Posted Thursday February 1, 2007, 4:46 am, Over one day old
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Breaking the color barrier at the University of Missouri-Columbia was the last thing on historian Arvarh Strickland's mind. Hired in 1969 as the school's first tenured black professor, Strickland assumed others of color were already teaching at the state's flagship university.
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Posted Thursday February 1, 2007, 4:46 am, Over one day old
Arriving at a home in Cincinnati for an evening of a dice game called bunco, Clarissa Niese was greeted with an extensive array of food and drink. ?I could immediately see the relevancy to heartburn,? says Niese, an assistant brand manager at Procter & Gamble Co.
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Posted Wednesday January 31, 2007, 5:12 am, Over one day old
Strickland was campus?s first black professor. Breaking the color barrier at the University of Missouri-Columbia was the last thing on historian Arvarh Strickland?s mind.
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Posted Wednesday January 31, 2007, 5:12 am, Over one day old
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Breaking the color barrier at the University of Missouri-Columbia was the last thing on historian Arvarh Strickland's mind. Hired in 1969 as the school's first tenured black professor, Strickland assumed others of color were already teaching at the state's flagship university.
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Posted Tuesday January 30, 2007, 10:12 am, Over one day old
A series of pageants including Miss Northwest, Miss Maryville and Miss Northwest Counties will be held on Saturday, January 27, in the Mary Linn Auditorium of the Performing Arts Center on the Northwest Missouri State University campus.
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Posted Wednesday January 24, 2007, 1:27 pm, Over one day old
Teresa Gail (Sublette) Lane, 38, Camp Lejeune, N.C., formerly of Martinsville, died Jan. 17, 2007, at her residence. Born Aug. 13, 1968, in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of William G. Sublette of Camby and Beverly Ann (Mabry) Johnson of Bargersville.
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Posted Monday January 22, 2007, 2:29 am, Over one day old
Quincy, Macomb, Kirksville, Mo., and Hannibal, Mo., all appear to have a higher-than-usual quality of life. At least that's the conclusion from a study conducted last year by Bizjournals.
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Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 1:19 am, Over one day old
MEXICO, Mo. - The Blair Oaks Falcons improved their dual record to a perfect 7-0 Tuesday night by seven pins in a 66-18 win over Missouri Military Academy.
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Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 1:19 am, Over one day old
Tanna Parish, 68, of Mexico, Mo., died at 10:35 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Marty officiating.
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Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 1:19 am, Over one day old
Local News Stories By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune?s staff Old Man Winter kept the trunk of Rose Roberts? Subaru sealed in his icy clutch this morning, requiring her to load her groceries into the back seat instead.
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