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Medicare prescription plan is flawed
(Column ~ 11/29/03)
By Patrick Naeger As I listened to the recent debate regarding the Medicare prescription drug proposal, I became enraged by the rhetoric proclaiming that it is the greatest thing for Medicare since Medicare itself. While the prescription proposal is the biggest entitlement expansion in 40 years, it's anything but good...
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Trio say aviator was their father
(International News ~ 11/29/03)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- A DNA test has proven that U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh fathered the three children of a German hatmaker, a spokesman for the siblings said Friday. The children, Dyrk and David Hesshaimer and their sister, Astrid Bouteuil, have no plans to stake a claim as legal heirs, but wanted to verify the relationship before going ahead with plans to publish a book on their mother's long-running secret relationship with the married pilot, said the sibling's spokesman, lawyer Anton Schwenk.. ...
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Two U.S. senators seeking review of Boeing 767 deal
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
SEATTLE -- Two U.S. senators on Friday urged the Defense Department to postpone finalizing a contract with Boeing Co. to acquire 100 air-refueling tankers in light of the recent dismissals of two top Boeing executives. In a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Sen. ...
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U.S., Russia join others on explosives treaty
(International News ~ 11/29/03)
GENEVA -- World governments approved a treaty Friday that would require countries to clean up unexploded mines and other munitions in territories they control after a war. Ambassadors from 92 nations, including the United States, Russia and China, agreed to the language in the accord. It is the first disarmament treaty accepted by the Bush administration. Some delegations expressed concern that the agreement lacks the authority to be enforced...
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Musicians say they were duped into playing for white supremacis
(State News ~ 11/29/03)
ST. LOUIS -- A gathering earlier this month was billed as an ethnic folk festival, complete with food, fun and German and Irish musical groups. Some musicians, however, said they were surprised to find they had actually performed at a recruitment rally for a white supremacist organization...
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Man sentenced in stabbing death
(State News ~ 11/29/03)
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- A western Missouri man was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for the racially tinged stabbing death at a party. Robert Beal, 27, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for second-degree murder in the Oct. 2002 death of Zandon Maddix, 22. Both men were from Windsor. Beal is white and Maddix is black...
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Chicago Bulls hire Scott Skiles as head coach
(Professional Sports ~ 11/29/03)
CHICAGO -- Scott Skiles, a former player and coach of the Phoenix Suns, was hired Friday to replace the fired Bill Cartwright as coach of the struggling Bulls. In a statement Friday, Bulls general manager John Paxson said the move "signals a new direction for this organization."...
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AFL-CIO employees give up pay
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- The AFL-CIO is enduring a budget shortfall so severe that its own workers are taking two days of unpaid leave to avoid layoffs, even as the labor federation attempts to mobilize its largest-ever political campaign. Dubbed "solidarity days," the days off were agreed to this past summer in contract negotiations between managers and the union representing about 200 workers at the AFL-CIO, an umbrella organization of 64 international unions. ...
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For the military, announcing death of loved one is no easy task
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- Catherine Perusse remembers the chilling call she and husband Ted got one recent Tuesday. The military phoned to tell them their son, Robert T. Benson, of Spokane, Wash., had been badly wounded in Iraq and transferred to a hospital in Kuwait. Surgery had gone "as planned."...
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Upgrades for 911
(Editorial ~ 11/29/03)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission expressed some surprise last week when it learned that $1 million in 911 fees collected for upgrades to the emergency telephone system was in a checking account drawing 0.5 percent interest. Another $1 million is in higher-paying accounts...
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Safer highways
(Editorial ~ 11/29/03)
Springfield News-Leader About one in six highway miles maintained by the Missouri Department of Transportation are just ribbons of asphalt, without yellow center stripes or white shoulder stripes. The lack of markings makes it challenging for motorists to see, especially on rural roads at night...
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Somewhere in between the seasons
(Community News ~ 11/29/03)
Changing seasons is a lot like changing gears. When the change is made smoothly, life trucks along pretty well. If, however, we don't change gears properly, life bucks and jumps and we get nowhere fast. Moving from Thanksgiving to Christmas should go smoothly. ...
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Merchants happy with pace of holiday buying
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
Merchants were full of good cheer Friday as they got a feel for consumers on the official opening of the holiday shopping season: They're buying as least as much as last year, and many are even paying retail. Early-bird specials on TVs and DVD players and hot toys like Bratz and Barbies wooed many to the nation's malls and stores. But some retail executives said shoppers also were buying regular-priced goods, a stark difference from last year, when consumers stuck to bargain-hunting...
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R&B singer pays back taxes through auction
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
ATLANTA -- The Internal Revenue Service will seek to recover more than $1 million in back taxes that pop and R&B star Peabo Bryson owes by auctioning off some of his belongings, ranging from Grammy Awards to dishware. The first portion of the Dec. 5-6 auction will focus on electronic and recording equipment. The second day will be devoted to Bryson's personal items, including a grand piano, several bottles of expensive wine, a closet full of designer suits and several gold and platinum records...
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Wood-burning stove suspected in Millersville house fire
(Local News ~ 11/29/03)
Fire officials say the home that burned Wednesday at 775 County Road 468 was too far gone for any investigation to determine the exact cause of the blaze that claimed the lives of four dogs. But because witnesses reported seeing flames coming through the roof where a flue was located, the best guess is the home's wood-burning stove is to blame, said Millersville Fire Department assistant chief Jerry Aufdenberg...
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Police link shootings on 5-mile stretch of Ohio freeway
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gail Knisley was headed to a doctor's appointment on a freeway ringing Columbus when a bullet ripped through the driver's door. "What was that?" she asked the friend driving, then she slumped forward, fatally wounded. Authorities said for the first time Friday they had linked Knisley's death to at least one of 10 other reports of shots fired at vehicles along about a five-mile stretch of the same highway -- and they said the shooting was not an accident. ...
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U.S.-funded Iraqi TV battles Arab news stations
(International News ~ 11/29/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- One of the chief U.S. weapons in the battle to win Iraqi hearts and minds is Al-Iraqiya -- a Pentagon-funded TV station with an optimistic, pro-American slant. Announcers on Al-Iraqiya, which reaches 85 percent of Iraqis, decry the guerrillas attacking U.S. military and Iraqi civilian targets as "terrorists."...
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Michael Jackson makes money abroad, but overall finances remain
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson, whose albums once generated tens of millions of dollars in sales, would like the world to believe he has a billion-dollar fortune at his disposal. Others who have tried to estimate the pop icon's wealth say his status is so precarious he has trouble paying his bills...
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Congress leaves stubborn 2003 issues hanging
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- The congressional year ends with the future of President Bush's vaunted energy bill uncertain and no decision on how to fix the nation's crumbling highways or avoid a looming trade war with Europe. With Republicans in control of the White House and both houses of Congress, it wasn't supposed to be this hard...
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Bush's Iraq trip shows power of an incumbent
(National News ~ 11/29/03)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's surprise Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad served as a crash course on the power of presidential incumbency. While Bush tied himself even more closely to the outcome of a war that has dragged on, he reinforced his role as commander in chief before cheering troops -- an image his Democratic opponents can't match...
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Area teams start with tournaments
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/03)
High school basketball kicks into gear Monday with the start of the Farmington, Woodland and Oran boys' tournaments. Farmington will host local teams Central and Jackson as well as Hazelwood Central, one of the most highly regarded teams in the state. No. 2 Central will square off against No. 6 Riverview Gardens in the opener of the tournament at 8 p.m. Monday and will play No. 3 New Madrid County Central at 8 p.m. Friday...
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Perfecting the craft
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/03)
Mitch Craft took his first game snap as a sophomore when the Tigers opened their varsity schedule against St. Charles West. Under the reins of Craft, the Tigers won 25 games in his three years at starting quarterback, made the state playoffs each year and the quarterfinals twice. Central's 25 wins in Craft's three-year tenure was Central's most successful three-year period since the Tigers won 26 games between 1977 and 1979...
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Tigers out to firm up bowl plan, win finale
(College Sports ~ 11/29/03)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A week after its hopes of reaching the Big 12 championship game went down the drain, Missouri still has a thing or two to think about today. Not only with the Tigers (7-3, 3-4) try to complete their first unbeaten season at home since 1974, but they'll also try to position themselves for a bowl game in the regular-season finale against Iowa State (2-9, 0-7)...
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Indians take 2-0 start on the road
(College Sports ~ 11/29/03)
Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team has used the friendly confines of home to build an early 2-0 record. Now the Indians will see how they react to their first road test of the season -- and coach Gary Garner is anxious to find out...
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Turnovers send Otahkians to Texas tournament loss
(College Sports ~ 11/29/03)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas --Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team couldn't capitalize on a 6-0 start Friday and lost 70-60 to Bowling Green in the opener of the Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic. Bowling Green (2-1) took its first lead at 13-12 with 8:30 left in the half. The Otahkians (1-3) used a 17-5 run to grab a 29-18 lead late in the half, then built its lead to 13 before a late Bowling Green run cut the lead to nine at halftime...
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Briefly
(Other Sports ~ 11/29/03)
Baseball Arizona right-hander Curt Schilling accepted a trade to Boston on Friday after agreeing to a contract extension that could keep him with the Red Sox through the end of his career. The teams agreed to the deal Monday, but the 37-year-old Schilling had to waive the no-trade clause in his current contract for it to go through. ...
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George W. Bush bio shows impact of Bible study
(Community News ~ 11/29/03)
George W. Bush's 1985 walk on the beach with the Rev. Billy Graham has achieved legendary status in evangelical circles. By Bush's own account, Graham asked, "Are you right with God?" and the future president replied, "No, but I want to be." A life-changing conversation ensued. But there's much more to the story...
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Southeast Missourian all-star football team
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/03)
Quarterback MITCH CRAFT, CENTRAL 6-3, 215, seniorQuick feet and a strong arm allowed Craft to sit in the pocket or hit receivers on the move. Craft's running ability was used for 456 yards on the ground. Craft showed toughness by playing on an injured knee most of the season. He was a 56-percent passer with 2,097 yards, 12 touchdowns and nine interceptions...
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Here are ideas for connecting with the river
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/29/03)
To the editor: Would it ever be possible or feasible to allow tourists to drive on the river side of the floodwall in Cape Girardeau from the Broadway floodgate north to the Red Star river access to view and enjoy the river? Paducah has such, and it is nice...
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Out of the past 11/29/03
(Out of the Past ~ 11/29/03)
10 years ago: Nov. 29, 1993 Santa and sleigh shooting into the sky, firefighters and a ladder truck garlanded with more than 60 strands of lights, and an array of mechanical elves were stars of the first annual Christmas Parade of lights last night...
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Correction 11/29/03
(Correction ~ 11/29/03)
The Friday after Thanksgiving is not the second-biggest shopping day of the year. Sales are higher on every Saturday in December preceding Christmas than on that Friday. The information was incorrect in a headline in Friday's edition. The Southeast Missourian regrets the error...
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Speak Out 11/29/03
(Speak Out ~ 11/29/03)
The best motives THE SPEAK Out comment that Jay Purcell worked as a garbage collector because he plans to run for mayor is cynical and uncalled for. I don't know Purcell, but to condemn a man for trying to understand city government is hateful. It's a shame we have those few in our community who think there is an ulterior motive to everything someone does. Thank goodness we have someone who wants to give instead of judge and criticize...
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Shields of Strength
(Community News ~ 11/29/03)
A "Shield of Strength" hung on the chain around Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe's neck when the Army Ranger and two other soldiers were killed in a car bomb explosion at an Iraqi checkpoint. The 1-by-2-inch shield, which Rippetoe wore along with his military dog tags and a Christian cross, displayed a U.S. flag on one side and a quote from Joshua 1:9: "I will be strong and courageous. I will not be terrified, or discouraged, for the Lord my God is with me wherever I go."...
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Religion calendar 11/29
(Community News ~ 11/29/03)
Sunday Hanging of the Greens service at 10:45 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Steven MacDougall will preach. A dinner will follow the service. The Rev. Keith Wachter will be guest speaker during worship service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. A potluck lunch will be served after the service...
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Religion briefs 11/29
(Community News ~ 11/29/03)
Presbyterian church selects evangelist pastor Christ Presbyterian Church, an evangelical Presbyterian congregation in Cape Girardeau, has appointed Dr. Corbett Heimburger as evangelist, pastor. He will take the new position Jan. 1. Heimburger has served as associate pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in St. ...
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Nation briefs
(Local News ~ 11/29/03)
Mother, daughter send care packages to troops HARRISBURG, Ill. -- Some soldiers get so tired of bugs and sand, they wear pantyhose under their uniforms. Others are so bored they watch fights between spiders. Since the start of war in Iraq, Kathy Williams and Amy Oxford have made it their mission to send whatever help they can to soldiers. ...
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Shopping.1a
(Local News ~ 11/29/03)
At the dawn of one of the most frantic shopping days of the year, a mother on Friday offered this seemingly un-maternal sentence at an area toy store: "We need to find the brats." Nearby, another woman asked this peculiar question: "Is this the mighty beans aisle?"...
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Illinois I-66 planners wait on feds
(Local News ~ 11/29/03)
Illinois highway officials say they're ready to proceed with in-house planning for a new Interstate 66 route that would carry traffic to the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at Cape Girardeau if Congress approves the project in next year's highway appropriations bill...
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Blues score two in third period, settle for 2-2 tie
(Professional Sports ~ 11/29/03)
TAMPA, Fla. -- Eric Nickulas and Keith Tkachuk scored third-period goals helping the Blues tie the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-2 Friday night. The Blues nearly won it in overtime, but Nikolai Khabibulin made a point-blank save on Petr Cajanek. The Lightning goalie also stopped a high slot shot by Chris Pronger during a St. Louis power play...
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Ex-synagogue, tavern seek spots in history
(Local News ~ 11/29/03)
Nominations are pending to place two more properties in Cape Girardeau -- a tavern and a former synagogue -- and the Scott County Courthouse in Benton, Mo., on the National Register of Historic Places. The state Advisory Council on Historic Preservation already has recommended all three for the National Register. The National Park Service, which oversees the register, has not yet given its approval to the buildings but rarely denies a state recommendation...
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Robert Davidson
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
ANNA, Ill. -- Robert "Zeke" Davidson, 80, of Anna, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill. He was born Aug. 25, 1923, at Carrier Mills, Ill., son of the late Joe and Ruth Harper Davidson. On June 21, 1943, he married Myra Jean Milton in Caruthersville, Mo...
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Elizabeth Brunkhorst
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
Elizabeth Lee "Betty" Brunkhorst, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 26,2003, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 29, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Lawrence and Edith Marie Bechle Brunkhorst. She was a member of St. Mary Cathedral Church in Cape Girardeau and was manager at Cape LaCroix Apartments for 20 years. She had also worked for Florsheim Shoe Company...
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Pauline Limbaugh
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Pauline Henley Limbaugh, 98, of Sikeston died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at the Miner Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 11, 1905, in New Madrid County, daughter of the late William M. and Etta Barnett Henley. On Dec. 20, 1930, she married Ernest L. Limbaugh in Caruthersville. He died April 25, 1977...
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Hole in ozone isn't hurting anyone on Earth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/29/03)
To the editor: Do you find yourself wearing more sunscreen because of the ozone hole? You shouldn't, because the ozone hole isn't affecting anybody. The ozone hole does not harm Earth or its inhabitants. The ozone hole is only there four out of 12 months...
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Raquel Metzger-Qualls
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
Raquel Metzger-Qualls, 35, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 24, 1968, in Cape Girardeau to Monica Gilbert Metzger. She married Michael Qualls on Oct. 9, 1993, in Cape Girardeau. She was working on a degree in social behavior of autistic children and worked with and for the treatment of autism. Kelley was a humanitarian who worked to preserve the rights of challenged children across Missouri...
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Dorothy Holmburg
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
Dorothy Holmburg, 88, of Jackson died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 1, 1915, in Jackson to John Vaughn and Minnie Wessell Priest Sr. She married Leonard Dale Holmburg in May of 1949, and he preceded her in death in 1993...
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Anna Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Anna Idell Mayfield, 83, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003, at the Elder Care Nursing Home in Marble Hill. She was born July 1, 1920, daughter of the late Daniel Francis and Nancy Francy Flossie Elizabeth Hanners Long. She married Rusby Mayfield Dec. 16, 1939. She was a member of Scopus United Methodist Church...
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Weldon Davis
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
Weldon L. Davis, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 19, 1922, in Mill Creek, Mo., to Grover and Ethel Burnell Davis. He married Violet L. Bryant on Aug. 16, 1942, in Jackson. He was a farmer, served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater and was a Baptist...
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Gary Pingle
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
ANNA, Ill. -- Gary L. Pingle, 51, of Anna died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at his home after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was born Nov. 2, 1952, in Dearborn, Mich., to Kenneth and Mary Pingle. He married Jane Bittner on Aug. 1, 1981, in Wauconda...
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Randal Keller
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
Randal Gene "Randy" Keller, 44, of Herington, Kan., formerly of Anna, Ill., died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., of cancer. He was born Feb. 19, 1959, in Anna, son of the late Kent E. Sr. and Shirley Schlenker Keller. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Dongola and served in the U.S. Army, National Guard and the Army Reserves...
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Jewel Tolbert
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
Jewel Janet Tolbert, 79, of Whitewater, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003, at her daughter's home in New Wells, Mo. Arrangements are incomplete with McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Freeman Hovis
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Freeman J. Hovis, 81, of Perryville, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 12, 1922, in Marquand, Mo., son of James and Mary Smith Hovis. He married Birdell T. Berkbuegler, June 30, 1945, in Jackson...
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Elta Berkbigler
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elta Francis Berkbigler, 95, of Perryville died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 20, 1908, in Perry County, daughter of the late Louis and Mary Miget. She was married to Paul J. Berkbigler. He died Sept. 17, 1975. She was a school teacher...
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Gladys Vincent
(Obituary ~ 11/29/03)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Gladys Vincent, 88, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Dongola, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003, at Medco of Hardinsburg, Ky. She born Sept. 4, 1915, in Anna, Ill., daughter of James and Agnes Ledgerwood Campbell. She married Doyle Vincent Feb. 19, 1938. He preceded her in death on Feb. 25, 2001...
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Sehorn just happy to finally be contributor for Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 11/29/03)
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Rather than bemoan his bad luck with injuries, Jason Sehorn prefers to capitalize on the time he's able to spend on the field. The Rams' safety has begun to contribute on defense, even though the left foot he broke in training camp still hasn't fully healed. Coach Mike Martz said Sehorn is coming off his best game, also his first start of the year, in last week's overtime victory at Arizona...
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