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LEND ME YOUR EAR: `LATELY, I'VE BEEN HAVING DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY.' ZIGGY
(Column ~ 06/23/93)
Ziggy and I have a lot in common. This sawed-off sub-species of cartoonage has a way of speaking great truths I wish I'd thought of first. Following are some of the reasons I can identify with the above Ziggyism. On a recent talk show about drug addiction, the TV host asked a guest, "How did you keep from not becoming a drug addict?" How does one keep from not becoming? Where I come from, two negatives still add up to a positive, granted the rule hasn't changed...
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HEARING ATTRACTS ONLY 14; MISSOURIANS FOR FAIR ELECTIONS HOST
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
About 14 people attended a meeting of concerned citizens Tuesday, who pooled their ideas to try and find possible solutions for reform of contributions to campaign funds. "I'm really disappointed that so few people turned out for this tonight," said Fred Horrell, a spokesman for United We Stand, a political organization which formed in the wake of Ross Perot's presidential campaign last year. "I expected to see about 200 people in the audience, ready to talk about campaign contributions...
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JACKSON BOARD CONSIDERS SALARY PACKAGE
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
JACKSON -- A proposed salary schedule presented to the Jackson School Board Tuesday would give teachers in the district their first pay increase in four years. The board will consider the salary schedule for the 1993-94 school year at its July 13 meeting...
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SCHOOL: ELECTION TIMING IS EXPLORED
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
Cape Girardeau voters will be asked to consider a new school building package, but the question is when. The Board of Education will discuss timing and specifics of the issue at its annual planning session July 27. Voters in April turned down a $25 million facilities package that included construction of three new school buildings...
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CHENEY ASSAILS PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION; BUDGET PACKAGE JUST REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, HE SAYS
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
Former secretary of defense Dick Cheney assailed President Bill Clinton over economics and national security in an appearance Tuesday at Cape Girardeau. Cheney was the featured speaker at a $50-a-plate breakfast at the Drury Lodge. The event benefited the Missouri Futures Fund of the Republican Party...
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STREET PREACHER SAYS MORE `WACOS' WAITING TO HAPPEN
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
He's an unorthodox street preacher with a big family who drives a 1977 Ford station wagon with Texas plates and a "Soul Patrol" sticker on the back. Ever since David Koresh and the Branch Davidians burst into the headlines last spring, Timothy Shoults hasn't always found welcome mats as he Jesus-talks his way across the country...
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POOL WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY AFTERNOON
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
Cape Girardeau Central Pool will be closed to the public Thursday from 1-8 p.m. A Mississippi West Conference swim meet, featuring swimmers from Cape Girardeau, Dexter and Farmington, will be held. The meet begins at 3 p.m. and is free to the public...
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NEW SALVATION ARMY BUILDING PROCEEDS
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
The Salvation Army's planned new headquarters building will be put out for bid within the next two weeks, a spokesman said Tuesday, with ground expected to be broken early in August. Rock Wilferth, who with his wife Judy, is co-chairman of the Salvation Army Building Committee, said the church organization hopes to occupy the new 17,200-square-foot building by April, when the army holds its annual dinner...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
LAURA BROTHERS Occupation: Administrative assistant at Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts. Pet peeve: "People who are interested in their own ideas." The best part of my job is: "The wonderfully diverse people I meet, and the places in Missouri I get to visit."...
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CHICAGO WOMAN DIES IN ACCIDENT NEAR MOUND CITY
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- A 42-year-old Chicago woman was killed in an automobile accident Tuesday, on Interstate 57, near the entrance ramp to exit 8 in Pulaski County. Jami M. Craig was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident after her car collided with a tractor-trailer truck in the southbound lane of Interstate 57...
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JACKSON BAND PLAYS THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Municipal Band will hold its weekly concert Thursday at 8 p.m. at the band shell in the Jackson City Park. Special guest is Diana Green, a 1987 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University where she performed as a soloist with the University Choir...
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LUTHER THOMAS DODD
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
Luther Thomas Dodd, 73, of 613 Morgan Oak St., formerly of Tamms, Ill., died June 22, 1993, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. He was born Nov. 20, 1919, in Decatur County, Tenn., the son of the late Fred Dodd and Edna Riggs. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/23/93)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Douglas, Marble Hill Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:14 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 1993. Name, Rana Michelle. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Douglas is the former Misty Cook, daughter of Gary and Janet Cook of Marble Hill. Douglas is a supervisor with Heartland Industries, and is the son of Darrel and Elsie Douglas of Marble Hill...
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WILLIAM D. WESTERN
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for William Daniel Alexander Western, 3 months, Sikeston Route 4, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Raymond Armstrong will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie...
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GREGORY L. NESSLEIN
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Graveside service for Gregory Lawrence Nesslein was held Tuesday at Mt. Hope Cemetery, with the Rev. J. Edward Wilson officiating. Miller Family Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The infant was stillborn Sunday, June 20, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital...
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ARTHUR MUSGRAVES
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Arthur Musgraves of Jackson will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Chapel. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park at Advance. A celebration Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church...
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LEE O. SHELL
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Lee O. Shell of Marble Hill will be held today at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church here. The Revs. Fred Ritter and S.S. Borum will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home here from 9 a.m. to noon, and then from 12:30 p.m. to service time at the church...
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CLAYTON W. CARROLL
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
SIKESTON -- Clayton W. Carroll, 76, Sikeston Route 2, died Tuesday, June 2, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 12, 1916, at Charleston, son of Elijah W. and Byrdie M. Anderson Carroll. He and Zelma Strayhorn were married Dec. 24, 1940...
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LOUISE DYE
(Obituary ~ 06/23/93)
Louise Dye, 73, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 22, 1993, at Cape LaCroix Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 7, 1920, at Holcomb, daughter of Dave and Minnie Boswell Dye. Survivors include two sisters, Pauline Koch of Cape Girardeau, and Halloween Brown of DeSoto...
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BE OUR GUEST: SENATOR QUESTIONS HANCOCK'S MOTIVES
(Column ~ 06/23/93)
James L. Mathewson is President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate. Recently, Republican Congressman Mel Hancock has been traveling around the state criticizing Gov. Mel Carnahan and the General Assembly for approving the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993. ...
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FIREFIGHTING DONATIONS PAY OFF FOR ENTIRE REGION
(Editorial ~ 06/23/93)
What happens to well-used firefighting equipment in Cape Girardeau? It is recycled donated to smaller fire departments in the region. It's all part of a long-standing helping tradition in Cape Girardeau that pays back in mutual aid from these neighboring departments...
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NIXON LIVED, DIED WITH DIGNITY
(Editorial ~ 06/23/93)
Former First Lady Pat Nixon has died at age 81. A gracious lady and first lady, she stood uncomplaining by her husband's side in both triumph and defeat. Since Richard Nixon's forced resignation from the White House in 1974, she had suffered two strokes and several lung infections. She died Tuesday of lung cancer at their New Jersey home...
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SCHAFFNER AND PIRTLE PERFORM WITH CAPE MUNY BAND TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will perform tonight at 8 at Capaha Park with special guest performers Stevie Schaffner and Steve Pirtle. Schaffner has performed in 48 states, Canada and Japan and with country headliners including Ronnie Milsap, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Holly Dunn and Marty Stuart. He has been a guest at Nashville's grand Ole Opry. Schaffner also is orchestra director for Cape Girardeau public schools...
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CHEERLEADING CAMP TO BE HELD
(Local News ~ 06/23/93)
The National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) and Southeast Missouri State University will hold a summer cheerleading youth day camp Aug. 9-11. The camp is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily at the Parker Gymnasium on the Southeast campus. Cost of the camp is $55. It is open to youths ages 7-13...
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