payment' mortgages and grants get families into homes
(Business ~ 06/23/03)
NEW YORK -- Later this month, Maurice and Samantha Johnson will be moving out of a relative's house and into their own four-bedroom home. The Johnsons were able to buy the house in the New York borough of Queens through a program that helped them get a mortgage with no down payment and no closing costs...
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Re-enactors to mark George Rogers Clark's march to Kaskaskia
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Most of the excitement about the approaching Lewis and Clark Bicentennial focuses on the journey by explorers William Clark and Meriwether Lewis down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi before setting out on the Missouri River in 1804 to open the American West. But in the summer of 1778, William Clark's brother, George Rogers Clark, first established the American claim to the West by taking the British fort at Kaskaskia...
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Federal Reserve prepares to drop key rate
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is prepared this week to drop a key interest rate to its lowest level since President Eisenhower's second term. The central bank would be aiming to stave off an economic threat absent since the Great Depression -- deflation, a prolonged and widespread decline in prices...
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Group still pushing to improve health care
(Column ~ 06/23/03)
With all the news about tort reform, Medicare reform and physician malpractice insurance rates, I thought it would be good to hear about a group within the medical community that does so much good. The Southeast Missouri Medical Center Inc. is such a group...
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Bishops say sex abuse reforms are proceeding
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
ST. LOUIS -- America's Roman Catholic bishops face a critical six months ahead in which a series of reports will either support their claim that sex abuse reforms are on track or provide ammunition to their increasingly vocal critics. "The bishops are more hopeful. I think we feel more confident. I think we're beginning to get a handle on it," Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a weekend interview as the group's semiannual meeting adjourned...
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Channel puts corporate muscle behind UFO investigation effort
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/03)
NEW YORK -- In an unusual step for a television network, the Sci Fi Channel is campaigning to persuade the government to be more forthcoming and aggressive in investigating UFO sightings. Sci Fi has hired a Washington lobbyist, received support from former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, sponsored a symposium on interstellar travel and is considering a court effort to declassify documents related to a 1965 incident in Pennsylvania...
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People talk 6/23/03
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
Sharpton has sharp words for Ohio city leaders LORAIN, Ohio -- The Rev. Al Sharpton paused from his presidential campaign duties to chastise city leaders for backing off of their decision to rename a street for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. City Council voted 9-2 last week to leave the name 21st Street on one of the city's busiest arteries while adding an honorary name of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, effective in January...
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'Hulk' transforms into cash cow
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
LOS ANGELES -- "The Hulk" was a monster at the box office in its debut weekend, taking in a June opening record of $62.6 million. The action flick about a scientist turned into a raging green beast by a lab accident took over the top box-office spot from the animated fish tale "Finding Nemo," which slipped to second place with a weekend take of $20.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Hundreds of Florida residents urged to evacuate
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Emergency officials urged residents to evacuate more than 600 homes downstream from Lake Manatee on Sunday as excess water from the reservoir, swollen by days of torrential rain, gushed through a dam's flood gates. Some homes were already flooded Sunday morning as officials released water into the Manatee River to keep the lake -- which rose 5 feet higher than normal -- from pouring uncontrolled over its emergency spillways...
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Governor of Hawaii eases quarantine rules
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
HONOLULU -- The governor signed new rules Sunday allowing pets arriving in Hawaii to pass through state quarantine in five days or less -- easing a strict system that required all cats and dogs be confined for at least one month. Under the new rules, Hawaii residents for the first time ever will be able to travel with their pets and return to the islands without their animals being quarantined...
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Board to suggest repairs for shuttle insulation
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board is preparing to recommend as early as this week that NASA fix foam insulation problems linked to the shuttle tragedy before resuming space flights, an official close to the investigation said. The recommendation might put a chill on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's plans. Space agency officials have vowed to fly again by early next year, even though they have not figured out how to fix all the problems related to the foam debris...
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Direction of fire on mountaintop may help firefighters
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
SUMMERHAVEN, Ariz. -- The uncontrolled wildfire that destroyed more than 250 homes in this mountaintop community moved on a course Sunday that would take it into an area where terrain and lighter vegetation will make it easier to fight, fire officials said...
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Government's report bolsters detainees' claims of mistreatment
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
NEW YORK -- Yasser Ebrahim says his introduction to the federal prison system came from guards slamming his head into a wall while calling him a "terrorist." Shakir Baloch says guards at the same lockup warned him: "You will be here the rest of your life."...
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Stanford forces final game for title
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
OMAHA, Neb. -- John Hudgins earned his third win of the College World Series, and Sam Fuld hit a leadoff home run to tie the CWS record for career hits as the Cardinal defeated Rice 8-3 on Sunday in the second game of the championship series. Stanford (51-17) evened the best-of-three series, and the teams will play tonight for the title...
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Kaye wins Buick for first title
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
HARRISON, N.Y. -- Jonathan Kaye won the water-logged Buick Classic for his first PGA Tour title Sunday, holing a 12-foot eagle putt from just off the back of the 18th green on the first hole of a playoff with John Rollins. Kaye, who lost a playoff to Chris Riley last year in the Reno-Tahoe Open, made a 4-foot birdie putt in regulation on the par-5 closing hole to match Rollins at 13-under 271 on the saturated Westchester Country Club course...
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Draft ends without big trades
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A healthy dose of caution prevailed at the NHL Draft, where teams took advantage of a very young pool of talent and held off on blockbuster deals. With a possible lockout looming in September 2004, NHL clubs looked toward the distant future instead of seeking quick-fix solutions...
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Speak Out A 06/23/03
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/03)
Eliminating terror Until those terrorists are cleaned out of Palestine, there will be no peace for the Palestinian or Israeli people. Those terrorists who are creating devastation throughout the world have got to be completely eliminated if the peace-loving people of the world are ever able to be free of fear and live in peace...
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Combined effort pays off during Wappapello fete
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/23/03)
To the editor: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake thanks all who participated in the second annual Army Birthday Celebration June 14 at the Bill Emerson Memorial Visitor Center on June 14, 2003. In addition to the live music, display of custom and classic vehicles and booths, live karaoke and line dancing were crowd pleasers. An estimated crowd of 2,700 attended this event. Without the combined effort of all involved, we couldn't have had such a great event...
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Fanfare 6/23/03
(Other Sports ~ 06/23/03)
Briefly Baseball Montreal slugger Vladimir Guerrero may be able to return to the Expos' lineup sooner than originally expected. Expos general manager Omar Minaya told reporters Sunday that Guerrero's extensive therapy on his injured back is yielding "encouraging results"...
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Study investigates farm chemicals' role in decline of fertility
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A University of Missouri research-er whose recent study suggested three common farm chemicals were linked to lower sperm counts and quality in mid-Missouri men is seeking a grant to determine whether the chemicals were spread through the water supply...
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Kansas wheat farmers celebrate end of drought
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
GOODLAND, Kan. -- As summer rolls in, Kansas turns khaki. To a wheat farmer like Ken Palmgren, that's the color of money. "Yeah, the fields are yellowing up right nice," Palmgren said recently, gazing over the waves of grain that stretch across the rolling hills of Sherman County...
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Roundup-resistant weed could cost farmers millions
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
LITTLE ROCK -- Genetics and herbicide use are contributing to the rise of a strong strain of horseweed, troubling farmers who likely will have to spend millions of dollars to fight the plant that is immune to a common weed-killer. A weed scientist who confirmed the horseweed's presence in an Arkansas cotton field said it could cost the state's farmers as much as $9 million to combat it next year. The weed is also present in fields from the Midwest to the East Coast...
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Recruits eat all kinds of stuff for USDA study
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
It's breakfast time inside Building 308, and a group of volunteers aged 22 to 68 have just ingested their treatments -- which is to say they've eaten bowls filled to the brim with delicately sliced purple carrots. Those who ate raw pieces of the vegetable, whose maroonish skin conceals an orange interior, are having a little more trouble swallowing than those who ate them cooked...
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Cape Legion splits in Kentucky
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/03)
The Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons Senior American Legion baseball team split a doubleheader at Calvert City, Ky., Sunday as its winning streak came to an end. Cape rolled 11-1 in the opener that was stopped after five innings by the 10-run rule for its fourth consecutive victory, but Calvert City rebounded for a 4-2 triumph in the second game...
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Mary Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
Mary Ann Johnson, 68, of Millersville, died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 12, 1934, at Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Jacob Harlem and Edna Blanche Smith Dunn. She and J.R. Johnson were married Jan. 18, 1959, at Marble Hill, Mo. He died Dec. 8, 1999...
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Willene Cossairt
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
Willene W. Cossairt, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 21, 2003, at her residence. She was born Sept. 23, 1918, in Stoddard County, daughter of William B. and Cora Wilkerson Warren. She and Robert J. Cossairt were married May 11, 1937, at Bloomfield, Mo. He died May 3, 1991...
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Capahas capture tight games
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/03)
The Craftsman Union Capahas received a pair of rugged challenges Sunday -- but were still able to sweep a tightly contested doubleheader from the visiting St. Louis Golden Spikes. Gary Gilbert's walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the Capahas a 7-4 win in the opener. The Capahas then scored four runs in the sixth inning of the second game to break a tie and they held on for a 12-11 victory...
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Out of the past 6/23/03
(Out of the Past ~ 06/23/03)
10 years ago: June 23, 1993 Cape Girardeau voters will be asked to consider new school building package, but question is when; Board of Education will discuss timing and specifics of issue at its annual planning session July 27. Former secretary of defense Dick Cheney assailed President Bill Clinton over economics and national security in appearance Tuesday at Cape Girardeau; Cheney was featured speaker at $50-a-plate breakfast at Drury Lodge...
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Rose Kern
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Rose Anna Kern, 91, of New Hamburg, Mo., died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton, Mo.
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Julia Norton
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
POPLARBLUFF, Mo. -- Julia Yvonne Norton, 66, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of CapeGirardeau, died Friday, June 20, 2003, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born Nov. 1, 1936, daughter of J.Y. and Fern Huffman. She and Charles were married Dec. 27, 1952, at Pocahontas, Ark...
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Blanche Stone
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Blanche Mae Stone, 84, died Friday, June 20, 2003, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 10, 1919, at Bell City, Mo., daughter of Emmett and Lillian Worthen Huff. She and Boyd Stone were married April 8, 1935. He preceded her in death...
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Afton Sams
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Afton I. Sams, 76, of Cairo, died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at her residence. She was born Dec. 7, 1926, at Perks, Ill., daughter of Ernest and Eva Eller Robertson. She was married to William L. Sams, who preceded her in death. She was a customer service representative for more than 29 years at Illinois Bell Telephone Company and was employed at Simpsons & Bodes Pharmacy in Cairo before her retirement. She was a member of the Gospel Assembly Church at Anna...
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Harry Schuler
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
Harry Schuler of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at Northeast Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Mary Rice
(Obituary ~ 06/23/03)
Mary A. Rice, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 20, 2003, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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Statue in Courthouse Park will be revived
(Editorial ~ 06/23/03)
It was a shock to look across the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn in downtown Cape Girardeau on May 12 and find the familiar Civil War soldier in pieces around the fountain he once graced. He was the victim of a wayward tree limb broken off by a gust of wind. At the time, many individuals who saw the statue's remaining pieces said there's no way he could be reassembled...
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Scott City interchange still a big concern
(Editorial ~ 06/23/03)
Few would disagree that the Scott City connection to Interstate 55 has some serious problems. The confusing interchange at least gives pause to anyone not raised in northern Scott County. I-55, U.S. 61 and Routes K and M come together in a perplexing manner of onramps and offramps within a few yards of each other...
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Medical community split over state's certificate of need law
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The abandonment of a constitutional challenge to the Missouri law requiring state approval for the construction of new hospitals or the purchase of high-end medical equipment leaves opponents of the statute continuing to push for legislative repeal...
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Bush opens third season of T-ball
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush ushered in the third season of T-ball on the South Lawn Sunday with two squads of children from Virginia military bases. "Today we honor the men and women who wear our nation's uniform, and it is our honor to welcome two teams, two mighty squads" from military bases, Bush said before placing the first ball in the tee and yelling "play ball!"...
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Cape Girardeau School Board agenda
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Special meeting 6 p.m. today, 301 N. Clark St. Superintendent report Financial overview study session Approval of student transportation contract Approval of Central Junior High School HVAC system Authorization to apply for Federal Education Assistance Grant...
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Low-income immigrants look to Medicare bill to get health aid
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
WASHINGTON -- The longtime drive to restore government aid to legal immigrants is taking a shaky step forward with a Medicare bill now moving through Congress. The proposal, added by senators, could mean victory for advocates after years of effort. Or it might be another in a series of false starts for those pushing since 1996 to bring legal immigrants back into aid programs...
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Feds unlikely to follow McDonald's lead on antibiotics
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
WASHINGTON -- Barb Determan worries that the decision by McDonald's Corp. to force meat suppliers to phase out use of antibiotics on their animals could cause other restaurant chains to follow suit and eventually sway the government on the issue. "We have a real job here to educate consumers and make them understand that we're not just throwing them around," Determan says of the two antibiotics she and her husband feed young piglets on their 3,000-hog farm in Early, Iowa. ...
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Bloody night leaves Lewis with questions
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
LOS ANGELES -- His night in the ring was long since over, and Lennox Lewis and his people were still working hard. Vitali Klitschko was tough enough, but now there was some serious explaining to do. Lewis was still the heavyweight champion, but that and another $10 million or so in his bank account were the only things he could feel good about Saturday night...
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KC reverses fortunes against Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
ST. LOUIS -- The Kansas City Royals reversed their fortunes against their cross-state rivals. Jeremy Affeldt won for the first time in seven starts and hit an RBI single in a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. The Royals took two of three in the weekend series. The Cardinals were 5-1 against Kansas City last year...
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Williams sisters looking to dominate
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/03)
WIMBLEDON, England -- Pete Sampras is out. So is the curtsy. The men are considering setting up alternative tournaments if the Grand Slams don't fork over more money. The women are launching a new marketing campaign. Change is in the air at tennis' most tradition-laden event...
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World briefs 6/23/03
(National News ~ 06/23/03)
U.S. Marine killed in African training exercise CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti -- An explosion that may have been caused by a bomb dropped from a B-52 killed a U.S. Marine and wounded eight U.S. service members during a Sunday training exercise in this Horn of Africa nation, U.S. Central Command said...
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Groups offering summer activities for area children
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Children in Cape won't be able to complain about being bored this summer. Three local organizations are providing daily summer programs for children and teens filled with safe and fun activities. Boys & Girls Club of Cape Girardeau, at 232 Broadway, is offering children a summer program daily from 10 a.m. ...
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Business memo 06/23/03
(Business ~ 06/23/03)
Southeast Missourian Jr. took first place for Best Kids' publication in the Suburban Newspapers of America 2003 Advertising & Promotion Contest. The newspaper, published by the Southeast Missourian, also won first place in its division for Best Classified Ad Series...
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People on the move 06/23/03
(Business ~ 06/23/03)
Physicians receive board certification Southeast Missouri Hospital emergency services physicians Richard E. Draper, D.O., and C. Adam Swafford, M.D., have been certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine...
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Cape police report 6/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, June 23 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Miscellaneous A 37-year-old male was taken into protective custody Sunday. A suspect was taken into custody Sunday pending filing of formal charges on suspicion of possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute....
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Cape fire report 6/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/03)
Cape Girardeau Monday, June 23 Firefighters responded Saturday to the following items: At 7:54 p.m., medical assist at 2048 Big Bend. At 8:28 p.m., medical assist at 430 Sheridan, Apt. 8F.Firefighters responded Sunday to the following items: At 1:25 a.m., illegal burn at 2232 Perryville Road...
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About 100 attend Crader family reunion at Cape park
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
The Crader family reunion, held June 8 at Cape County Park, was attended by about 100 people. Bill and Roma Swindle from Plainview, Texas, traveled the greatest distance; Ruby Statler, 85, was the oldest descendant present; Vicki Michael's granddaughter, Anabella, was the youngest descendant present at 14 months...
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Harley riders raise $10,000
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
The SEMO Harley Owners Group raised $10,336 for the Kenny Rogers Children's Center in Sikeston, Mo., on June 1. "I can't believe over $10,000 was raised in one day," said Michelle Fayette, executive director of the children's center. "That is awesome."...
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Community briefs 06/23/03
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Salvation Army serves meals this week The Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope, will be serving Meals With Friends from today through Friday. Serving time is 4:30 to 6 p.m. Any individual is welcome to enjoy a hot, nutritious meal in a cool, friendly atmosphere at no cost...
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Military digest 06/23/03
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Man becomes lab tech, will serve on sub Naval Petty Officer Third Class Bruce Dirden recently completed engineering laboratory technician school at Charleston, S.C. Dirden joined the Navy in July 2001. He is the son of Joe and Linda Dirden of Cape Girardeau. Dirden is a 2001 graduate of Cape Central High School. Dirden is stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where he will be a lab technician on the USS Key West, a submarine...
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Cape couple wins home in drawing to benefit Memphis hospital
(Local News ~ 06/23/03)
Richard and Sharon Hogan were so sure they wouldn't win the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway Sunday that they weren't home when the winning ticket was chosen on KFVS-12. "We were at my wife's uncle's house in Marble Hill when the drawing happened," said Richard Hogan. "We just thought we were making a good donation to something worthwhile."...
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