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MUSIC IN THE CAVE
(Local News ~ 04/27/01)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- In the 1970s and 1980s, Murphysboro Laundromat owner Gib Todd created a funky 53-acre wonderland on the cliffs surrounding a geological phenomenon called Shawnee Saltpetre Cave. "Welcome," a sign over the entry road still reads. "We've been waiting 1,000,000 years for you."...
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'NO-CALL' LIST DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING
(Local News ~ 04/27/01)
The Missouri attorney general's office is making the "last call" for telephone customers to place their home phone numbers on the initial "no-call" list that will be enforced when the state's new telemarketing law takes effect July 1. Residential phone customers must sign up by Tuesday to get on the first list. Registration is free...
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MISSISSIPPI FLOODWALL KEEPS CAPE DRY; THE FLOODING IN DAVENPORT, IOWA, IS REMINISCENT OF YEARS PAST HERE
(Local News ~ 04/27/01)
Until the floodwall was dedicated in 1964, Cape Girardeau's downtown experienced the trials of sandbagging, worrying and destruction Davenport, Iowa, is going through. The threatened Iowa city so far has rejected permanent flood control in order to preserve its Mississippi River view. Summer jazz festivals on the river draw hundreds of thousands of people annually, and tourists spend $100 million a year in the Quad Cities of Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island and Moline, Ill...
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MAN ARRESTED AFTER $120,000 SCAM
(Local News ~ 04/27/01)
An insurance scam that cost a Cape Girardeau woman nearly $120,000 over five years ended with the arrest of a 31-year-old man, police said. William Glynn Robison, who was living in Fenton, Mo., was arrested by Jefferson County deputies Tuesday on a Cape Girardeau County warrant accusing him of stealing by deceit...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO CHEAT YOUR MOTHER? A SCUMBAG
(Column ~ 04/27/01)
In all the years I've been in this business, I've written, edited or read dozens of stories about scams. For the most part, I've managed to steer clear of con artists. This week, one of the slimy brotherhood hit a little to close to home: my mother's house...
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BINGO WORLD PLANS TO OPEN IN FALL
(Local News ~ 04/27/01)
Construction of new bingo parlor has been put on "fast-track" status when footings and foundation work start at the site today. Bingo World, the city's first bingo hall, is looking to an early September opening at 823 N. Clark, on a plot of ground just south of the Cape Girardeau Senior Center...
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'BIG PICTURE' CONFERENCE TODAY
(Local News ~ 04/27/01)
Dr. Karen Brown Dunlap, associate dean of faculty and trustee of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla., will deliver the keynote address at today's "Big Picture at the Forefront" conference at Southeast Missouri State University...
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SEMO CONFERENCE CHRISTENS TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/01)
Call it high school baseball's version of the University High Christmas Basketball Tournament. Nine baseball teams, including most of the area's finest, will converge on Cape Girardeau today, Saturday and Monday in the inaugural SEMO Baseball Conference Tournament...
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SOUTHEAST TO CONDUCT ITS SPRING SCRIMMAGE
(College Sports ~ 04/27/01)
Due to a shortage of offensive linemen, Southeast Missouri State University's annual spring football game won't really be a game at all. But the scrimmage that will mark the end of spring drills, set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Houck Stadium, will still allow fans to get a final look at the Indians before fall practice begins in August...
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KNIGHTS CLOBBER JACKSON 16-0
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- In what Jackson coach Sam Sides called "by far, our worst game of the year," the Indians were shellacked by the Farmington Knights, 16-0, in five inning at Legion Field on Thursday afternoon. Jackson (7-8), with four straight wins, had been playing its best ball of the season recently...
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TIGER NETTERS STAY UNBEATEN IN DUALS
(High School Sports ~ 04/27/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Cape Central's boys tennis team swept all three doubles matches as it managed to overcome the absence of two of its top six singles players to defeat Sikeston 5-4 and remain unbeaten in dual matches. Central (11-0) played without its regular No. 4 player Andrew Eaton and No. 6 Paul Hagler...
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WANDA CARNEY
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Wanda Pauline Carney, 78, of Dexter died Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 13, 1922, at Fisk, Mo., daughter of Alfred and Florence Joyner Francis. She and Brady Carney were married May 26, 1941, in Piggott, Ark...
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TRULA KISTNER
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
Trula Mildred Kistner, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 9, 1909, at Sedge-wickville, Mo., daughter of Judas and Myrtle Statler Seabaugh. She and Melvin S. Kistner were married June 27, 1931, at Benton, Mo. He died Feb. 26, 1996...
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DOROTHY LINGLE
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Dorothy I. Lingle, 86, of Ullin died Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. She was born May 27, 1914, in Mounds, Ill., daughter of Fred and Nellie Hall Boren. She married Joseph Lingle, who died July 9, 1967...
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MAGNOLIA ELLIOTT
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Magnolia Elliott, 96, died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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HAZEL FREEZE
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
Hazel Freeze, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at the home of a daughter in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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MARION STEVENS
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marion W. Stevens, 57, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 15, 1944, in Marble Hill, son of Marion Pinkney and Eula Baugher Stevens. Stevens was a mechanic at LeeRowan. He was a member of Elks and National Rifle Association...
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RAYMOND SITZE
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Raymond F. Sitze, 86, of Glen Allen died Wednesday, April 26, 2001, at Eldercare of Marble Hill, Mo. He was born March 8, 1915, at Bessville, Mo., son of Martin and Vina Goodson Sitze. He and Daisy Pauline Gibbs were married Jan. 14, 1939. She died Aug. 28, 1999...
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PAULA SCHNELL
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
Funeral Mass for Edna Paula Schnell of Beloit, Kan., was held Tuesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Beloit. The Rev. Henry Baxa officiated. Burial was in St. John's Cemetery. McDonald-Roberts Funeral Home in Beloit was in charge of arrangements...
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WILLIAM STUART
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- William R. "Bill" Stuart, 74, of Cairo died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at Daystar Care Center. He was born July 20, 1926, in Burns, Tenn., son of Norman and Louella Ladd Stuart. He married Viola Dewitt Poole, who died in 1991. Stuart owned and operated Stuart's Veach Service Station several years...
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CLARENCE WEBB
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Clarence H. Webb, 81, of McClure died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna, Ill. He was born Jan. 15, 1920, in Ethridge, Tenn., son of Riley J. and Ida Thomas McAlister Webb. He and Caroline McClure Smith were married Oct. 10, 1946, in Cape Girardeau. She died Dec. 16, 1995...
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A.J. DRINKWATER JR.
(Obituary ~ 04/27/01)
A.J. "Buck" Drinkwater Jr., 97, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Thursday, April 26, 2001, at the home of his son in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston...
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LETTERS: WITH SATELLITES, WHY DO WE NEED TO BUZZ CHINA?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/01)
To the editor: Regarding the U.S. reconnaissance plan which was buzzed, cut off, damaged and forced down by an interceptor belonging to the People's Republic of China: The United States claims the spy plane was in international air space. The Chinese obviously considered the flight's proximity to their territory to be a provocation...
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LETTERS: FREE-TRADE PACTS FURTHER AGGREGATE CORPORATE POWER
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/01)
To the editor: I want to comment on the Free Trade Area of the Americas proceedings in Quebec. Perhaps the greatest threat to our democracy is the increasing power of transnational corporations operating outside the jurisdiction of any sovereign state or democratic process. ...
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HOLDEN'S SILENCE ON LEGAL FEES IS DEAFENING
(Editorial ~ 04/27/01)
With all the goodies Gov. Bob Holden wants to give to Missourians, you would think he would look for ways to squeeze every dime to fund his wish list. Indeed, Holden has presented himself as something of a fiscal conservative in some regards, but he continues to display his tax-and-spend colors on other costly programs...
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BUSH SHOULD GIVE GREENS A RED LIGHT
(Column ~ 04/27/01)
I'm hoping Christie Todd Whitman's recently expressed ambivalence about drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a false alarm. Now is not the time for fecklessness from the Bush administration on energy policy. It is important that Bush stick with his campaign pledge to increase domestic oil production generally and tap into the Arctic refuge specifically. ...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/27/01)
I JUST had an experience that I wanted recognized. I was out working in my yard, pulling weeds and trimming shrubs, and I had a man and five young men walk up to me and want to know if they could help me. I explained to them that I couldn't afford to pay anyone to help me, but they said they didn't want any money. ...
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LETTERS: PROM, GRADUATION NEED NOT RESULT IN TRAGIC ENDINGS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/27/01)
To the editor: These are the months our high schools are conducting proms and graduations. While these activities are fun, we must not forget that these celebrations can end with tragic results. Unfortunately, alcohol and drugs are sometimes associated with these celebrations...
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