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Poplar Bluff sets hearing date for accused teacher
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A hearing on the possible termination of high school teacher Tim Slayton, accused of sexual misconduct, will be held before the Poplar Bluff School District at noon Jan. 14. The open meeting will be held in the board of education room at the district's headquarters, 1110 N. Westwood...
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UALR, injuries overtake Indians
(College Sports ~ 12/18/02)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- For the first half of Tuesday's game, the SoutheastMissouriState University Indians had the tempo exactly the way they wanted it. The Indians were intent on not engaging in a high-scoring affair with potent Arkansas-Little Rock, so they worked the shot clock to try and limit the Trojans' opportunities...
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For a busy Christmas Day, try a brunch buffet
(Column ~ 12/18/02)
Christmas morning. What a magical and exciting time for children of all ages. We start our Christmas morning being awakened by our two children, with squeals of excitement of the overnight arrival of Santa Claus. As they quickly explore the names on each gift and scurry among them to find their own, it is so joyful for me to sit and watch them and share in their innocent thrilling excitement...
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Harold Kuehle lived life large
(Column ~ 12/18/02)
HAROLD KUEHLE ... a good friend and a warrior in life, died last week. He used a wheelchair after a high school football injury but never was confined by it. He was bigger than most people and was tall among men. We spent many hours together in various Jaycee, governmental, religious and civic involvements. ...
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The Rose solution? Let's just vote on it
(Sports Column ~ 12/18/02)
By Kevin Blackistone ~ Dallas MorningNews Among the more precious rights afforded in this country is the right to vote. There is little wonder why citizens have protested for it, even died for it. It is the heartbeat of democracy...
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Pros find that silly-season money spends just as well
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/02)
The silly season is no longer just for fun. In the six weeks since the PGA Tour season officially ended at the Tour Championship, there have been 11 tournaments around the world with prize money topping $22 million. The total purse on the PGA Tour wasn't that high 20 years ago, when the Skins Game was created and paved the way for the silly season -- events that don't count toward the world ranking or history but offer money that still spends the same...
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Even NASA unsure how to counter claims of faked moon landings
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Is that the moon or a studio in the Nevada desert? How can the flag flutter when there's no wind on the moon? Why can't we see stars in the moon-landing pictures? For three decades, NASA has taken the high road, ignoring those who claimed the Apollo moon landings were faked and part of a colossal government conspiracy...
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McDonald's to post first quarterly loss in company's history
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
CHICAGO -- McDonald's Corp. warned Tuesday the protracted sales slump that already has forced it to change CEOs and reverse expansion plans will result in the first quarterly loss in its 47-year history. The announcement, which came 12 days after a management shake-up, sent shares in the burger giant tumbling to a nearly eight-year low...
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Red raspberry trifle brightens holiday table
(Community ~ 12/18/02)
Christmas desserts deserve to be steeped in holiday tradition, in this case visibly -- with cheerful raspberry red. Raspberries are the basis of a dessert that can brighten the holiday table with its color, and whose taste will recall other seasons...
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Sweet treats the family can enjoy
(Community ~ 12/18/02)
NEW YORK -- Don't let food allergies stop the family's enjoyment of festive holiday foods. Adapt the recipes to suit everyone's dietary needs, with delectable results. Each of the following recipes includes modifications for dairy, wheat-gluten, and egg allergies or sensitivities, as well as nutritional analysis...
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Cookbook focuses on flavor
(Community ~ 12/18/02)
A version of the classic vanilla sugar cookie is included among the selection of some 250 recipes in "Baking By Flavor" (Wiley, 2002, $45) by Lisa Yockelson, widely published baking journalist. "The idea for packing as much flavor as possible into baked goods has always been a significant consideration in my baking and work in recipe development," Yockelson says...
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Parents blame U.S. soldiers for deaths of four children
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Furious parents of Afghan children killed by a stray mortar fired during a U.S. military training drill accused American special forces Tuesday of ignoring their desperate pleas and letting their sons bleed to death. Four boys died and three were injured in Saturday's incident at a firing range about six miles east of Kabul. ...
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Envoy - China agrees to invite U.N. inspectors
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
BEIJING -- China has agreed to issue unconditional invitations to U.N. investigators to come and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, an American envoy said Tuesday after two days of human rights talks. The officials also said they will invite leaders of a U.S. government-financed commission on religious freedom to visit China, according to Assistant Secretary of State Lorne Craner, the State Department's top human rights official...
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U.S. official 'satisfied' with Pakistani cooperation
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A top U.S. official gave Pakistan millions of dollars worth of communications equipment Tuesday to help track down al-Qaida fugitives, declaring the United States was satisfied with Pakistan's "great cooperation" in the war on terror...
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Army investigating deaths of two Afghans
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. Army criminal investigators were looking into the deaths of two Afghan prisoners at a U.S. detention facility in Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday. The detainees died Dec. 3 and Dec. 10 at a makeshift prison in the U.S. military headquarters at Bagram Air Base, north of the capital, Kabul, the U.S. military said in a statement...
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Bethlehem remains under Israeli curfew
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Palestinian Christians said Tuesday they will restrict Christmas observances to religious ritual this year -- the first time since 1994 that Jesus' traditional birthplace is under Israeli occupation during the holiday. Protesting the troops' presence, the Bethlehem municipality will not put up Christmas lights or decorate the Christmas tree in Manger Square, opposite the Church of the Nativity, said Mayor Hanna Nasser, a Palestinian Christian...
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Jackson, Poplar Bluff lead field for annual HealthSouth Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/02)
The top high school girls basketball talent in Southeast Missouri will be on display when the seventh annual HealthSouth Holiday Classic tips off today at the Show Me Center. The eight-team, three-day tournament begins at 4 p.m. when top-seeded Jackson (5-1) plays No. ...
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Tigers debut big in new home
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/02)
The Central Tigers took their first test drive in their brand-new basketball gymnasium Tuesday night. They found the ambiance to their liking. Plenty of orange and black and "The Jungle" -- the student body -- transplanted and as zany as ever. The walls were a little closer than their previous home and provided a needed boost in the decibel level...
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Foster child's death causes Holden to make changes
(State News ~ 12/18/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden ordered a shake-up Tuesday in the state Department of Social Services and accepted the resignation of a top official in response to the death of a 2-year-old foster child. Holden's actions come three weeks after a pair of investigators he appointed concluded that the state's foster care system had serious flaws...
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Uncertain holidays for those facing cutoff of jobless benefits
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
PHILADELPHIA -- A Christmas tree is on display in Linda Bissinger's home, but she expects few presents to appear beneath it. Though eager for seasonal cheer, she heads into the holidays angry, uncertain and out of work. As of Dec. 28, Bissinger will no longer receive the unemployment compensation benefits as a result of congressional inaction. The money has sustained her since she lost her job at a clothing store in June -- a dismissal that came just days after her husband left her...
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Holiday cookies with a German accent
(Column ~ 12/18/02)
Lebkuchen cookies are German tradition consumed around the world What do you like most about Christmas? If it's Santa Claus and fir trees and mulled wine you ought to thank the Germans, because these, like most of our holiday customs are Germanic, not English. ...
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Al-Qaida resumes terrorist camps, says U.N.
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- New foot soldiers for Islam's holy war are streaming into al-Qaida training camps that have been recently reactivated in eastern Afghanistan, a U.N. report on the terror group said Tuesday. While Osama bin Laden's financial network has been mostly dismantled his terror network still enjoys significant support and has "access to substantial funding from its previously established investments," said the report by an expert panel...
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Meals for the multitude
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
Dorothy Points is the queen of "chicken 'n' dumplin's." Every year at the Trinity Lutheran Church's Ladies Junior Aid Holiday Bazaar in Cape Girardeau, she directs the preparation of the dinner's main attraction according to a recipe passed down by her mother...
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Man meets his match in porterhouse
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
A reverent awe spread across the restaurant during its grand entrance. It glistened in the pale glow, quietly daring patrons to make the first move. Mike Mathes stared in disbelief. He'd never seen 72 ounces of porterhouse before, at least, not in one chunk and not meant for him...
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Cape man sentenced on marijuana charges
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
Gregory I. Campbell, 39, of Cape Girardeau, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. A Pemiscot County jury found him guilty Sept. 9, 2002, but acquitted him of other drug charges. Police found a quarter-pound of marijuana hidden under Campbell's car seat in December 2001...
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Finals give some high schoolers extra stress at holidays
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
There's a dark cloud looming over area high school students' eager anticipation of Christmas break: final exam week. Most local high schools are in the midst of finals this week, and the significance of those end-of-the-semester tests can be highly stressful for students...
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Collective bargaining suit dismissed, but Kinder claims victory
(State News ~ 12/18/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Bob Holden acted within his authority to set executive branch policy when he signed an executive order 18 months ago granting collective bargaining rights to many state employees, a state appeals panel said Tuesday. But state Sen. Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau, one of the lawsuit's plaintiffs, and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce both claimed Tuesday's ruling was a victory because the court also found that the governor's order carries no force of law...
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Cardinals may seek loan for new ballpark
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/02)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay sent a letter Tuesday formally asking the St. Louis County Council for a loan, rather than a subsidy, to help fund construction of a new ballpark downtown, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday. Slay and the Cardinals owners were to meet with county officials later Tuesday. The Cardinals and Slay want the county to put up $45 million of the $402 million cost of tearing down and replacing Busch Stadium...
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I fought the meat and the meat won
(Column ~ 12/18/02)
Here it was, my destiny right in front of me. My adversary, my enemy. Good versus evil. Hatfield to my McCoy. Bluto to my Popeye. Actually, it was none of those things. It was me versus my lunch, all 72 red and heart-clogging ounces of it. It was my gut against the clock. It was me attacking -- and nearly defeating -- the biggest steak I have ever seen in my life...
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Cardinals sign Girardi, reach deals with Marrero, Stephenson
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/02)
ST. LOUIS -- When the Cardinals and San Francisco Giants courted him three years ago, catcher Joe Girardi instead chose the Chicago Cubs, largely citing family reasons and a desire to return home to Illinois. Girardi was a free agent again last week and St. Louis again came calling, making another pitch for the 14-year veteran. Only this time around, the Cardinals landed their man with a little recruiting help from Cardinals first baseman Tino Martinez, a former Girardi teammate...
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Average MLB player's salary rises to nearly $2.3 million
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/02)
NEW YORK -- The average major league baseball salary rose to nearly $2.3 million this year, a 7.3 percent increase that was the smallest since 1998. Every team's average topped $1 million for the first time. Just five of the eight playoff teams were among the top 12 in average salary. Anaheim won its first World Series, despite ranking 13th at $2,160,054, while NL champion San Francisco was ninth at $3,030,571...
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Braves get Ortiz, Byrd but wonder about Maddux
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/02)
NEW YORK -- Atlanta traded for Russ Ortiz and signed Paul Byrd on Tuesday, a day after the winter meetings ended, giving the Braves plenty of options heading into Greg Maddux's decision whether to accept salary arbitration. Free agents Joe Girardi (St. Louis) and Troy O'Leary (Chicago Cubs) found new teams, Jeff Kent intensified talks with Houston and the New York Yankees kept up their discussions with Hideki Matsui...
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Hot streak puts Titans back in the hunt in AFC
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/02)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans are the NFL's proof that timing is everything. The Titans are the hottest team in the AFC, winning eight of their last nine after Monday night's 24-7 victory over the New England Patriots. Their 1-4 start is nearly forgotten as they improved to 9-5, closing in on a playoff berth and perhaps home-field advantage...
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Claim of biblical bathhouse refuted
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
JERUSALEM -- An ancient bathhouse unearthed beneath a Nazareth souvenir shop dates back to Crusader times and is not, as the shop owner believes, a Roman bath which may have been used by Jesus, archaeologists and Bible scholars said Tuesday. In 1993, Christian Arab businessman Elias Shama bought the shop, which lies a few paces from a well where Eastern Orthodox churches believe the Angel Gabriel told Mary she would give birth to Jesus...
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Iraq names suppliers to former nuclear program
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- Dozens of suppliers, most in Europe, the United States and Japan, provided the components and know-how Saddam Hussein needed to build an atomic bomb, according to Iraq's 1996 accounting of its nuclear program. The secret declaration, shown to The Associated Press, is virtually identical to the one submitted to U.N. ...
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Earlene Verble
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Earlene M. Verble, 82, of Mound City died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. She was born Sept. 20, 1920, in Grahamville, Ky., daughter of Grover and Katie Ratcliff Smither. She was married to Marion Verble, who preceded her in death Jan. 12, 1998...
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Ann Groseclose
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ann Groseclose, 78, of Chaffee died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 9, 1924, at Mansfield, Mo., daughter of Ira and Lola Pope Brazeal. She and Merlin Heeb were married June 14, 1947. He died July 9, 1983. She and J.W. Groseclose were married Jan. 1, 1987...
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Norman Deck
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The funeral for Norman Gilbert Deck of Marble Hill will be held at 11 a.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The Rev. Tom Wall will officiate. Burial will be in Glenallen Cemetery at Glenallen, Mo. Deck, 61, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis...
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Jeffrey Wille
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
The funeral for Jeffrey S. Wille of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. David Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today...
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Births 12/18/02
(Births ~ 12/18/02)
Gremard Son to Jeremy David Gremard and Marie Cora of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:13 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002. Name, Xzavier Nathaniel. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Third child, second son. Ms. Cora is the daughter of Michael Wagner of Rockford, Ill. She is employed at Taco John's. Gremard is the son of Don Gremard and Donna Gremard of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at Taco John's...
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Correction 12/18/02
(Correction ~ 12/18/02)
Times for the living Nativity at Hanover Lutheran Church are 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday. Incorrect information was published in Saturday's edition.
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Club news 12/18/02
(Community News ~ 12/18/02)
Editor's note: Please submit your club news information either typed or printed. It is sometimes very difficult to make out people's names. Please use members' first and last names instead of formal titles. For instance, Jane Smith, not Mrs. John Smith. Thank you....
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Meth-related ordinance sees opposition
(State News ~ 12/18/02)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The city council passed an ordinance Monday restricting the sale of certain products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in the city limits, but not without some opposition. The city wants retailers to put products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine behind the counter in an effort to make it more difficult for people who manufacture methamphetamine to get the key ingredients. ...
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Out of the past 12/18/02
(Out of the Past ~ 12/18/02)
10 years ago: Dec. 18, 1992 Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents has hired Kentucky educator as institution's new provost; Charles E. Kupchella, dean of Ogden College of Science, Technology and Health and professor of biology at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, was hired Thursday during brief, closed-door meeting; he replaces Leslie Cochran, who accepted job as president of Youngstown State University in Ohio earlier this year...
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NASA salvages last data of Galileo mission
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA said Tuesday it has completed a long-distance repair of the tape recorder aboard Galileo, allowing the aging spacecraft to transmit to Earth the last scientific data of its seven-year mission at Jupiter. The tape recorder conked out last month during a flyby of Amalthea, an inner moon of Jupiter. Radiation damage from nearby Jupiter left the recorder inoperable for weeks, stranding data about the magnetic environment close to Jupiter collected during the Nov. 4-5 flyby...
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Nation digest 12/18/02
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
Inflation kept to 0.1 percent rise in November WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices edged up a tiny 0.1 percent in November, the smallest gain since July, as the first decline in energy prices since May helped offset another big jump in medical costs. The small 0.1 percent November in the Labor Department's closely watched Consumer Price Index was even better than had been expected and provided further evidence that the lackluster economic recovery and a rising jobless rate were helping to keep a lid on inflation.. ...
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Some want Trent Lott issue resolved before January
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
WASHINGTON -- Embattled Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott said Tuesday he believes he has the votes to survive a furor over racially insensitive remarks, despite increasingly blunt suggestions from officials close to the White House that he give way...
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2002 finishing as 19th warmest year
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
WASHINGTON -- Drought was a major weather story in the United States this year, and dryness is expected to persist in the Northwest at least through spring. For the record, 2002 is on course to becoming the 19th warmest year in the United States since record keeping began in 1895. Those above-normal readings, combined with lack of moisture across much of the nation, plunged more than half the country into drought by summer...
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Makers of first pain-free flu vaccine try again for approval
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
WASHINGTON -- A long-awaited pain-free flu vaccine -- one squirted up noses instead of injected into arms -- took a tentative step toward the market Tuesday even as government scientists said FluMist is safe enough for only some people to use. But FluMist is not proved safe for the people who most need a flu vaccine or a pain-free option -- toddlers, the elderly and anyone with asthma or other chronic diseases, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration stressed...
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Bush to deploy missile defense in '04
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to have ready for use within two years a bare-bones system for defending American territory, troops and allies against attack by ballistic missiles. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cautioned against viewing the plan as a foolproof means of defense. ...
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Alice Wilson
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
Alice M. Wilson, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, at her home. She was born March 16, 1947, in California, daughter of Glenn and Alda Carrow. She and Judd Wilson were married in St. Petersburg, Fla. Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Julie Bietila of Norway, Mich., Carrie Marshall of Delta, Shawn Marshall of New Orleans, La., Tiffany Marshall of St. Petersburg; and five grandchildren...
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Paul Kabo
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
AVELLA, Pa. -- Paul Kabo, 93, of Avella died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at Washington Hospital. He was born Nov. 16, 1909, son of Joseph and Mary Fetchick Kabo. He and June J. Marshinsky were married Dec. 6, 1932. Kabo was a lifelong resident of Cross Creek Township, Pa. He retired from Industrial Gasket and Shim Co. in 1976...
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Congolese rebels, government and opposition end civil war
(International News ~ 12/18/02)
KINSHASA, Congo -- Congo's government, rebels and political opposition signed a power-sharing agreement Tuesday, pledging to lead their nation into democracy and lifting the prospects for peace in this vast, resource-rich African country after four years of war and 2.5 million lives lost...
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St. Louis school officials to push for statewide bond issue
(State News ~ 12/18/02)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri voters should be asked to authorize a statewide bond issue to raise $2 billion for schools, with half of the proceeds to provide matching grants for technology and building improvements, St. Louis school officials said. "We have got to do something bold for education funding," Steven Carroll, a legislative lobbyist for the St. Louis Public Schools, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's editorial board Monday...
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Ethics commission settles complaint about Talent's campaign
(State News ~ 12/18/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Ethics Commission has sent a "letter of concern" to Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Talent to settle allegations that he violated campaign finance laws in his failed 2000 governor's campaign. The letter, which was publicly released Tuesday, is the mildest action the commission could have taken short of simply dismissing the complaint...
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Mo. Chamber Federation hopes to advance worker reforms
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A collection of the state's strongest local chambers of commerce on Tuesday announced its goals for the coming legislative session. Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce president John Mehner is the chairman of the new group, the Missouri Chamber Federation...
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Cape man charged in October fire in Jackson
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
A Cape Girardeau man was charged Tuesday with setting a fire that destroyed an abandoned house on Union Street in Jackson. Michael D. Bell, 20, was charged with second-degree arson by the Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney's office. The State Fire Marshall investigated the fire, which was Oct. 24 set in the early morning hours...
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Cape police report 12/18/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/18/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Dec. 18 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Jamie N. Brockway, 20, of 215 N. East Main, Dexter, Mo., was arrested Monday on a Dexter warrant for failure to appear...
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Deadline for toy dropoff is noon today
(Local News ~ 12/18/02)
A family of four boys all made the same Christmas gift request -- new Jimmy Neutron backpacks. The children, 5, 9 and 11, need the backpacks for school, their mother said. But that isn't the only thing they'd like this Christmas. Josh, the 5-year-old, wants some cars and trucks and likes Disney movies. Jake, 9, wants a music keyboard and would love art supplies. Jeff, the 11-year-old, likes games and Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. He also would like a remote-controlled car...
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Cape fire report 12/18/02
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/18/02)
Cape Girardeau Wednesday, Dec. 18 Firefighters responded Tuesday to the following items: At 7:13 a.m., emergency medical service at 711 Forrest. At 11 a.m., citizen assist at 1829 William. At 3:37 p.m., emergency medical service at 2109 William....
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Agents arrest three relatives of man accused of being al-Qaida
(National News ~ 12/18/02)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Three relatives of a man accused of belonging to an al-Qaida terror cell in the Buffalo suburb of Lackawanna were arrested Tuesday and charged with illegally operating a money-transferring business. Investigators have been unable to trace any of the money to terrorist activities, said U.S. Attorney Michael Battle...
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Forgive Lott - This is season for good cheer
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/02)
To the editor: OK. Trent Lott said something totally stupid. Get over it. In Matthew 8:7, Jesus says, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first one to cast a stone." This is supposed to be the season of love and good cheer, but you wouldn't know it by the comments in Speak Out...
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For sale - A piece of Missouri's history
(Editorial ~ 12/18/02)
Anyone looking for a home to buy can find plenty of choices and price ranges in the classified ads of the Southeast Missourian. But one choice opportunity was recently listed in a news story, and the house in question is a rare find. It is the Jean Baptiste Valle home in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., which was constructed in 1794 when George Washington was president. The Valle home may be one of the most historic private homes in Missouri...
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Starlings are health hazard, need to be killed
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/02)
To the editor: The starling population has increased over the years until the birds have become a threat to human health. If you have ever seen where they have roosted at night, you understand why they can no longer be left unchecked. I have seen the sky black with starlings in flight...
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War of good, evil - Individuals are the instruments
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/02)
To the editor: People have to realize that this war is not about Christians against Muslims or corporate America against the working man. The war is pure good against pure evil. We as individuals are the instruments used to fight this war between pure good and pure evil...
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Speak Out 12/18/02
(Speak Out ~ 12/18/02)
Forgotten wars I NOTICED that at this time of year there are a lot of old war movies on TV. What bothers me are the forgotten wars. My father served in the Army and was involved in several conflicts in the Pacific and Korea in the Aleutian Campaign. ...
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Norma Masters
(Obituary ~ 12/18/02)
The funeral for Norma Lee Masters of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. The Rev. Dan Brown will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today...
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Missouri needs better budgeting process
(Editorial ~ 12/18/02)
For most of the 1990s, Missouri and most other states experienced a revenue bonanza. A strong economy resulted in a huge expansion in spending. Along the way, some states -- Missouri included -- cut taxes because the increase in money flowing into state treasuries grew so rapidly...
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