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Family says Dear Abby founder has Alzheimer's
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pauline Phillips, the founder of the Dear Abby advice column, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, family members revealed Tuesday. The column's distributor released a statement from the family following media inquiries about Phillips' health, said Kathie Kerr, spokeswoman for Universal Press Syndicate, based in Kansas City. Until now, Phillips' husband, Morton, had asked family members not to discuss his wife's health publicly...
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Nine Hindus killed, 27 wounded in attack
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
NUNWAN, India -- A band of suspected Islamic militants armed with grenades and automatic rifles sneaked into a camp of Hindus making a Himalayan pilgrimage in Kashmir, killing nine and wounding 27 early Tuesday. It was the sixth attack on the Hindu faithful since the monthlong pilgrimage began. Twenty-four have been killed in all...
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Tuna-stuffed tomatoes are a summer classic
(Community ~ 08/07/02)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- For these warm weather days, plan a Saturday supper on the patio. Don't grill. Don't heat up the kitchen. Think cool and classic. Serve old-fashioned tuna-stuffed tomatoes. This main dish salad couldn't be easier or less expensive to make. Most cooks have all the ingredients on hand, so the recipe can be thrown together on the spur of the moment, too...
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Olives add bold flavor to meatless dishes
(Community ~ 08/07/02)
CONCORD, N.H. -- A proper appreciation of olives begins early and fixates more on the fingers than mouth. It usually starts with the pedestrian but quite serviceable canned black olives that toddlers -- and perhaps even this adult when no one is looking -- delight in shoving on their fingers and delicately nibbling off...
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Twin back in surgery after separation from sister
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
LOS ANGELES -- One-year-old Guatemalan twins joined at the head were separated in a marathon operation that ended early Tuesday, but one sister was returned to surgery a few hours later because of bleeding on her brain. Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez and her sister, Maria de Jesus, were in critical but stable condition Tuesday night at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, but doctors were optimistic about their recovery. ...
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(National News ~ 08/07/02)
South Carolina NAACP hits road for convention SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The South Carolina NAACP will hold its annual convention in Georgia this fall, the fourth straight year it has met outside the state to protest the flying of the Confederate flag on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse...
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People talk 8/7/02
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
Maguire horses around in new role LOS ANGELES -- "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire plans to saddle up for the true-life horse racing drama "Seabiscuit." Maguire, who previously starred in "The Cider House Rules" and "Wonder Boys," will play Red Pollard, the jockey atop the horse that became a fabled figure during the Depression...
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Louisiana's death toll from West Nile virus reaches five
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
NEW ORLEANS -- The West Nile virus has killed a fifth Louisiana resident and infected 14 more people in what health officials said Tuesday is the nation's biggest outbreak since the disease was first detected in the United States in 1999. Seventy-one Louisiana residents have been confirmed to have the mosquito-borne disease. Before now, the largest outbreak had been the first, when 62 people became ill and seven of them died in New York three years ago...
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Texas medical center recalls body parts
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
GALVESTON, Texas -- A medical center whose handling of cadavers has come under FBI investigation said Tuesday that it is recalling body parts sent to research institutions around the country, warning they may carry the AIDS virus or other infections...
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New head of troubled AOL division announced
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
NEW YORK -- Former cable TV and e-commerce executive Jonathan F. Miller was named chairman and chief executive of AOL Time Warner Inc.'s troubled America Online division Tuesday. The appointment is the latest move in a broader management shake-up to revive the ailing company...
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Kenyan survivors of U.S. Embassy bombing seed compensation
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Pius Maina was headed for work on that chilly, overcast August morning four years ago when his bus stopped for the traffic light next to the U.S. Embassy. Seconds later, a car bomb driven by terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network blew up the embassy and destroyed the building next to it. Millions of glass shards from shattered windows rained down, blinding Maina and killing many...
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Israeli tanks move into Gaza refugee camp
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli tanks and armored vehicles, backed by helicopters, pressed into the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, firing at houses and prompting hospitals to go on alert for casualties, residents said. Between 15 and 30 Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers moved from areas near the Erez crossing with Israel toward Beit Lahiya and the Jabaliya refugee camp north of Gaza City, residents said...
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Foreign minister says Baghdad will defend itself
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
AMMAN, Jordan -- Baghdad will "chop off the head" of any aggressor, Iraq's foreign minister said after talks Tuesday with Jordan's king aimed at averting U.S. military action to topple Saddam Hussein. "We will defend ourselves, shrines and land with all faith and determination against colonialist greed and against those who attack us," Naji Sabri told reporters. "The colonialists will not achieve their futile dreams...
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Search continues for murder suspect who escaped Dunklin jail
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The search continued Tuesday for a murder suspect who escaped from the Dunklin County Jail. Milton Roy Taylor, 35, of Poplar Bluff, escaped from the Dunklin County jail's exercise yard at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday with the help of two other inmates who helped pull back security wires, Sheriff Bob Holder said...
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Plaintiffs repeat claim that companies knew about diluted drugs
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Internal company documents show two drug companies knew that Robert Courtney was diluting drugs as early as 1998, according to a motion filed Monday by attorneys for patients who received drugs from the former Kansas City pharmacist...
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Pakistani police recover weapons used by attackers of school
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Police recovered grenades, knives and ammunition abandoned by masked gunmen who killed six Pakistanis at a school for children of foreign Christian missionaries, officials said Tuesday. The discovery indicated the attackers, believed to have numbered up to four, may have planned to kill students at the Murree Christian School or take them hostage had they not been driven off Monday by campus security guards...
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Mullah Omar hunt captures brother-in-law, others escape
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The 8-month-old hunt for Mullah Mohammad Omar hit close to home with the capture reported Tuesday of a brother-in-law of the fugitive Taliban leader. Other men with him fled into the Afghan mountains, the local governor said, but it was not known whether Omar was believed among them...
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World briefs 080702
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
Taiwan could face 'use of force' by China BEIJING -- Taiwan faces a possibility of military action by the mainland if "radical pro-independence moves" continue on the island, the Chinese government warned Wednesday through its state-run media. There is a growing possibility that "peace will have to be safeguarded and won through the use of force," a newspaper article said, quoting what it called a "senior military source."...
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Israelis kill suspected mastermind of Tel Aviv bombing
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops killed the suspected mastermind of a Tel Aviv suicide bombing on Tuesday, while U.S. diplomats said the United States was considering moving consular offices out of traditionally Arab east Jerusalem due to security concerns...
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Israeli armies destroy family homes of Palestinian bombers
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Idris family doesn't have anywhere to go, but they've moved the furniture and clothes out of their home, leaving it virtually empty. The Israelis are knocking down the houses of Palestinian attackers, and the Idrises believe they are on the list of families whose homes will soon be demolished because 27-year-old Wafa Idris -- the first female Palestinian suicide bomber -- carried out a deadly attack in Jerusalem in January...
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Iraq asked to accept offer by U.N. for weapons inspections
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought Iraq's acceptance Tuesday of a Security Council roadmap for the return of U.N. weapons inspectors, rejecting Baghdad's latest proposal for overcoming the impasse over Saddam Hussein's weapons program...
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In former Taliban stronghold, locals resist educating women
(International News ~ 08/07/02)
PANJWAI, Afghanistan -- With only weeks to go before the start of a new term, just 9 percent of school-age girls in southern Afghanistan have registered for classes, compared with 45 percent in the capital Kabul, an education official said Tuesday. Convincing parents of the need to educate their daughters is a challenge all over Afghanistan. However, it's especially difficult in the south, the home of the traditionalist Pashtun community and former stronghold of the Taliban...
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Observances to include eternal flame, reading of victims' names
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
NEW YORK -- World leaders will light an eternal flame, the governor will deliver the Gettysburg Address, and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will lead a reading of the names of 2,823 victims during a day of "simple and powerful" observances marking the anniversary of the World Trade Center attack...
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City workers accused of stealing millions from credit union
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
NEW YORK -- In one of the largest fraud cases resulting from the terrorist attacks, thousands of people are accused of using ATMs to steal $15 million from a municipal employees' credit union whose computer security system was damaged on Sept. 11. Sixty-six people have been arrested and 35 more were being sought in the scheme, authorities said Monday...
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Southeast senior receiver primed for another big season
(College Sports ~ 08/07/02)
Warning to the rest of the Ohio Valley Conference: Willie Ponder should be faster, quicker, stronger -- and basically better -- than he was last year. So declared Southeast Missouri State University's senior wide receiver Tuesday morning at the Indians' annual media day. Full-squad practices begin today...
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Scott City receiver climbing chart as Southeast walk-on
(College Sports ~ 08/07/02)
Brandon Amick had a good football career at Scott City High School, making the all-conference and all-region teams before graduating in 1999. But Amick had no real designs on pursuing the sport any further. He enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University and spent the past three years as a regular college student...
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Local golfers finish strong on junior tour
(Community Sports ~ 08/07/02)
Golfers from Southeast Missouri made their presence felt at the Gateway PGA Junior Series season-ending tournaments last week. Cory Gaylord of Fredericktown, Mo., won the boys 10-11 division at Ballwin Recreational Center in St. Louis, while E.C. Atchison of Sikeston, Mo., won a three-player playoff that involved Blake Driskell of Cape Girardeau for first place in the boys 14-15 Tour division at Eagle Lake in Farmington, Mo...
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Capahas lose first game of World Series
(Community Sports ~ 08/07/02)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Five unearned runs in the second inning proved too big of a hill to climb as the Craftsman Union Capahas dropped their first game at the National Baseball Congress World Series Tuesday, an 8-6 loss to the Wichita (Kan.) Braves. Two errors in the inning, coupled with five hits, a walk, a balk and two stolen bases, helped end the Capahas' NBC winning streak at two games...
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(National News ~ 08/07/02)
Plutonium shipment plan bolstered by court ruling COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected South Carolina's request to stop the federal government from shipping surplus plutonium into the state. Gov. Jim Hodges, who has fought with the Department of Energy over the shipments for more than a year, said he plans to appeal the ruling by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court...
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Murder suspect lived with victim
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Court documents have revealed a strong connection between 54-year-old Robert Lape Jr. and one of the men charged in his death. Mark A. Gill, 31, and Justin M. Brown, 22, have been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping. Officials had earlier said the victim knew the suspects, but didn't elaborate...
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Cape firefighters just make it
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
Cape Girardeau firefighters Dennis Ainsworth, Capt. Rick Crites and Jake Noland finished extinguishing a car fire on Amblewood Drive near Lexington Avenue that occurred Tuesday afternoon. But this case shows how timing is everything. Moments later, their fire engine lost its fan belt, forcing them to shut down the pump...
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Everyone eats
(Community ~ 08/07/02)
Remember Christmas dinners at your aunt's house, where the kids ate at the children's table in the family room, while the adults took their sumptuous feast in the formal dining room? That separation might have served to soothe the adults' nerves and let the kids be rambunctious, but it also broke the connection between old and young...
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Kitchen bar makes handy place for serving meals
(Community ~ 08/07/02)
As every parent knows, an eating bar is a handy place to serve kids breakfast, lunch, after-school snacks and, well, dinner. In short, it's a really good place to serve the kids any food at all. Sometimes Mom and Dad even join in. When guests come to visit, clear the barstools and use the bar as a serving counter for appetizers during a big game or a buffet-style brunch. ...
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Sports FanFare 8/7/02
(Other Sports ~ 08/07/02)
Briefly Colleges San Diego State announced a series of self-imposed penalties for violating NCAA rules by holding summer football workouts at a local beach. The school said it will eliminate 21 practice days through the 2004 season, cut six scholarships through 2005, and suspend assistant coach Damon Baldwin for six practice days, including five without pay, during the 2002 fall camp...
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Syler, Kamp will remain on the bench
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Voters gave convincing victories to Circuit Judge William Syler and Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp in Tuesday's Republican primary, assuring they will remain on the bench. Neither faces opposition in the November general election...
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Ludwig succeeds longtime official for county auditor post
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
By Mark Bliss ~ Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. -- Voters on Tuesday chose David Ludwig for Cape Girardeau county auditor, assuring he will succeed longtime officeholder H. Weldon Macke, who is retiring at the end of the year...
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Stewart fined $10,000 for hitting photographer
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/02)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tony Stewart was fined $10,000 and put on probation for the rest of the year by NASCAR on Tuesday for punching a photographer after the Brickyard 400. Stewart hit Gary Mook, a freelance photographer for the Indianapolis Star, as Mook tried to take pictures of the driver following his 12th-place finish Sunday...
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Cell phone tax failing for second time
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- A proposed cell phone tax for 911 emergency service was failing in Tuesday's election, faring even worse than it did a few years ago. With just over half of the precincts reporting statewide, Proposition A was failing by a 2-to-1 margin...
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Expos keep Cardinals stuck in a slump
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Masato Yoshii pitched a seven-hitter to win for the first time since April 16, and the top three in the Montreal Expos' order began 8-for-8 Tuesday night in a 10-1 victory over the slumping St. Louis Cardinals. Scott Rolen's first home game with the Cardinals was a quiet one after the 35-second standing ovation before his first at-bat. ...
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Spice up summer meals with seafood
(Column ~ 08/07/02)
I thought we were going to survive the virus and "crud" going around at our day care, but no such luck. Last week, we were plagued with illness at our home. When we took Lexie to her kindergarten well-child physical, she was all but "well." She had what it seems everyone else has, and we are now on 10 days of antibiotics. We are well on our way to recovery, and for your sake, I hope your family avoids it. It was not a very pleasant experience...
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Take prompt action to cool down dogs
(Column ~ 08/07/02)
By Dr. John Koch, DVM Question: While shopping the other day, I saw a black dog locked in a car with the windows just barely open. The temperature on the bank thermometer read over 100 degrees. The dog was obviously uncomfortable. I was seriously thinking of breaking the windows of the car when someone came, got into the car and drove away. What should a person do in such a situation? In case this ever happens again, how do you treat a dog that is overheated?...
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Cape County to recount ballots
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
Cape Girardeau County election officials will begin a recount of ballots today after having problems with machinery Tuesday night. While none of the election outcomes are expected to change, Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney said the recount was just a precaution...
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Lipke defeats Lichtenegger in close race for Schwab's seat
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
Despite failing to win a majority of votes, Scott Lipke of Jackson won Tuesday's four-way Republican primary for the 157th District seat in the Missouri House of Representatives. According to unofficial results from the Missouri secretary of state's office with all precincts reporting, Lipke took the GOP nomination with 30.5 percent of votes cast -- just 90 votes ahead of runner-up Donna Lichtenegger of Jackson...
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Gerald Jones re-elected presiding commissioner
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Gerald Jones easily defeated challenger Doug Flannery on Tuesday in his bid to win re-election to a third term as Cape Girardeau County presiding commissioner. Jones, a Jackson newspaper publisher, defeated Flannery by a vote of 6,432 to 2,901 in the Republican primary, taking nearly 69 percent of the vote. The win assures his re-election because he faces no opposition in the November election...
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Scott City rejects sales tax
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Scott City voters soundly defeated a quarter-cent sales tax meant to put an extra $70,000 in city coffers annually. The vote Tuesday was 229 for and 449 against the sales tax. Officials had cited problems with the city pool's filtration system and flooding at City Hall as examples of the need for new revenue...
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Area farmers say lack of rainfall 'burning up' crops
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian Southeast Missouri farmers have had a tumultuous relationship with the rain this year. They collectively cursed it as it fell this spring, when it rained so much that it flooded in places and pushed back the start of planting season by weeks...
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New St. Charles casino joins nation's largest
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- For the past five years, whenever Beverly Johnson crossed the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River and into this St. Louis suburb, she was struck with one sight: "Gaudy concrete staring me in the face." As of Tuesday, the St. Charles resident has something else to look at...
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Carnahan, Talent roll to U.S. Senate primary victories
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
ST. LOUIS -- After four decades as a sidelines student of Missouri politics, Senator-by-appointment Jean Carnahan defeated a jailed Democratic primary opponent Tuesday to win her first election. Republican Jim Talent formalized their nationally watched November showdown by sweeping aside four unknown primary challengers...
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Births 8/7/02
(Births ~ 08/07/02)
Robinson Daughter to Nicholus Edward Robinson and Rachel Michelle Sweet of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:46 a.m. Monday, July 29, 2002. Name, Sarah Marie. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Ms. Sweet is the daughter of Mike Sweet and Rachel Sweet of Allenville, Mo. Robinson is the son of Charles M. Robinson and Theresa A. Robinson of Chaffee...
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Marie Little
(Obituary ~ 08/07/02)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Marie Ulrich Little, 85, of Grand Chain died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Southgate Care Center in Metropolis, Ill. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak, Ill.
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Dorothy Scholz
(Obituary ~ 08/07/02)
Dorothy Lucille Scholz, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 5, 1921, at Whitewater, Mo., daughter of Bernard S. and Hester Proffer Eakins. She and Marvin E. "Gene" Scholz were married March 5, 1938. He died Oct. 31, 2001...
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Helen Johnson
(Obituary ~ 08/07/02)
REYNOLDSVILLE, Ill. -- Helen Irene Johnson, 88, of East Alton, Ill., died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Alton Memorial Hospital. She was born March 25, 1914, in Reynoldsville, daughter of John and Belle Myrtle Phillips Burris. She and Milton F. Johnson were married July 28, 1934, in Anna, Ill. He died Nov. 1, 1971...
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Evelyn Foster
(Obituary ~ 08/07/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Evelyn L. Foster, 60, of Scott City died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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J.C. Tidwell
(Obituary ~ 08/07/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ralph "J.C." Tidwell, 88, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born June 12, 1914, in Sikeston, son of Frank and Maggie Whalen Tidwell. He and Violet Holifield were married Dec. 22, 1934...
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Lizzie Welker
(Obituary ~ 08/07/02)
MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- Susan E. "Lizzie" Welker, 88, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girar-deau. She was born July 6, 1914, at Grassy, Mo., daughter of William D. and Lucy Quinn Newell. She and Fred O. Welker were married in January 1934. He passed away Dec. 16, 1986...
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Speak Out
(Speak Out ~ 08/07/02)
Humbling poem FOR ALL the people calling Speak Out on the topic of who's Christian and who isn't: I have a little poem I'd like to recite for you. It helps to keep me humble. I dreamed death came to me one night And heaven's gates flew open wide....
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Defending the Pledge of Allegiance
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/07/02)
The most inspiring article concerning the Pledge of Allegiance came to my attention recently. No message, written or spoken, could ever exceed the beauty it conveys. Those who are against the pledge, I dare say, will mellow. Those in favor will be lifted in spirit and joy. Read on. -- Paula E. Kempe, Cape Girardeau...
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Correction 8/7/02
(Correction ~ 08/07/02)
Scott City schools begin classes Aug. 15, Chaffee schools begin Aug. 16 and Nell Holcomb begins Aug. 21. Incorrect dates were published in Tuesday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error.
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Out of the past 8/7/02
(Out of the Past ~ 08/07/02)
10 years ago:Aug. 7, 1992 Thirteen percent pay raises for faculty and staff head list of budget priorities at Southeast Missouri State University for 1994 fiscal year; Board of Regents yesterday voted to submit $77.7 million budget to Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education; as was case last year, heading list of budget needs this year is one calling for 13 percent pay increase....
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Rodeo opens tonight at Sikeston
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
Standard Democrat SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Jaycees Bootheel Rodeo kicks off tonight, marking the 50th anniversary of the annual event. In addition to rodeo events like bareback riding and calf roping, the Sikeston Jaycees have music booked each night. Alabama will play tonight, followed by Lonestar on Thursday, Gary Allan on Friday and Trace Adkins on Saturday...
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Councilwoman says Drury lawsuit influenced vote on CVB
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
CHAMBER PROJECT BY BOB MILLER ~ Southeast Missourian If councilwoman Marcia Ritter had a crystal ball, the vote on the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau might have been unanimous...
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Prop B fails; supporters blame economy
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
Despite a $3.5 million campaign and a generally acknowledged need for better roads, a proposal to raise Missouri's fuel and sales taxes for transportation failed badly in Tuesday's election. Proposition B was failing by nearly a 3-to-1 margin with more than half of all precincts reporting results statewide. The "no" chorus was strong in almost every county...
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Illinois sees first human case of West Nile
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State health officials reported the first known human case of West Nile virus in Illinois on Tuesday and said more cases are likely before summer ends. The 22-year-old woman, a student from Maryland, reported only minor symptoms -- fever, achy muscles and a slight rash -- and has recovered, said Dr. John Lumpkin, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health...
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Jackson man hurt in wreck
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
Southeast Missourian BENTON, Mo. -- Both drivers sustained moderate injuries Tuesday in a collision on Interstate 55, two miles south of Benton. Aulcey Huffman, 72, of Jackson, Mo., was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital after the 10 a.m. accident...
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Conference on missing children planned as response to abduction
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, decrying a rash of recent child abductions and murders, declared Tuesday the nation must work harder to keep its young from being "victims of despicable acts of violence." Appearing in the White House Rose Garden to announce plans to convene a fall conference on missing, exploited and runaway youths, the president said, "Our nation grieves with every family that has suffered unbearable loss and our nation will fight the threats against our children."...
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Murder suspect lived with victim
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
P Mark A. Gill lived with Ralph L. Lape Jr. a month before Lape disappeared, according to documents. By Mike Wells Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. -- Court documents have revealed a strong connection between 54-year-old Ralph L. Lape Jr. and one of the men charged in his death...
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(National News ~ 08/07/02)
Marquis de Lafayette becomes honorary citizen WASHINGTON -- The Marquis de Lafayette, who fought alongside George Washington at Valley Forge and secured the aid of France during the Revolutionary War, on Tuesday became the sixth person to be conferred with honorary U.S. citizenship...
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Perry County adds recorder of deeds
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. - Voters chose Sue Oster as the new Recorder of Deeds in Perry County. Oster defeated four other candidates for the position, with only a 15-vote margin. No Democrats filed for the office. About 37 percent of the county's registered voters cast ballots in the primary race Tuesday...
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Voters choose Paul Boyd for prosecutor
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County voters chose a candidate with experience and a working knowledge of the prosecutor's role to fill the post as the county's first full-time prosecuting attorney. Paul Boyd defeated Frank Marshall by a 58-vote margin in Tuesday's primary election. Boyd earned 2,186 votes; Marshall received 2,128...
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Nell Holcomb area passes $550,000 bond issue
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Voters in the Nell Holcomb area approved a $550,000 revenue bond issue on Tuesday to help fund construction of a rural water system. The measure passed 122 to 85. "Now we can proceed," said Judy Foeste, president of the board of directors of Cape Girardeau County Water Supply District No. 5. "This just gives the district the authority to borrow the money."...
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Base parking on seniority and good grades
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/07/02)
To the editor: Southeast Missouri State University has taken an important issue in the students' quality of life and come up with the most awkward and unhelpful of solutions. The problem: too many students want to park on campus. The solution: a lottery to randomly assign spots. The assignment of classes is not done on a lottery basis but rather by seniority. Why are parking spots not assigned the same way?...
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Researchers study aspirin's effect on pancreatic cancer
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
WASHINGTON -- Aspirin, already widely used by people hoping to ward off a heart attack, may also be helpful in preventing pancreatic cancer. In recent years reports of the benefits of aspirin have increased, including modest reductions in the polyps that can lead to colon cancer...
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Poll - Enthusiasm for vouchers fades
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
WASHINGTON -- Like many Americans, Steve Klug likes the idea of providing school vouchers to parents that would give them a choice between public and private schools for their children. But the father of two quickly loses enthusiasm when he hears that tax-supported vouchers would probably drain money from public schools...
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Internet attack apparently fizzles after dramatic warning
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
WASHINGTON -- This Internet attack apparently fizzled. The federal government said that early Tuesday it detected a series of electronic attacks against U.S. Internet providers, launched hours after the FBI alerted technology companies and others of potential trouble...
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Cards' 1982 World Series star found dead in park
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former All-Star catcher Darrell Porter, the Most Valuable Player of the 1982 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, was found dead in a park in suburban Kansas City. He was 50. Porter was found dead late Monday next to his car in La Benite Park...
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Nets gain Mutombo in deal with 76ers
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- Once again, a team is hoping Dikembe Mutombo can help it win an NBA title. In a major trade involving the past two Eastern Conference champions, the Philadelphia 76ers sent Mutombo to the New Jersey Nets on Tuesday for forward Keith Van Horn and center Todd MacCulloch...
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The week ahead in golf
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/02)
LOCAL EVENTS Four-person ladies' scramble, Ste. Genevieve GolfClub, today. Two-person ladies' scramble, St. Francois Country Club, Farmington, today and Thursday. Two-person ladies' scramble, Charleston Country Club, Thursday. Optimist Club Glowball Tournament, Cape Girardeau Country Club, Friday...
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Piazza guides Mets past Brewers
(Professional Sports ~ 08/07/02)
MILWAUKEE -- Mike Piazza hit his 327th home run as a catcher, tying Johnny Bench for second-most at the position, and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Tuesday night to stop a five-game losing streak. Pedro Astacio (11-4) pitched a three-hitter for his third complete game in 22 starts this season and the 30th in his career. He struck out a season-high 10 and walked three...
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Hanson leads in surprise GOP primary for auditor
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Despite a criminal record and a lack of campaign money, Al Hanson of Concordia led Jay Kanzler in Tuesday's stunning Republican primary for state auditor. With 30 percent of precincts reporting, Hanson had 66 percent of the vote compared to 34 percent for Kanzler. Hanson has won or was leading in all counties reporting results...
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Atomic weapons waste site begins to draw tourists
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
WELDON SPRING, Mo. -- It is perhaps Missouri's oddest tourist site -- a seven-story high tomb of radioactive waste and an interpretive center detailing the history of a place where Cold War bomb materials were born. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy officially welcomed the public to what was a 16-year Superfund cleanup site near the Missouri River in St. Charles County, right beside the Katy Trail biking path and near the August Busch Wildlife Area...
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Journalist Cokie Roberts being treated for breast cancer
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
WASHINGTON -- Cokie Roberts says she is being treated for breast cancer that was detected in the early stages and that she does not expect any major disruption in her work schedule at ABC News. She told The Washington Post in Tuesday's editions that her doctor detected a suspicious lump in mid-June and a subsequent mammogram revealed a small tumor in her left breast...
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Cape County turnout as expected
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller said voter turnout Tuesday was about what he expected. About 25 percent of eligible Cape Girardeau County voters participated in the primary election. "It was about where we thought it would be, with some precincts reporting higher turnout and some reporting lower numbers than we expected," he said. "The city of Cape Girardeau had a moderate turnout. For some reason there's a little resistance to voting in primaries."...
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Colors, emotion mark winners in area photography contest
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
Judges liked the brilliant colors, natural light and affection displayed in the winning photographs of week 5 in the Foto Fest contest. Four semifinalist winners were chosen from among nearly 200 entries in this week's contest. Winning photos from Brandon Brazel and Marty Riley, both of Cape Girardeau, Kristi Jansen of Leopold, Mo., and Tom McCarter of Marble Hill, Mo., were chosen...
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Henderson Street to close today
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
Henderson Street from Broadway to Dunklin will be closed today due to paving, but will re-open on Thursday. The paving is part of the 2002 Street Overlay Project which is part of the Transportation Trust Fund. The Overlay Project provides a two-inch asphalt overlay on the street...
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Three men plead guilty in attack
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Three men pleaded guilty to beating and torturing a baby sitter at the urging of a mother who had just learned the man had molested her two young boys. The mother was never charged because it is not a crime to conspire to commit a misdemeanor and because she did not directly participate in the attack on Phillip Bernard Gibson, prosecutor Ken Frazee said...
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Prosecutor details forensic evidence in kidnapping, murder of 7
(National News ~ 08/07/02)
SAN DIEGO -- A man accused of killing a 7-year-old neighbor may have lurked up to an hour in the sleeping girl's bedroom before abducting her, a prosecutor said Tuesday during closing arguments in the suspect's murder trial. "He gets penned in and hides somewhere, probably in her room," Jeff Dusek told jurors. "The bottom line is, though, he did it."...
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Soap Box Derby is good for whole family
(Editorial ~ 08/07/02)
Congratulations go to Nick Austin of Cape Girardeau, who did Southeast Missouri proud at the 65th annual All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, recently. No, Nick didn't win. He didn't make it beyond of the first round. But Nick was a good sport who made lots of friends and understood the meaning of the competition...
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In Chaffee, a love affair and a separation
(Editorial ~ 08/07/02)
The city of Chaffee and Don Cobb had a relationship most married couples only dream about. It was loving. It was supportive. It was generous. But, as in some marriages, one party outgrows another. And, in this case, it was Cobb who did the leaving. The relationship began with his birth in a Chaffee medical clinic. It continued with his time as a Red Devil in the Chaffee schools...
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Select proper doorknobs for easy entry
(Community ~ 08/07/02)
The announcer introduced the program as "On The House" and then us as "The Carey Brothers," and soon the fate of our new Saturday morning home-improvement radio talk show would be on the line. We were new at broadcasting, but eager. We wanted to help. ...
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Cape police report 08/07/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/07/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Aug. 7 Arrests Tyson P. Brown, 18, of Perryville, Mo., was arrested Monday on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear. Daryll R. Cammon, 37, of 11 S. Hanover was arrested Monday for driving while revoked and a seat belt violation...
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Cape fire report 08/07/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/07/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Aug. 7 Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: At 4:37 p.m., an emergency medical service on Interstate 55. At 5:53 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1400 S. West End. At 10:19 p.m., an emergency medical service at North Main and Broadway...
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Election results
(Local News ~ 08/07/02)
UNOFFICIAL TOTALS ELECTION RESULTS PROPOSITION A Yes 228,584 * No 461,147PROPOSITION B Yes 183,610 * No 514,039SCOTT CITY 1/4-CENT SALES TAX Yes 229 * No 449CAPE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 5 BONDS * Yes 123 No 90(R) STATE REPRESENTATIVE,157TH DISTRICT Donna Lichteneger 1,332...
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Bankrupt casino seeks permission to make campaign contributions
(State News ~ 08/07/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Two months after filing for bankruptcy, President Casinos Inc. has asked a court for permission to make $50,000 in campaign contributions in Missouri. In the "emergency" motion, filed last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Biloxi, Miss., the casino company said it must make the contributions "to further and protect its business interests," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday...
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