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14 FACULTY AT SEMO TO RETIRE; SOME WILL LEAVE PROFESSIONS EARLY
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
Peter Hilty loves words, but one he doesn't love is retirement. The Southeast Missouri State University English professor and former city councilman is retiring this year after 29 years of teaching at the university. Hilty, 69, will retire from teaching after the summer session. But, he said, he's only retiring because state law requires state employees to retire by age 70...
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ASTRONAUT ESPOUSES EDUCATION; GODWIN TELLS STUDENTS ABOUT SPACE JOURNEY
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
JACKSON Students at West Lane Elementary School asked astronaut Linda Godwin Monday how it felt to blast into space, to float around the craft and to come rocketing back to Earth. During Godwin's first trip home since her April flight aboard shuttle Atlantis, she visited Monday with students at Jackson, Oak Ridge and Southeast Missouri State University. Today she is scheduled to visit Jackson High School and Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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AMBULANCE SERVICE BIDS OFFER SAVINGS
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
JACKSON - For the first time since it began providing a subsidy for emergency ambulance service in 1965, the Cape Girardeau County Commission decided this year to bid the contract. Two bids were received Monday, and it appears that Cape County Private Ambulance Service will continue to serve the county for at least three more years...
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RAIN TO ELEVATE THE RIVER; PLANTING PROBLEMS PERSIST IN THE AREA
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
The National Weather Service says more wet weather is in store this week in Missouri, Illinois, and other northern states that border the Mississippi River. The rain could push the river up again between St. Louis and Cairo. Thunderstorms are forecast each day through the end of the week for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois...
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CITY PARK BOARD GIVES OKAY TO PLANS FOR SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Monday endorsed a plan to add summer sand volleyball to the activities available at Arena Park. Also, the board decided that the Parks and Recreation Department will offer reduced fees for "therapeutic group" use of the A.C. Brase Arena Building...
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JACKSON CHAMBER MEETING MONDAY
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
JACKSON - Walt Wildman, director of the Regional Commerce and Growth Association, will be the guest speaker at the May general membership dinner meeting of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will be held Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Delmonico's in Jackson...
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DRUG, ALCOHOL USE IN WORKPLACE TO BE TOPIC OF CONFERENCE IN CAPE MAY 22
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
Drug and alcohol use in industry is expensive. "Drug use in industry is increasing," said Thomas Ruck, an industrial specialist for SmithKline Beecham of St. Louis. "Right now, drugs in the workplace are costing the nation's business and industry $150 billion a year."...
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PORT RAIL CONTRACT TO BE LET
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
SCOTT CITY - A contract for construction of the first phase of a rail spur into the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority likely will be let in a week to 10 days, Port Executive Director Allan Maki said Monday. Bids were opened for the project Feb. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: REP. KASTEN EXPLAINS STANCE ON EDUCATION TAX LEGISLATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/14/91)
Dear Citizens of the 159th District: As your legislator, I would like to explain the current situation of the education bill. The easiest decision one could make when a proposed tax increase is the issue would be simply to put the proposal to the voters and let them vote it up or down...
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NO SMOKING: TREND HAS BECOME A SIGN OF TIMES
(Editorial ~ 05/14/91)
Several area workplaces have jumped on the smoke-free bandwagon. Like seat belts, some people may view this as an invasion of government or business into their private affairs. Yes, individuals should have the right to decide if they want to smoke or not. But the non-smoking public also deserves a voice regarding the air they breathe...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: UNITED WAY GIVES THANKS FOR PAPER COVERAGE OF AWARDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/14/91)
Dear Editor: On behalf of the United Way, I want to express our appreciation to you for the excellent articles and photographs by the Southeast Missourian featuring the winners of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company volunteers. Peggy Scott and Fred Lynch did an outstanding job and we appreciate their efforts. ...
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MILDRED M. GIBSON
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Mildred M. Gibson, 72, of Mounds, died Monday, May 13, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 13, 1919, in East St. Louis, daughter of Adolphus and Catherine Agnes Tobin Laws. She married Mack Gibson, who died Jan. 21, 1978...
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BRIAN S. PRICE
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
SIKESTON -- Brian S. Price, 22, of Sikeston, died Saturday, May 11, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 26, 1968, at Sikeston, son of Clifford E. "Skip" and Peggy Joan Cates Price. Price was a 1987 graduate of Sikeston High School, where he made all-conference football his junior and senior years. He lettered in baseball four years, was a member of Sikeston Senior High Concert Choir four years, and attended Southeast Missouri State University on a baseball scholarship...
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MARION C. PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Marion Chester Phillips, 70, of St. James, died Saturday, May 11, 1991, at his home. He was formerly of East Prairie. He was born Dec. 17, 1920, at Bertrand, son of Thomas Miles and Bernettie Johnson Phillips. He married Leona Jenkins May 14, 1943, in St. Louis...
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ROLIENE M. ELDRED
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
Roliene M. Eldred of Washington, D.C., died Sunday, May 12, 1991, at the Chevy Chase House. She was born May 1, 1912, in Ravenna, Mich. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Howard Dillard of Cape Girardeau, Mrs. Hal Ponder of Washington, D.C.; two sisters, Dora Burt of Louisville, Ky., Bea Christopher of Farmington Hills, Mich.; a brother, Jex Harrison of Muskegon, Mich.; four grandchildren, Cynthia Dillard of Kansas City, Andrew Dillard of St. Louis, Kate and Claire Ponder of Washington, D.C...
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AREA SEA BEES EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN CAPE TODAY
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
More reserve military personnel are scheduled to return home to Cape Girardeau today from the Persian Gulf War. About 40 Naval Reserve Sea Bees are expected to arrive at the Naval Reserve Center, 2530 Maria Louise Lane,, said the center's commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Jack Dalrymple. The reservists, part of the Navy's construction division, are attached to the center...
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LULA M. POE
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
JACKSON -- Mrs. Lula M. Poe, 99, of Jackson, died Sunday, May 12, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 17, 1891, in Bollinger County, daughter of George W. and Mahala K. Crites Cavaner. She married Marvin Poe May 30, 1914. He died June 19, 1975...
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PATSY A. GUYTON
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
GOBLER -- Patsy Ann Guyton, 38, of Gobler, died Sunday, May 5, 1991, at Blytheville Memorial Hospital in Arkansas. She was born April 28, 1953, at Hayti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Starks. Survivors include her husband, Edgar; three sons, Jason, Keith and Barry; a daughter, Amy, all of Gobler; her parents of Gobler; six sisters, Jessie Parker and Frances Rucker of Kennett, Wilma Parker of Blytheville, Debra Thomas and Gloria Parkins of Gobler, Rose Berry of Daytona, Fla.; three brothers, Robert and Henry Starks of Tennessee, Eddie Starks of Gobler.. ...
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MARYBELLE KIMBALL
(Obituary ~ 05/14/91)
Marybelle Kimball, 89, a St. Louis artist and former Girl Scout leader, died Monday, May 6, 1991, at Mari DeVilla Retirement Home in Manchester. A native of Kirkwood, she moved to Cape Girardeau as a young woman where she was a Girl Scout troop leader and director of the first Girl Scout day camp...
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COLLECTIBLE, ANTIQUE MARKET SET SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
Exhibitors from four states will be offering quilts, glassware, jewelry, coins, dolls, comics, paper Americana, and other collectibles during an antique and collector's market and show, to be held in Cape Girardeau Sunday. The day-long event will be held at the Arena Building, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m...
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NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS PLAN PICNIC
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
The Non-Traditional Student Association at Southeast Missouri State University will hold a "Thank Goodness It's Summer" picnic Saturday in Cape Girardeau County Park. The picnic, celebrating the end of the spring semester, is scheduled for 3 to 7 p.m. at Shelter No. 8 and is open to all non-traditional students attending Southeast, their families and friends, organizers said...
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GROUPS URGE SEAT BELT USE TODAY WITH CHECKS
(Local News ~ 05/14/91)
The Missouri Division of the American Trauma Society has designated today as statewide Seat Belt Check Day. The effort is being supported by trauma care centers across the state in hopes of increasing seat belt use. In Cape Girardeau, blue ribbons will be distributed to the public, said Cape Girardeau Chief of Police Howard Boyd. Citizens are encouraged to put the ribbons on their vehicles to remind other motorists to buckle their seat belts...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/14/91)
I THINK IT'S a crying shame the City Council can't see the impact this contractor's license will have on the buildings in Cape Girardeau. Like another reader said, They'll all be going to Jackson where there isn't all that tax because most small contractors can't afford a $50,000 insurance policy. ...
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