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MURDER SUSPECT HAS HISTORY OF PROBLEMS
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Richard Meyer, 42, of Scott City, who is accused of killing a woman and dismembering her body, has suffered from wild mood swings associated with a mental disorder. He also has a history of substance abuse. Meyer was arrested only once -- that for driving while intoxicated -- prior to being charged with first-degree murder in the July 11 stabbing death and dismemberment of Ernestina Hinojosa, 43, of Kennewick, Wash., in a motel room in Peru, Ill...
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TAME THOSE SUMMER TRESSES
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
Put the convertible top down, grab a towel and head to the pool. Why not? Summer's here. Unfortunately, for many, summer brings dry, brittle hair, sunburned scalps and the "frizzies." Hair requires extra care to keep it shiny and healthy this time of year. And that goes especially if you plan on swimming...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: URINARY PROBLEMS CAN BE TREATED
(Column ~ 07/20/00)
The kidneys are paired "kidney" bean-shaped organs, together weighing less than a pound, that lie deep in the back on either side of the spine where they are insulated in fat and protected by the lower-most ribs. They rest behind the organs of the abdomen, and the right one is slightly lower than the left due to the Herculean heft of the liver that sits on it. These organs of discrimination filter a fifth of the blood pumped by the heart each minute through more than 2 million arterial rivulets...
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SCOTT CITY MAN ACCUSED IN ILLINOIS SLAYING; SUSPECT BELIEVED TO HAVE DISMEMBERED BODY
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
PERU, Ill. -- A Scott City, Mo., man faces multiple charges in connection with the death of a woman and the dismemberment of her body in a motel room where he had lived while working on a pipeline in northern Illinois. Richard G. Meyer, 42, faces two counts of first-degree murder, one count of concealing a homicide and one count of criminal damage to property in connection with the July 11 death of Ernestina M. Hinojosa, 43, of Kennewick, Wash...
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LEADERSHIP CAPE READIES FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
Most people don't have the opportunity to call up a local business and ask for a tour of the building or a presentation on management styles. But with the help of Leadership Cape, 26 emerging community leaders have done just that. "You don't have a lot of opportunities to call up Dana Corp., and say I'd like to see the facility and listen to your management styles," said Kathy Swan, co-chairman of the committee overseeing the program...
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MOTHER SAYS SHE ISN'T SURPRISED
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Anna Marie Urhahn isn't surprised that her son, Richard Meyer, admitted he killed a woman in Peru, Ill., last week. But she never would have conceived he was capable of the gruesome dismemberment and dumping of the body parts in a cornfield near a pipeline trench where he had worked...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: A TASTE OF WILD BLUEBERRIES AND FINS
(Column ~ 07/20/00)
July 20, 2000 Dear Ken, New England invented quaint. The gingerbread houses on Martha's Vineyard and street signs on Cape Cod that read "Thickly Settled" or "Drive Gently" suggest a life of genteel individuality. On Cape Cod, we are staying at a friend's cottage on Wellfleet, which may be a derivation of "Whale fleet." It's still a fishing town, but like the rest of Cape Cod teeming with summertime tourists form Boston and New York seeking lobster dinners and Cape art...
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CANDIDATE WEIGHED 'POTTED-PLANT' CAMPAIGN
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
Local guitarist Bob Camp says he looked into running for Congress as a "potted plant" as part of political satirist and filmmaker Michael Moore's "Ficus 2000" campaign. In the end, Moore's organization decided against running a potted-plant campaign in Missouri's 8th Congressional District. But Camp is still on the ballot as a Democratic candidate for Congress...
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GUIDE AIMS TO HELP MOTORISTS
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- With more than 50 road construction projects under way or getting ready to start in Southeast Missouri, the Missouri Department of Transportation has published a highway construction guide for motorists. The 2000 Highway Construction Guide is available at area chambers of commerce and visitors bureaus or can be obtained by calling the MoDOT customer service division at (888) ASK-MODOT...
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ST. LOUIS WOMAN BADLY INJURED IN I-55 ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
A St. Louis woman was seriously injured Wednesday in an accident on Interstate 55 in Scott County. April Robson, 24, was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau after an accident south of Benton, Mo. She was a passenger in a car driven by Daryl Robson, 21, also of St. Louis...
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TREASURER FACES TWO CHALLENGERS IN STODDARD PRIMARY
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Democratic incumbent Shirley Carney faces two opponents in the Aug. 1 primary election for treasurer & ex-officio collector of Stoddard County. Kevin Pobst is running unopposed in the Republican primary. Stoddard is one of only 21 counties in the state which combine the jobs of treasurer and collector, but the county's seven township collectors do the actual collecting, forwarding the money to the county official...
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THREE UPPER LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS LEAVE SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 07/20/00)
Southeast Missouri State University's dean of students and associate vice president for enrollment management will leave the school later this summer for new jobs. Dean Kimberly Barrett and Associate Vice President Robert Parrent are the second and third administrators to resign this summer. Dr. Patricia Lipetzky, dean of extended learning, resigned in June to take a job at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich...
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JACKSON SR. BABE RUTH READY FOR STATE TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 07/20/00)
The Jackson Senior Babe Ruth baseball team had a dominant regular season, going 25-3 overall and winning the Dexter Senior Babe Ruth League with a 21-2 record. Now Jackson will set its sights quite a bit higher as the squad prepares for the eight-team Senior Babe Ruth State Tournament that will be held today through Monday in Marshall. The winner earns a berth in the regional tourney in Farmington...
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MEYER, WARREN TO SIGN WITH MINOR LEAGUE TEAM
(College Sports ~ 07/20/00)
Two McDowell Capahas outfielders -- Kevin Meyer and Phil Warren -- will sign minor league contracts with the Chillicothe (Ohio) Paints this weekend. Meyer and Warren also played at Southeast Missouri State University. The Chillicothe club is a Class A team in the Frontier League...
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BRIEFLY: LITTLE ACES NO. 18
(High School Sports ~ 07/20/00)
Dean Little of Chaffee recorded his fourth lifetime hole-in-one Wednesday at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. Little aced the 150-yard No. 18 hole with a 7-iron. Ed Schwent, Ed Esicar and Ray Boren witnessed the shot.
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DUNKLIN CO. ROLLS PAST SIKESTON 12-2
(High School Sports ~ 07/20/00)
CHARLESTON -- Dunklin County sent Sikeston to the loser's bracket of the Zone14 Senior Legion tournament Wednesday with a 12-2 win in seven innings. Landon Kersey was the winning pitcher. He went seven innings and struck out six, walked five and allowed two earned runs on seven hits...
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MARY FRENCH
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
PAINTON, Mo. -- Mary Elizabeth "Libby" French, 82, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., formerly of Painton, died Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at her home. She was born Aug. 6, 1917, at Malden, Mo., daughter of Albert and Ella Miller Painton. She and Wayne French were married Aug. 10, 1940, at Painton. He died July 16, 1993...
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ALBERTA YOAKUM
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
WYATT, Mo. -- Alberta Yoakum, 70, of Wyatt died Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Mo. She was born July 30, 1929, at Wyatt, daughter of Vernon and Alice Raynor Stroud. She and Mark Yoakum Jr. were married Jan. 1, 1949. He died in January 1987...
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JAMES SHOEMAKER
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
PERKINS, Mo. -- Funeral for James T. Shoemaker of Perkins will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo. The Revs. Phil Thompson and Rick Crump will officiate. Burial will be in Williams Cemetery, with military graveside rites...
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JOHN CLAYTON
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
ZALMA, Mo. -- John L. Clayton, 87, of Zalma died Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at Capitol Regional Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo. He was born April 6, 1913, in Gordonville, Mo., son of Charles and Elizabeth Sweet Clayton. Clayton served in the U.S. Army...
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CAROL CRITES
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Carol Ann Crites, 40, of Jackson died Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 13, 1960, at Daisy, Mo., daughter of Norman and Mary Ahrens Crites. Crites was a line technician at Quality Packaging nine years...
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MARY CHAFIN
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
Mary E. "Liz" Chafin, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital South in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 24, 1932, at Fisk, Mo., daughter of Buford and Frieda McKinzie. She married Fred Chafin. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Lori Ingram of Huntsville, Ala.; her mother of Puxico, Mo.; a brother, Gene McKinzie of Thompson Falls, Mont.; two sisters, Bonnie Rogers of Lowndes, Mo., Martha Townsend of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; a granddaughter, Alex; and a grandson, Cole.. ...
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CECIL SAUERBRUNN
(Obituary ~ 07/20/00)
OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Cecil George Sauerbrunn, 76, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 12, 1924, in Olmsted, Ill., son of William and Lora Duerckhimer Sauerbrunn. He and Doris Brown were married Sept. 21, 1946...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/20/00)
IN RESPONSE to the woman who called in about HUD and being forced to move: I'd like to know why she doesn't collect child support. The child support is hers. The father has to be responsible for his children. LET ME get this straight. Florida awarded billions of dollars to people who took a piece of paper, with or without filter, that had leaves of tobacco in it, lit it and inhaled the smoke into their bodies. ...
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SUNDAYS ARE GOOD FOR READING, OTHER PERSONAL ACTIVITIES
(Column ~ 07/20/00)
Americans reserve Sunday for doing what they want to do: While Americans are busier and more pressed for time than ever before, they still reserve Sunday for relaxing and recharging, and the Sunday newspaper still plays a major role in Americans' lifestyles, according to a new attitudinal study titled "Sunday in America."...
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CAPE ROCK PARK HAS POTENTIAL FOR RIVER VIEWS
(Editorial ~ 07/20/00)
There are many reasons Cape Girardeau has a rich, 200-year-plus history, but the biggest is the Mississippi River. Except when the river floods, many Cape Girardeau residents pay little heed to the vast waterway that flows past downtown. The floodwall, which has paid for itself many times over by keeping businesses and homes dry during high water, is just one reason so few people connect with the river...
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FBI's CAPABILITY OF SNOOPING FOR E-MAILS SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE BIG BROTHER IN ACTION
(Editorial ~ 07/20/00)
When it comes to privacy, there is good reason to wonder if it really exists anymore. Tapping telephone lines, intercepting mail, recording conversations with eavesdropping devices and using surveillance cameras to record the activities of virtually everyone who steps foot inside a retail establishment have become a way of life...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: WORKERS MUST GUARD AGAINST HIGH-COST FUEL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/20/00)
To the editor: I want to thank you for the editorial cartoon on major oil companies and alternative fuels that was published a few days ago. That prompted me to write this message for workers who have to drive to work. You have had two wake-up calls. The Arabs cut back supplies, and you paid $1 a gallon for gas. Recently the Arabs did it again, and some of you paid over $2 a gallon. The third time will be the final time unless you take action now...
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