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118TH DISTRICT: PHELPS WINNER IN ILLINOIS
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
ELDORADO, Ill. -- David Phelps, who has been involved in Illinois politics more than a dozen years, was re-elected as 118th House District representative Tuesday, defeating Republican newcomer Jon Musgraves of Marion. Phelps, of Eldorado, won over his opponent by an almost 2-to-1 margin to return to the state capital for a fifth term. Prior to 1985, he served as county clerk and recorder from 1980-1985...
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COSTELLO GETS NEW TERM IN CONGRESS
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Democrat Rep. Jerry Costello was never seriously threatened in his bid for re-election to a fourth term in Congress Tuesday. Costello, of Belleville, easily defeated Republican university professor Mike Starr in the Illinois 12th District race, grabbing a 70 to 30 percent lead in early returns in his district. The district includes all or parts of nine Southern Illinois counties, including Union and Alexander, to defeat Starr...
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POSHARD GETS THIRD TERM AS U.S. CONGRESSMAN
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
MARION, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard has been re-elected to a third term to Congress, but in a new district. He will now be serving from the newly drawn 19th Congressional District in Southern Illinois. Poshard, a Democrat from Marion, defeated Republican challenger, Douglas Lee, handily. He declared himself the winner at 10:05 p.m., a few minutes after the Associated Press had declared him the winner. At that time, Poshard led 70 percent to 30 percent over Lee...
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INCUMBENT DUNN LEADSW IN ILLINOIS SENATE RACE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
PINCKNEYVILLE -- Incumbent Republican Ralph Dunn held a 3,000-vote lead with 56 percent of the vote counted in the hotly-contested 58th Illinois State Senate District race Tuesday against Democrat Kenneth Buzbee. Dunn, who has served in the Senate since 1985, moved to the front as early returns trickled in and never with more than half of the vote in...
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PULASKI VOTERS APPROVE 9-1-1, INCUMBENTS FIND RACES TOUGH
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Voters in Pulaski County approved a surcharge to install an enhanced 9-1-1 emergency telephone system by an almost 2-to-1 margin. With 12 of 14 precincts in, 1,348 voters said yes, while 750 said no. Meanwhile, incumbents had tough races in three Pulaski County contests. Republican State's Attorney Ward Walshon, who has served in that position the past eight years, lost his bid for re-election to his Democrat challenger Patrick Duffey of Cobden...
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BILL SYLER WINS CIRCUIT JUDGE SPOTVACATED BY LIMBAUGH; REPUBLICAN BEATS DEMOCRAT STATLER FOR JUDGE'S POST
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
JACKSON - William L. Syler, who was appointed judge of the 32nd Circuit by Gov. John Ashcroft last month, was elected Tuesday to the remaining four years of that term. Syler, a Republican, defeated Jackson attorney Peter Statler for the Division I judge's post by a margin of 19,169 to 16,507...
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SCOTT CITY OKs SALES TAX ON QUARTER CENT
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City voters on Tuesday approved a quarter-cent sales tax increase that will finance a new fire truck and auxiliary equipment. In one of the heaviest turnouts in recent city history, the vote was 1,091 to 868 in favor of the tax. A simple majority was needed for passage...
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DELTA TURNS DOWN WATER PROPOSALS
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
DELTA -- Three ballot questions aimed at improving the city's water delivery system were defeated Tuesday by Delta voters. The voters turned thumbs down on $380,000 in bonds that would have been used to finance construction of a new water tower, drilling of a new well and upgrading of some of the city's water lines...
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CLINIC FOR LOW-INCOME KIDS WELCOME ADDITION
(Editorial ~ 11/04/92)
A new clinic at the Cape Girardeau County Health Department will extend basic medical care to children of low-income families. It's a service that's long overdue. Currently, nearly 2,500 children in Cape Girardeau County have no family doctor and must seek treatment for even minor illnesses at hospital emergencies rooms. ...
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PUBLIC TELLS POLITICIANS: IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE
(Column ~ 11/04/92)
Has the old image of the Democratic Party been changed? They claim that they "want to be fiscally responsible, but caring for people who need help (Gov. Ann Richards of Texas)". Well ... the people have voted and said that they're willing to give them a chance. That's what democracy is all about...
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CAPE GIVES APPROVAL TO ZONES VOTING
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
A citizen-backed initiative that started this summer culminated Tuesday with Cape Girardeau voters approving by a two-thirds margin a switch to zone representation on the city council. The ballot initiative will amend the City Charter and scrap at-large council elections. Instead, six council members will be elected from their respective city wards or zones...
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CAPE COUNTY VOTERS REJECT PLANNING, ZONING MEASURE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
JACKSON - Voters in Cape Girardeau County Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated planning and zoning, which for the time being abolishes county planning that was begun 20 years ago. The issue was placed on the ballot by a petition, after a group of citizens expressed concern about parts of a proposed zoning ordinance drafted by the county planning commission...
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EMERSON SECURES SEVENTH TERM WITH VICTORY IN U.S. HOUSE RACE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
In a night when Democrats were winning from the White House to the state house, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson celebrated a Republican victory Tuesday, handily winning re-election to a seventh term. The Cape Girardeau Republican won in all 26 counties in the 8th District, defeating Democratic challenger Thad Bullock of Cape Girardeau and write-in candidate Harold Reed of Glen Allen...
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KINDER POSTS A VICTORY IN SENATE RACE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
By making heavy inroads into Scott County, Republican Peter Kinder captured the hotly contested 27th District State Senate race Tuesday night. Kinder, 38, who made his first bid for public office, offered himself as a citizen-legislator and a new face in government. By contrast, Kinder portrayed former state representative Betty Hearnes of Charleston as typical of lifetime politicians who had failed the people at all levels of government...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
BO SCHANTZ Occuption: State Farm agent. Pet Peeve: "Ungrateful people." The best part of my job is: "Helping others." The book I'd recommend is: "The Bible." What do you do in your spare time? "Hunt, yard work and general repair." I've always looked up to: "My mother. She taught school for 35 years and was always patient, kind and considerate of others."...
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LALECHE LEAGUE SLATES MEETING HERE THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
The LaLeche League will meet Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at 1137 Landgraf in Cape Girardeau. The LaLeche League offers information about breast-feeding. The discussion will focus on encouragement and information on how to establish a happy nursing relationship...
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FLIGHT SERVICE GROUP PLANS SCAVENGER HUNT
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
The Angel Flight service organization pledge class at Southeast Missouri State University plans a scavenger hunt Sunday to collect items for the Salvation Army. Members of the pledge class will be out between 3 and 5 p.m. collecting clothes, food, toys and other items...
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YOUNG WINS SHERIFF'S RACE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
FREDERICKTOWN -- With most of the county races in Madison County uncontested, local attention focused Tuesday night on the races for sheriff, assessor and coroner. Turnout was described as heavy. In the sheriff's race, six-year incumbent Verlon W. Young, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Gary L. Asher, 2,953 votes to 2,070...
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SCOTT COUNTY RACES PRESENT LITTLE MYSTERY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
BENTON -- For Scott County voters, there was no mystery Tuesday as to the winners of county offices. All eight Democratic candidates for county offices ran unopposed. As is usually the case in heavily Democratic Scott County, the August primary served as the real election night...
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GETTING OUT THE VOTE OF PRIME CONCERN TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Volunteers were going all-out at the Democratic, Republican and Perot headquarters in Cape Girardeau Tuesday trying to get voters to the polls to insure maximum votes for their candidates. Part of the get-out-the-vote effort involved calling people who were likely to support candidates of their party to make sure they had voted, and, if not, to see whether they needed transportation to the polls...
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PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM HOSTS ACTIVITY NIGHT
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Cape Girardeau's Parents as Teachers program is hosting a parent-child activity night for three and four year olds Tuesday from 7-8 p.m. at Jefferson School gym, 520 S. Minnesota. Games and art activities, including pasting, coloring and cooking, are planned. The event is free and open to parents in the Cape Girardeau school district...
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4 INJURED IN PAIR OF ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Four people were injured Tuesday in two accidents on Southeast Missouri roads. Three of the injuries occurred in a single-vehicle accident at 8:10 a.m. on Route A, three miles east of Marquand. A passenger, Linda Roak, 34, of Grassy was taken to St. Francis Medical Center with moderate injuries. Driver Brenda Humphreys, 20, of Hiram, Mo., was taken to the same hospital with minor injuries...
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MARGARET ORR
(Obituary ~ 11/04/92)
CHARLESTON -- Margaret Orr, 82, of Charleston, died Friday, Oct. 30, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 1, 1910, at McComb, Miss., daughter of Albert and Charlette Rose Mallory. She first married Fred Pettigrew, who preceded her in death. She later married Robert Orr, who also preceded her in death...
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MARIE BATTS
(Obituary ~ 11/04/92)
JACKSON -- Marie Batts died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/04/92)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Mangels, Jackson Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 1992. Name, Hannah Kay. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Mangels is the former Wanda Crites, daughter of Linus Crites of Jackson. She is employed at Jackson Manor. Mangels is employed at Co-Op Service Center, and is the son of Leona Mangels of Jackson...
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GLEN J. BEY
(Obituary ~ 11/04/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Glen J. Bey, 91, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 23, 1901, in Perry County, son of Vince J. and Mary Zahner Bey. He and Evelyn Meister were married May 15, 1920, in Perry County. She died Dec. 7, 1989...
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DOROTHY B. WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 11/04/92)
Dorothy B. Williams, 71, 2038 Perryville Road, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 2, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Herbert and Emma Petzoldt Boren. She and Louis S. Williams were married Dec. 31, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 9, 1985...
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HELEN GREGORIA
(Obituary ~ 11/04/92)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Helen Gregoria, 82, of Cairo, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds. She was born July 2, 1910, in Chicago, daughter of Walter and Mary Mitoray Niemiec. She married Dominick Gregoria, who preceded her in death...
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CHARLES W. JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 11/04/92)
Charles William "Sonny" Johnson, 72, 2730 Adeline, died Monday, Nov. 2, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 28, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, son of William H. and Maggie Lee Charles Johnson. He first married Marie Kathryn Nenninger Jan. 28, 1950, in Arkansas. She died July 29, 1975. He later married Jackie Stroder July 22, 1978, in Cape Girardeau...
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INCUMBENT LAWMAKERS RECLAIM THEIR LEGISLATIVE SEATS
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Three incumbent Democratic state representatives in Southeast Missouri survived Republican challenges Tuesday. Reps. Joe Driskill of Poplar Bluff and Herb Fallert of Ste. Genevieve won their sixth two-year term while Rep. Marilyn Williams of Dudley claimed her second term in the Missouri House of Representatives...
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STE. GENEVIEVE APPROVES BOAT GAMBLING
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
STE. GENEVIEVE The local option for riverboat gambling passed in Ste. Genevieve County. The results were 1,104 in favor of riverboat gambling and 672 against. At the statewide level, the measure was undecided early Wednesday morning. In addition, Ste. Genevieve voters defeated a $4 million bond issue to purchase additional land for a schoolhouse site, building additions and repairs, and furnishings for the school. The vote was 3,562 against and 2,169 in favor...
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HEAVY TURNOUT CAUSES BOLLINGER COUNTY DELAY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
MARBLE HILL - Heavy voter turnout Tuesday slowed ballot counting in Bollinger County. Ballots were still being counted shortly before midnight and final totals were not in when the Southeast Missourian went to press early this morning. County officials estimated there was a record voter turnout...
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ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY CITIZENS MERGE TOWNS
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
FARMINGTON - Voters in St. Francois County went to the polls in record numbers Tuesday. There were two upsets in the county races, and voters in the Lead Belt communities of Esther, Elvins and Rivermines agreed to consolidate with Flat River to become a new city of over 8,000 population. In Farmington, voters approved a one-cent sales tax to fund industrial park improvements...
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SCHAAF ELECTED: PERRY COUNTY VOTES DOWN ROAD SALES TAX
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Perry County voters defeated a one-fourth cent sales tax for paving heavily traveled gravel roads. The measure went down 3,872 to 2,707. The tax was placed on the ballot by county commissioners. It would have generated $300,000 annually for five years. Most of the tax would have gone to asphalt paving work, but some of it would have been set aside for future maintenance of the improved roads...
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STODDARD CO. SHERIFF'S RACE TIGHT WITH 60 PERCENT COUNTED
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- With nearly 60 percent of Stoddard County voting precincts reporting late Tuesday, incumbent Sheriff Arthur "Sug" Lee, a Republican, held a 605-vote lead over Democratic challenger Steve Fish. With results still out from 10 of the county's 24 precincts, Lee held a 2,629-2,024 lead over Fish...
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LEE/ROWAN BEGINS WORK ON ANOTHER MAJOR EXPANSION
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
JACKSON -- The "under roof" total of the Lee/Rowan manufacturing complex at Jackson will pass the 635,000 square foot mark in early 1993 with the addition of a new 81,000 square feet to the manufacturing facility. "We now have 556,940 square feet under roof," said Constance H. Conrad, vice president of Marketing Services for the firm, which is headquartered in St. Louis...
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TOWN MEETING NOV. 19 FOCUSES ON TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF DISABLED
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Local residents with disabilities, their families and service providers will have an opportunity to share problems and identify possible solutions to assistive technology at a town meeting Nov. 19. The meeting will be held from 7-9 p.m. at the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m...
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SCOUTS PLAN TO PICK UP BAGS OF CANNED FOODS ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Over the weekend Boys Scouts in Southeast Missouri delivered 65,000 bags to doorsteps in hopes of collecting canned goods for needy families. The scouts will make their rounds again Saturday to pick up the bags filled with food, said Tom Johnson, council program director...
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BEUSSINK ENJOYS WORK IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Nanette Beussink lets all of her students "show and tell." Beussink's third-grade students at Immaculate Conception Grade School in Jackson often like to bring animals to school, pets and otherwise. "My students bring what they find in or near their homes to share with their friends," Beussink said...
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OUR STUDENTS FROM AREA WIN SCHOLARSHIPS TO MU
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Four area student have received the scholarship at the University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Holly Kutscher of Jackson Route 6 has received a Wurdack Scholarship. Kutscher is a freshman majoring in biochemistry. She is the daughter of Don and Doris Kutscher...
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STUDENT EARNS REGENTS' SCHOLARSHIP TO SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Gregory W. Rubel of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a Regents' Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1993-1994 academic year. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who score above the 90th percentile on the ACT or SAT test. The award covers full-time fees per semester and is renewable for four years...
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CAPE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB HOLDS ITS OPEN GAME
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
The Cape Duplicate Bridge Club held its regular open game Oct. 23. Winning pairs were: first, Paul Gilbert and Tom Wood; second, Norma and Ed Stoever; and third, Ann Bartlett and Dorothy Neal. Club games are open to all. The club meets in the Hirsch room at the Cape Girardeau Public Library on the second and fourth Friday of each month. Play starts at 7 p.m. The next game will be Nov. 13...
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CAPE STUDENT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF HONORARY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Kristin Schenimann of Cape Girardeau was elected president of the William Woods College Alpha Chi Honorary, a national honor scholarship society on the Fulton college campus. She is the daughter of Jinny Schenimann and Robert Schenimann, both of Cape Girardeau...
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PARENTS AS TEACHERS MEETING SET MONDAY
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
CHAFFEE -- Parents as Teachers program here will present a program on discipline Monday at 7 p.m. Parents from Chaffee, Delta, Kelly, Kelso and Scott City school districts are invited to attend. The meeting will be held at the Parents as Teachers office in the high school arts building, 109 N. Fifth St. in Chaffee...
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CAPE STUDENT NAMED TO STATE SOCIETY AT COLLEGE
(Local News ~ 11/04/92)
Staci Lynn Huey of Cape Girardeau is among 25 Culver-Stockton College sophomores inducted into the college's chapter of Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society. Phi Eta Sigma is a national college scholastic honor society. To become a member, students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale during at least one semester of the freshman year...
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