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HENRY WELDON NUSSBAUM SR.
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
Henry Weldon Nussbaum Sr. died Friday, March 6, 1992 at his home at 1512 Bessie. He was 89. Nussbaum was born in Cape Girardeau Oct. 28, 1902 to the late Henry August and Ida Mae Nussbaum. He married Clara LaFont on Aug. 2, 1928 in Sikeston. She survives of the home...
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LONNIE R. WEBB
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Lonnie Ray Webb, 49, of Perryville, died Thursday, March 5, 1992, at Ellis Fischel State Cancer Center in Columbia. He was born July 29, 1942, at Patton, son of Charles Thedore and Elizabeth Grindstaff Webb. He and Patricia E. Dietz were married Aug. 11, 1979...
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FULL DISCLOSURE NEEDED ON HOUSE BANK SCANDAL
(Editorial ~ 03/08/92)
News stories out of the nation's capital seem to be filled these days with horrifying tales of what Congress can't do: balance a budget, tax its citizens fairly, keep members' hands off the hired help. Finally, we get a story about something Congress can do: dig itself deeper into a controversy. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: WHAT HAPPENS TO ILLINOIS DRIVERS WHEN IN MISSOURI?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/08/92)
To the Editor: Someone chose to make the following comment in the ~March 2, 1992, issue of ~Speak Out~~. I would like to recommend that it be mandatory for all Illinois drivers to be given a driving test to drive in ~Missouri after they cross over the bridge. ...
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BENEFIT DANCE AND AUCTION SLATED APRIL 3
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
JACKSON -- A benefit auction and dance for Jeffrey Dale Henry, who suffered serious injuries in an October traffic accident near Jackson, will be held at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall April 3. Henry is undergoing therapy at a Gallatin, Tenn., rehabilitation center, said a family member...
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SETTLEMENT LETS PLANT OPEN AGAIN
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Industrial Fuels and Resources Inc. of Scott City has settled a lawsuit with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over allegations of illegal waste management procedures at the plant. The settlement allows the plant to continue operations...
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SPONSORS SOUGHT IN JACKSON FOR CHILDREN'S FUNFEST
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
JACKSON -- The American Business Women's Association is planning a Children's Funfest April 4. Sponsors, vendors and participants are needed. The program is designed to encourage interaction between children and adults and is held at the R.O. Hawkins Junior High School. The event last year drew families from a 100-mile radius. Proceeds are used to fund ABWA's scholarship and education programs...
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CHILDREN'S HEALTH PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON LYME DISEASE
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
JACKSON -- "Lyme Disease: Should I be concerned?" will be the topic of the next Children's Health series Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the St. Francis Information Center in Jackson. A slide presentation about Lyme disease will be presented and parents of children with the disease will discuss their experiences...
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BOND SET TO FILE FOR RE-ELECTION
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Bond will declare his candidacy for re-election to the Senate in a series of gatherings throughout Missouri this week, starting today at the St. Louis Sheraton West Port Inn at 1 p.m. "I will file my petition for re-election at 1 p.m. ...
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RAY J. PENDER
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
Ray J. Pender, 86, 2525 Boutin, died Friday, March 6, 1992, at Cape LaCroix. He was born April 23, 1905, at Ruble, son of George Otis and Ora Alice Pender. He and Pearl Worley were married March 9, 1928, in Annapolis. Pender was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Nelson Pender of Old Monroe, Howard Pender of Cape Girardeau, Paul Pender of Millersville, Larry Pender of Jackson; two daughters, Goldie Benefield and Jerry Underwood of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Sylvia Tolbert of Cape Girardeau; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.. ...
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GLENN E. MCLAIN
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
Glenn Eldon "Cotton" McLain, 66, Cape Girardeau Route 1, died Friday, March 6, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1925, at Oriole, son of Roy W. and Laura Koeppel McLain. He and Dorothy M. Kassel were married June 15, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...
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MARGARET LOUGHNANE
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
BENTON -- Margaret Loughnane, 71 years old, died Thursday, March 4, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 23, 1920, in Akron, Ohio, daughter of Leslie and Hazel Bailey McGinley. She was a retired free-lance writer...
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FRANCES O. ATTEBERRY
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
CHARLESTON -- Frances O. Atteberry, 85 years old, died Friday, March 6, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct 27, 1906, in McCool, Miss., daughter of Walter Phillip and Hattie Wade Atteberry. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Charleston, and was associated with Buckner- Ragsdale Company until her retirement...
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LEON ALBERT SCHERER
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Leon Albert Scherer, 68 years old, of Route 1, Scott City, died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City is in charge of arrangements, which will be announced later.
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BECKY L. DYE
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
Becky L. Dye, 53, of 1443 Pemiscot, died Saturday, March 7, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born in Braggadocio on Nov. 12, 1938 to Benjamin B. and Gladys Grisham Dye. Survivors include five sisters: Florence Morrow of St. Louis, Margie White of Greensboro, N.C., Betty Lind of Omro, Wis., Dorothy Rayfield of Ellington, and Alice Dye of Cape Girardeau...
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LOTTIE MINNEY
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
SIKESTON -- Lottie Minney, 93 year old, of Sikeston, died Saturday, March 7, 1992, at the Hunter Acres Caring Center. She was born April 27, 1898 at Lamar, Ark., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Webb Davis. She was a member of Calvary Temple Assembly of God Church...
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BERNICE A. BURTON
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
Bernice A. Burton, 57, of 2305 Lombardo, died Friday, March 6, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 1, 1934, in New Hamburg to Mike and Caroline Vogel Urhahn. She married Gene Burton in Oran on July 24, 1954. He survives, along with two sons, Gene A. Burton and Rick C. Burton, both of Cape Girardeau...
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WILLIE AGNES HANKINS
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- Willie Agnes Hankins died at Bloomfield Nursing Center Saturday, March 7, 1992, at age 83. She was born in Nashville, Tenn., on April 1, 1908. She married James Robert Hankins in 1935. He preceded her in death on Sept. 12, 1961. Survivors include one son, Tom Hankins of Bloomfield; one stepdaughter, Vera Hindman of Tyronza, Ark.; two grandsons and two great-grandchildren...
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MAJ. GEN. LAURENCE B. ADAMS JR.
(Obituary ~ 03/08/92)
Funeral service for Maj. Gen. Laurence B. Adams Jr. of Jefferson City will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Grace Episcopal Church there. The Rev. Harvel Sanders will officiate. The family will receive friends after the service. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, with military rites by Missouri Army National Guard...
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POLICE CAR HITS BUILDING; OFFICER DODGES A TURNING VEHICLE
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
A Cape Girardeau police officer responding to an accident crashed his patrol car into a brick building Friday night after a vehicle he tried to pass started to make a turn in front of him. Lt. Bob Ross said the driver, police Sgt. Bradley E. Moore, tried to avoid the car and crashed into Clark Wheel Alignment Co., 430 Independence...
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VETERAN GROCER REFLECTS ON HALF-CENTURY OF CHANGE; BUSINESS PICKS UP PACE, TECHNOLOGY, MAINTAINS SANDERS
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
The grocery business is changing. Few people know more about those changes than Harold Sanders, who has been observing shoppers' habits in the grocery store for almost half a century. One of the most evident signs of the times, Sanders said, is that shoppers are in more of a hurry now. "Everybody rushes in, fills up their carts and rushes out," he noted...
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SCHOOL BOARD POISED TO REDUCE BUDGET; PLAN TO TRIM $1.5 MILLION WILL IMPACT ALL AREAS
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is poised to make more than $1 million in budget cuts at its meeting Monday. Superintendent Neyland Clark and Board President Pat Ruopp declined to name specifics of the recommended cuts. Clark explained that some elements of the package are being modified over the weekend...
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WORKER'S COMPENSATION: FEES FORCE BUSINESS OWNER TO LAY OFF WORKERS
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Greg Howard paid about $6,000 in worker's compensation insurance premiums last year. This year he expects to pay at least $10,000. Howard, who owns a masonry business in Cape Girardeau, said one of his seven employees recently was injured on the job. He doesn't dispute the worker's claim, but says the medical costs of treating the worker have been unreasonably high, so much that his premiums likely will double...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/08/92)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson of Nashville, Tenn., Southern Hills Hospital there, 4:27 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 1992. Name, Kaysie Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Jackson is the former Susanne Ewbank, daughter of Wayne and Linda Ewbank of Cape Girardeau. She is a training specialist for Dollar General Corp. Jackson is an account representative with GMAC, and is the son of Victor Jackson and Daucy Jackson of Evansville, Ind...
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WILDLIFE ARTISTS TO OPEN EXHIBIT AT GALLERY 100
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Three Missouri wildlife artists will exhibit at Gallery 100 in March. The exhibit opens today with a reception from 2-4 p.m. The exhibit features the works of Howard Holmes, Marguerite Meyer and Rob Sadler. Meyer, a St. Louisan, specializes in landscapes, wildlife and people. She has taught workshops and juried shows for the Sikeston Art League and has attended workshops with Daniel Greene and Cleda Curtis...
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RODEO ENTERTAINERS NAMED
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
SIKESTON -- Tanya Tucker, Sawyer Brown, Mark Chestnutt and Mark Collie will headline the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo August 5-8. The announcement was made Thursday at a news conference. The rodeo will also feature bull fighting, wild horse racing, rodeo clowns...
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PRAYER BREAKFAST DRAWS 800; CONVENTION EXECUTIVE TELLS OF LIFE'S `MOSQUITOES, BOMBS'
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Ted G. Sprague has had his share of "mosquitoes, alligators and bombs" during the past year, but the former president of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau is using his Christian philosophies to get his life back on track. "My life has changed drastically over the past year," said Sprague, speaker at Friday's Fifth Annual Mayor's Prayer Breakfast at the Show Me Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. ...
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WELSH STUDENTS TO STUDY TEACHING IN AREA
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Ten students and their advisor from the Swansea Institute of Higher Education in Swansea, Wales, will begin a six-week stint of student teaching beginning March 19 in Jackson. The teaching experience is part of the International Teaching Program sponsored by the College of Education at Southeast Missouri State University...
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HIGHLIGHTING THE NEWS TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION
(Column ~ 03/08/92)
When I sit down to read the local morning newspaper I usually have my yellow highlighting marker nearby. I run it through names, places and dates so as to indelibitize them on my mind. But I also highlight things that please me very much, in fact, things that make me laugh aloud because I'm so much in agreement with the writer who has said it so well...
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SPRING BREAK: ANNUAL MIGRATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS HEADED FOR THE WILD BLUE YONDER
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
The annual migration has begun; college students make the trek toward sunnier climes for a week away from the books; spring break is here. The weeklong break at Southeast Missouri State University officially began Friday. Thousands of students from across the country will join Southeast students at popular destinations in Florida like Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Panama City. ...
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LADYBUG SAYS ... WITH SPRING NEAR, TALK TURNS TO GARDENING
(Column ~ 03/08/92)
Once an interest in gardening has been kindled, good garden talk seems to be everywhere. It can be over the fence with the neighbors, programs at garden clubs, in magazines, newspapers, radio, garden books and in the new tantalizing plant and seed catalogs...
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E. CAPE'S WITZ RESTAURANT, A FAMILY OPERATED ENTERPRISE, MARKS A DECADE
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Like the famous Kentucky Colonel and his chicken, Betty Colyer also has a secret recipe. "You can run a restaurant if you have enough family," said Colyer. That is the secret of success at Witz Restaurant, said Colyer, who, with her husband, own the popular restaurant in East Cape Girardeau. It is known in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois for its homestyle cooking...
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TOWN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER REFURBISHING TAKES PLACE
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
The Town Plaza Shopping Center is taking on a new look. "We're in the process of redecorating the entire strip that fronts William Street," said Scott Campbell of Greater Missouri Builders Inc., headquartered in St. Louis. "We've completed some of the interior and exterior work."...
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GOLDEN CORRAL IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
JACKSON -- The Golden Corral is under new ownership. Ron Johnson of Eufaula, Ala., recently purchased the franchise for the Jackson restaurant. "It was previously a company-owned store," said Johnson, who has been with the Golden Corral corporation seven years. "I'm looking forward to owning my own business," he said...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 03/08/92)
My Daddy's Cheesecake is moving downtown. The business was founded in 1987 by Tom Harte and his wife, Jane Harte, and Joe Low and his wife, Lauchette Low, as a part-time business. The bakery will open at 111 N. Main within the next month, moving from Plaza Galleria, 2001 Independence...
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AWARDS/TRAINING
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Seven Cape Girardeau residents were among the more than 470 Aid Association of Lutherans (AAL) volunteers who attended the recent annual convention of the Missouri Federation of AAL branches. Frederick Aukeman, Allen and Joyce Clark, Erwin and Laurine Dost, and Bill and Shirley Beggs attended the session, held at Jefferson City...
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OWNER OF ROUTE K SITE TO SEEK REZONING
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
William H. Kuss is preparing to go before the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission in regard to a seven-acre tract stretching from Gordonville Road to Route K. "We're in the process of leveling the property in preparations for a commercial zoning," said Kuss, one of the owners of Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. "We've been turned down twice in our request to build a funeral home on the property."...
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REAL ESTATE UPDATE
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Birdie Rader has been honored as the top centurion agent of the St. Louis region of Century 21 for a third straight year. Rader and other Century 21 Key Realty sales agents were recently honored for outstanding production during 1991, at an honors awards meeting held at the Adam's Mark Hotel in St. Louis...
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LEGAL SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION TO MEET
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
The Cape Girardeau County Legal Secretaries Association will hold its March meeting Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Shoney's. "Anyone working in the legal field is invited to attend the meeting," said Jackie Givens, a spokesperson for the organization. William S. Rader was guest speaker during the February meeting. Rader's secretary, Sharon Faulkner, was hostess for the meeting. Guests included Julia Wengert and Donna Winschel...
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MEETING WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
Missouri development programs and how they work with local communities to create new jobs will be the subject of a two-hour meeting to be held March 19 at the Drury Inn in Cape Girardeau. Business people, government and development representatives from an 18-county region have been invited to the meeting...
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NEW EMPLOYEES
(Local News ~ 03/08/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Kenny Blankenship of Benton has joined the staff of G&M Trailers Inc., as a salesman. Blankenship has several years experience in sales. He worked with Cooney Equipment for six years and with Harris Truck and Trailer for 30 years, 20 of them in sales...
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