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JACKSON ATTORNEY TO COMMITTEE; LICHTENEGGER TO AID IN DRAWING DISTRICTS
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Jackson attorney John Lichtenegger has been chosen by Gov. John Ashcroft to represent the 8th Congressional District Republicans on the Missouri House Redistricting Commission. Lichtenegger was one of two Republicans recommended to Ashcroft by the 8th District Republican Committee to serve on the panel...
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READERS SELECT `DANCES WITH WOLVES' AS WINNER
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missourian readers predict a "Dances With Wolves" rout at tonight's Academy Awards. An unofficial tally of entries in the newspaper's "Pick the Oscars" contest shows local movie fans foresee victory across the board for Kevin Costner and his epic Western film...
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RIVERBOATS TO MAKE FOUR STOPS HERE
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen steamboats will make four port calls this year at Cape Girardeau, one fewer than the passenger boats made here last year. But Cathy Crites of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau isn't complaining...
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BRUTALITY NOT SEEN AS LOCAL ISSUE
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Police brutality might happen elsewhere, but a local criminal-justice professor is sure it doesn't exist here. "I know this community wouldn't tolerate that kind of conduct by the police," said Michael Brown, chairman of the department of criminal justice at Southeast Missouri State University. "This is where I make my home and I've been here 14 years."...
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STUDENTS TO GATHER FOR SCIENCE FAIR
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Southeast Regional Science Fair kicks off Tuesday, capping months of work for student exhibitors. Winners from local science fairs compete this week for a host of prizes and awards, said Dr. Lester Leaton, director of the science fair...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
With a proposal in the Missouri legislature that would ban radar detectors in automobiles, the Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought of making the radar detectors illegal in Missouri. Paul Kuhlmann: "It would not matter, because the detectors that will really do you any good are so expensive that most people would not buy them. The cheap ones might help in town, but they don't help much at high speed on the highway against the `instant on' radar."...
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GULF MAILBAG
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
SGT. ALBERT LEE BRAZEAL U.S. AIR FORCE Sgt. Brazeal of Marble Hill is the son of Betty Brazeal of Marble hill and the late Sgt. Leroy Brazeal, a Korean War Veteran. He is a graduate of Woodland High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University for one year before joining the Air Force in 1985...
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135TH COMBAT ENGINEER GROUP CHANGES COMMANDERS USNDAY
(Local News ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Col. Allen D. Wright assumed command of the 135th Combat Engineer Group of the Missouri National Guard Sunday in a Change of Command Ceremony in Cape Girardeau. Wright, who is the full-time administrative officer for the 35th Engineer Brigade of Jefferson Barracks, is taking command from Col. David R. Moll of Jackson. Moll has been in command of the 135th since Oct. 1, 1987...
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OTAHKIAN PERFORMANCE GIVES CAUSE TO CELEBRATE
(Editorial ~ 03/25/91)
The Southeast Missouri State University Otahkians drove their dream to the final game in the Division II basketball championship Saturday. The fact they fell one win short of their ultimate goal is no cause for disappointment. Instead, we celebrate this team's gritty determination, which catapulted the university and Cape Girardeau into the national spotlight...
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BE OUR GUEST: SENIOR CITIZEN TAX DESERVES SUPPORT
(Column ~ 03/25/91)
Cecelia "Skeets" Sonderman is a retired assistant administrator for the city of Cape, who also served on the Cape City Council. She volunteers at the Cape Nutrition Center. The words of a song keep running through my mind lately. In part, they go something like this:...
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INGELDEIN INFLUENCE REMAINS
(Editorial ~ 03/25/91)
The arts in Southeast Missouri has lost a faithful friend. Otto Dingeldein - the founder of the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts - died last week. He will be missed, but his influence on the arts in Southeast Missouri will be felt for decades to come...
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DEVLIN A. GAITHER
(Obituary ~ 03/25/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Devlin A. Gaither of Springfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ayre-Goodwin Lee Funeral Chapel in Springfield. The Rev. Paul Reed will officiate. Burial will be Saturday in Gaither-Speer Cemetery near Lutesville, with Liley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...
Stories from Monday, March 25, 1991
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