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Assault weapons - The ban, the myth
(Column ~ 08/19/04)
By Joe Waldron and Dave Workman Touring the country in an effort to renew the 10-year-old ban on so-called assault weapons, the numerically challenged Million Mom March has been conducting a campaign built largely on fiction. As far back as 1988, gun prohibitionists figured they could fool the public into supporting a ban that, as history has shown, has been essentially symbolic. ...
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Melba Lounder
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Melba Roberta Lounder, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Births 8/19/04
(Births ~ 08/19/04)
Coomer Daughter to Edward Eugene and Jennifer Joyce Coomer Jr. of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:56 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. Name, Sarah Grace. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. Fourth child, third daughter. Mrs. Coomer is the former Jennifer Williams, daughter of Karen Williams of Sturdivant, Mo. Coomer is the son of the late Edward and Wanda Coomer Sr. of Randles, Mo. He is employed at SEMO Ready Mix in Jackson...
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Out of the past 8/19/04
(Out of the Past ~ 08/19/04)
10 years ago: Aug. 19, 1994 Amanda Lomax of Benton, Mo., was crowned queen of 1994 Jackson Homecomers last night; first runner up was Jennifer Paulus of Perryville, and second runner up was Frannie Trum of Sikeston. Southeast Missouri State University is ahead of most of its OVC brethren in putting funding of women's athletic programs on par with those of their male counterparts; earlier in summer, Southeast approved proposal which in first phase calls for 60-40 percent split of resources in men's and women's athletics over next three years; other Ohio Valley Conference schools are all in various stages of developing their own gender-equity plans.. ...
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Singh, Els close in on Tiger for No. 1
(Professional Sports ~ 08/19/04)
AKRON, Ohio -- Tiger Woods already lost out on the majors. Next up could be his No. 1 ranking. The top candidate is Vijay Singh, who showed up at Firestone just 18 hours after winning the PGA Championship acting as if nothing had changed and he was ready to play the next tournament...
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Radical Iraqi cleric OKs peace plan
(International News ~ 08/19/04)
NAJAF, Iraq -- Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accepted a peace plan Wednesday calling for his militiamen to disarm and leave their hideout in a revered Shiite shrine, raising hopes of ending a battle that has threatened to undermine Iraq's fledgling interim government...
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Ex-judge ordered to give up practicing law, pay back $115,200
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
A former Scott County municipal judge and Cape Girardeau lawyer has surrendered his law license and been ordered to pay restitution to three of his clients. A Pemiscot County judge ordered Michael L. Richey, 58, to repay $115,200 to three of his clients. Richey pleaded guilty April 29 to three counts of passing bad checks rather than face a jury trial. Attorney General Jay Nixon filed charges against Richey in February...
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Creating a place to live that's fit for animals
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
If someone with the real estate acumen of Donald Trump is looking for a project in Southeast Missouri -- and it wouldn't hurt if the person has Trump's money-making talent -- please direct the individual to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri...
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Two first days
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
The sterile cafeteria floor is cold against the little blond girl's criss-crossed legs. Nervous, she glances at the 160 or so kindergarteners and first-graders seated around her. Except for her teacher, 5-year-old Randa Norman recognizes no one. She is alone. She bites her lower lip, covers her ears with her hands -- anything to stop the tears glistening behind her wide blue eyes. Too late...
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$250,000 grant will help fix sewage problem
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
The residents in the small village of Pocahontas know too well why there's an "ew" in sewage. Faced with the problem of old septic tanks failing throughout the old German settlement -- and sewage seeping to the surface and even spilling into streets around town -- voters last year overwhelmingly approved a $500,000 bond issue to build a sewer structure...
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Littlest preemie now 15, story of medical success
(National News ~ 08/19/04)
BOSTON -- Madeline Mann once weighed less than a can of soda as the tiniest surviving newborn known to medicine. Next week, she enters high school as something even more extraordinary -- an honor student who plays violin and likes to Rollerblade. "Her survival wasn't a miracle; her development was," says Dr. ...
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Local group heads to White House in fight against poverty
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
The East Missouri Action Agency works to fight poverty in this part of the state on a daily basis. But now a group from the local agency is gearing up to take that fight to Washington, D.C., and lay it right on the president's doorstep. On Sept. 4, a group of approximately 50 staffers, volunteers and supporters from the East Missouri Action Agency will converge on the nation's capital to attend the "No Room for Poverty" national rally. ...
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Party to celebrate missions at Lynwood Baptist Church
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Lynwood Baptist Church will have an international flair this weekend as it celebrates mission work around the globe and at home. The "Lynwood on Mission" event is the culmination of a 20-month program that began in December 2002 when the church unveiled its vision for mission outreach...
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Frankie Haley
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Frankie Mae Haley, 76, of Morehouse died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Sept. 3, 1927, at Morehouse, daughter of Marion and Mildred Pennington Spurlin. She married Roy Eldon Haley, who died April 8, 1978...
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Estie Moran
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
PATTON, Mo. -- Estie Ethel Moran, 93, of Patton died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo. She was born Dec. 18, 1910, at Sedgewickville, Mo., daughter of Phillip and Annie Seabaugh Bollinger. She and Meredith Moran were married Nov. 18, 1930, at Perryville...
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Region briefs 8/19/04
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Fiber optic cables cut; long-distance calls limited A cut in fiber optic cables in southern Illinois early Wednesday morning resulted in many area callers having limited access to long-distance lines for much of the business day. According to Meredith White with Big River Telephone in Cape Girardeau, a line on the MCI network was severed in a swamp area between Elkville, Ill., and Cobden, Ill., early Wednesday. ...
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Cape/Jackson police reports 8/19/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/19/04)
Cape Girardeau The following items were released Wednesday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrestsn Shannon L. Smith, 37, 339 S. Lorimier St., Apt. B, was arrested on a warrant. Kenneth Jerome Nicholson, 38, 100 S. West End Blvd., was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault...
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Cape fire report 8/19/04
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/19/04)
Firefighters responded to the following item on Tuesday: At 8:30 p.m., an emergency medical service in the 2000 block of Plaza Way.Firefighers responded to the following items on Wednesday: At 3:58 a.m., fire rekindled at 340 S. Frederick St. At 8:23 a.m. a structure fire at 1111 Bloomfield St...
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Juvenile justice
(Editorial ~ 08/19/04)
Only two teenagers were incarcerated the day the Cape Girardeau County Juvenile Detention Center held its recent open house, the kind of number that precipitated the county's decision a few years ago not to build a bigger center. Last year, the center housed about 400 juveniles but held most only three days or less...
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Health calendar 8/19/04
(Community ~ 08/19/04)
Today Red Cross blood drive from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Community blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. at the American Red Cross Center in Cape Girardeau. Diabetes Support Group meets at 2 p.m. in the Franciscan Conference Room at Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Area sports calendar 8/19/04
(Other Sports ~ 08/19/04)
Basketball Perryville men's league forming: The Perryville Parks and Recreation Department wiill hold an informational meeting at 8 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Perry Park Center for anyone interested in getting a team together for the upcoming fall season. Info: Brian Roth, 547-7275...
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Unborn babies don't have choices
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/19/04)
To the editor: A Speak Out comment addressed the issues of abortion and death. It said the unborn child (I didn't know if this was a tongue in cheek) has absolute right to life and the mother does not when her life is threatened by pregnancy. This brings to my mind Senior U.S. ...
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Inland Florida hit hard by Charley
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/19/04)
To the editor: Hurricane Charley has come and gone, but not without a unforgettable impact on many of us for years to come. Having grown up in Perryville and having lived inland in Florida, I never thought I would experience the direct impact of a hurricane. We were the town most coastal cities migrated to when a hurricane was coming, and that certainly was the case during this hurricane...
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Tax cuts trumped terror warnings
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/19/04)
To the editor: Analyses of the reports on issues related to 9-11 indicate an almost universal whitewash of the Bush-Cheney administration. If Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorist czar to four presidents, is accurate, the Kean report misrepresented both Clinton and Bush presidencies. ...
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Dona Heise
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Dona C. Heise, 93, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, where she had been a resident since 1990. She was born Dec. 24, 1910, at Laflin, Mo., daughter of Joseph and Barbara Wills Crites. She and Otto Heise were married Nov. 14, 1931. He died April 15, 1983...
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Loyce Livesay
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
WARE, Ill. -- Loyce J. Livesay, 75, of Ware went to be with the Lord Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 24, 1928, at Grand Tower, Ill., son of John and Helen Hale Livesay. He married Mary Lou Copeland Jan. 20, 1954, in Yazoo City, Miss...
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LaWanda Tieman
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
LaWanda Tieman, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 4, 1929, at Doniphan, Mo. Tieman had lived in Cape Girardeau 13 years. Survivors include two brothers, Carter Crook of Lebanon, Ore., and Howard Crook of Wappapello, Mo...
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Slamfest draws Porter to Cape
(Community Sports ~ 08/19/04)
As far as Scott Porter is concerned, coming back to Cape Girardeau each summer to help run Slamfest is as natural as returning to the city to see a son or daughter. "That's my baby," Porter said. "I wouldn't miss it." Porter started Cape Girar-deau's popular outdoor basketball tournament more than a decade ago, but he moved to Dallas two years ago...
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Desperately seeking normality
(Column ~ 08/19/04)
Aug. 19, 2004 Dear Julie, Six months after it began, our bathroom renovation is done. What took so long? DC and I certainly contributed to the slowness of this construction project. We had no plan going in and changed the blueprint that did evolve a few times. We moved a doorway and played musical chairs with the Jacuzzi and the toilet...
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Speak Out 08/18/04
(Speak Out ~ 08/19/04)
Bikes on highways ALL THE people who are complaining about the bicyclists need to slow down and get used to it. There are no good roads with shoulders to ride on, and sometimes we have to be on these roads for at least some distance in order to get to another road that isn't so traveled. ...
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Nine competing for crown in queen contest
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
The Miss Homecomers queen contest will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday on stage in front of the Jackson courthouse. Contestants, in grades 11 and 12, attend local schools. There are no entry fees. Winners will receive prizes. Entertainment prior to the contest will be provided by Dance Extensions Dance Studio...
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Military news 8/19/04
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Police officer called to active military duty Police officer Virginia Drumwright, daughter of Jerry and Jackie Hoffman of Cape Girardeau, has been called to active to duty in the U.S. Army in Houston, Texas, to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the Army's 75th division. She will be serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq. Drumright attended St. Mary's School in Cape Girardeau...
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Community briefs 8/19/04
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
Gates open Friday for Root Hog Rally Gates open at 2 p.m. Friday at Arrowhead Campground on Castor River in Grassy, Mo for the fourth annual Root Hog Rally. All bikes are welcome. The event continues until Saturday with live entertainment both nights, refreshments, food, vendors and door prizes. Proceeds benefit The Shepherd's Cove Children's Home. For more information, call Mike at (573) 934-5820...
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NBC News ready for the worst in Athens
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/04)
NEW YORK -- If the Olympic ideals of peace and brotherhood could be counted on, Steve Capus might not be in Athens right now. Instead, he's part of a force of 250 NBC News employees at the Olympics, serving in the unique role of "news producer in waiting" if a major nonsports story breaks out...
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U.S. pitches fifth shutout
(Professional Sports ~ 08/19/04)
ATHENS, Greece -- Add another big fat zero for the U.S. softball team. Five games into the Olympic tournament, the Americans remain unscored upon and unrelenting. Jennie Finch pitched a one-hitter with eight strikeouts and Lisa Fernandez went 3-for-4 with a homer, as the Americans posted their fifth straight shutout, beating Canada 7-0 on Thursday in five innings to clinch a spot in this weekend's semifinals...
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Gym dandy - Hamm rallies to win gold in all-around final
(Professional Sports ~ 08/19/04)
ATHENS, Greece -- He had to be perfect and hope no one else was. Even Paul Hamm's coach figured it was over: "I thought he had no odds." A fall on his vault landing sent Hamm stumbling into the judges' table and all the way down to 12th place in the all-around gymnastics final...
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Woody stuck on nine
(Professional Sports ~ 08/19/04)
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS -- Rookie Josh Hancock won for the first time as a starter, and Sean Casey drove in three runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds in a 5-4 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. The Reds avoided a three-game sweep...
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McCaskill announces plan for reducing child abuse
(State News ~ 08/19/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Democrat Claire McCaskill said Wednesday that as governor, she would overhaul Missouri's child protective services agency in ways that would help the state do a better job of safeguarding children. McCaskill, the state auditor, said her plan draws on insights gleaned from past audits of the state's child abuse hot line and her experience as Jackson County prosecutor...
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Swingle movie revives Civil War history
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
When Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle was researching historical material for his 2002 novel "The Gold of Cape Girardeau," he discovered so much information about Cape Girardeau during the Civil War that he thought it would be a shame for it to go to waste...
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Lobbyists pay perks to area's lawmakers
(State News ~ 08/19/04)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri lawmakers accepted more than $27,000 worth of freebies from registered lobbyists from the time the 92nd Missouri Legislature convened in January 2003 through July, according to disclosures filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission...
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Hamilton cycles to gold medal
(Professional Sports ~ 08/19/04)
Tyler Hamilton dreams of yellow. Olympic gold is close enough. His greatest ride capped the finest Olympic day for U.S. cycling, which won three of the six medals awarded in Wednesday's road time trials -- surpassing its two total road medals won since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles...
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Simple things we can do to live longer
(Community ~ 08/19/04)
For most of us, living a long life seems like a good deal. But costly. Sure, we could all move to the valley of Longlaodun in Southwest China, where we know the folks tend to live to be 110. I don't know about you, but I can't live without my MTV...
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Stretch toward healing
(Community ~ 08/19/04)
Meeting Eric Small, shaking his hand and looking into his eyes, one would never know he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 50 years ago. Photographs in his yoga studio show him in complex poses, the kind that take years of study to perfect...
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Google closes auction on IPO after SEC gives final nod to sale
(National News ~ 08/19/04)
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Initial shares of Google Inc. were priced late Wednesday at $85, the low end of a range revised downward just hours earlier, somewhat dampening expectations for the most ballyhooed Internet company public stock offering since the dot-com boom went bust...
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Government, residents mobilize to care for Florida's elderly
(National News ~ 08/19/04)
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The devastation brought on by Hurricane Charley has been especially painful for an elderly population that is among the largest in the nation. State officials fear that many frail and aging residents have been left susceptible to illness and are going without important medication because of the hurricane, while others have been too stubborn to leave their damaged homes...
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Corzine says he won't run for N.J. governor
(National News ~ 08/19/04)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Sen. Jon Corzine said Wednesday that he will not actively seek to run for governor in a special election, dashing hopes by some state Democrats that he would help pressure Gov. James E. McGreevey to resign earlier than planned. Corzine said McGreevey has assured him that he intends to serve through Nov. ...
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Homer's epic cartoon success
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/04)
LOS ANGELES -- Ask Dan Castellaneta to describe how he sounds off-screen and this is what he offers: sort of deadpan, shy of nasal, with a standard Midwestern tilt. But like a plain brown bag filled with surprises, here's what he's pulled out of that voice in his years with "The Simpsons": Homer Simpson, Krusty the clown, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, groundskeeper Willy and more...
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Arafat acknowledges 'mistakes' in his rule
(International News ~ 08/19/04)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat admitted to "mistakes" and promised to rein in corruption, but Palestinian lawmakers complained their leader's long-awaited speech Wednesday fell far short of expectations, offering no way out of the chaos plaguing the Palestinian territories. ...
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New romance with France
(International News ~ 08/19/04)
PARIS -- Maybe "freedom fries" taste better in France. After political squabbles over the Iraq war soured U.S.-French relations, more American tourists are visiting Paris this year, tourism officials say. Since last year, the diplomatic antagonism has faded. Experts say American tourists are growing less fearful about terrorism. And World War II anniversaries have injected new good feeling into U.S.-French ties...
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Jail riot kills 31 in El Salvador
(International News ~ 08/19/04)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Rival prisoners fought each other with knives and sticks Wednesday at a San Salvador jail, leaving at least 31 inmates dead and two dozen injured, officials said. The riot began before dawn when a group of jailed gang members clashed with other prisoners, deputy police commissioner Pedro Gonzalez said. More than 3,000 prisoners were being held at the facility, which was designed to hold 800...
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European agency warns of weather meltdown
(International News ~ 08/19/04)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europe's environmental agency warned Wednesday. The European Environment Agency said much more needs to be done -- and fast. Climate change "will considerably affect our societies and environments for decades and centuries to come," its 107-page report said...
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Pakistan seeks public help to nab terrorists
(International News ~ 08/19/04)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan published photos Wednesday in newspapers across the country of six terror suspects -- including a senior al-Qaida operative -- it says were behind attempts to assassinate the nation's president and offered a large reward for their capture...
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Iraqi-American recounts key role in Saddam's capture
(State News ~ 08/19/04)
ST. LOUIS -- Back in the Iraq he once fled and aching to have any hand in the capture of the ruler he so loathed, Samir couldn't see down the darkened hole enough to see who was hiding there. As a civilian translator for hundreds of heavily armed U.S. troops on the scene, the Iraqi-American told the cowering man to surrender or die. Soldiers were ready to pitch a grenade into the spider hole when the man slowly thrust his hands into the light, giving up...
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Bush proposes better educational benefits for Reserve, Guard
(National News ~ 08/19/04)
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. -- In a gesture to troops serving unexpectedly long tours in Iraq, President Bush announced an election-year proposal Wednesday to enhance education benefits for active-duty National Guardsmen and reservists. "These brave Americans put their jobs on hold and leave their family behind when we call," Bush said during a campaign bus tour through the election swing state of Wisconsin...
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Dexter Board won't fund museum donated by deceased resident
(Local News ~ 08/19/04)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Last November, the Dexter Board of Aldermen made a decision not to renew a contract for funding with the Wagner Museum. Now, with three of the aldermen who were on that board gone, the issue has come up again. Dexter resident Norman Gillespie operates the museum, located at his home at 1007 Cottage Lane. His uncle Elvin Wagner was its creator. Upon Wagner's death, the museum was willed to the school, which turned over ownership to the city of Dexter...
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Life is a drag -- and that's a good thing
(Community Sports ~ 08/19/04)
Jeff Dona and his high school buddies knew they could get in big trouble for drag-racing their cars. They did it anyway. And, believe it or not, it turned out to be a good move. What started as Friday night fun has landed the drag-racing Dona in 18th place in the country among 600 people in the National Hot Rod Association...
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Helen Burress
(Obituary ~ 08/19/04)
Helen Ruth Burress, 74, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 24, 1929, in Atkins, Tenn., daughter of Wesley and Ozell Randolph Samples. She and Lawrence Burress were married Oct. 25, 1947...
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