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Intelligence director
(Column ~ 08/16/04)
York (Pa.) Daily Record First of all, let's stop calling it a czar. Wrong country. Wrong connotation. But let's do call the proposed new position a Cabinet member. Probably the most important suggestion from the bipartisan 9/11 Commission's exhaustive and unanimously endorsed study of anti-terrorism efforts was that we need one person in charge of America's 15 intelligence-gathering agencies...
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Ronald Tellor
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ronald Eugene Tellor, 50, of Anna died Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at his home. He was born Jan. 13, 1954, at Hawthorne, Calif., son of Hershel and Juanita Renfro Tellor. He and Mary Jane Robertson were married Jan. 30, 1997, at Jonesboro, Ill. She died Nov. 2, 1998...
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Kendall Willis
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
ANNA, Ill. -- Kendall L. Willis, 96, of Lake Egypt, Ill., formerly of Anna, died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at Heartland Regional Medical Center at Marion. He was born Feb. 29, 1908, at Miller City, Ill., daughter of Irvin and Stella Kendall Willis. He and Mary Ann Abercrombie were married May 25, 1933...
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Rich Wrather
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Richard L. "Rich" Wrather, 55, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital at Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 30, 1948, at Cape Girardeau, son of Earlin "Dude" and Billie Sue Burnett Wrather Sharp. He and Joanie Wibbenmeyer were married Jan. 8, 1972, at Sikeston...
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Roberta Penermon
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
Roberta Conner Penermon, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 2, 1920, at Panola County, Miss., daughter of Silas and Evalena Gordon Weakley. She and Ross Conner were married. He died in 1954. She then married Joseph Penermon...
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Dorothy Gromer
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
Dorothy J. Gromer, 59, of Marquand, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 2, 1945, at Perryville, Mo., daughter of Willard and Irene Berry Thompson. She and Arnold B. Gromer were married March 6, 1964, at Marquand...
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Jean Yount
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Jean Yount, 77, of Sedgewickville passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at Kindred Hospital at St. Louis, Mo. She was born May 30, 1927, at Patton, Mo., daughter of the late Oscar and Mattie O'Kelly Bollinger. She and Henry Yount were married on Jan. 22, 1947...
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Births 8/16/04
(Births ~ 08/16/04)
Zeilenga Daughter to Brian John Zeilenga and Amber Nichole Walker of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:09 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. Name, Macy Nichole. Weight, 6 pounds 3 ounces. Second daughter. Ms. Walker is the daughter of Kim Walker of Jackson and Don Walker of Perryville, Mo. She is employed at Neurologic Associates of Cape Girardeau. Zeilenga is the son of Cassie Zeilenga of Jackson and Ralph and Patsy Zeilenga of Lynwood, Ill. He is employed at Scott City Diesel...
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Out of the past 8/16/04
(Out of the Past ~ 08/16/04)
10 years ago: Aug. 16, 1994 Jon Colburn, president of Southeast Missouri State University's Historic Preservation Association, hopes school officials will preserve former home of institution's oldest living alumnus; Colburn has suggested turning former home of Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. at 814 N. Henderson Ave. into welcome center for school...
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Ashley Furniture coming to Jackson
(Column ~ 08/16/04)
Buchheit of Jackson is getting at least one new neighbor. David Donley of Commercial Real Estate Specialists Inc. announced that he recently brokered a deal that will bring a new commercial development to the nine acres beside Buchheit at the corner of East Jackson Boulevard and Old Orchard Road. That development will be anchored by a 50,000-square-foot Ashley Furniture Home Store...
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N.C. election ad calls man a terrorist
(National News ~ 08/16/04)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Pakistani man charged with immigration violations after filming Charlotte skyscrapers is described as a "terrorist" who came to the country "to kill you" in a new television ad from a North Carolina congressional candidate. Vernon Robinson began airing the ad days before his runoff election Tuesday in a Republican primary against state Sen. Virginia Foxx...
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Drury Inn wins top rating for customer satisfaction
(Business ~ 08/16/04)
When it opened in Sikeston, Mo., in 1973, the first Drury Inn featured a nightly rate of $10.88. Over the past 30 years, that rate has gone up, but so has the stock of what has become Drury Inns Inc. -- a regional corporation now based in St. Louis with more than 100 hotels in 17 states...
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Biometric technology getting more use in consumer areas
(Business ~ 08/16/04)
NEW YORK -- Stuffing something in a public locker usually isn't a memorable experience. You drop a coin, take the key and move on. But at the Statue of Liberty, recently reopened after a two-year closure, stashing a package offers a glimpse into the future. To rent, close and reopen lockers, visitors touch an electronic reader that scans fingerprints...
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Jess Strickland
(Obituary ~ 08/16/04)
Jesse Eugene Strickland, 76, of Kelso, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at the Lutheran Home at Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City.
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No question, it's clearly dirty politics
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/16/04)
To the editor: David Limbaugh has written another diatribe, "Fit for Command," where he ponders whether this is dirty politics or truth. Let me help Limbaugh out of his quandary. It's dirty politics. As a matter of fact, it is the same dirty politics used against John McCain when the Bush campaign insinuated that he may have been a traitor as a POW...
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Political hecklers
(Column ~ 08/16/04)
(Plattsburgh, N.Y.) Press-Republican Teresa Heinz Kerry may not have reacted ideally to hecklers along the campaign trail, but it's the hecklers who ought to be apologizing. Heinz Kerry, the billionaire wife of Democratic presidential John Kerry, was speaking at a rally recently when pro-Bush spectators began interrupting her with shouts, "Four more years," to which she responded: "Four more years of hell." For that, she is being reviled by Republicans and excoriated by some in the media...
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Bush - Florida to get quick disaster aid
(National News ~ 08/16/04)
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley's 145 mph winds dug through their ravaged homes on Sunday, sweeping up shattered glass and rescuing what they could as President Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid. With temperatures in the 90s and humidity that made it feel hotter, people waited with carts in long lines to buy ice. Supermarkets gave away water in five cities as just under 1 million people remained without power and 2,300 stayed in emergency shelters...
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Hiring process in Jackson
(Column ~ 08/16/04)
If you have a question, e-mail factorfiction@semissourian.com or call Speak Out (334-5111) and identify your call as a question for "Fact or fiction." Q: Is it true that the Jackson School District grants the opportunity for a teacher interview to all qualified and experienced applicants or just to a select few?...
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World briefs 8/16/04
(International News ~ 08/16/04)
Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur region of Sudan AL-FASHER, Sudan -- Dozens of Rwandan soldiers flew into Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands. ...
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Cape/Jackson fire reports 08/16/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/16/04)
Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday: An emergency medical service at Bent Creek Drive. An emergency medical service at West Jackson Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: A mutual aid at Gordonville...
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Cape police report 08/16/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/16/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Driving while intoxicated was reported Sunday at William Street and Plaza Way. A subject was taken into custody, pending filing of formal charges...
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Business memo 08/16/04
(Business ~ 08/16/04)
Housing workshop to be held at Biehle eateryThe Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission will hold an affordable housing development workshop at the Country Kettle on Aug. 25. The eatery is located just off the Biehle exit off Interstate 55 south of Perryville, Mo...
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People on the move 08/16/04
(Business ~ 08/16/04)
Cape consultant earns special designation Steven Fritzler has earned the chartered financial consultant professional designation from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Penn. Candidates for the distinction must complete at least eight courses and 16 hours of examinations, and must also fulfill stringent experience and ethics requirements. Fritzler is a financial consultant with Faith Financial Planners Inc. in Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson's bond issue
(Editorial ~ 08/16/04)
The November general election will have something extra for Jackson voters who will -- in addition to important county, state and national races -- also decide the fate of a school construction project. The school district is asking voters to approve a 67-cent tax levy increase that would fund renovations and additions at Jackson High School...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
7 p.m. today City hall, 401 Independence St. Consent Ordinances (Second and Third Readings) Ordinance readopting Sections 2-76 to 2-83 of the City Code relating to conflicts of interest. Ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a contract for water line easement with The Little River Drainage District for a 12-inch water main to serve Nash Road and Airport Loop...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
7:30 p.m. today Public hearings Hearing to consider rezoning of all the property addressed as 977 Donna Drive from R-2 (single residential) to C-2 (general commercial) as submitted by Michael and Joyce Baker. Hearing to consider a special-use permit for the construction and operation of a communications tower at 501/525 S. Hope St. in a C-3 district as submitted by the city of Jackson...
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Sports briefs 8/16/04
(Other Sports ~ 08/16/04)
Baseball Greg Maddux was honored before Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in recognition of his 300th career victory. Eight days after winning No. 300 in San Francisco, Maddux gave a short speech thanking his family, teammates and the Chicago fans for their support. ...
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Growth industry - Survey shows snapshot of organic farms
(Business ~ 08/16/04)
SAN FRANCISCO -- From alfalfa to oats to wine grapes, prices for organic produce and products have held steady for more than half of the nation's organic farmers, and more than a quarter said they are seeing prices inching up, a new survey shows. But about 27 percent also predicted falling prices, as more farmers, including big businesses, try to grab a share of the sector's success, according to the survey by the Santa Cruz-based Organic Farming Research Foundation...
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Bread in bulk
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
DON FRAZIER * dfrazier@semissourian.com Janet Weaver prepared a loaf of honey wheat bread dough for baking as the early morning sun began to stream through the kitchen windows of the Weaver family's country market in rural Dongola, Ill. The baked goods were to be sold at a Cape Girardeau farmers market that afternoon. By Laura Johnston ~ Southeast Missourian...
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Stewart shakes off upset stomach to prevail
(Professional Sports ~ 08/16/04)
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Tony Stewart knew he was in trouble shortly after the start of the race, but overcame an upset stomach to win Sunday at Watkins Glen International. "It started about the 15th or 17th lap," he said. "It got better toward the end but I still don't feel well."...
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Phelps can't quite surpass Spitz
(Professional Sports ~ 08/16/04)
ATHENS, Greece -- South Africa spoiled the expected duel between the United States and Australia in the 400-meter freestyle relay, winning the gold medal in world-record time and ensuring that Michael Phelps won't surpass Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic golds...
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Guard, Reserve troops say they've lost jobs, benefits
(National News ~ 08/16/04)
WASHINGTON -- Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten...
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U.S. rep - CIA head is 'wrong fight' for Democratic party
(National News ~ 08/16/04)
WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned fellow Democrats in the Senate on Sunday against trying to block the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as CIA director, saying that would be picking the wrong fight in this election year...
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Ministry encourages students with summer jam
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
Students headed back to school will have the usual new notebooks, pencils and backpacks to bring to class with them. The 250 or so students who attended the Back-to-School Jam Thursday at the Rhema Word Ministry will also bring to the classroom the encouragement to stay focused on education...
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Community briefs 08/16/04
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
Winners named at area horse show The Schuette Farms Fun Horse Show was held Aug. 7 in Jackson. Youth champions were Danielle Daume and horse Tanzy as grand champion and Nicholas Tyler with Cookie as reserve champion. Open champions were Morgan Williams and Star, grand champion; and Daume with Tanzy, reserve champion. ...
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Gardener's volunteer work a blooming success
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
Keeping up a flower bed takes more time and effort than some are willing to give, but Truman Smith of Cape Girardeau doesn't mind. "I grew up on a farm, and my mother taught me to love flowers," he said. The result of his mother's lessons can be seen in the colorful flowerbeds at Central Junior High and Jefferson and Alma Schrader elementary schools...
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Better late than never for CHS grad Cox
(College Sports ~ 08/16/04)
Travis Cox figures it's better late than never regarding a college basketball career that has been a long time in coming. Cox, a 1998 Central High School graduate who had his hopes of joining Southeast Missouri State University's program as a walkon last season dashed by the NCAA, recently signed a letter of intent with Division II Oakland City (Ind.) University...
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Speak Out 8/16/04
(Speak Out ~ 08/16/04)
Highway improvements THERE WAS a lot of hard work from the county and the community between Gordonville and Burfordville on Route OO. For seven years we've waited for the white lines to be painted on both sides of the road. The county did a tremendous amount of work on this road, and we really gladly appreciate the continuing work...
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St. Louis coasts to 10-4 win in Atlanta
(Professional Sports ~ 08/16/04)
Rolen hit two home runs, became the first NL player to reach 100 RBIs this year. By Keith Parsons ~ The Associated Press ATLANTA -- Scott Rolen homered twice to become the first NL player to reach 100 RBIs this season and Danny Haren won for the first time in more than a year, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the Atlanta Braves 10-4 Sunday night...
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Amendment 3 would save funding for patrol, revenue dep't
(State News ~ 08/16/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The so-called diversion of revenue from highway user fees to state agencies other than the Missouri Department of Transportation is an issue that has vexed policy makers for years. While almost universally decried, little has been done about it...
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Fed making atypical move of raising rates during election year
(National News ~ 08/16/04)
WASHINGTON -- Going against conventional wisdom, the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in an election year. And it is Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, a Republican, who is leading the charge even though an incumbent Republican in the White House is facing voter unrest about the state of the economy...
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Puerto Rico shocks USA's basketball royalty 92-73
(Professional Sports ~ 08/16/04)
ATHENS, Greece -- Their shots clanged off the rim, smacked the side of the backboard or missed completely. Their best player stared at the floor helplessly as the ball squirted between his legs and rolled away. Whatever remained of America's aura of invincibility slipped away, too, in a shocking, lopsided loss that left their coach embarrassed and angry...
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Resilient Singh nabs unlikely win
(Professional Sports ~ 08/16/04)
HAVEN, Wis. -- Vijay Singh grabbed the Wanamaker Trophy with both hands and lifted it high over his head Sunday at the PGA Championship, an unlikely victory built on the kind of resiliency that defines his life. Two shots behind with three holes to play, he was headed for another meltdown in a major championship...
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Jackson considering trail system extension
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
Jackson city officials want to add another 1.8 miles to its walking and biking trail system, but first the city has to find out just how much that might cost. The Jackson Board of Aldermen tonight will consider approving a feasibility study, 80 percent of which will be paid for by the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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New school year brings fresh faces to Southeast faculty
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
School is back in session at Southeast Missouri State University in a week and with the new school year comes some new faces, and some familiar faces in new positions, in the university's music and theater and dance departments. In the music department, Dr. Steve Hendricks is the new director of choral studies, leading the university's three choirs -- the Choral Union, the University Choir and Cantus Choralis...
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Winds push fire through California mining town
(National News ~ 08/16/04)
The Associated Press REDDING, Calif. -- An out-of-control wildfire roared through an old mining town in the Northern California mountains Sunday, destroying 20 homes and forcing nearly 300 residents to flee, officials said. The blaze, less than a day old, grew to 3,000 acres and could quickly reach 5,000 acres, officials said. It was only about 10 percent contained...
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'Alien vs. Predator' preys on box office
(Entertainment ~ 08/16/04)
LOS ANGELES -- The sci-fi smackdown "Alien vs. Predator," featuring the creatures of the "Alien" and "Predator" franchises, debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with $38.25 million, studio estimates showed Sunday. "Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement," with Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews reprising their royal roles, opened in second place with a three-day gross of $23 million, pushing its total since premiering Wednesday to $37.2 million...
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Norah Jones feeling more comfortable with life on the road
(Entertainment ~ 08/16/04)
NEW YORK -- Norah Jones has been on the road so long, she's considered putting a couch on the stage and calling her tour "The Couch Tour." The sultry-voiced singer kicked off the U.S. leg of her world tour with the Handsome Band last week, fresh from playing through Europe in support of her new album, "Feels Like Home." And the shy Jones, who was thrust into stardom with her runaway hit debut "Come Away With Me," is feeling more at ease...
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Race is on to establish network for reality TV
(Entertainment ~ 08/16/04)
NEW YORK -- In one corner, the Fox television empire. In another, cable executives who once ran the USA network and E! Entertainment Television. They're fighting to see who can establish a television network devoted exclusively to the reality genre...
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Eight countries prepare for attack against Panama Canal
(International News ~ 08/16/04)
ABOARD THE USS CROMMELIN -- The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the ship in the choppy Caribbean waters and began counting crew members, but the numbers did not match those given earlier. As helicopters whirred overhead, officials searched below deck and found a man crouched in a closet -- a possible terrorist, according to information used in the weeklong anti-terror exercise aimed at protecting the Panama Canal, an essential route for international commerce...
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Pope struggles through Mass near French shrine
(International News ~ 08/16/04)
LOURDES, France -- A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2-hour service in sizzling heat...
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Millions turn out to end or defend Chavez
(International News ~ 08/16/04)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to decide whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office, waiting in mile-long lines as election officials promised to keep polls until everyone got to vote. The sheer number of voters -- believed to be a record in Venezuela -- along with problems with electronic thumb-printing machines overwhelmed election authorities, who twice postponed the polls' closing to midnight, eight hours later than originally scheduled.. ...
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Caterpillar workers reject another contract offer
(State News ~ 08/16/04)
PEORIA, Ill. -- Union workers rejected Caterpillar Inc.'s "last, best and final" contract offer Sunday, saying they hope the second failed deal this year will convince the company to sweeten proposals on health-care costs and wages. United Auto Workers officials would not release totals of the vote by more than 9,000 workers at seven Caterpillar plants in Illinois, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. ...
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Farm Bureau chief's son dies in ATV accident
(State News ~ 08/16/04)
The Associated Press BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Southeast Missouri man was killed when his all-terrain vehicle ran off a river embankment and overturned, authorities said. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the man as Benjamin Kruse, 28, of Dexter, Mo. He is the son of Charlie Kruse, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, according to Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...
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DiMarco, Riley make Ryder Cup
(Professional Sports ~ 08/16/04)
HAVEN, Wis. -- Chris DiMarco and Chris Riley faced knee-knocking pressure in the last round of the PGA Championship. And what did they get for their efforts? More of the same. DiMarco and Riley played themselves into the pressure-packed Ryder Cup with their performances Sunday in the year's final major. DiMarco finished second after a three-man, three-hole playoff and Riley was fourth -- good enough to knock Jay Haas and Steve Flesch out of the top 10 in the Ryder Cup point standings...
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Rebuilt school dedicated year after tornado
(Local News ~ 08/16/04)
Just over a year after a tornado extensively damaged Immaculate Conception School, members of the Jackson community closed the door on construction Sunday. Between 750 and 800 parishioners and community members filled the new gymnasium Sunday as Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese led the dedication ceremony for the school's new building...
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