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CITY WORKS TO SET STREETS PRIORITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATES CONDITION OF EACH BLOCK
(Local News ~ 11/23/92)
Cape Girardeau officials have started a comprehensive program to evaluate the condition of every block of city street. City Manager J. Ronald Fischer said the new "Pavement Management System" will enable the city to set priorities for street repairs and replacement...
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SHOPPERS BUSY BUYING THEIR BIRDS
(Local News ~ 11/23/92)
At T minus three days until Thanksgiving, shoppers were out in full force this weekend buying their birds. "I buy the biggest turkey I can find," said Paula Suzuki. "And I always shop for the bargains." Suzuki and other Cape Girardeau shoppers won't have much difficulty finding bargains this holiday season. Large-scale grocers throughout town have slashed prices and are offering competitive rebates on turkeys...
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DINNER: DONATIONS FOR HOLIDAY FALL BEHIND
(Local News ~ 11/23/92)
Donations to the Salvation Army's annual Thanksgiving Day dinner are coming in slowly this year, but Capt. Elmer Trapp is confident things will pick up as the day approaches. "If they don't pick up we're going to be in trouble," Trapp, corps officer of the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau, said...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 11/23/92)
Students at Washington Elementary School tell why Americans should be thankful and why they are thankful. Lesley Teague: "Americans should be thankful for freedom. They should thank God that they don't have a country ruling them. I'm thankful for my mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousins, sister and brother."...
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VETERANS OBJECT TO LIFTING BAN ON GAYS IN MILITARY
(Local News ~ 11/23/92)
Area veterans are up in arms over President-elect Bill Clinton's vow to allow homosexuals to serve in the military. But a co-chairman of the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Association (GLBA) at Southeast Missouri State University says it's "blatant discrimination" to prohibit gays from serving in the military...
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GARLAND FRONABARGER: THANKS FOR MEMORIES
(Editorial ~ 11/23/92)
For more than six decades, Garland D. Fronabarger lived for the news. After joining the Southeast Missourian in 1927, he chronicled people and places and events through photographs and articles. Even after his retirement in 1986, he made frequent visits to the newspaper to chat with the staff. It was hard for him not to chase a good lead...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/23/92)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Nenninger of Florissant, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Thursday, Oct. 29, 1992. Name, Anna Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Nenninger is the former Jean Ann Green, daughter of Pauline Green of Florissant and Luther Green of Jackson. Nenninger is a programmer/analyst at McDonnell Douglas, and is the son of Dan and Mary Ann Nenninger of Gordonville...
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GARLAND D. FRONABARGER
(Obituary ~ 11/23/92)
Garland D. Fronabarger, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Nov. 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 24, 1904, at Oak Ridge, Mo., the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fronabarger. He was a photojournalist for the Southeast Missourian for 60 years, retiring in 1986...
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RUBY M. DAUGHERTY
(Obituary ~ 11/23/92)
Ruby M. Daugherty, 84, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 1992, at Knoxville, Tenn. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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MAE HARTLE
(Obituary ~ 11/23/92)
PATTON -- Mae Hartle, 91, of Patton died Nov. 21, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1901, at Sedgewickville, to the late William and Sarah Barks Bollinger. On Sept. 18, 1919, she married Arthur E. Hartle. He preceded her in death Oct. 14, 1979...
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L.B. BOWIE
(Obituary ~ 11/23/92)
SIKESTON -- L.B. Bowie, 74, died Nov. 21, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 28, 1918, in Ludlow, Miss., to George Bowie and Nancy Barns. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army, and worked for Illinois Steel. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Ludlow, Miss., and lived in Dover, Tenn. He was a resident of Sikeston at the time of his death...
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GERTRUDE M. RAMSEY
(Obituary ~ 11/23/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Gertrude M. Ramsey, 86, of Perryville died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1992, at the American Care Center in Perryville. She was born Dec. 1, 1905, at Longtown, the daughter of Joseph Franklin and Hattie P. Hoffman Clifton. On Feb. 14, 1937, she married Earl W. Ramsey, who survives of the home...
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SENIOR CENTER HOSTS COOKIE SALE ON DEC. 3
(Local News ~ 11/23/92)
The Cape Girardeau Senior Center, 232 Broadway, will host a bake sale on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. Proceeds will go to the building construction fund. A new home for the center is currently under construction on Clark St., near the Cape Girardeau Public Library...
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