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Six killed in Greyhound crash; passenger says driver attacked
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterMANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- A Greyhound bus crashed Wednesday, killing six of the 38 people aboard and prompting Greyhound to halt all service nationwide as a precaution, authorities said. The bus crashed after a passenger slit the driver's throat, another passenger told a Nashville television station. ...
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Sosa reaches 60 HRs for 3rd time; Cubs eliminated
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa became the first player in major league history with three, 60-homer seasons, but it wasn't enough to keep the Chicago Cubs from being eliminated from postseason contention. Adam Dunn hit a solo homer off Kyle Farnsworth in the top of the ninth inning, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the Cubs on Tuesday night. Dmitri Young and D.T. Cromer also homered for the Reds...
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Yankees power past White Sox
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada each homered and drove in two runs Tuesday night as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4. The Yankees, who have clinched the AL East, moved 4 1/2 games ahead of Central winner Cleveland in the race to open the postseason at home...
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Bonds goes homerless; Astros lose
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
HOUSTON -- Barry Bonds reached base four times -- but still remained one short of Mark McGwire's home run record -- and the San Francisco Giants further scrambled the NL playoff picture Tuesday night with a 4-1 victory over the Houston Astros. Bonds went 1-for-2 with two walks, and was hit by a pitch. He stayed at 69 home runs, with five games left to break Big Mac's mark...
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Jordan participates in first practices
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Michael Jordan practiced twice Tuesday behind closed doors. The only witnesses were his teammates, his coaching staff, some state troopers and a few college students. "He was awesome," one young woman said as she emerged from the gymnasium doors...
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Sports digest 10/3/01
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
NFL, auto dealers still negotiating NEW ORLEANS -- Even though the mayor of New Orleans was all but certain the Super Bowl would be played there on Feb. 3, the NFL and an auto dealers group were still working Tuesday to resolve problems with switching dates...
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Penske Racing takes Mayfield out from behind the wheel
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
By Jenna Fryer ~ The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeremy Mayfield lost his job, and Mike Skinner got a ride for next year as late-season driver shuffling heated up Tuesday in NASCAR. Mayfield was fired as driver of the No. 12 Ford owned by Penske Racing, effective immediately. Skinner was hired to drive Morgan-McClure Motorsports' Chevrolets...
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Cards claim share of first
(Professional Sports ~ 10/03/01)
MILWAUKEE -- Mark McGwire was just about the only one in the St. Louis Cardinals' clubhouse who wasn't watching Barry Bonds bat in the ninth inning Tuesday night. He was in the trainer's room at Miller Park -- where there aren't television sets -- when Bonds grounded out, leaving him with 69 homers, one shy of the record McGwire set three years ago...
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Nixon says penalties paid for inflated gas prices after attacks
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri service stations that significantly raised prices after the terrorist attacks have paid fines and fees of about $60,000, Attorney General Jay Nixon said Tuesday. The fines were paid by 48 service stations that raised prices above $2.49 a gallon immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon...
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SEC investigates pre-attacks share trading of 38 companies
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- The government is investigating trading in shares of 38 companies, including major airlines, cruise lines, General Motors and Raytheon, to determine if people used advance knowledge of the terror attacks to profit. The Securities and Exchange Commission asked brokerage and investment firms in the United States and Canada to review their records for trading in the stocks to find any unusual patterns from Aug. ...
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Panels call for tougher airport, plane security
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- Tough new security is vital at airports and on planes after the terrorist attacks, government advisory panels said Tuesday. President Bush announced the reopening of close-in Reagan National Airport and declared, "America ought to be on alert, but we need to get back to business."...
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Senate approves $345 billion defense spending bill
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved its $345 billion defense spending bill without a dissenting vote Tuesday after dispensing with Republican objections that had stymied progress for a week as the nation geared up for war. The vote was 99-0 for the bill that authorizes money for the Defense Department and the military work of the Energy Department for fiscal 2002, which began Monday...
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KRCU broadcasts travel series beginning today
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
KRCU radio will broadcast a new series called "Travel Notes" this month. The programs on 90.9 FM, the region's Public Radio affiliate station, will feature interviews with area residents who attended musical events in Europe and the United States over the summer...
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Community digest 10/03/01
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
Reunion in Commerce set for Saturday The Commerce Reunion will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 6 at the city park in Commerce, Mo. In case of rain, the reunion will be held in the basement of the Methodist Church. Potluck begins at noon. Results from Scott City Park washer contest...
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U.S. Senate OKs money to fight meth in Missouri
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
The Southeast Missouri Crime Lab and the region's drug task force would each receive $110,00 in federal money to combat methamphetamine crimes under a bill approved by the U.S. Senate. In all, the plan proposed by U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., would distribute $1.1 million to drug task forces and crime labs in the state...
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Request to search computer refused
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department turned down a request for a national security search warrant that would have allowed investigators to search the computer of a man who is now a material witness in the Sept. 11 attacks investigation. As new details emerged about what terrorism activity the FBI was pursuing before the attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft pledged to work with Canadian officials to protect the U.S.-Canadian border from international terrorists...
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Interest rate cut sends Dow up 113.76 points
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by one-half percentage point Tuesday, pushing it to the lowest level since John F. Kennedy was president in a struggle to offset economic shocks from the terrorist attacks. The central bank said the Sept. 11 attacks had "significantly heightened uncertainty in an economy that was already weak."...
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U.S., Britain increase pressure on Taliban
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on a four-nation mission Tuesday that could be a prelude to military strikes against terrorists. Bush warned Afghanistan's ruling Taliban "there will be a consequence" if they fail to surrender Osama bin Laden and his followers...
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Bin Laden underlings in Sept. 11 attacks involved in others
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- In presenting its case against Osama bin Laden to U.S. allies, the Bush administration said some of the same terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attack also have been linked to the East Africa embassy bombings and the attack on the USS Cole...
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Bond, Carnahan provisions in bill
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
WASHINGTON -- Missourians sponsored extended military health care benefits and money to train first responders in the defense spending bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday. Contained in the $345 billion measure is a provision to close a loophole that has left thousands of returning reservists and guard members without health insurance. Now, with President Bush's war on terrorism, as many as 50,000 reserve component troops may be mobilized...
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Davis sentenced to life without parole for dragging death
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man who dragged a 6-year-old boy to his death during a carjacking was spared the death penalty Tuesday when jurors recommended he spend life in prison without parole. Kim L. Davis, 36, dropped his head in an apparent sigh of relief after the jury announced its decision. Prosecutors had sought death for Davis, who was convicted Friday of first-degree murder, kidnapping, first-degree tampering and armed criminal action in the death of Jake Robel...
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Union begins bargaining talks under Holden order
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A union representing prison guards began negotiations Tuesday with state administrators in the first such contract talks since Gov. Bob Holden expanded union bargaining powers. But a rival faction of Department of Corrections workers said it planned to file a petition Wednesday seeking an election on whether to oust the union as its representative...
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Farmers expecting bumper pumpkin crop
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
ST. LOUIS -- While there have been no sightings of the Great Pumpkin, farmers in the St. Louis area are proud of a bumper crop of pumpkins splendid enough to keep even Linus -- disappointed every year in the pumpkin patch -- happy. "There are going to be some good pumpkins to choose from this year," said Gene Losch of Losch Farms at Roxana, Ill...
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Fall and wood coals make for good eating
(Column ~ 10/03/01)
$$$Start Fall certainly seems to be in the air as days are clear and cooler and the evenings are certainly sweater weather. We had our first fall cookout for the season on Saturday evening. My sister Pat has a large fire pit at her house and all of the appropriate iron cooking ware to accompany the rustic outdoors setting. We enjoyed great food, wonderful fellowship with family and friends and awed at the beauty of the moon rising over the Shawnee National Forest where they live...
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Bush meets in New York with business execs
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- When he last visited post-attack New York, President Bush lent encouragement to rescuers in the ruins of the World Trade Center. On Wednesday, he sought ways to salvage an American economy that fell along with those towers...
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Mo. Secretary of State Blunt mobilized for Navy duty
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt, a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve, has been called to active duty as part of the nation's response to the terrorist attacks. Blunt, who reported Tuesday morning at a Naval Reserve center in Springfield, is scheduled to depart Oct. 9 for active duty. Blunt received standard orders to serve 12 months but said it was unclear how long he would be gone...
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Bush wants stimulus plan of between $60 billion and $75 billion
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
AP Tax WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Wednesday that President Bush wants Congress to approve a stimulus plan of between $60 billion and $75 billion to avert a steep economic recession triggered in part by last month's terrorist attacks...
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Out of the past 10/3/01
(Out of the Past ~ 10/03/01)
10 years ago: Oct. 3, 1991 Parents Central High School Students are being asked if they believe issues like teen pregnancy, drug or alcohol use or peer pressure make students at risk of dropping out of school; survey is being done by Central High School as part of district-wide assessment of Cape Girardeau's "at-risk" problem...
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Six killed in Greyhound crash; passenger says driver attacked
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterMANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- A Greyhound bus crashed Wednesday, killing six of the 38 people aboard and prompting Greyhound to halt all service nationwide as a precaution, authorities said. The bus crashed after a passenger slit the driver's throat, a woman on board told a Nashville television station. Authorities said they couldn't confirm that...
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Powell Symphony Hall on National Register
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Powell Symphony Hall is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1925 as the St. Louis Theatre, the venue originally presented vaudeville acts as well as motion pictures. "The Sound of Music" was the last movie shown in the theater...
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'Oxymorons' in fabric at quilt museum
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- "Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts!," is now on display at the Museum of the American Quilter's Society. The exhibit was organized by a group of five quilt artists in Maine who invited other quilt artists to translate the oxymoron of their choice into fabric. Among the 40 quilts are such titles as "Accidentally on Purpose," "Concrete Jungle," "Open Ended," "Dry Lake," Extinct Life" and "Permanent Temp."...
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Anthrax comes in three forms
(Column ~ 10/03/01)
$$$Start By Dr. John Koch Question: There has been some concern expressed in the media about biological terrorism. One the organisms mentioned is anthrax. When I was studying animal husbandry in college, I remember this was briefly mentioned as a disease of cattle. What is the relationship between anthrax in animals and in people?...
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Even homemade cookie snobs will go to the store for Oreos
(Column ~ 10/03/01)
Country-western tunes are by nature plaintive, but there's no tune more mournful to me than the one Paul David Wells sings. "I'm down to my last Oreo," it goes, "playing with the cellophane." Not even "You Done Tore Out My Heart and Stomped that Sucker Flat" is more moving...
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A young line is maturing
(Sports Column ~ 10/03/01)
I guess you can call our team the "Cardiac Kids." Again last Saturday at Nashville we went down to the final play of the game with a chance to win the game, but we didn't get over the goal line from the 1-yard line and an unbeaten and nationally ranked Tennessee St. team had a 20-14 victory...
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Palestinian gunman breaks into Jewish settlement, kills 2
(International News ~ 10/03/01)
JERUSALEM -- Two Israelis were killed when a militant Palestinian gunman broke into a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night and seized a house, the army said. In a highly unusual breach of security, the attacker crossed into the Alei Sinai settlement on the northern tip of the Gaza Strip, shooting at several residents and soldiers before entering the home, the army spokesman said. Two youths were killed and five other people injured, three of them soldiers, the spokesman said...
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Blair warns Taliban they must surrender
(International News ~ 10/03/01)
BRIGHTON, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair forcefully made the case for an assault on Afghanistan's Taliban regime, warning Tuesday that they must "surrender the terrorists or surrender power." In an emotional speech to his Labor Party, Blair positioned Britain squarely with the United States and delivered the toughest warning yet by a European leader...
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Persian Gulf nation under scrutiny for terrorist money
(International News ~ 10/03/01)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- For years, liberal banking laws and commitment to free trade attracted enough business to help the United Arab Emirates lessen its reliance on oil and gas production -- and become a commercial center of the Middle East...
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Managers, guardsmen filling in in Minnesota
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- National Guardsmen changed bedpans and high-ranking state officials opened mail and sent out faxes Tuesday on the second day of a strike by up to 28,000 Minnesota state employees. Gov. Jesse Ventura asked thousands of managers to do their employees' jobs to help keep the government going after Minnesota's two largest public-employee unions walked out over pay and benefits. It was the first such strike in 20 years...
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Entertaining is easy with Tuscan pork
(Community ~ 10/03/01)
A Tuscan-style pork recipe developed by chef Rhys Lewis of the American Club, Kohler, Wis., may ease your way to a special dinner for a few guests. This herb-seasoned combination of chops, vegetables and polenta calls for minimal shopping ahead of time, and only about 45 minutes in the kitchen. The pork is prepared in the same pan as the vegetables; it goes from stove to oven and back, so there's not much to clean up after the meal...
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Families of victims to get urns
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
NEW YORK -- The families of the more than 5,000 victims of the World Trade Center attack will each receive a wooden urn with dirt from the mass graveyard, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Tuesday as a court cleared the way for the first death certificates to be issued for the missing...
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Christian evangelists help in time of need
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
NEW YORK -- Ben Cox usually preaches in small-town North Carolina, but he moved his ministry to Manhattan for a week to deliver a message of support from the Rev. Billy Graham. "I'm concerned that people's hearts are going to get hard," said Cox, a pastor and ad salesman back home...
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There are times to cut loose and have fun
(Column ~ 10/03/01)
Cape Girardeau-area residents can be a deadly serious bunch. It's probably the heavy German heritage. Anybody who has watched German television knows they are some serious folks, beer or no beer. Or maybe it's all the Republicans. Somehow "conservative" and "chug-a-lug contest" don't belong in the same sentence...
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Miles Davis retrospective celebrates birth of cool
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
ST. LOUIS -- Jazz great Miles Davis was born in Alton, Ill., and grew up in East St. Louis, Ill. He left the St. Louis area at 18 to become one of jazz's premiere innovators, a trumpet player, composer and bandleader who came to epitomize the word cool...
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Dexter police chief stays on
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Police Chief Ken Rinehart will stay on after the Dexter Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Monday night not to accept his resignation. "I'm going to stay," a smiling Rinehart said following the meeting's executive session, in which he spoke to the aldermen. "I am proud and impressed that the board is willing to stand behind me and not buy into all the innuendo."...
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Marching bands strut stuff
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson residents lined the downtown streets Tuesday as 18 bands from Southeast Missouri showed off their marching and musical skills. Shop owners and managers on High Street crowded into storefronts to watch sousaphones, bass drums, trumpets and majorettes bound past...
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Man pleads guilty to meth possession
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/01)
A Dunklin County man pleaded guilty Monday to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Terry Shawn Davis, 27, appeared in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau and admitted helping co-defendant Tony Midkiff on May 8 in an attempt to sell the drugs. He and Midkiff were caught with 10.8 grams of meth. Midkiff pleaded guilty last week...
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Guard headed to airports
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
An unspecified number of armed Missouri National Guard soldiers will take watch beginning Saturday at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport to present what a Guard spokeswoman called "a highly visible deterrent to terrorism." The Guard has chosen about 250 from a pool of 700 troops who volunteered to help with security at eight commercial airports in Missouri, said Lt. Tamara Spicer, a National Guard spokeswoman in Jefferson City, Mo. That means no units had to be activated, she said...
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Model jet planes in spotlight at Metropolis
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Metropolis is the home of Superman, and the Superman Jet Rally. The annual Superman festival is held in this Southern Illinois community each June. The 13th annual Superman Jet Rally is now under way. The jet rally, which started Monday and runs through Sunday, at the Metropolis Airport, features models both big and small that fly up to 200 miles per hour...
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Births 10/3/01
(Births ~ 10/03/01)
Fischer Son to Tom and Diane Fischer of O'Fallon, Mo., St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001. Name, Michael Thomas. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Fischer is the daughter of Lawrence and Pat Ward of Scott City, Mo. Fischer is the son of J. Ronald and Edna Ruth Fischer of Cape Girardeau...
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Jerry Thomure
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
Jerry D. Thomure, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 15, 1942, in East Prairie, Mo., son of the Rev. Arnold and Alma Mae Simmons Thomure. He and Alice Clark were married May 26, 1961, in Cape Girardeau...
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Lonnie Henry
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Lonnie R. Henry, 49, of Charleston died unexpectedly Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Feb. 13, 1952, in Charleston, son of Lanie and Edith Fulton Henry. He and Virgie Scott were married July 30, 1988...
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Dwight Deimund
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dwight D. Deimund, 52, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He was born Jan. 4, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, son of Oscar and Alma Sadler Deimund. Deimund was a truck driver with North American Van Lines. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War...
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Jobs, alternative school slashed from Perry district budget
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
Six jobs, the alternative school and a career center engine class will be cut at the end of the school year, Perry County School District leaders announced Tuesday. They released two substantial lists -- one of programs and positions to be eliminated at the end of this school year and another of those to be eliminated if a tax levy increase fails in November...
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Statehouse redistricting process to resume soon
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The group of state appeals court judges that will draw new legislative district boundaries for the General Assembly will hold a hearing Oct. 11 at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Testimony for state Senate redistricting will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by testimony on state House redistricting. The hearing is not required by state law...
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White House urges delay in farm bill
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
AP Farm WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Wednesday urged lawmakers to delay work on an overhaul of farm programs, saying this is the wrong time to consider a large increase in spending on agricultural programs. House leaders refused to put off the bill...
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Six killed in Greyhound crash; passenger says driver attacked
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterMANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) -- A passenger aboard a Greyhound bus slit the driver's throat Wednesday, causing a crash that killed at least six of the 40 people aboard and prompted Greyhound to temporarily halt service nationwide...
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Missouri transportation chief tapped for national post
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Henry Hungerbeeler, Missouri's transportation director, will head a national task force that will assess terrorist threats to the nation's transportation system. Hungerbeeler, a retired Air Force colonel with counter terrorism experience, will lead the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Task Force on Transportation Security, the Missouri Department of Transportation announced Wednesday...
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Missouri correction workers seek to oust union
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Some state corrections officers filed a petition Wednesday seeking an election on whether to end their union representation. The petition signed by 2,666 officers was submitted to the state Board of Mediation, which must verify the signatures before setting an election...
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Indian plane hijacked on domestic flight
(International News ~ 10/03/01)
NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- A Boeing 737 jetliner was hijacked Wednesday night on a domestic flight from Bombay and landed in New Delhi, a private Indian television station reported. Star News said all the passengers were safe but they remained aboard the jet, which was parked at an isolated area at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The plane was surrounded by police...
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Stocks rally strongly Wednesday
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrials closed above 9,000 Wednesday for the first time since the terrorist attacks three weeks ago as investors, heartened by President Bush's push for an economic stimulus plan, sent stocks barreling higher...
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Explosion rocks warehouse in Indiana; 3 people killed
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) -- An explosion rocked a warehouse that makes extinguishers for chimney fires Wednesday, killing three people, the mayor said. Another person was critically burned, Mayor Phil Thompson said. Two other people escaped, but he didn't immediately know whether they were injured...
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Giuliani rules out seeking third term
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday he will not press for a third term, but he repeated his offer to stay on for an extra three months to guide the city through the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. "I'm not going to be on the ballot," Giuliani said. "I'm available to do the transition I offered to do. If people support it, fine."...
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Toll-free phone service interrupted in five Midwest states
(National News ~ 10/03/01)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Toll-free phone service in five Midwestern states was interrupted for nearly four hours Wednesday due to an overloaded Ameritech server, a spokeswoman for the phone company said. The cause of the overload was not immediately known, said Denise Koenig, regional spokeswoman for the Chicago-based company...
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Cameron Blackman
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Funeral for Cameron Barton Blackman of Roswell, Ga., was held Sept. 25, 2001, at Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Ga. The Rev. Mike Roper officiated. Roswell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Blackman, 9, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, of leukemia...
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Jordon Followell
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
Funeral for Jordon Followell of Union, Mo., was held Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Union. Burial was in Union Cemetery. Oltmann Funeral Home in Union was in charge of arrangements. Followell, 9, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, in an automobile accident...
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Debra Brawley
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Debra Brawley, 45, of Scott City died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Arthur Clifford and Melba Melinda Rhodes Hamil. Brawley had been a clerk at Heilig-Meyers Furniture Co. She was a member of Illmo Baptist Church...
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District softball crowns go up for grabs
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/01)
Local girls high school softball teams await the familiar call, "play ball", as the district championships begin today. As usual, there are intriguing matchups involving teams striving to reach the top and those trying to hold on to past glory. Class 4A, District 1 (at Jackson) Cape Central, winner of its first-ever district title last season, comes in as the No. 1 seed with arch-rival Jackson the No. 3 seed...
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ND senior throws farewell no-hitter
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/01)
It was only fitting that Notre Dame senior Mika Williamson capped the Lady Bulldogs' spectacular softball regular season in spectacular fashion. Williamson, playing her final home game on Senior Day, fired a no-hitter Tuesday as Notre Dame defeated St. Pius 6-0...
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Cape Girardeau permit status for September
(Local News ~ 10/03/01)
Following is the September permit status of new buildings, expansions and remodeling projects in Cape Girardeau: New buildings Rebel Group, LLC, new building for strip mall, 623 S. Silver Springs Road, preliminary site plan, 9/4/01. Logan's Roadhouse, new building, Silver Springs & Gordonville Rd., 8/15/01; sent copy of plans to Fire Department, 8/15/01; received sheets S3, S4, S5 and S6, 8/22/01; received comments from fire department, letter sent, 9/20/01; revisions received, 9/26/01...
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Chosen merchants can be proud
(Editorial ~ 10/03/01)
Bollinger, Cape Girardeau and Scott counties can be proud of their representation in the Best of Missouri Market this weekend at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Each year, a committee invites various businesses from across the state to display their wares at the two-day event attended by about 30,000 people...
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Impasse easily could have been prevented
(Editorial ~ 10/03/01)
P State law is clear about the process to be used in spending tax dollars. This procedure apparently was ignored when repairs were needed at the Scott County Jail. Sheriffs bear a heavy responsibility, perhaps more serious than police officials in other jurisdictions...
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Cape police report 10/03/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Oct. 3 ArrestsJames William Still, Jr., 36, Sikeston, Mo., was arrested Monday for possession of drug paraphernalia and ephedrine. Jerry Dale Gear, 49, Bakersfield, Calif., was arrested Monday for possession of drug paraphernalia and ephedrine...
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Cape fire report 10/03/01
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/01)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Oct. 3 Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:At 2:31 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1112 Linden. At 4:55 p.m., an emergency medical service at 2620 Marvin. Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:At 1:11 a.m., an alarm sounding at the Greek Housing H. dorm...
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Jackson fire report 10/3
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/01)
Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: A motor vehicle accident on Highway 25.
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Barricades put up around Sears Tower as precaution
(State News ~ 10/03/01)
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) -- Concrete highway barricades have been installed near doors to the Sears Tower, a move intended to prevent a car from crashing through any of the street-level entrances at the nation's tallest building...
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Area teams launch district tennis play
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/01)
Girls tennis teams and individuals begin the march to the state tournament as district play opens today. The top two singles and doubles finishers in each district advance to the state tournament Oct. 19-20 in Springfield, Mo. The top two teams in each district advance to four-team sectionals Oct. 13, with the sectional winner advancing to the state team tournament Oct. 18 in Springfield. The winner of Class 4A, District 1 will host the sectional...
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Jackson builds momentum with victory over Central
(High School Sports ~ 10/03/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson High School's softball team heads into district play with momentum as it posted a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over district rival Cape Central on Tuesday. Trailing 2-0 in the sixth inning, Jackson (11-14) scored one run in the bottom of the sixth and two in their final at-bat to edge Cape Central (12-13)...
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Marie Scholl
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
JACKSON, Mo.-- Marie A. Scholl, 94, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are under the direction of McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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Helen Grooms
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Helen Grooms, 71, of Chaffee died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1930, at Wardell, Mo., daughter of Lonnie and Bertha Mary Scheeter Pratt. She and Alonzo Grooms were married Oct. 12, 1946...
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Agnes Hixson
(Obituary ~ 10/03/01)
BENTON, Mo. -- Agnes M. "Tootie" Hixson, 72, of Toledo, Ohio, formerly of Benton, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2001, at Northwest Ohio Hospice Inpatient Unit in Perrysburg, Ohio. She was employed more than 27 years with the Andersons, working in the accounts payable division until retiring in 1999...
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Speak Out A 10/03/01
(Speak Out ~ 10/03/01)
Embarrassing bias YOUR EDITORIAL exegesis to the effect that a gubernatorial executive order you don't like is an egregious violation of the constitutional principle of separation of powers exemplifies a degree of bias embarrassing even to yellow journalists...
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Some purists go overboard on flag etiquette
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/01)
To the editor: Some Speak Out callers have made acerbic comments about persons displaying the flag. Here are some comments from "Flag Etiquette": "When the flag is in condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should be destroyed in a dignified way." If you have but one flag to fly and cannot get a replacement, is it wrong to display a faded or tattered flag? I think not. It is a display of love of country...
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Eternal victory comes only through the Lord
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/01)
To the editor: I recently read the comments of Dr. Tony Kern about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I agree wholeheartedly with him. I lived in Cuba for more than a year during Fidel Castro's revolution against President Batista. ...
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Special thanks for posters made by schoolchildren
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/01)
To the editor: On behalf of the Cape Girardeau and Jackson Clergy Alliance, I would like to thank all the children in the elementary schools who made posters for the candlelight memorial service held at the Show Me Center. At that service, the posters were on the dais for all to see. ...
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Wisconsin receives probation
(College Sports ~ 10/03/01)
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin was put on five years' probation and lost some football and basketball scholarships Tuesday after an investigation found a shoe store gave unadvertised discounts to athletes. The NCAA, however, did not strip the school of any postseason awards, including its 2000 trip to the men's Final Four...
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Otahks sweep W. Illinois
(College Sports ~ 10/03/01)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team dominated Western Illinois in three sets at Houck Field House Tuesday night, 30-22, 30-25 and 30-20. The Otahkians (7-6) posted a .303 hitting percentage, while holding the Westerwinds (2-8) to .188. Bobbi Carlile led Southeast with 15 kills, followed by Sarah Frost with nine. Carlile and Emily Johnson both had seven digs and Emily Scannell aided with 35 assists...
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Allegories and Myths
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
University Museum presents a highly stylized art exhibit. Since the early 1970s, Audrey Ushenko has employed allegory and myth in her figure paintings in order to explore broad questions concerning the nature of knowledge, faith, belief, and mortality. ...
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Event Schedule for October and November
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
MISSOURI THE PAGEANT Thur.10/4 Alice Cooper Fri. 10/5 Platium Hood Awards Sat. 10/6 Wilco Sun. 10/7 Powerman 5000 Thur.10/11 Richard Elliot & Marc Antoine Sat. 10/13 Margaret Cho Sun. 10/14 Incubus Wed. 10/17 Black Crowes Thur.10/18 Chuck Berry...
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Reel News
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
By Donna Denson JOE DIRT Video Rental If you are looking for a good date flick to impress that special someone, do NOT rent Joe Dirt. If you're in the mood for mindless, trashy humor that will make you laugh out loud, then go right ahead...
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City of Roses Music Festival
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
Music is the universal language that crosses all barriers and it was enjoyable to hear the variety of music offered at the fifth annual City of Roses Music Festival. The weekend was an eclectic gathering of musical talent. With over 50 bands performing everything from blues, gospel, pop and heavy metal -there really was something for everyone...
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Don't Miss The Association
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
On October 6, The Association will highlight Southeast Missouri State University's Family Weekend with a performance at Houck Stadium immediately following the football game (Southeast vs. University of Tennessee-Martin). Formed in 1965, the six-man band was the first electric group to break through the anti-rock biases in many of the major venues across the country. ...
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Mystikaleidoscopes
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
Colorful Numbers I showed you some strange things about how numbers seem to have hidden messages about our lives and personalities. Of course, that's just a theory, and you probably shouldn't live your life by numerology. But someone somewhere on the net discovered a strange coincidence using the numbers of dates and people associated with the tragedy on Sept. 11. Read this and decide for yourself.....
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Haunted Ghost Town
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
Dare to be scared at Black Forest Village's Annual Haunted Ghost Town as the Grim Reaper guides you through numerous theme rooms, a barn and straw bale maze. BEWARE! All kinds of ghouls and creatures could be lurking in the shadows. A bonfire will be available to keep you safe and warm while you wait. Come join the spooks (they have lots of new scares in store this year) for a frightfully good time. Bring your family, youth group or date...
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Mouzr's Mayhem
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
By Amanda Mouser "I can't think right now. It's too hard to concentrate. The world is going to end. Why does today matter, when there may not be a tomorrow." These were some things that went through my head as I sat dumbfounded in my chair awaiting my macroeconomics tests on September 11 in the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. ...
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Damn Yankees
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
Light, fast-paced and devilishly clever, "Damn Yankees" is a home run whose all-American subject matter and irreverent sense of humor have brought many a sports fan into the theatre. Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd trades his soul to the Devil for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory against the New York Yankees. ...
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Big Band Jazz Concert
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
The Count Basie Orchestra blows into SIUC's Shryock Auditorium! Under the direction of Grover Mitchell, the eminent Count Basie Orchestra continues at the Shryock Auditorium. Revered as the most explosive force in Big Band Jazz, the band its hallmarks: swing, precision, and above all, a focus on the ensemble. ...
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OFF! The top of my head
(Column ~ 10/03/01)
By Chad Armbruster Hello my fellow Americans. It's been almost a month now since September 11th and in that time much has occurred on our sleepy little continent. Buildings have fallen, holidays have passed (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper for those of you who are Jewishly challenged) and there are more flags waving around town than in the small Japanese manufacturing plant in which they were made. ...
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Kill Your TV
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
By Jason Parker, Mix 104.7 Afternoon Personality I have now, seen evil. I have seen the destruction and pain that hate can cause. But I will not be tricked into hating Arab-Americans because of the actions of a few. If we start to believe that all people in our country who come from other nations are terrorists, then we will become no better than those who really did this...
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The Profiler - Shades of Gray
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
Interview by Amanda Mouser & Misty Smith As a magazine that promotes all creative outlets and all things OFF!, we thought we would share with you this band we found way over in Illinois, practicing in a little old church. We gladly sat in and found out a few interesting things about the band with a newfound name...
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The Rose of Broadway
(Entertainment ~ 10/03/01)
by Misty Smith I heard that there is this tiny little French restaurant on Broadway that has a really good buffet, but you have to have a reservation. I was encouraged to try it by a lot of my friends and co-workers, so I reserved a table for my boyfriend and me and decided to check it out for lunch. ...
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