MISSOURIANA

Gov. Carnahan and other state officials are back from a Far East trip to promote products grown and made in Missouri. No word on whether anyone in the delegation brought back a Japanese car.

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There's no truth to the rumor the real reason for the Carnahan trip to the Orient was to find someone to buy out M.U. Coach Bob Stull's contract.

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian has been arrested again. In case you don't recognize the name, he's the country's foremost proponent of term limitations.

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Heavily armed terrorists are spreading mayhem and murder in countries all over the world. Who says American exports are down?

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St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. gets leaders of youth gangs to sign a truce but it's soon broken. The new meaning of the word truce is a temporary halt to hostilities not to exceed 30 minutes.