MISSOURIANA

Missouri legislators decided not to approve a concealed weapons bill but failed to conceal the fact they didn't approve much of anything else.

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Ross Perot says he needs to take some time off and decide what positions he should take on national issues. That's never bothered presidential candidates in the past.

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Congressional leaders are planning to stage a television program that will give a better image to members. The best title anyone has come up with so far is Capitol Comic Relief.

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Missouri's gubernatorial contests are getting so vicious that some campaign managers have gone to Los Angeles to learn how to burn and loot.

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The United States ranks seventh on a list of nations where there is the least amount of suffering. Of course, that was before the presidential campaign got under way.

By Jack Stapleton Jr.