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CLICK & DOUBLE CLICK: VIRUS 'MELISSA' STRIKING COMPUTERS THROUGH E-MAIL ATTACHMENT (COLUMN 133)
(Column ~ 03/30/99)
The Internet is buzzing today about a damaging computer virus called "Melissa." It appears this virus is real and far-reaching. Melissa usually contains the words "important message" on your subject line and sometimes ends with a winking emoticon ;-)...
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STAR GAZING: PORTABLE PLANETARIUM GIVES STUDENTS DAYTIME LOOK AT EVENING SKIES
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
Students exited the air-supported portable planetarium after a star show. Franklin Elementary School students recently became the first in the area to have their school gym converted into a home to the constellations of ancient Africa, Greece and North America...
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EAST CAPE VOTERS MUST LEAVE TOWN TO BALLOT
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- East Cape Girardeau voters will have to travel six miles up the road to McClure to vote in their city elections April 13. East Cape Girardeau Mayor Joe Aden doesn't like the new arrangement. "I don't think we should have to travel outside our own incorporated limits to vote in our own municipal election," Aden said...
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LOCAL PANEL PURGES COUNTY WELFARE ROLLS
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
It's not hard to get a job; it's hard to keep a job. Kimberly Crawford, a mother of two and former welfare recipient, knows how hard it is to go from the welfare rolls to the employment rolls, and she and others are working to make the transition easier...
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JACKSON MAN RECALLS PILOT'S RESCUE
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
The recent rescue of the pilot of a downed American stealth fighter in Yugoslavia triggered memories for ex-Marine Matthew Morton. The 24-year-old Jackson man knows about rescuing pilots in the Balkans. Morton, then a lance corporal, was part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit that rescued Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady after his fighter jet was struck by a Serb missile over Bosnia in June 1995...
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DONGOLA MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- A Dongola man was killed early Sunday when his motorcycle ran off a county road south of Anna. Terry R. Lang, 39, was killed in the 1:45 a.m. accident on Boyd Road one-third of a mile south of Balcom Road. He was taken to Union County Hospital in Anna...
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BETWEEN THE LINES: NEW BIRTHS MAKE CELEBRATING SPRING SIMPLE TASK
(Column ~ 03/30/99)
It had to happen eventually. I knew that it would. I just wanted more time to prepare for it. The neighbor's cat who adopted me as her owner delivered her kittens in the wee hours Monday morning. The neighbors have gone to Indiana, so it looks like the new arrivals are staying at my house for a while. (Until acceptable homes can be found, at least.)...
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LETTERS: PROPOSITION B. WOULD HELP WOMEN THE MOST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/30/99)
To the editor: Women are most often the victims of violent crime, and we would benefit the most if Prop B passes. Studies conducted by Professor John Lott at the University of Chicago Law School show that for each additional woman carrying a firearm for personal protection, the morder rate for women is reduced by three to four times more than for each additional men carrying a firearm...
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LETTERS: DON'T DEPRIVE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/30/99)
To the editor: About 85 percent of the population of the United States has the right to carry a concealed weapon. Only seven states, Missouri being one, do not allow their own citizens to carry. Even though I might not carry, there are a lot of people who would apply who work in bad sections of town, who work at night or who generally need the extra protection that a gun would afford...
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MILITARY HAS A TOUGH SELL FOR ENLISTMENTS
(Editorial ~ 03/30/99)
Meanwhile, U.S. military recruiters are finding their jobs to be more and more difficult. The all-voluntary military isn't attracting nearly enough recruits, and there are thoughts of lowering enlistment standards -- again. Support for the military that would have bolstered our overall readiness to back up our claim to be a superpower has been all but nonexistent during the Clinton years. Now he wants Americans and the world to regard him as some sort of military leader?...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/30/99)
CLINTON ALWAYS throws in his tear-jerking favorite line about children to gain his war-making way, saying our children need a stable Europe. Well, our children need their fathers, and they won't have them if Clinton has his way. America does not want war. We are a peace-loving nation...
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LIMBAUGH COMMENTARY; THE ALLEGORICAL AL GORE
(Column ~ 03/30/99)
During a recent interview, presidential aspirant Al Gore said he finds it tough to talk about himself and break through his legendary stiffness. "I'm not used to it because the way I was raised you don't talk about yourself too much. But in a campaign, you've got to introduce yourself and the experiences which have shaped your life."...
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MILITARY LESSONS: A NEW DEFINITION ON 'WAR'
(Editorial ~ 03/30/99)
The Clinton administration is quickly learning that war isn't a video game played with joysticks in the safety of the oval office. But that hasn't kept the commander-in-chief and his aides from swarming all over the TV spectrum trying to convince Americans of two things: We must teach the Serbs in Yugoslavia a lesson, and we don't want to commit any ground troops to accomplish that end...
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PROP B DEBATE SET FOR WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
Proposition B, the concealed-weapons measure on the April 6 ballot, will be debated Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University. The debate will be held during the Common Hour from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Robert A. Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium...
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FIRE DAMAGES RURAL HOME
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
GORDONVILLE -- An electrical fire caused heavy smoke and water damage to a Cape Girardeau County residence Monday morning. Gordonville Fire Chief Roger English said the Mark Carnell residence on County Road 215 sustained fire damage to the master bedroom and smoke and water damage throughout...
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SEMO OFFERS LYCEUM TO MARK ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
In 1906, the then-Normal School presented its first Lyceum, a program of singing, dancing, lectures and dramatic interpretations comparable to the summertime chautauquas held inside tents. Lyceums long since have been replaced on university campuses by straight lectures, but Southeast Missouri State University is resurrecting the creature to help observe its 125th anniversary...
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NOTE PAID ON FOSTER HOME IN GORDONVILLE
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
GORDONVILLE -- Carole Rhodes doesn't really remember being an orphan. She was adopted as a baby, but her five brothers and sisters were placed in an orphanage. "I was one of the lucky ones," Rhodes said. "But it's something that kind of stays with you."...
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DANCE SQUAD TO COMPETE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
Southeast Missouri State University's Sundancer team will compete Friday in the NCA Division I National Dance Championships at Daytona Beach, Fla. The 1998 squad was the first in school history to qualify for the national championships. Kim Rambicourt, team co-captain and a St. ...
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AG FORUM WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
Trends in agriculture and strategies for a successful 1999 will be discussed at an agricultural forum Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University. The event, sponsored by the Agricultural Club, will be held at 7 p.m. in Robert A. Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium...
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EX-SE ASSISTANT FILES DISCRIMINATION SUIT
(College Sports ~ 03/30/99)
Former Southeast Missouri State University assistant basketball coach Randy Curl has filed a race discrimination lawsuit against the school's Board of Regents, stemming from his 1997 firing. Curl, who is black, filed the petition in Cape Girardeau District Court last Friday. In the petition, he also names as defendants Kenneth Dobbins, Southeast's executive vice president of financial affairs; and Alicia Scott, Southeast's assistant athletic director in charge of compliance...
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KELLY, NOTRE DAME ENCOUNTER BLACKOUT
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/99)
For a baseball game that featured no winner, there sure was a lot of excitement at Notre Dame High School Monday afternoon. The Bulldogs and visiting Kelly exchanged a pair of late rallies and finally had to settle for an 6-6 tie when darkness halted play after eight innings...
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BRIEFLY: SEMO'S SPILLE NAMED OVC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
(College Sports ~ 03/30/99)
Southeast Missouri State University baseball player Ryan Spille has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week. The senior lefthander went 2-0 with an 0.00 earned-run average last week, pitching up wins over Memphis and Eastern Illinois to improve his record to 6-0. He allowed just three hits over 9 1/3 innings of work...
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CHS GOLFERS SHOOT DOWN ND, JACKSON
(High School Sports ~ 03/30/99)
JACKSON -- Dan Groesbeck shot a 1-over 37 and gained medalist honors in Cape Girardeau Central High's golf victory over Jackson and Notre Dame at Bent Creek Monday afternoon. Central totaled a 166; Jackson shot a 172 and Notre Dame a 198. Central's Kent Phillips carded a 38, Nick Harter 45 and Luke Oliver 46...
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ELDA BURROUGHS
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
PERRYVILLE -- Elda R. Burroughs, 82, of Perryville died Sunday, March 28, 1999, at Riverview Manor in Ste. Genevieve. She was born July 27, 1916, at New Wells, daughter of Ernst and Ester Hoffman Perr. She and Albert Charles Burroughs were married Sept. 15, 1935. He died Jan. 3, 1988...
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ELBERT JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
Funeral for Elbert Franklin Johnson of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Charles Lance will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 5-8 p.m. today. Johnson, 93, died Sunday, March 28, 1999, at the Lutheran Home...
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ANNA HELD PYLE
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
Funeral for Anna Lee Held Pyle of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Frank Giunta will officiate. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery at Commerce. Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 4 p.m. today...
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ELVIS HINTON
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
DEXTER -- Elvis D. Hinton, 85, of Great Bend, Kan., died Thursday, March 25, 1999, at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. He was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Advance, son of R. Henry and Nona Sims Hinton. He and Novella Stewart were married July 15, 1934, at Bernie...
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VIOLA HOLTKAMP
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
JACKSON -- Funeral for Viola B. Holtkamp of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Scott Lohse will officiate. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...
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LURA LARRISON
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Funeral for Lura Larrison of the Forman community in Johnson County will be held at 11 a.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. The Rev. Alvin Thomas will officiate. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery in Belknap. Larrison, 99, died Saturday, March 27, 1999, at Southgate Care Center in Metropolis...
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HELEN REILLY
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
A memorial service for Helen V. Reilly of Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek, Ariz., was held Saturday at the Church of the Red Rocks. Reilly, 77, died Monday, March 8, 1999, in Cottonwood, Ariz. A native of Cape Girardeau, Reilly attended elementary and high schools and Southeast Missouri State University...
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VIOLA PALMER
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
Viola Marie Palmer, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 29, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1924, in Baldwin, Ill., daughter of George and Justine Prange Pfannebecker. She first married William L. Cox, who died in 1952. She later married Roscoe W. Palmer, who died in 1987...
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EURCIE HAGER
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral for Eurcie Lee Hager, formerly of Scott City, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Revs. Terry Eades and Kenny Strong will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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DR. GLYNDA DAVIS-MAXAM
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Dr. Glynda Davis-Maxam, 48, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, March 27, 1999, at her home. She was born Feb. 13, 1951, in Pontiac, Mich., daughter of Carl and Bernice Davis Maxam. Davis-Maxam was a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Medicine at Columbia. She was completing her residency at Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago when she became disabled...
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EDGAR AILOR JR.
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
Funeral for Edgar I. Ailor Jr. of Jefferson City was held March 18, 1999, at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson City. Dr. Gene Rooney officiated. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery at a later date. Ailor, 80, died Monday, March 15, 1999, in Columbia...
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VERDA TROUT
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
ADVANCE -- Verda Trout of Advance died Monday, March 29, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Morgan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BOB HOPE
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
SIKESTON -- Robert D. "Bob" Hope, 85, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, March 28, 1999, at Westwood Hills Nursing Center. He was born April 1, 1913, in Flatrock, Ill., son of Erskine Tedford and Ethel Rebecca Doak Hope. He and Anita G. Greer were married Aug. 17, 1939, in Conway, Ark. She died Dec. 24, 1989...
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NANCY ARLENE BOCK
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
Nancy Arlene Bock of The Woodlands, Texas, wife of Cape Girardeau native Lewis E. Bock, died Friday, Feb. 26, 1999. A memorial service was held March 6 at The Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church. Bock was born Nov. 12, 1944, in Los Angeles, daughter of Richard Cecil and Lois Wyman Jones...
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TERRY LANG
(Obituary ~ 03/30/99)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral for Terry R. Lang of Dongola will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Carl Land will officiate. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Lang, 35, died Sunday, March 28, 1999, near Anna...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: STUDENTS SHARE WRITING THROUGH 'AUTHOR'S CHAIR'
(Local News ~ 03/30/99)
BENTON -- Kelly High School teacher Rae Anne Kloss-Alpers describes herself as a writing teacher rather than an English teacher. Alpers is in her first year at Kelly High School. The former Cape Girardeau Central High School teacher said she enjoys working writing assignments into her English lessons and watching students improve their skills over a school year...
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