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Cape Girardeau driver injured
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/02)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau driver sustained moderate injuries Monday night near Charleston. Cabrina Rafferty, 22, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center after the 10 p.m. accident on Route N, 3 miles north of Charleston. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Rafferty's vehicle ran off the right side of the road, the driver overcorrected and the vehicle ran off the left side of the road, overturning...
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Secretary of defense sold assets to comply with rules
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld sold between $20.5 million and $91 million in assets last year to avoid conflicts of interest, he says in a disclosure report that includes a slap at the required forms. Rumsfeld complained in an unusual letter to the Office of Government Ethics that the "excessively complex and confusing" forms cost him more than $60,000 in accountants' fees to compile...
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Privacy at stake in steroid testing, union leader says
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- The head of the baseball players' union Tuesday told Congress that players should not be tested for steroids without reasonable grounds for suspicion, and warned against new policies that would "smear" athletes. "This discussion can be summarized in a single word: privacy," Donald Fehr, executive director and general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association, told a Senate Commerce subcommittee...
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Edmonds, Kile team up, hound Anaheim
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Jim Edmonds homered in his first game against his former team and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Anaheim Angels 7-2 Tuesday night. Darryl Kile allowed six hits in 7 2/3 innings, winning for the third time in four starts, and the Cardinals took sole possession of first place in the NL Central for the first time since April 15...
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Germans focused on U.S. in quarterfinals
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
SEOGWIPO, South Korea -- The Germans are well aware of the best the U.S. team has to offer, and they aren't about to underestimate one of the biggest surprises of the World Cup. German coach Rudi Voeller used to wear the same uniform as American captain Claudio Reyna when the two played for Bayer Leverkusen in the mid-1990s. They'll meet again when the U.S. team plays the three-time champions in the quarterfinals...
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Tour vets say younger players lack discipline
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's the familiar refrain of Grumpy Old Men: Kids these days. No discipline. Got things way too easy. This wasn't a group of retirees lounging around a coffee shop, though. These were five of golf's all-time greats -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Tom Watson, who have 212 PGA Tour victories and 51 majors among them...
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Castillo takes his hitting streak to 32 straight games
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
MIAMI -- Luis Castillo went 3-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 32 games, longest in the major leagues in 15 years, and Florida beat Cleveland 4-0 Tuesday night in their first meeting since the 1997 World Series. Ryan Dempster (5-6) allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings before being ejected after he hit a batter for the second time. Manager Jeff Torborg was also thrown out...
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Sports digest 6/19/02
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
Football Former Chicago Bears quarterback Bob Avellini was arrested and accused of smashing a tavern window with a golf club, police said. Avellini was charged with criminal damage to property after a window was broken at McGee's Tavern on the city's North Side, Chicago Police spokesman Wayne Frisbie said. A golf club was used to smash the glass after Avellini was told to leave the establishment, Frisbie said...
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Woods' clinic offers advice to young golfers
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Leave it to Tiger Woods to turn a Florida thunderstorm into a learning experience. Woods and the inner-city youth attending his golf clinic at Disney World's Palm course were forced off the driving range by a driving tropical rain Tuesday. But Woods, two days removed from his waterlogged victory at the U.S. Open, had plenty of advice on how to play in such conditions...
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The week at a glance
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
LOCAL EVENTS Two-ladies shamble, Kimbeland Country Club, Jackson, Mo., Thursday. SEMO Seniors Tournament, Kennett (Mo.) Country Club, Thursday and Friday. Two-person scramble, Eagle Lake Golf Course, Farmington, Mo., Saturday. Two-man scramble, Salem (Mo.) Golf and Country Club, Saturday and Sunday...
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Rumsfeld aide to switch from No. 2 policy position to adviser
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- In an unusual move, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is shifting one of his most trusted aides, Stephen Cambone, from the Pentagon's No. 2 policy position to an obscure advisory post, two senior defense officials said Tuesday. The move is designed to make Cambone a driving force in carrying out the broad defense strategy that he helped Rumsfeld develop during his first 17 months in office, the officials said. ...
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States, cities adjust to governing with bioterror threats
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- From identifying dangerous microbes to making Mount Rushmore more secure, states and cities are racing to put protections in place against bioterrorism. A first wave of grants is arriving from Washington, spurring efforts to expand labs, enhance the reporting of outbreaks of sickness and guard against farm diseases that a terrorist might exploit...
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Cape fire report 06/19/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, June 19 Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:At 5:15 p.m., a carbon monoxide detector sounding at 2224 Palomino. At 6:17 p.m., an illegal burn at 1001 S. Sprigg St. At 8:29 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1620 Bertling...
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Cape police report 6/19/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, June 19 ArrestsChristopher Adam Walley, 20, of Jackson, Mo., was arrested Monday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear in court. Rachelle Annette Brown, 21, of 20 S. Sprigg St. was arrested Tuesday at 121 S. Sprigg Street for stealing cosmetics...
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Sept. 11 suspect held in Syria
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
By Peter Finn ~ The Washington Post BERLIN -- A key figure in the Sept. 11 plot who fled Hamburg, Germany, last October has been held in secret detention in Syria after being first arrested in Morocco and expelled to Damascus with U.S. knowledge, according to German and Arab intelligence sources...
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Militants in Malaysia admit to Afghan training
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
TAIPING, Malaysia -- Suspected Islamic militants detained for months in Malaysia confessed for the first time Tuesday to weapons training in Afghanistan and trying to help Muslim separatist in Southeast Asia. Many of their comrades remained at large, they said at the start of an inquiry by Malaysia's human rights commission into conditions at the Kamunting prison camp in northern Malaysia, where suspects are jailed under the Internal Security Act. ...
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Politicians court elderly support for midterm vote
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- One side on defense, the other on offense, House Republicans and Democrats are jousting over Medicare and Social Security, issues of concern to older voters who are likely to figure prominently in midterm elections. The GOP went first, unveiling legislation to offer prescription drug coverage to the nation's 39 million Medicare recipients...
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Bush gives Homeland Security blueprint for review
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
From wire service reports WASHINGTON -- Gaining fresh pledges of support, President Bush sent to Congress on Tuesday his detailed proposal for creation of a new Homeland Security Department -- a 35-page bill that outlines the biggest government reshuffling since 1947...
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Republicans hope to raise $28 million at presidential fete
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- The last big Republican congressional fund raiser before a soft money ban takes effect is expected to bring in a record $28 million or more. The event President Bush was to headline tonight for the National Republican Congressional Committee and its Senate counterpart will lift this year's fund-raising total for Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to at least $97.9 million...
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CIA, FBI, NSA directors appear at inquiry
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- Leaders of the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency told a congressional panel Tuesday what they've learned about the Sept. 11 terror attacks -- and about their own intelligence-gathering shortcomings. FBI Director Robert Mueller, CIA Director George Tenet and the NSA director, Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden, appeared together behind closed doors before the joint inquiry of the House and Senate intelligence committees looking into the Sept. 11 attacks...
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House GOP pushes prescription drug plan
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans put their prescription drug proposal on a fast track Tuesday even as Democrats and some advocacy groups complained it would burden senior citizens with out-of-pocket costs and leave them dependent on private insurers...
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Mom charged with role in boy's death
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A mother has been charged with lying to police and failing to seek immediate medical attention after her boyfriend allegedly injured her 3-year-old son so severely that the boy later died. Lena M. Buhr, 27, of Independence, was charged Tuesday with endangering the welfare of a child and hindering prosecution of a felony...
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Officials complain of possible conflict of interest in DNR
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State officials have complained about efforts to gain federal recognition for a group of historic Jefferson City properties, citing close ties between some property owners and employees in the Department of Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over the effort...
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Accused serial killer's Missouri trial to move forward
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- A judge has granted accused serial killer John E. Robinson's request to speed up the murder case against him in Missouri. Cass County Associate Circuit Judge Williams Collins on Monday allowed Robinson's attorneys to begin working with court officials there and in Johnson County, Kan. They plan to set up a two-way video system so Robinson could be arraigned in Cass County and remain in the Johnson County jail...
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Trial in deadly cable car fire begins
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
VIENNA, Austria -- Cable car operators, technicians and government officials created a "mosaic of mistakes" that led to the deaths of 155 people in a grisly cable car fire at a ski resort, a prosecutor said Tuesday. More than 19 months after Austria's deadliest peacetime disaster, 16 defendants went on trial Tuesday for negligence concerning the Nov. 11, 2000, inferno in Kaprun, 60 miles south of Salzburg. Eight victims were Americans...
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Tycoon's latest balloon bid to circle the globe delayed
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
NORTHAM, Australia -- Strong winds forced a four-hour delay today in the launch of American adventurer Steve Fossett's latest solo round-the-world balloon. Fossett was planning to take off around dawn in his sixth attempt to fly solo around the world...
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Celebrities talk of using names to promote U.N.
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 50 celebrity ambassadors, including Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie, met Tuesday to discuss ways to use their names to better promote the United Nations and its many causes. More than half a century after the United Nations was established, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the celebrities the world body still is not "very good" at getting its message across -- and he urged them to "help us learn from you how the United Nations can make its message more effective.". ...
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EMS worker testifies shoe bomb suspect Reid had slurred speech
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
BOSTON -- An emergency medical technician testified Tuesday that Richard Reid had slurred speech and appeared sluggish as he was questioned by the FBI for allegedly trying to blow up a jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes. The testimony came during a hearing on Reid's request to suppress statements made after his arrest. Reid's lawyers claim he was still feeling the effects of Valium and sedatives that passengers forcibly injected into him while trying to restrain him...
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New middle school's library will try to transcend norm
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
By Heather Kronmueller ~ Southeast Missourian For 26 years, Vickie Howard has dreamed of creating a school library where children would be able to sit and read without feeling like they were in a school. She dreamed of a place where children would look at murals instead of plain white walls, sit in the back seat of a convertible instead of a hard plastic chairs and search the card catalogue from computers in a soda shop rather than computers on a desk in the middle of the room.. ...
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U.S.-born Taliban tries to have statements dismissed
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The government violated John Walker Lindh's rights when it refused to fly the U.S.-born Taliban home from Afghanistan for a prompt hearing while allowing him to be questioned by U.S. interrogators, his lawyers said Tuesday. Distance wasn't a problem, the attorneys said, contending the government showed no reluctance to wing entertainers to and from the war region...
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People talk 6/19
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
TV doc adds helps in vaccination campaign MACHAKOS, Kenya -- She couldn't actually administer the vaccinations, but Jane Seymour, who starred in the CBS drama "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," lent her celebrity to a campaign aimed at eliminating measles in Africa on Tuesday...
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National briefs 6/19/02
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
Terrorists could face death under N.J. law TRENTON, N.J. -- The New Jersey governor signed a new state law Tuesday that makes terrorism a crime punishable by death. While much of the law mirrors national statutes, lawmakers said New Jersey needed the measure to ensure terrorists face justice if federal laws fail...
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National brfiefs 6/19
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
Ex-Nixon aide stalls on revealing 'Deep Throat' NEW YORK -- Thirty years and a day after the break-in at the Watergate complex that would bring down a president, former White House counsel John Dean called a press conference to reveal who Deep Throat was -- then stonewalled...
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U.S. Consulate in Karachi reopens
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
KARACHI, Pakistan -- The acting U.S. ambassador offered condolences Tuesday to the families of 12 Pakistanis killed last week when a car bomb exploded in front of the American consulate in Karachi. U.S. Charge d'Affaires Nancy J. Powell spoke as the consulate reopened for business Tuesday under visibly tightened security...
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German right gears up for elections
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Conservative candidate Edmund Stoiber kicked Germany's election campaign into high gear Tuesday with a sweeping attack on the government, bolstered by polls indicating Germans will take a cue from the French and vote out the left in September...
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Audit - Response to insurance complaints sometimes delayed
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is doing a good job of responding to consumer insurance complaints but could be doing even better if all insurance companies would cooperate with the state, according to an audit released Tuesday. State Auditor Claire McCaskill's office said the state Insurance Department resolves about 80 percent of the 500 complaints it receive each month...
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Israel plans to seize lands in response to bomb attack on bus
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
JERUSALEM -- In a major policy change, Israel will seize and reoccupy Palestinian lands until "acts of terror" against its civilians end, the government said early Wednesday, responding to a suicide bombing that killed 19 bus passengers and wounded 55 others...
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Region digest 06/19/02
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
St. Louis publication honors area legislators Three veteran Southeast Missouri lawmakers are being honored by the St. Louis Business Journal for their efforts on behalf of the St. Louis area during the recent legislative session. Republican Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder of Cape Girar-deau and state Sen. ...
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Karzai pleads for one more day to pick Afghan Cabinet
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States interceded Tuesday in the process of selecting a new Afghan government, telling President Hamid Karzai that his Cabinet must win the approval of the grand council. Karzai delayed announcing his lineup for another day...
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Russia criticizes pricing for Iraq
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
MOSCOW -- Russia said that the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq is on "the verge of breaking down" and accused the U.S. and Great Britain on Tuesday of hindering effective oil pricing. "Recently a critical situation has emerged in carrying out the U.N.'s humanitarian program of oil for food for Iraq in connection with the unprecedented lowering of the level of oil exports from Iraq," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement...
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Air controllers in France to strike
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
PARIS -- Air traffic controllers have called for a one-day strike for Wednesday that threatens to disrupt much of the airline service in France. Besides that walkout, a four-hour stoppage in Greece and Portugal and a one-hour freeze in Italy were expected...
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Saudi Arabia makes first arrests of al-Qaida suspects
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia announced its first al-Qaida-related arrests since Sept. 11 and said Tuesday it was holding 11 Saudis, an Iraqi and a Sudanese man behind a plot to shoot down a U.S. military plane taking off from a Saudi air base...
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Two rockets fired toward the center of Afghan capital
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two rockets were fired late Tuesday into the center of Kabul, exploding about one block from the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy compound, Afghan soldiers said. There was no report of casualties but one house was damaged when a rocket hit the garage door. The house is usually occupied by Japanese Embassy officials but they had gone to the southern city of Kandahar the day before and the dwelling was empty...
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Traditional justice used to heal genocide's wounds
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Residents of Nyarugunga, a poor, dusty neighborhood in Rwanda's capital, were the first to witness the unfolding of the 1994 genocide. On Wednesday, they will witness the beginning of the most ambitious effort yet to find justice and reconciliation...
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Workhorse of firefighting fleet grounded after crash
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
The nation's C-130A air tankers, workhorse of the firefighting fleet, were grounded Tuesday in the midst of what could become one of the worst fire seasons in history after a plane lost its wings and nose-dived in Northern California, killing all three people aboard...
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Earthquake shakes six Midwest states
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
Camila Holbrook was at her log home in Jackson, Mo., grabbing a quick bite Tuesday afternoon when the shaking started. "It was very strong," Holbrook said. "Our whole house was shaking. The stair railing started vibrating. It was very intense there for a bit."...
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Aspirin unlikely to help dog's heart murmur
(Column ~ 06/19/02)
jkoch By John Koch, DVMQuestion: My veterinarian has told me that my dog has a heart murmur. Apparently the murmur was not bad because I was told that no medication was necessary at that time. However, the other day when the doorbell rang Max got all excited and must have had a heart attack. ...
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Airport eating, crash report, cloning
(Column ~ 06/19/02)
Good news for area pilots and others who frequent MAC'S AIRPORT RESTAURANT. It has added breakfast and lunch on Saturdays. Also it's open Thursday and Friday evenings ... along with its regular daily hours. A lot of area weekend pilots like to fly into Cape for a meal and visit ... ...
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Hummingbird haven
(Column ~ 06/19/02)
The summer conversation of gardeners and birdwatchers alike eventually gets around to hummingbirds. Comments like the following are typical: "I had one or two hummers early, but they are gone now. I never get hummingbirds until late in the season. I can't keep my feeders filled. I go through five pounds of nectar a week. I'd give anything to get some hummingbirds at my feeder."...
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Make quick breakfasts with granola recipes
(Column ~ 06/19/02)
smcclanahan Summer brings so many wonderful activities for us as a family. One being Ross' baseball games. We gather as a family and watch Ross and his team practice the skills they have learned from their coaches. Last week was a mother's dream. Ross hit an inside the park home run. As the coaches were signaling him on to keep running, he got so tickled he almost couldn't run...
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Growing great plants indoors takes patience
(Community ~ 06/19/02)
Nana Rose loved her carnations. She saw great beauty in all growing things, and kept an enormous garden, filled with stunning shrubs and flowers. But, her carnations were her pride and joy -- those and her roses. We brothers often would sit with her out in the back yard on a big steel swing with massively fluffy seat cushions, and she would show us how to use just the right amount of water -- not too much, not too little -- to keep her flowers lovely...
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Sikeston teacher saves co-worker from choking
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- At the beginning of the day, Nancy Kent greeted her summer school pupils at the Kindergarten Center on June 3 with vigor and enthusiasm. At the end of the day, she saved a co-worker's life. Kent was making bus tags for her students when she heard someone pounding on her outside classroom door. On the other side was fellow teacher Corrie Gordon gasping for air...
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Deadline for comments on Sikeston wards approaching
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
Associated Press/The News Leader, Bob Linder Physican's assistant Elton Youngblood talked with patient Catherine Anderson in Dr. Kimberly Witkop's office in Branson, Mo. Youngblood graduated from a two-year medical training program, and a state board exam certifies him to perform routine medical care under Witkop's supervision.By Scott Welton ~ Standard Democrat ...
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Out of the past 6/19/02
(Out of the Past ~ 06/19/02)
10 years ago: June 19, 1992 Typical Cape Girardeau property owner will pay additional $50.55 in property taxes and city utility charges under new fees adopted this week as part of fiscal year 1992 city budget; new fiscal year begins July 1; in subsequent 12 months, typical household - with property valued at $70,000 and which uses average of 700 cubic feet of water per month - will pay total of $786.80 in property tax and sewer and solid-waste fees; that's 7 percent increase over last year's figure.. ...
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Cape FCE council meeting
(Community News ~ 06/19/02)
Cape Girardeau County FCE Council meeting was held June 6, at the Cape Girardeau County Education Center. Mary Gosche gave the devotional. Agnes Wachter presided. Inez Statler reported on the April 8 Leaders Training program, and a report on the FCE district meeting April 17 was given by members who attended...
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Ironing brings 'date' to early end
(Column ~ 06/19/02)
My husband is a good man. He's a hard worker. He is as compassionate and caring as the average straight male can be in today's society. And he looks so good, many people suspect he's actually a younger man I'm seeing on the side. Most importantly, he puts up with this column and all the rest of my lunacy...
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Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck dead at 77
(Professional Sports ~ 06/19/02)
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Jack Buck, who in nearly five decades as a broadcaster became a St. Louis institution and one of the most recognizable voices in sports, died late Tuesday night, his son Joe Buck said. The Hall of Famer underwent lung cancer surgery Dec. 5, then went back in Barnes-Jewish Hospital Jan. 3 to have an intestinal blockage surgically removed. He never left the hospital. He was 77...
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Rising tax issue may not make ballot in November
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
CAPE REVENUE By Bob Miller ~ Southeast Missourian Voters may not be asked to approve a sales tax increase in November after all. The Cape Girardeau City Council in May moved not to follow a city revenue team's recommendation to put a 3/4-cent sales tax increase on the August ballot, saying that date would be too soon to both convince voters of the city's needs and prove that officials have done all they can to cut costs.. ...
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Shuttle returns to Earth with record-setting astronauts
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
AP Science WriterEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth on Wednesday with a trio of crewmen whose record-setting stay aboard the international space station was extended by bad weather on the ground...
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Suicide bomber attacks bus stop in Jerusalem, kills at least 7
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
Associated Press WriterJERUSALEM (AP) -- A suicide bomber jumped out of a car, dashed past two policemen and ran to a bus stop before blowing himself up and killing at least seven other people Wednesday evening, according to police and rescue workers. More than 35 people were wounded...
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Grand jury weighs case against Cardinal Law, other officials
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
Associated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) -- A grand jury is looking into whether criminal charges could be brought against Cardinal Bernard Law and other church leaders in the sex scandal that has engulfed the Boston Archdiocese, a law enforcement source said Wednesday...
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Man found guilty of kidnapping girl
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
Associated Press WriterOMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A jury convicted a man Wednesday of kidnapping a teenage girl, rejecting his claim that she voluntarily accompanied him on a six-day, 900-mile odyssey. Anthony Steven Wright, 30, was charged with kidnapping 17-year-old Anne Sluti from outside a shopping mall near her home in Kearney in April 2001. Sluti, a high school honor student, was released as Wright surrendered six days later in Montana...
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Israeli helicopters target Gaza Strip
(International News ~ 06/19/02)
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli helicopters began firing on targets in the Gaza Strip, Israel TV reported Wednesday. Most of the strikes were in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip, the report said. The Israeli army refused to comment. Palestinian security officials in the Gaza Strip said helicopters struck a steel factory in Khan Yunis and possibly Jebalya refugee camp just north of Gaza City as well as the Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitun. They had no further information...
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Imposter at bridge collapse charged with car theft
(State News ~ 06/19/02)
SEARCY, Ark. (AP) -- A man who impersonated a military officer in an attempt to take control of rescue efforts at the site of a deadly bridge collapse in Oklahoma has been charged in White County with theft of property. William Clark, 29, of Tallapoosa, Mo., was arrested in Canada last week as he waited to board a ferry in Tobermory, Ontario, about 180 miles northwest of Toronto...
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Grand jury indicts former lawmaker in Operation Safe Road
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted businessman and former state lawmaker Roger Stanley on charges that he paid bribes to win $4 million in contracts with the commuter rail system Metra, the U.S. attorney said Wednesday...
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Stocks fall on tech warnings, suicide-bombing
(National News ~ 06/19/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Warnings from Apple, Advanced Micro Devices and Ciena sparked a technology selloff Wednesday, sending the Nasdaq composite index to a new low for the year as Wall Street grew more pessimistic about the timing of a business turnaround. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled more than 140 points...
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Sterling Henry
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Funeral for Sterling Patrick Henry of Mound City will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at St. John Praise and Worship Center in Pulaski, Ill. Larry Barnett Sr. will officiate. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds, Ill. Friends may call at the church after 11 a.m. Friday...
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Correction 6/19
(Correction ~ 06/19/02)
The name of Bob Cranmer of Dalton Florists was misspelled in Tuesday's story about the Jackson Chamber of Commerce awards banquet. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Walter Ostendorf
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
DUTCHTOWN, Mo. -- Funeral for Walter F. Ostendorf of Dutchtown will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Old St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Gefford Lamprea will officiate. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7, followed by Knights of Columbus Council 6429 prayers...
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Speak Out B 06/19/02
(Speak Out ~ 06/19/02)
Road excuses don't wash THE SELF-CONGRATULATION of city and school officials about the new high school road, which won't be ready before school opens, is nauseating. This highly important road and accompanying intersection which won't be ready until the end of the year will be carrying some of the city's most inexperienced drivers. ...
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Bush is ignoring his key advisers regarding Iraq
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/19/02)
To the editor: Pundits like William Safire and White House insiders like Vice President Cheney are setting the stage for a pre-emptive strike on Iraq against the advice of key military leaders and the State Department. Without strong support from our allies, without a clear end game, and with tensions running high around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, events in the region could easily spin out of control...
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Local sports digest 6/19/02
(Other Sports ~ 06/19/02)
Capahas use big third inning to fuel 12-4 win The Cape Girardeau Capahas used a pair of third-inning home runs to grab the lead and momentum in a 12-4 victory Tuesday over the Saline County Monarchs at Harrisburg, Ill. After Jeremy Barrow gave Saline County a 2-1 lead with a two-run double in the first, the Capahas took the lead for good in the third inning, scoring four runs on a pair of home runs. ...
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Sports people 6/19/02
(Other Sports ~ 06/19/02)
Ouch, that hurts! Kansas City Star columnist JoePosnanski didn't appreciate the opinions of KC shared by St. Louis Post-Dispatch scribe Bernie Miklsz after the Royals-Cardinals series last week. Writes Joe:...
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Being young gets a lot cheaper
(Other Sports ~ 06/19/02)
Oh to be young again. Or at least to find a way to look like a junior golfer. Why? Unless someone pays you to play, there's not a better deal than the one at Gambit Golf Club in Vienna, Ill. According to Gary Squires, the director of golf at Gambit, the course allows all walking juniors to play the course for the low, low price of free...
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Three from Oran, two from ND find spots on state list
(High School Sports ~ 06/19/02)
Oran may not have tracked down its elusive first Class 1A state baseball championship this year, but the Eagles' junior-laden lineup opened a few eyes in its quest. Oran, which finished its season 20-5 and third in the state, placed three players on the 1A all-state first team released today by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association...
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Rural Missouri residents watching for ag terrorists
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
LANGDON, Mo. -- Since Sept. 11, Richard R. Oswald has been keeping a closer eye on strangers coming through his rural Atchison County neighborhood. "I'm very aware," he said. "People in the country tend to be more watchful. We always recognize people who don't belong."...
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Downtown groups need to join forces
(Editorial ~ 06/19/02)
The most remarkable thing about Cape Girardeau's downtown, other than its proximity to the Mississippi River and all the history that goes along with it, is the amount of hype it generates with few actual changes ever being made. To explain: There are at least nine groups whose missions involve improving downtown or attracting tourists there. ...
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Physician assistants showing up in every specialty
(Community ~ 06/19/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Bronchitis, sore throats, runny noses. Diabetes, hypertension. A sympathetic ear. Then it's on to the nursing home to see more patients. It's all in a day's work for Elton Youngblood. Call him anytime -- he loves the job and has always dreamed of practicing medicine...
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Etheldreda Heard
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
S. Mary Etheldreda Heard, ASC, died Saturday, April 6, 2002, at the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Ruma Center in Red Bud, Ill. She was recovering from hip surgery. She was born Dec. 11, 1900, in LaValle, Mo. Etheldreda lived 83 of her 101 years as an Adorer. She made first vows July 16, 1918, and final profession July 31, 1924. She wrote that at birth she "hovered between life and death for six weeks." Life obviously improved after those precarious first weeks...
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Carl Landis
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Carl M. Landis, 84, of Olmsted died Monday, June 17, 2002, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born Dec. 23, 1917, in Anna, Ill., son of James and Maggie Phillips Landis. He was an evangelistic minister, serving several churches in Southern Illinois. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II...
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Joseph Kelley
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Joseph H. Kelley, 59, of Villa Ridge died Monday, June 17, 2002, at his home. He was born July 24, 1942, in Olive Branch, Ill., son of William and Daisey Henderson Kelley. He married Beverly Snow. Kelley attended Cache Chapel United Methodist Church in Ullin, Ill...
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Sam Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Sam E. Johnson, 90, of Villa Ridge died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at the home of his daughter in Benton, Ill. He was born Aug. 22, 1911, in Cobden, Ill., son of Richard and Daisy Pitts Johnson. He and Della C. Turner were married Dec. 31, 1939...
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Percy Jones
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral for Percy Jones of Cairo will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy City Church of God in Christ. Dr. Grady Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds, Ill. Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. until time of service...
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Eddie Lynn
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Paul Edward "Eddie" Lynn, 69, of Sikeston died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born June 26, 1932, at Sikeston, son of Denton and Nora Hensley Lynn. Lynn was a member of Canalou Baptist Church. Survivors include a brother, Jerry Lynn of Sikeston, and a sister, Mildred Simpson of Wilmington, N.C...
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Carl Jordan
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Joseph "Carl" Jordan, 51, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at the family home. He was born Jan. 18, 1951, son of Avery E. and Lilly E. Harlan Jordan. He and Verla Sue Crites were married May 31, 1970. Survivors include his wife; his mother; two sons, Eddie and Matthew Jordan of Marble Hill; five brothers, Joe and Larry Jordan of Marble Hill, Tony Jordan of Westfield, Ill., David Jordan of Jackson, Mo., and Phil Jordan of Pocahontas, Mo.; five sisters, Ruby Isaacs of Pocahontas, Betty Kasten of Uniontown, Mo., Janet Bell of Bloomfield, Mo., Rita Wagner of Perkins, Mo., and Clara Ennis of Marble Hill; and a grandson.. ...
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Mildred James
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mildred H. James, 90, of Wood River, Ill., formerly of Marble Hill, died Monday, June 17, 2002, at VIP Nursing Home in Wood River. She was born May 25, 1912, in Panama, Ill., daughter of William and Melissa Carlock May. She married John T. Webster Sr., who died March 10, 1981. She and Melburn James were married April 29, 1961. He died March 10, 2001...
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Nick Nixon
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Aldon Charles "Nick" Nixon, 79, of Anna died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at his home. He was born Sept. 29, 1922, in Spurgeon, Ind., son of John Ajax and Necia Artie Barrett Nixon. He and Helvia Alice Maki were married Nov. 4, 1944, at Great Lake, Ill. She died Sept. 7, 1990...
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Mary Koonce
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Mary Lou Koonce, 99, of Ullin died Monday, June 17, 2002, at Britt-Haven in Benton, Ky. She was born April 23, 1903, in Jackson, Tenn., daughter of James H. and Louisa Grote Johnson Sr. She married I.E. "Dusty" Koonce, who died Dec. 3, 1970...
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Otha Clemons
(Obituary ~ 06/19/02)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Otha Lee Clemons, 78, of Charleston died Sunday, June 15, 2002, at Charleston Manor. He was born June 5, 1924, in Tunica, Miss., son of Stennis and Mary Kirkland Clemons. Clemons retired as a construction worker and truck driver in Flint, Mich...
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People and things 6/19/02
(Local News ~ 06/19/02)
Notre Dame students get national award Two Notre Dame Regional High School seniors qualified for the Arion Award, a national award for outstanding achievement by high school musicians in band, orchestra or chorus. The music department at Notre Dame presented Leisl Schoenberger and Brad Bohannon with the award May 17...
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