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'Black Hawk Down' displaces 'Rings' at top of box office
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
LOS ANGELES -- With American troops fighting overseas, audiences at home flocked to the intensely realistic military drama "Black Hawk Down." Ridley Scott's depiction of a failed 1993 U.S. mission in Somalia was in first place in movie theaters over the weekend, bringing in $29 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Steelers kick stumbling Ravens out of AFC championship chase
(Professional Sports ~ 01/21/02)
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers held Baltimore to three first downs in three quarters, harassed Elvis Grbac into numerous mistakes and advanced to the AFC championship game with a 27-10 rout of the defending NFL champion Ravens on Sunday. The top-seeded Steelers, cheered on by a raucous, towel-twirling crowd that also resembled its 1970s predecessors, will play the New England Patriots next Sunday...
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NFL examines key ruling in Patriots' OT win
(Professional Sports ~ 01/21/02)
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Upon further review, the NFL will review its rule governing what separates a fumble from an incomplete pass. What the league won't do is reconsider instant replay. The league's competition committee will take a look, possibly as soon as its meeting next month, at Rule 3, Section 21, Article 2, which played a key role in the outcome of the AFC playoff game between the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots...
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Rumsfeld defends military tribunals
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on Sunday defended the idea of trying terrorist suspects by military tribunal after a week of rising international concern over how prisoners from Afghanistan and beyond are being treated. He spoke as 34 more prisoners from the war on terrorism arrived at the makeshift U.S. prison in Cuba, including six Algerians captured in Bosnia...
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President to back funding boost for wildlife refuges
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- For the 100th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Bush administration's backing for a budget increase for next year. Interior Secretary Gale Norton will propose boosting spending for the chronically underfunded refuge system by $56.5 million in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, providing critical help for aging facilities and canceled popular wildlife programs, a senior aide said...
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Bush keeps major promises
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush delivered on his top two campaign promises in his first year: tax cuts and education. Other items on his must-do list became can't-do-right-now. First came the loss of the Senate to the Democrats. Down went Bush's "charitable choice" plan to give religious groups more money to perform social services...
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President marks first year anniversary in low-key style
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- There was a business-as-usual mood Sunday at the White House, with no celebration marking President Bush's one-year anniversary of taking office. Asked to reflect on the significance of the day as he and his wife returned to the mansion following two nights at Camp David, Bush flashed a thumbs-up and a smile but said nothing...
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40 to 50 seats to decide who leads House
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
WASHINGTON -- The battle for control of the House next fall probably will hinge on the outcome of 40 to 50 competitive races. A scattering of highly expensive campaigns is expected, and Republicans and Democrats alike will have just a small margin for error...
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Cape fire report 1/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/21/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Jan. 21 On Saturday, firefighters responded to the following call:At 6:25 p.m., an alarm sounding at 1701 Lacey. On Sunday, firefighters responded to the following calls:At 12:55 a.m., an alarm sounding at 1 Towers Complex. At 3:10 a.m., an alarm sounding at Towers South...
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Cape police report 1/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/21/02)
Cape Girardeau Monday, Jan. 21 ArrestsTravis Kyle Ford, 23, of Thebes, Ill., was arrested Friday on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for sexual assault. Justin Lee Blanchard, 18, 2830 Hopper, was arrested Saturday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear...
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Enron - Too much, too fast corrupts a good idea
(Business ~ 01/21/02)
HOUSTON -- Several years before the meltdown, something already seemed out of whack to Tom Brigger at Enron's Corp. headquarters here. Everyone hustled around in a ceaseless buzz. Ideas flew, sparked projects everywhere, ran through hurried testing -- and often quickly dropped out of sight. Brigger, who oversaw Enron's mid-Atlantic unit for energy-management services, wondered how much energy was wasted...
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Charge it
(Business ~ 01/21/02)
For Dana Baer, it was all too easy. At first, the Southeast Missouri State University senior had it just for emergencies. Then, she saw a shirt she just couldn't live without. Once in a while, an occasional meal, a night out with friends. She used it for gas once. Or was it twice?...
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Maxed out
(Business ~ 01/21/02)
12% Undergraduate students with no credit history 10%Undergraduate students with a credit history having no credit cards 78%Undergraduate students with a credit history and had credit cards Of the 78 percent that had credit cards: 32 percent have four or more cards...
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Constitutional convention is unnecessary
(Editorial ~ 01/21/02)
Few Missouri voters are aware of it, but they'll decide in November if a constitutional convention should be held to revise and amend the state's constitution. The reason the vote on the question comes as a surprise is because it appears on the ballot every 20 years...
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Packers can't overcome abundance of mistakes
(Professional Sports ~ 01/21/02)
ST. LOUIS -- The Green Bay Packers were beaten by a potent offense and a great quarterback -- their own. Brett Favre threw a career-high six interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns, in the Packers' loss to the St. Louis Rams. The Packers committed eight turnovers in their worst postseason beating ever...
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Rams' next stop - NFC title game
(Professional Sports ~ 01/21/02)
ST. LOUIS -- More records fell at the hands of the St. Louis Rams. But this time, rather than the speedy offense, it was the vastly improved St. Louis defense setting NFL marks Sunday in a 45-17 rout of the Green Bay Packers. The victory sent the Rams to the NFC championship game next Sunday against Philadelphia...
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Nation digest 1/21
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
U.S. to pledge $290 million for Afghanistan TOKYO -- The United States will pledge $290 million in reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan, a Bush administration official says. The figure was to be announced today at an international conference on reconstruction for the war-torn nation...
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Flight arrives in Orlando after bomb threat
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Passengers flying from Britain to Florida aboard a Virgin Atlantic Airways flight said Sunday they were asked to give handwriting samples after a bomb threat scrawled on a bathroom mirror diverted them to Iceland. Police found no explosives on the Boeing 747 and concluded that the threat had been a hoax, said Jonas Jonasson, police section leader in Keflavik, 30 miles southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital...
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Truckers sing about Skynyrd and growing up in the South
(Entertainment ~ 01/21/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It was complicated growing up in Alabama in the 1970s, says Patterson Hood, leader of the Drive-By Truckers. Gov. George Wallace was the public face of the state. Hood was the son of a prominent musician, but the jocks ruled the high school parking lot. "Sweet Home Alabama" and other Lynyrd Skynyrd songs provided the soundtrack...
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Ray Bradbury returns to his roots
(Entertainment ~ 01/21/02)
LOS ANGELES -- He is 81 now and, slowed by a stroke, sometimes uses a wheelchair to navigate the nooks and crannies of Los Angeles, the adopted hometown Ray Bradbury fell in love with on the day actress Jean Harlow gave him a kiss. Put him behind a typewriter and the grand old man of science fiction pumps out the pages without missing a beat...
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'Mind,' 'Rouge' lead Golden Globes
(Entertainment ~ 01/21/02)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The uplifting drama about a schizophrenic genius, "A Beautiful Mind," led winners at Sunday's Golden Globes with four awards, including best drama and best actor for star Russell Crowe. The hyperkinetic musical "Moulin Rouge" claimed three awards including best musical or comedy, and best musical actress for Nicole Kidman...
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U.S. looks to spot rivalries, allies
(International News ~ 01/21/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- As the United States enters a new phase in the Afghan campaign, it struggles to understand tribal rivalries and find trustworthy allies among local warlords in its hunt for al-Qaida and Taliban leaders still on the run. As it beat down the massed forces of the Taliban and their al-Qaida allies with airstrikes, the United States had little choice but to rely on Afghan help on the ground because Washington refused to commit a large ground force of its own...
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Two Marines killed in helicopter crash
(International News ~ 01/21/02)
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- A U.S. helicopter crashed in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two Marines and injuring the other five on board. It was the third fatal crash of a U.S. military aircraft in the campaign. The CH-53E Super Stallion crashed about 40 miles south of Bagram air base after taking off from the former Soviet base outside the capital, Kabul. It was flying with another helicopter to resupply American forces, military officials said...
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St. Louis Cardinals take lobby effort to rural Missouri
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Mark Lamping isn't a politician. But the president of the St. Louis Cardinals is out looking for votes in rural Missouri. The fate of a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals, a replacement for 36-year-old Busch Stadium, could depend on how successful he is at finding them. And the fate of the club itself, Lamping argues, depends on putting his team into a new ballpark...
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Lawmakers want to end deadline on rape charges
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Nine years ago, a stranger approached Victoria Nunley of Springfield to ask directions. When she turned to leave, Nunley says, the man grabbed her by the hair, yanked her into the woods and raped her. Afterward, police investigators took semen samples as evidence -- and Nunley waited for justice that never came...
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Robber escapes, but leaves artificial leg, pants behind
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man who allegedly tried to rob a Kansas City auto parts store Saturday morning got $50, but left behind a lot more than he wanted -- his prosthetic leg and his pants. Two men walked into the store in south Kansas City about 9:30 a.m. with some questions for a mechanic, police said. One noticed a manager counting cash in the back and lunged for it, starting a scuffle, said the manager, Paul Lichtenauer...
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Schools are affected differently if formula is not fully funded
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- When Gov. Bob Holden delivers his State of the State speech Wednesday, he will urge legislators to fully fund the school foundation formula. Democratic House Speaker Jim Kreider says he will insist on fully funding the formula before everything else...
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Man who drove away in patrol car shot
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
LAKE TAPAWINGO, Mo. -- A police officer shot a suburban Kansas City man Sunday -- apparently in the face -- during a scuffle when the man started driving away in a patrol car, authorities said. The man, identified only as a 25-year-old Lake Tapawingo resident, was taken to an area hospital with injuries that do not appear to be life threatening, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department said...
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Showdown in Chicago hardly memorable for Jordan
(Professional Sports ~ 01/21/02)
CHICAGO -- For all his competitiveness, this was one game Michael Jordan didn't want to play. After 13 years and six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls, playing against them in his old house was like facing family. And no matter how many fights or squabbles you have, no matter how far away you move or how long you've been apart, family is always family...
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A senseless game for senseless people
(Editorial ~ 01/21/02)
A Missouri senator hopes to ban an event called Mexican Poker after learning that the grandson of constituents was seriously injured while participating in a Mexican Poker game at Iberia, Mo., last summer. State Sen. Larry Rohrbach introduced the measure to ban what has become a common event at rodeos nationwide...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 1/21/02
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Study session at 5 p.m. Public Hearings A public hearing to consider vacating the city's interest in a 15-foot utility easement running between Lots 2 and 3 of Kinder Lynwood Hills Estates Subdivision No. 1...
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Betty Brugger
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Betty L. Brugger, 71, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Mable Baugher
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
Mable A. Baugher, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at the Lutheran Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Larry Womack
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Larry Womack, 63, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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Births 1/21/02
(Births ~ 01/21/02)
Givens Son to James Leon Jr. and Melissa Ann Givens of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:52 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002. Name, James David. Weight, 7 pounds 7 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Givens is the former Melissa Heath, daughter of Dave Heath of Chaffee and the late Margie Heath. She is a CNA/CMT at Chaffee Nursing Center. Givens is the son of James Givens Sr. and Anna Givens of Chaffee. He is a driver for Celebrity Freight System...
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Out of the past 1/21/02
(Out of the Past ~ 01/21/02)
10 years ago: Jan. 21, 1992 Cape Central Airways pilot is forced to make emergency landing in evening at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, after his plane's landing gear fails to engage; pilot, Bill Beard of Chaffee, isn't injured; plane, twin-engine Beechcraft Baron, skids on its belly on runway before coming to stop...
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Warner now has the scalp
(Sports Column ~ 01/21/02)
$$$Start ST. LOUIS -- During a stopover in Green Bay, when he was struggling just to land a job as a backup, one of Kurt Warner's rookie chores was to carry Brett Favre's helmet. Eight years later, Warner claimed the scalp to go along with it. The most anticipated quarterback duel in the NFL in years barely made it past halftime. ...
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Globetrotters draw audience into show
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
Nine-year-old Eric Smith was told he was going to the opera. He was surprised -- and excited -- when his mother, Sabrina Smith, told him she had tricked him and that they were really going to see the Harlem Globetrotters. But the biggest surprise came when Paul "Showtime" Gaffney, walked over to Smith in the middle of the game and grabbed her purse...
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Cooling unit tab heats up jail feud
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- From the chamber windows of the Scott County Commission, you can see the front door to the sheriff's office. To an outsider, it seems just a short walk separates the two offices, but a gulf separates longtime sheriff Bill Ferrell and commissioners Walter Bizzell, Martin Priggel and Jamie Burger...
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Coroner will find office space at crime lab
(State News ~ 01/21/02)
Buchanan, Andrea 1/20/02 With photo of hurst and briner in future lab By Andrea L. Buchanan Southeast Missourian Currently, bodies in Southern Illinois are sent to a pathology lab in Indiana. Begun in 1969, the SEMO Regional Crime Lab was started under the university's chemistry department. In 32 years, the lab has grown to five technical staff members, one secretary with a student assistant and 2-3 graduate students helping in the lab...
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World pledges $2.6 billion to rebuild Afghanistan
(International News ~ 01/21/02)
Associated Press WriterTOKYO (AP) -- The world has so far pledged more than $2.6 billion to rebuild Afghanistan -- well short of the $15 billion the United Nations says is needed. The United States, Japan and the European Union promised about $1.3 billion over three years, or half the aid pledged Monday by participants in an international conference. The money will help Afghanistan do such things as pay the bills of its interim government and clear the country of mines...
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Nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day
(National News ~ 01/21/02)
Associated Press WriterATLANTA (AP) -- First Lady Laura Bush called the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. a man "committed to peace and a man committed to change" Monday at a tribute to the late civil rights leader at the church where he once preached...
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Israel takes over entire West Bank town
(International News ~ 01/21/02)
Associated Press WriterTULKAREM, West Bank (AP) -- Israeli troops searched homes and traded fire with Palestinians as the military took over an entire Palestinian town Monday, a first in 16 months of fighting and another blow to beleaguered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat...
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New leads and information uncovered in Cole bombing probe
(International News ~ 01/21/02)
Associated Press WriterSAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- The United States and Yemen have uncovered new leads into the 2000 bomb attack that killed 17 American sailors aboard the USS Cole in Yemen, FBI director Robert Mueller said Monday. "Working as partners, we have uncovered a great deal of important information and many new leads," a statement from the U.S. Embassy quoted Mueller as saying during a brief visit to the Arabian Peninsula nation...
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Claude Lovel
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Claude Lee Lovel, 80, of Morley died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 28, 1921, in Blodgett, Mo., son of the late Arthur and Emma Wood Lovel. He and Velma Elsperman were married May 18, 1946, at Benton, Mo...
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Linda Pettit
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Linda Younette Pettit, 59, of Scott City died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 7, 1942, at Sikeston, Mo., daughter of James Young and Esther Marie Hilliker Holmes. She and the late Joseph Ireland Pettit were married Nov. 1, 1963, at Doe Run, Mo. He died Dec. 16, 2000...
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Illinois farmer gains notoriety with invention
(Local News ~ 01/21/02)
ROSCOE, Ill. -- Chances are that folks who don't know about Bill Russ don't read farming magazines or follow what's going on at the American Farm Bureau. But those who do may already know this about the 75-year-old man: He's something of a star...
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Tough stretch starts with No. 5 Sooners
(College Sports ~ 01/21/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri is about to begin another tough stretch, with three of the next four games against Top 10 opponents. This time, coach Quin Snyder believes his team may be ready. First, the No. 21 Tigers play at No. 5 Oklahoma tonight. They play at No. 4 Kansas Jan. 28 and play No. 10 Virginia at home Feb. 3...
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More research needed on ice in Antarctica
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/21/02)
To the editor: Global warming alarmists have tried relentlessly to convince us that the Antarctic ice sheet is melting at an alarming rate. As a result, we would see floods of catastrophic proportions. This is a tactic that they use to promote their liberal environmentalist agenda. ...
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Speak Out A 01/21/02
(Speak Out ~ 01/21/02)
Big tax bill I'VE BEEN reading the comments about property taxes in Speak Out. I live in Cape in one of the poorest neighborhoods. If I had the money to totally remodel my house, I'd be lucky to get $35,000 for it. Yet I'm paying almost $300 a year in taxes just for this house, not including my vehicle. Of this, $200 goes for education. To top it off, I don't even have any kids in the school system...
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Edna Storz
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Edna Borders Storz, 85, of Festus, Mo., died Sunday Jan. 20, 2002, at Scenic View Nursing Center in Herculaneum, Mo. She was born Oct. 9, 1916, daughter of Thomas and Martha Kinder Borders. She and Onest Henry Storz were married Sept. 27, 1933, at Marble Hill, Mo. He died Aug. 2, 1975...
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Helen Hahs
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Helen G. Hahs, 78, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at the Brookview Nursing Home in Maryland Heights, Mo. She was born Aug. 15, 1923, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of William R. and Dora Stanciel Binford. She and the late Robert V. Hahs were married in June 1948. He died June 16, 1995...
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Donald Hearnes
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Donald Hearnes, 91, of Little Rock, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at the Southwest Hospital in Little Rock. He was born July 19, 1910, in Moline, Ill., son of the late Earl Boyd and Edna May Eastman Hearnes. He and Gwen Moxley were married Feb. 4, 1938...
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Jacob Ballentine
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Jacob P. Ballentine, 83, of Granite City died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002. He was retired from the Terminal Railroad after 31 years. He served in the Army and was a member of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane Ryder; two sons, Frederick and Jack Ballentine; a daughter, Sharon Newcomer of Jackson, Mo.; two sisters, six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...
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Ralph McClellan
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ralph Edward McClellan, 80, of Sikeston died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 13, 1921, at Sikeston, son of James Henry and Emma Bell Daniels McClellan. He and Doris Johnson were married Jan. 5, 1942, at Benton, Mo...
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Alma Travers
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Alma M. Travers, 92, of Puxico died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 26, 1909, at Puxico, daughter of the late Charley C. and Rose O. Spiva Siler. She and the late Henry Travers were married May 21, 1933, at Kinder, Mo. He died July 21, 1971...
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Bob Beal
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bob L. Beal, 82, of Bloomfield died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo. He was born Dec. 2, 1919, at Kinder, Mo., son of the late Fred and Alice Gillespie Beal. He and Inah Aslin were married June 30, 1941, at Piggott, Ark.. She died June 23, 1983...
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Verna Kesler
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Verna Lee Kesler, 73, of Ullin died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin.
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Frances Daniel
(Obituary ~ 01/21/02)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Frances Elizabeth Daniel, 89, of Charleston died at 5 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at her home. She was born Dec. 12, 1912, in Scott County, daughter of the late Ollie F. and Clara Berns Daniel. Daniel was a member of the United Methodist Church in Charleston. ...
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Buffalo Wild Wings to roam into Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 01/21/02)
Cape Girardeau couple hopes a new Buffalo Wild Wings will create a herd of hungry sports fans who will high-tail it to the Town Plaza this summer. Bill and Shelley Zellmer have plans to open the Minnesota-based franchise at the former location of Kidd's World at the plaza in late May or early June...
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