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TCI: BILL WOULD UP CABLE RATES; LOCAL CABLE MANAGER SAYS ADDITIONS TO MEASURE WOULD BE COSTLY
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
Pending federal legislation aimed at regulating cable television rates is likely to increase cable costs for customers, said a local cable TV official. Roger Harms, manager of TCI Cablevision of Missouri's Cape Girardeau and Jackson offices, said that based on government and cable TV industry figures, cable customers will pay an additional $2 to $4 per month if the pending "cable bill" is approved...
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ZONES: CITY WILL TAKE UP PETITIONS FOR CHANGES
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will hold a special meeting at 11:15 a.m. today to discuss proposed amendments to the City Charter that would enable voters to scrap at-large city council elections in lieu of zone representation. But City Attorney Warren Wells said there are several legal issues that need to be resolved before the zone representation proposal can be accepted...
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AREA FARMERS ARE OPTIMISTIC OVER CORN CROP AS HARVEST KICKS OFF
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
After a summer of almost ideal corn-growing conditions, Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois farmers are ready to begin harvesting corn this week. "Everything looks good here," said Ken Vowels, director of the Scott County Agriculture Stabilization & Conservation Service (ASCS) office in Benton. "A lot of farmers probably headed for the fields Monday. We're expecting a bumper crop of corn in Scott County."...
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HIGHWAY POTROL TROOP E GETS A NEW SAFETY EDUCATION OFFICER
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
POPLAR BLUFF -- There will be a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol's public safety education programs for students and adults in the Troop E area. Sgt. Brent Davis, 42, of Poplar Bluff, has been appointed safety education officer for the 13-county Troop E. The appointment is effective today, which also is the effective date of the retirement of Sgt. Ron Jones, a 26-year veteran patrol officer who has been the troop's safety education officer...
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CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT REFURBISHING ENGINES
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
Another Cape Girardeau Fire Department fire engine is getting a new coat of paint as part of the department's program to change over the color scheme of its fleet of fire engines and emergency equipment. The latest to receive the new white-over-red paint scheme is a 1972 model American La France Engine 13 pumper fire truck at Fire Station No. ...
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS UP: CAPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEE INCREASE OF 173 STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
Enrollment figures at Cape Girardeau public schools are up 173 students over the start of school last year, and still climbing. Superintendent Neyland Clark said he believes the numbers will begin to level off this week, but a few more students may still enroll after the Labor Day holiday...
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS UP: FRESHMEN COUNT AT NOTRE DAME HIGHEST IN YEARS
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
Freshman enrollment at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Cape Girardeau is the highest it has been in years, said Sister Mary Ann Fischer, principal at Notre Dame. "We're off to a good start," Fischer said. "We have a 9 percent increase in enrollment, with a freshmen class of 84 students. That's the largest freshman class we've had in quite a few years."...
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PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS TO MEET
(Local News ~ 09/01/92)
The Cape SEMO Chapter of Parents Without Partners will hold an orientation meeting for new members at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Counseling Center The meeting will be held in the Harris Room. Parents who are divorced, widowed, legally separated or never married may attend. For more information, call 335-0797...
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BEST DIASASTER RESOURCE IS ONE PROVIDED ALONE
(Editorial ~ 09/01/92)
Southern Florida continues today and for many days to come picking up the pieces of life that were scattered by Hurricane Andrew. It's easy enough to view this circumstance with detachment, regarding the storm as the Floridians' lot in life, what ~comes of living at the tip of a peninsula. However, destruction by natural force is not limited to southern seashores, and the lessons of preparation and survival now being tendered in the Miami area could serve other Americans as well...
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U.S. FORCE: SMALL CONFLICTS CAN'T BECOME FULL-SCALE WARS
(Editorial ~ 09/01/92)
Paul Simon is a U.S. senator from Illinois. When should U.S. force be used to maintain stability around the world? Congress and the White House wrestle with that question, knowing that if force is used, American lives may be lost but also knowing that failure to take action also can cost loss of lives, and ultimately much greater loss of American and other lives if the resort to violence by one nation spreads to others...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/01/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Seals, 1022 N. Frederick, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1992. Name, Tyler DeVon. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Seals is the former LaTonja Richard, daughter of Patricia Richard of Cape Girardeau. Seals is a computer operator, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Seals of Parma...
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ELNORA MYERS
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
Elnora Myers, 71, of 1441 N. Main, died Monday, Aug. 31, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 10, 1921 near Gordonville, the daughter of Robert and Ella Thompson Kinder. On Dec. 20, 1947, she married Lester Myers in Cape Girardeau. He survives...
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JOHN SIMMONS
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
THEBES, Ill. -- John Simmons of Granite City, formerly of Thebes and Gale, died Monday, Aug. 31, 1992, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Granite City. He was born July 22, 1902, at Tunnel Hill, son of Jerry and Mary Jackson Simmons. He and Mary Morgan were married Sept. 10, 1929...
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MARY ANN NELSON
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Mary Ann Nelson, 40, of Tamms, died suddenly Sunday, Aug. 30, 1992, on arrival at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 1, 1951, at Anna, daughter of Donald and Isabel Lamb Jordan. She married James M. Nelson June 1, 1978...
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RAYMOND KERR
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Raymond "Pee Wee" Kerr, 79, of Anna, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 1992, at Union County Hospital. He was born Sept. 13, 1912, son of Will and Florence Kelley Kerr. He and Vesta Vancil were married Sept. 23, 1943. Kerr was a retired produce truck driver, and member of Teamsters Local 703...
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MARY L. STAGGS
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
SIKESTON -- Mary Lou Staggs, 73, of Sikeston, died Monday, Aug. 31, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born April 30, 1919, in Collinwood, Tenn., daughter of Tom Henry and Jimmie Della White Fraley. She and Wilson R. Staggs were married July 18, 1936, in Wayne County, Tenn. He died June 16, 1976...
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TONY E. STATLER
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
SIKESTON -- Tony E. Statler, 80, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 1992, in the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born May 11, 1912, at Daisy, son of Edward and Mollie Niswonger Statler. He and Viola L. Fadler were married June 22, 1941, at Sikeston. She died May 11, 1991...
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GLADYS HALTERMAN
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Gladys Halterman, 88, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Aug. 30, 1992, at the City Care Center in Anna. She was born June 20, 1904, in Jonesboro, the daughter of Clarence and Jenny Williford Walker. On June 11, 1924, she married Carl Halterman, who preceded her in death Feb. 17, 1989...
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KENNETH RAY AND KAELA DAMBACH
(Obituary ~ 09/01/92)
A joint funeral service for Kenneth Ray Dambach and his daughter, Kaela, will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Schrader Funeral Home, 14960 Manchester Road, in Ballwin. Friends may call at the funeral home between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. today. Dambach, 31, of Winchester, and Kaela, 2, were killed in a car accident Friday, Aug. 28, 1992, in O'Fallon...
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