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HALLOWEEN HAZARDS: COMMON SENSE ENSURES SAFETY
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
Before parents send their kids out trick or treating this Halloween, they should follow a few "common sense" rules to ensure their safety. "A lot of things to do with safety are just common sense," said Patrolman Kevin Orr of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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VOTERS CONSIDER FRANCHISE
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
After more than three years of negotiations, the city of Cape Girardeau and Union Electric Co. are poised to implement new gas and electric franchises, approval of which now rests solely with the city's voters. Voters Nov. 5 will decide whether to approve the new 20-year franchises, which include much more detailed and complete provisions than the old agreements that expired more than two years ago...
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CITY: WATER BUYOUT GOOD BARGAIN
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
(Last in a series) When Union Electric last year stated its intention to sell the city's water system, Cape Girardeau officials began in earnest to negotiate a deal for the utility. Those negotiations yielded a proposal that officials now call a bargain for the citizens of Cape Girardeau, who will decide at the polls Nov. 5 whether to approve the transaction...
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CAMERA COMBATS CRIME
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
City motorists will soon have a new high-tech eye watching them. This morning, the Cape Girardeau Police Department is scheduled to have its first mobile video camera installed in one of its patrol cars. Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison said the department will primarily use the camera for its weekend, driving-while-intoxicated patrol...
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WEATHER DAMPENS CROWD, BUT NOT SPIRITS
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
The rain didn't dampen Mary Kasten's spirits. Standing beneath a red and white umbrella outside Kent Library, the state representative from Cape Girardeau greeted visitors to the Southeast Missouri State University campus Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, Kasten didn't have a chance to greet many visitors at the university open house, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's University Relations Committee. Kasten is a member of that committee...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
The Southeast Missourian asked people how they felt about the American people electing an "outsider" of Washington politics to be president of the United States. Kevin McCarty: "I don't think they really have a chance unless they have a lot of money, because that's how you get elected. If they are not in with the good old boys, then nothing will get done. Suppose they do get elected, then getting things done is another story."...
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ACCREDITATION APPLICATION ARE HIGHLIGHTS; MUSEUM DIRECTOR FEELS FIRST YEAR SUCCESSFUL
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
In her first year as director of the Southeast Missouri State University Museum, Pat Reagan-Woodard sought to forge a kinship between the museum and the community. She shared her insights recently, when reflecting on highlights of the University Museum's 1990-1991 annual report...
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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 10/28/91)
Mary Kasten represents the city of Cape Girardeau in the General Assembly. Before her election to the Missouri House of Representative, she served many years on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. Life has many choices some with long lasting effects. ...
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SUBURBIA GAINING POWER
(Column ~ 10/28/91)
In the race for governor of Louisiana, David Dukes, the ex-Klan wizard and ex-neo-Nazi showed great strength in the suburbs. The 1992 presidential election will be the first in which a majority of the voters comes from the suburbs and therein lies the heavy burden of the Democratic Party...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS FRIBOLOUS JAIL LAWSUITS
(Editorial ~ 10/28/91)
It's been a problem for years both nationally and in Missouri. Prisons are full of inmates who spend their time filing frivolous lawsuits. State and federal governments end up spending a lot of time answering such suits, which costs considerable money. The end result is that taxpayers wind up the losers from these mindless judicial exercises...
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CHERYL L. CULBERTSON
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
SIKESTON -- Cheryl L. Culbertson, 27, of Sikeston, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1991, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born June 6, 1964, in Sikeston, daughter of John T. and Roberta Louise Robinson Masterson. She was a housewife and homemaker and worked in the housekeeping department of the Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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WAYNE VICK
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
TAMMS, Ill. - Wayne Vick, 68, of Tamms, Ill., died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Vick was born in Tamms May 21, 1923 to Columbus I. and Lucy Wilson Vick. He married Thelma Phillips Aug. 18, 1944. A World War II veteran, he was a member of Laborers Local No. 773 in Cairo and American Legion Post No. 178...
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LEOMA RILEY
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
CHAFFEE - Leoma Riley, 71, of Chaffee, died Sunday, Oct. 17, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
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MARY L. ESTES
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
MARBLE HILL - Mary L. Estes, 47, of Marble Hill, died of an illness at the family home Sunday, Oct. 27, 1991. Estes was born at Zalma July 10, 1944 to the late Bill Lawson and Bertha Loughery Hardesty, who survives, of Sturdivant. She was a housewife who lived in the Marble Hill area her entire life...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: David and Joleda Moyers to Ronnie and Pamela Moyers; Drury Development Corp. to the Robert A. Drury Trust; the Charles L. Drury Trust to Drury Development Corp.; the Charles A. Drury Trust to Robert A. Drury, two tracts...
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EMMA LUCILLE KOEHLER
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
JACKSON -- Emma Lucille Koehler, 72, of Jackson, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1991, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 16, 1919, at Jackson, daughter of Emmit and Sarah Reeder Biri. She married Lawrence Koehler Nov. 13, 1940, in Jackson. He survives. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church...
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OLLIE MAE JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Ollie Mae Jackson, 85, of St. Louis, formerly of East Prairie, died Friday, Oct. 25, 1991, at Creve Couer Health Center of an extended illness. She was born Sept. 10, 1906, daughter of Frank and Mary Webb Johnson. She was a member of the First Christian Church of East Prairie...
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LAWRENCE E. DUFF
(Obituary ~ 10/28/91)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Lawrence E. Duff, 69, of Tamms, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 5, 1921, at Thebes, Ill., son of Richard Ernest and Ruth Dickerson Duff. He married Grace Miller on Jan. 16, 1945. She survives...
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ABWA GATHERS NOV. 7 HERE
(Local News ~ 10/28/91)
The monthly meeting of the City of Roses Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will be Thursday, Nov. 7 at Drury Lodge, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Kristen Dreyer will speak on "Cult Awareness and Personal Experiences." The City of Roses Chapter recently conducted its recent membership campaign. However, persons still interested in joining can contact Sharon Dirnberger at 334-2420...
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