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TEEN ACTIONS CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
(Editorial ~ 07/23/92)
Young people of this area should recognize and pay heed to a lesson delivered this week on the difference between youthful pranks and criminal behavior. The second of two teens who pleaded guilty to slashing 104 Jackson school bus tires in December, among other acts of vandalism, was sentenced Tuesday in circuit court. ...
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REO SPEEDWAGON: THE BAND THAT'S BACK AFTER 20 YEARS OF ROLLERCOASTER SUCCESS
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Asking Neal Doughty to look back on 20 years of playing music with the band he helped form in college is like asking him to relive his entire adult life. The definitive theme is he loves what he's doing. The long-time keyboard player for REO Speedwagon, Doughty insists the weekend job that helped pay the bills back at the University of Illinois was never intended to bring the band the fame it has...
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BABY BOOMER BASH BRINGS BACK NIFTY FIFTIES
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Saturday's Baby Boomer Bash at the A.C. Brase Arena Building will feature a mix of dance music from the 1950s through the 1970s. The dance is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department. The Infinity Sound System will provide music...
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BOOTHEEL RODEO OFFICE NOW OPEN
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
SIKESTON -- The Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo ticket office in Sikeston is now open. The 40th annual rodeo will feature top country entertainers Aug. 5-8, in addition to world-class rodeo action. Performers include Tanya Tucker, Sawyer Brown, Mark Chesnutt and Mark Collie. For tickets by phone call 471-7196...
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WELL-READ KIDS WILL HAVE PARTY IN THEIR HONOR
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Kids who've completed the Cape Girardeau Public Library's summer reading program, "Leap Into Books," will be the honored guests at a party Aug. 6. The party is hosted by the library and will be held at the A.C. Brase Arena Building beginning at 1 p.m...
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CAR-TUNES: EVENT JUDGES BEST CAR STEREOS
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Audiophiles unite! An event called "Quiver by the River," which attempts to find the best car audio systems from competitors in five states, will take place Sunday at Stereo One, 345 S. Kingshighway. Competition is sanctioned by the International Auto Sound Challenge Association and will begin at 11 a.m. The goal is not to have the loudest car stereo, but the best-sounding...
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LIGHT UP THAT GRILL! BARBECUE COMPETITION WILL TEST SKILL
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Make plans now for Aug. 8 if you like barbecuing or eating barbecue. The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a backyard amateur barbecue cookoff and tasting. Grill and smoker sizes are limited to 800 square inches cooking grid. Teams will cook four meats: hamburger, beef kabobs, pork spare ribs and pork butts. Most contest meats will be furnished...
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MAKE U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT THE NUMBER-ONE TOPIC OF CAMPAIGN
(Column ~ 07/23/92)
Elections are the people's opportunity to set the course for America's future. This presidential election, as well as campaigns for the Senate and House of Representatives, should be about the policy of deficit budgeting that is mortgaging the future...
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BE OUR GUEST: AMERICA BEWARE: NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS
(Column ~ 07/23/92)
David Baldwin is a native of Cape Girardeau and a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He works as a Cape Girardeau insurance agent. Are the elections this year historic? If the Democrats win the White House along with the Congress, you bet they are...
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VOTE "YES" ON LOTTERY FUNDS GOING TO MISSOURI EDUCATION
(Column ~ 07/23/92)
Constitutional Amendment #11: This amendment would earmark proceeds from the state lottery and subsequently authorized gambling for public and higher education in Missouri. Presently, lottery proceeds are deposited into the state's General Revenue Fund and appropriated for state services and programs, including education. ...
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MEMORIAL PROJECT SOLICITS INVOLVEMENT; BROOKSIDE PARK MEMORIAL MAY CONTAIN NAMES
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
JACKSON -- Donations to the Brookside Park Veterans Memorial continue to come in, but members of the memorial's steering committee said this week more involvement is needed. The memorial, which would honor living and dead veterans in times of peace and war, would be built in one of Jackson's newest parks along Highway 61 north of the City Park...
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RESIDENTS FLEE APARTMENT FIRE; THOUGH MANDATED BY CODE, NO SMOKE DETECTORS WERE APPARENT
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
A fire in a three-story apartment building in the central west end of Cape Girardeau early Wednesday injured at least five people, one seriously. At least three people were trapped in the smoke-filled building and had to be rescued by firefighters. The building, one of a number of apartment buildings in an apartment complex located in the 100 block of Clark Street, near Central High School, was not equipped with smoke detectors, authorities said...
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DOGGONE LUCKY: MAN REUNITED WITH CANINE BRIDGE-JUMPER
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Until this week, Derrick Smith wondered if his dog "Queenie" might be able to swim. He found out Sunday in a big way. The 6-month-old female rott~weiler Sunday evening jumped into the water from the Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau. Three men in a boat rescued the dog afterwards, Cape Girardeau police said...
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CONTRACTORS TO BID ON MEW SITE CLEANUP
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Donning orange and yellow boots as a precaution, about 30 contractors considering a cleanup of the Missouri Electric Works site inspected the property Wednesday morning. The pre-bid inspection was another step in the federal Environmental Protection Agency's lengthy effort to clean up the PCB-contaminated site at 824 S. Kingshighway...
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TREASURER CANDIDATE HOPES TO APPLY COUNTY MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO STATE
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Gary Melton believes he has done a good job managing the money of Christian County in southwest Missouri the last six years and would like to apply his skills to the funds of Missouri as state treasurer. "If our state and federal government operated like Christian County we would not have the kind of debt we are facing," declared Melton, during a campaign stop in Cape Girardeau this week...
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MILES WILL BE SPEAKER FOR LYME DISEASE GROUP
(Local News ~ 07/23/92)
Don Miles, microbiologist at Saint Francis Medical Center, will be the guest speaker when the Lyme Disease Self-Help Group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The meeting is open to Lyme disease patients, their families and individuals who are interested in the tick-borne illness. Sponsors for the group are Southeast Missouri Hospital and IV Care...
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WANDA L. HESSE
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
Wanda L. Hesse, 74, 1213 N. Main, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 10, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Lon and Maggie Eaker Gaither. She married Albert Hesse Oct. 24, 1942, in Cape Girardeau. He died March 22, 1944...
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SAMMY GROGAN
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Sammy Grogan, 38, of Dorena, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, in a car accident on Highway 77. Shelby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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DELREE JAMISON
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
CHARLESTON -- Delree Jamison, 57, of Charleston, died Monday, June 20, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born April 26, 1935, in Philadelphia, Miss., daughter of Henry and Daisey Campbell Brown. She married John Jamison in 1952. Jamison worked 14 years at Stark Manufacturing. She was a member of Greers Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston...
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JOHN W. WOMACK
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
FRUITLAND -- John W. Womack, 41, of Fruitland, died Tuesday, July 21, 1992, in Van Buren. He was born Sept. 22, 1950, in St. Louis, son of John Willard and Myrtle Reed Womack. He and Joni Niswonger were married in Jackson. Womack was a carpenter with BBL at Biehle. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War...
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IAN KING JR.
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Ian Sean Paul King Jr. was stillborn Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The infant is the son of Ian Sean Paul King and Mandy Arthur of McClure. He is survived by his parents. Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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HAZEL E. SHELTON
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
Hazel E. Shelton, 74, 1701 Rand, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1917, at Poplar Bluff, daughter of John and Ellie Goodwin. She married Thurman Lee Shelton Dec. 25, 1935, at Harviell. He died Jan. 3, 1991...
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ROBERT HUTCHINGS
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
JACKSON -- Robert Hutchings, 65, Jackson Route 4, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at his home. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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ALFRED F. MANSKER
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
Funeral service for Alfred F. Mansker of Kissimmee, Fla., will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. C.E. Fleshman will officiate, with burial in Proffer Cemetery at Crump. Military graveside rites will be conducted by VFW Post 3838...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/23/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brewington, Cape Girardeau Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:50 p.m. Friday, July 3, 1992. Name, Kyle Rylee. Weight, 10 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Brewington is the former Dena Umfleet, daughter of Chuck and Sharon Umfleet of Fredericktown, and is employed at Famous-Barr. Brewington is employed at Biokyowa, and is the son of Mary Porter of Cape Girardeau...
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GRETCHEN CRITES
(Obituary ~ 07/23/92)
JACKSON -- Gretchen Crites, 82, of Route 1, Jacskon died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 26, 1909, in Egypt Mills, the daughter of Hardy and Anna Goliher Brooks. On Dec. 9, 1934, she married Owen Crites, who survives of the home...
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