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Cape air show canceled for lack of funding
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
Cape Girardeau's annual Regional Air Festival will take the year off, with sponsorship money and economic hardships to blame, said airport manager Bruce Loy. "It wasn't fiscally responsible to go forward with the amount of sponsors we had," Loy said...
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Bonds climbs HR list with No. 587
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
SAN DIEGO -- Barry Bonds hit an eye-popping grand slam to move ahead of Frank Robinson for sole possession of fourth place on the career home run list with 587, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 12-2 win over the staggering San Diego Padres on Wednesday...
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Magic to enter hall of fame
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Magic Johnson flashed that million-dollar smile countless times Wednesday -- and no wonder? The man who set the standard for point guards with his all-around brilliance in leading the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships in the 1980s was introduced as a member of the 2002 class elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame...
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Triple threat- Rebellious War Emblem on brink of immortality
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
As he stands on the threshold of the Triple Crown, it's hard to believe War Emblem was once a reluctant racehorse. In fact, he didn't even make it to his first race. On Sept. 8, War Emblem was set to make his debut in the third race at Arlington Park, just outside Chicago. He got only as far as the paddock, where he tossed jockey Alfredo Javier against a wooden post before running 300 yards over a horsepath back to his barn and missed the race...
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War Emblem given even odds to win Belmont
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
NEW YORK -- War Emblem will be tested early and often as he attempts to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and become racing's first Triple Crown winner in 24 years. At least that's the strategy being laid out by trainers trying to spoil War Emblem's chance at joining an eilte group of Triple Crown champions such as Secretariat, Citation and Seattle Slew...
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Couple donates Lewis and Clark site to state
(State News ~ 06/06/02)
OSAGE CITY, Mo. -- A hill near the confluence of the Missouri and Osage rivers that is believed to have caught the eye of explorer William Clark has been donated to the state as a historic site. Until now, the hill was owned by William and Carol Norton, who purchased the property in the mid-1970s not knowing of its historical significance...
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Al-Qaida, Taliban take their recruiting efforts to Pakistan
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
SPINBOLDAK, Afghanistan -- Posters plastered on polls and walls in the area along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan declare that Osama bin Laden is alive and urge the faithful to wage war against the U.S.-led coalition. "I am alive. My friend, Mullah Omar, is alive and it is the duty of all Muslims to wage a war on non-Muslims," the posters read, referring to the Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar...
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Five killed in collapse of Syrian dam
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
ZEYZOUN, Syria -- A dam on the Orontes River in northern Syria collapsed after a heavy rain, killing five people and leaving about 450 people, the entire population of one village, unaccounted for, residents of the region reported Wednesday. The dam collapsed Tuesday, and a day later all residents of Zeyzoun still had not been heard from. ...
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Seventeen bus passengers killed in latest suicide attack
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Gunfire resounded as Israeli tanks stormed into the West Bank and surrounded Yasser Arafat's office early Thursday, hours after a Palestinian blew up a huge car bomb next to a bus and killed 17 Israeli passengers. Tanks and armored personnel carriers took positions outside the Palestinian leader's Ramallah office with Arafat inside, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. ...
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Orioles turn back Yankees
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
NEW YORK -- Rookie Travis Driskill held baseball's most powerful team in check, and Tony Batista hit his 14th home run as the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 4-3 Wednesday night. Driskill (3-0) spent nine seasons in the minor leagues and Japan before making his major league debut as a 30-year-old in April...
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Nets put up fight, but bow to Lakers
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
LOS ANGELES -- What began as a mismatch turned into something mildly intriguing. The Los Angeles Lakers gave everyone a little suspense in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, letting a 23-point lead slip to three in the fourth quarter before they finished off the New Jersey Nets 99-94 Wednesday night...
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Immigration changes to force registration of more visitors
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced anti-terrorism changes Wednesday to require roughly 100,000 new visitors each year to provide fingerprints, photographs and details about their plans in the United States. The government said it would keep secret most its new criteria for identifying risky immigrants...
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Senate's $31 billion anti-terror bill stalled
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- A $31.4 billion anti-terrorism bill became entangled in a fight Wednesday over long-range spending limits and accusations that senators were playing politics. Senators haggled over whether to add five-year spending limits and other budgetary controls to the bill. One such effort by Sens. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Russell Feingold, D-Wis., and other fiscal conservatives fell short of the 60 votes needed to clear a procedural hurdle, losing by 49-49...
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Congress to examine events leading up to Sept. 11 attacks
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- Moving on two fronts, Congress interviewed FBI whistle-blower Coleen Rowley on Wednesday about the events leading up to Sept. 11, and prepared for her public testimony before a Democratic-controlled Senate committee. The House and Senate intelligence committees met for a second day of closed-door hearings, without calling any witnesses, while several staff members from their joint inquiry went to FBI headquarters to question Rowley...
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White House condemns attack, looks to alternatives to Arafat
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- After another bombing in Israel, the White House questioned Yasser Arafat's trustworthiness Wednesday and pledged to increase contacts with a new generation of Palestinian leaders who may be more willing to curb terrorism. "In the president's eyes, Yasser Arafat has never played a role of someone who could be trusted or who was effective," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said...
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Bush urges leaders to pursue diplomacy, pull back from war
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush appealed to Indian and Pakistani leaders on Wednesday to "draw back from war," while the State Department strongly advised Americans in the two nuclear-armed countries to get out. In back-to-back phone calls to Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Bush "stressed the need to choose the path of diplomacy," said White House press secretary Ari Fleischer...
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Feds seek to revoke citizenship of man accused of Nazi acts
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department initiated proceedings Wednesday to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a Millbury, Mass., man accused of participating in the Nazi destruction of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. The complaint against Vladas Zajanckauskas, filed in U.S. District Court in Worcester, Mass., alleges that Zajanckauskas, 87, trained as a guard at the Nazi-operated Trawniki Training Camp in German-occupied Poland...
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Cardinals-Reds game rained out
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
CINCINNATI -- The St. Louis Cardinals' game against the Cincinnati Reds was postponed Wednesday night because of rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The Cardinals and Reds will complete their abbreviated series today at 11:35 a.m...
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U.S. unloads stunner in World Cup play
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/02)
SUWON, South Korea -- Wake up, America! The U.S. soccer team is no longer a World Cup pushover. That was clear by the way the United States ran around heavily favored Portugal in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the world's most popular sporting event...
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India calls on Pakistan for joint monitoring of disputed border
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
NEW DELHI, India -- India made a conciliatory gesture to Pakistan on Wednesday, calling for joint monitoring of their disputed Kashmir frontier -- a proposal that Pakistan played down as old and unlikely to work. Even as the United States and Britain sent top officials to pressure the nuclear-armed rivals, they stepped up warnings asking their own citizens to leave...
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Suspect in murder of abortion doctor will face trial
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
PARIS -- James Kopp, the suspect in the 1998 murder of a New York doctor who performed abortions, was extradited to the United States on Wednesday and was expected to appear in U.S. federal court later in the day. Kopp left France on a plane with U.S. marshals late Wednesday morning, the Justice Ministry confirmed...
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Security chiefs find it isn't easy preparing for terrorism
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
BOSTON -- Around the country, many of the state homeland security directors who were quickly hired in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are finding they have little authority or resources and say they are not getting much cooperation or direction. An Associated Press review of all 50 states' homeland security chiefs found that some have little or no staff. Many face legislatures that are balking at funding requests. And most are encountering roadblocks to sharing information with other agencies...
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People talk 6-6
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
Eminem CD has top single-week sales NEW YORK -- Eminem's fans couldn't live without him. His latest release, "The Eminem Show" sold 1.3 million albums in its first full week in stores, according to industry figures released on Wednesday. It's the biggest single-week sales total of the year and easily allowed Eminem to retain his hold at the No. ...
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Body found in LA pool after two days
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Police were trying to determine whether a search failed to spot the body of a boy in the pool of a mansion two days after the child was reported missing from a party at the home. Police hoped an autopsy would show whether or not 7-year-old Paolo Ayala drowned...
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Prosecutor - Couple in sect starved infant son
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
TAUNTON, Mass. -- A religious sect member and his wife slowly, knowingly starved their infant son to death in 1999 as he cried horrifically, a prosecutor said Wednesday as the man's murder trial opened. Assistant District Attorney Walter Shea said Jacques Robidoux kept extensive notes of baby Samuel's drawn-out death, which Shea said began after another sect member received a religious prophesy...
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Belt-tightening delays opening of last prison wing
(State News ~ 06/06/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- One housing unit of the South East Correctional Center at Charleston, Mo., will remain closed for at least the next year because of financial belt-tightening by the state. The prison, which opened in October, is designed to hold 1,596 inmates. However, Department of Corrections spokesman Tim Kniest said the prisoner population at the facility will be capped at 1,308, 82 percent of capacity...
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Tip leads police to capture escapees
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- An anonymous tip led to the capture of two men Tuesday who escaped from Bollinger County Jail on Sunday. The fugitives, Casey Legate, 20, of Bollinger County and Paul Lutes, 23, of Wayne County, had overpowered a dispatcher on Sunday to escape...
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Federal report released in fatality at Lone Star plant
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
The Lone Star Industries maintenance mechanic who was killed Monday in an industrial accident was attempting to help restart a bucket elevator when an oil-filled drive coupling exploded and fragments of the coupling struck him in the chest. That's according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration...
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Law to extend insurance signed
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
Sarah Rector used to worry how to pay for her 7-year-old son Jeremy's asthma medicine because she couldn't afford health insurance. When Jeremy got sick or injured, Rector had no option but to take him to the emergency room and pay for the treatments out of her pocket...
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Oklahoma sues over bridge collapse
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
TULSA, Okla. -- Oklahoma filed a lawsuit accusing a towboat captain and two barge companies of negligence for a crash that caused a highway bridge to collapse, killing 14 people. Attorney General Drew Edmondson said Wednesday that Capt. William Joe Dedmon, Magnolia Marine Transport Co. and Ergon Inc. should have done more to prevent the May 26 crash...
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Singer indicted, arrested on child porn charges
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
CHICAGO -- R&B star R. Kelly was arrested Wednesday in Florida after Chicago authorities filed child pornography charges alleging that he appears on a videotape having sex with an underage girl. "I can confirm that he was arrested in Florida," Kelly spokesman Allan Mayer said...
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50 million babies born in 2000 without official identity
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- An estimated 50 million babies born in the year 2000 -- about 40 percent of all births -- were never legally registered and started life without an official identity or nationality, UNICEF said in a report Tuesday. "With no document to prove how old they are -- or even who they are -- they are likely to join the millions facing discrimination and the lack of access to basic services such as health and education. ...
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Prosecution in Pearl murder case won't use widow as witness
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
HYDERABAD, Pakistan -- Prosecutors said Wednesday they hoped to wrap up their case this week against four Islamic militants charged in the slaying of Daniel Pearl, after deciding to drop the Wall Street Journal reporter's widow as a witness. Chief Prosecutor Raja Quereshi said he decided not to pursue Mariane Pearl's testimony after her attorney filed a statement in court saying she would be unable to travel to London or Pakistan for medical reasons...
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Novel branded as anti-Semitic will go on sale this month
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
BERLIN -- The publisher of a novel by one of Germany's best-known authors -- whose book was branded anti-Semitic by prominent reviewers -- said the work will go on sale this month so the public can make up its own mind. Last week a leading German newspaper refused to serialize the book, "Death of a Critic" by Martin Walser, calling it a "document of hate" that panders to Jewish stereotypes...
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Colombian rebels tell six mayors to abandon posts
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
The Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's main rebel group ordered the mayor, city council members and police chief of the biggest town inside a former rebel safe haven to abandon their posts or face attack, officials said Wednesday. "For your physical integrity, we need you to leave town, otherwise you will be considered a military target," the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, said in a letter to city officials in San Vicente de Caguan...
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Sinn Fein wins Belfast mayor's post for first time
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The IRA-linked Sinn Fein party won the post of Belfast mayor for the first time Wednesday, another important step away from its terrorist past and toward a mainstream political future. Furious Protestant politicians walked out of Belfast City Council after the election of Sinn Fein candidate Alex Maskey, a former Irish Republican Army prisoner who nearly died in an assassination attempt 15 years ago. ...
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Afghanistan's people gather to be heard
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Mohammad Alam Mansour eagerly spins his tale -- how thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan sent him to be their voice in the grand council to chart their nation's future. Then he thrusts forward the well-thumbed documents that he says back his claim...
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Pakistan's Musharraf has threats all around
(International News ~ 06/06/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- In the standoff with nuclear neighbor India over Kashmir, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf risks inflaming conservative religious elements -- including some within the military -- already provoked by his ties to the United States...
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Alabama governor returns land wrongly taken in 1967
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
SWEET WATER, Ala. -- Willie Williams doesn't have big plans for the land. He'll hunt on it, and show it off to relatives at a family reunion later this month. To Williams, that's a happy ending. In 1967, Alabama took these 40 acres, which had been in this black family's hands since the 19th century. ...
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VA hospitals could close with shift of focus to outpatients
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
Veterans hospitals in cities across the country could be closed as the Department of Veterans Affairs shifts its focus to outpatient care and works to bring services closer to people who need them. The massive restructuring, being announced today, would touch every community where the VA operates, though decisions about specific cities and hospitals won't be made for more than a year. ...
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Guidance tool blamed in Carnahan's crash
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
WASHINGTON -- A federal probe of the plane crash that killed Gov. Mel Carnahan found that his pilot son, Randy, became disoriented and lost control of his Cessna 335, in part because the key instrument guiding him through darkness, rain and fog malfunctioned...
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Community digest 6/6/02
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
community briefs....june 6 Wampler family reunion planned for Sunday The Wampler family reunion will be held Sunday, beginning with a noon lunch at Cape Girardeau County Park Shelter 21. Information is available by calling Jenene Givens at 243-7137...
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Ernest Weaver
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Ernest H. Weaver, 78, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at Monticello House. He was born April 24, 1924, in McDonough, N.Y., son of DeForest and Myrtle Nightengale Weaver. He and Mary Miles were married May 28, 1971. She died Dec. 17, 1991...
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Virginia Steinbecker
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Virginia Steinbecker, 89, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, June 3, 2002, at Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado. She was born Oct. 24, 1912, in Perryville, daughter of Anthony and Mary Martina Moore Lohman. She and Ed Steinbecker were married July 28, 1931. He died Aug. 24, 1982...
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Ernest Edgar
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ernest Ray Edgar, 64, of Anna died Monday, June 3, 2002, at his home. He was born April 17, 1938, in Portageville, Mo., son of Ernest Floyd and Lorene Pinnon Edgar. Survivors include three sisters, Carolyn Shoudy of Machesney Park, Ill., Shirley Swiggum of Roscoe, Ill., Patsy Kellehner of Lawrenceville, Ga.; and a brother, Bennie Edgar of Rockton, Ill...
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Robert Stacy
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Robert Eugene Stacy, 75, of Jackson died Monday, June 3, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 29, 1926, at Festus, Mo., son of Charles J. and Ollie Dorothy McCormick Stacy. He and Rosemary L. Elliff were married June 28, 1952...
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Anthony Lauck
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
ORAN, Mo. -- Anthony J. Lauck, 90, of Springfield, Ill., died Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at Heritage Manor East in Beardstown, Ill. He was born Oct. 13, 1911, in Oran, son of August V. and Frances Blattel Lauck. He married Opal Walls, who died in 1995...
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Barry Mosley
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
Barry D. Mosley, 57, of West Frankfort, Ill., died Saturday, June 1, 2002, from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born June 28, 1944, in Christopher, Ill., son of R.H. and Norma Mosley. He and Nancy Williams were married Sept. 20, 1964. She survives...
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Wathena Allgood
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
Wathena Maria Allgood, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 29, 1922, in Dupo, Ill., daughter of Avery Hamilton and Minnie Meissner Abernathy. She married Waldo E. Allgood June 28, 1941, in Jackson, Mo. He preceded her in death April 25, 1999...
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Rev. Lindsay Sample
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
The Rev. Lindsay George "Den" Sample, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at his home. He was born March 27, 1931, at Lutesville, Mo., son of Leonard and Lola Mungle Sample. He and Barbara Hill were married Nov. 29, 1950, in Cape Girardeau...
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Births 6/6/02
(Births ~ 06/06/02)
Sherman Daughter to Jeffery Scott Sherman and Patty Sue Sebastian of St. Louis, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, 1:25 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2002. Name, Hailey Ann. Weight, 6 pounds 9 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Ms. Sebastian is the daughter of Freeman and Shirley Sebastian of Jackson, Mo. Sherman is the son of Sheldon and Nancy Sherman of St. Louis. He is a senior head engineer with Emerson Electric...
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Clarification 6/6
(Correction ~ 06/06/02)
The Rolling Hills Subdivision, under a boil-water order from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, is located in Cape Girardeau between Highway 177 and the Mississippi River. The order is in effect until further notice.
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Haywood City residents' median income ranks lowest in area
(State News ~ 06/06/02)
By Andrea L. Buchanan ~ Southeast Missourian HAYWOOD CITY, Mo. -- Once nicknamed "The Sands," because of its naturally occurring soft-sand roads, Haywood City has little else to set it apart from other rural villages in Missouri's Bootheel...
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Jurors in Skakel trial ask to rehear closing argument
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
Associated Press WriterNORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- Jurors in the murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel on Thursday asked to rehear a portion of the prosecution's closing argument, and the defense vowed to fight the request. Prosecutor Jonathan Benedict said the jury's request was somewhat unusual, but said he would support it. ...
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Families of Guantanamo detainies claim many are innocent
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- An attorney representing the families of 70 detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base said some of the captured men were rescue workers or Taliban sympathizers, but few fought U.S. forces in Afghanistan...
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U.S. recognizes Russia as market economy
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration announced Thursday that it will grant Russia the status of a "market economy," delivering a major economic prize that Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes will lead to full membership in the World Trade Organization...
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R.J. Reynolds Co. fined $20 million for ads targeting teens
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
Associated Press WriterSAN DIEGO (AP) -- A judge fined R.J. Reynolds Co. $20 million Thursday for violating the terms of the 1998 national tobacco settlement by running magazine ads aimed at teen-agers. The state Attorney General's office, which filed suit against the nation's No. 2 tobacco company last year, asked the judge to fine Reynolds $25 million and ban it from advertising in 50 magazines read by teens...
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Stocks drop on chip downgrade, poor retail sales
(National News ~ 06/06/02)
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street's fortunes turned negative again Thursday as a downgrade of chip makers by Merrill Lynch and retailers' disappointing sales gave investors more reasons to doubt the strength of a business recovery. Stocks fell sharply, with the tech sector suffering the heaviest losses...
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Catching a breath for peace
(Column ~ 06/06/02)
June 6, 2002 Dear Julie, Some people have visions during the Native American purification ritual called the sweat lodge. I had heart palpitations. Debbie Naeter, a woman known hereabouts for her affinity with the plant world, invited 11 people to her land north of Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening to take part in the sweat lodge. ...
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Out of the past 6/6/02
(Out of the Past ~ 06/06/02)
10 years ago: June 6, 1992 East Missouri Action Agency has purchase building formerly used by defunct Cape Girardeau WISER Inc., and plans to relocate its Cape Girardeau operations there; move is planned for first week in August; building is at 1111 Linden; agency has searched for last four or five years for building to rent where it could pull its local activities together, says agency executive director, Nancy Williams...
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Elizabeth Gray
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- On Friday, May 31, 2002, Elizabeth B. Gray, 92, passed away at Lenoir Health Care in Columbia, Mo. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Lula Beardslee from Commerce. She was married to Van L. Gray, who preceded her in death while they were retired in Kimberling City, Mo...
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Pauline Schmitt
(Obituary ~ 06/06/02)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Pauline Catherine Schmitt, 92, of Scott City died Monday, June 3, 2002, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Oct. 14, 1909, in St. Louis, daughter of Theodore and Helen Shoemaucher Leissing. She and John Schmitt were married July 4, 1931, in St. Louis. He died July 4, 1976...
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Keno - Gambling now available across state
(Editorial ~ 06/06/02)
Late May saw the arrival of a new chapter in Missouri's perilous experiment with state-sponsored gambling. It's called Club Keno. Keno is a form of video poker that is rapidly spreading into restaurants, bars and other public establishments across our state. No longer do gamblers need to find a casino along the Missouri or Mississippi rivers to indulge in risk taking in hopes of being a big winner...
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Case for tax increases will have to be strong
(Editorial ~ 06/06/02)
This year's Aug. 6 primary election will see a statewide vote on a proposal passed by the General Assembly to increase funding for transportation in Missouri. The spending plan is far less than the highway lobby sought -- they wanted $800 million to $1 billion. But the $511 million of estimated revenue the legislatively approved plan would generate was the most that could pass the Missouri legislature and remains ambitious, to say the least...
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Cape police report 06/06/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/06/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, June 6 ArrestsRoger Andrew Smith, 38, Jackson, Mo., was arrested for contempt of court. Gregory Pierre Gafford, 21, 913 N. Missouri, was arrested for failure to appear. Shaun Eric Dover, 23, Perryville, Mo., was arrested for failure to appear...
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Cape fire report 06/06/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/06/02)
Cape Girardeau Thursday, June 6 Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:At 4:12 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1124 Ranney. At 9:05 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1105 N. Fountain. At 11:02 p.m., an emergency medical service at 1318 N. Sprigg...
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Crowell to speak
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
State Rep. Jason Crowell will give a legislative roundup at the First Friday Coffee at 7:30 a.m. Friday at the Show Me Center, said Jeff Glenn of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce.
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Health center to offer camps in June
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
St. Francis Universal Health and Fitness Center will offer several summer camps for children in June. The Tumbling Toddlers Camp, for children age 4 to 6, will meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 11 to June 20. The Youth Gymnastics Camp, for children 7 to 12, will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 11 to June 20...
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Steamboat passengers spend day in Cape
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
The calliope sounded early in downtown Cape Girardeau Wednesday -- about 4:30 a.m. The Mississippi Queen, making its first stop of the summer in Cape Girardeau, steamed into town. "We were running about seven hours early," said Candi Christie, passenger services coordinator on the steamboat...
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Cape noted for baseball
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
Yes, baseball fans, there was a Cape Aces team in Cape Girardeau. St. Louis may be the consummate baseball town today, but Cape Girardeau has long been noted for its baseball teams. The Cape Capahas have been around what seems like -- and happily so -- forever. The Caps observed a century of baseball in Cape Girardeau in 1994...
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Fit to Print team updates
(Community ~ 06/06/02)
Shape Up Cape The Fit to Print team again earned points above our weekly goal of 70 points, with 771 points for a 77.1 point average. Our competition also fared well: the Bookin' Team earned a 61.71 point average among its seven members and St. Andrew's Fit for Eternity team averaged 92.33 points...
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Health calendar 6/6
(Community ~ 06/06/02)
Today Blood pressure screening at Cape Senior Center from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Luncheon on how to beat exercise boredom from noon to 12:40 p.m. in conference room B at St. Francis Education Center. Carbohydrate counting class from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Diabetes Center at St. Francis Medical Center...
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Speak Out B 06/06/02
(Speak Out ~ 06/06/02)
Others need help too WHAT KIND of country do we live in when we are willing to give other countries money, food and anything else they need but will not give the same assistance to our own citizens. I think Missouri needs to realize that just because someone doesn't have children doesn't mean she doesn't need help every now and then. ...
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Both bicyclists, motorists must act responsibly
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/06/02)
To the editor: I would like to respond to the Speak Out comment complaining about bicyclists on two-lane roads. I would like to apologize to all drivers for any bicyclist who rides in an unsafe manner. We promote and encourage safe and courteous riding at all times...
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Field shuffles for position at SEMO Senior Games
(Other Sports ~ 06/06/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- "Old folks got a right to have fun, too," said Perryville resident Art Tayon. Tayon and wife Euline are co-organizers of the Southeast Missouri Senior Games this week. The four-day event is part of one of the more rapidly growing sports phenomena in the United States -- the Senior Olympics movement...
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Sports digest 6/6/02
(Other Sports ~ 06/06/02)
AREA Riverdogs slip past St. Louis Sox 6-5 CLAYTON, Mo. -- The Cape Riverdogs (3-4) squeaked out a 6-5 win Tuesday over the St. Louis Sox, behind strong pitching from Chris Reeves. Reeves pitched a complete game and gave up five runs on 10 hits and struck out eight...
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Good impression may keep ATPR in Outlaws' future
(Other Sports ~ 06/06/02)
A big crowd and good competition Saturday left officials at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark optimistic that the track will snag another World of Outlaws event next season. ATPR attracted more than 30 sprint cars and about 3,000 fans for its Gumout Series event sanctioned by the Texas-based World of Outlaws. ...
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Motorsports at a glance 6/6
(Other Sports ~ 06/06/02)
LOCAL Motorcycle, ATV classes, SEMO Motor Speedway, Sikeston, Mo., 7:30 p.m. Friday. Late model, modified, hobby, pure street, cruiser classes, Malden (Mo.) Speedway, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Late model, pro street, pure street classes, Fredericktown (Mo.) Raceway, 7:30 p.m. Friday...
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Chavez, Borowiak go in late rounds
(College Sports ~ 06/06/02)
Zach Borowiak was a bit disappointed while Jason Chavez was a bit surprised after the two local baseball players were selected in the late rounds of the Major League Amateur Draft that concluded Wednesday. Borowiak, a shortstop who recently completed his junior season at Southeast Missouri State University, was taken by the San Francisco Giants in the 49th round of the 50-round draft...
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Beat the boredom
(Community ~ 06/06/02)
Finding ways to beat the boredom in your exercise routine can be more difficult than actually beginning the routine. Motivation to lose weight or build muscles gets you going, but what keeps you on the treadmill or lifting weights? Fitness is about making lifestyle choices, said Shelly Gerard, a health program specialist at the St. Francis Center for Health and Rehabilitation...
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Money in the middle
(Local News ~ 06/06/02)
Gordonville and Allenville are best and worst for median incomes in the county. By Mark Bliss ~ Southeast Missourian Terry Irwin doesn't need census statistics to know he's living the good life. Irwin lives in a 4-year-old home with a well-landscaped yard on a street of upscale homes in Gordonville, Mo...
Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2002
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