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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: FEMINISM GETS A BAD RAP
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/94)
Dear Editor, I am writing in reactionary opposition to a recent letter in part denouncing "women's lib" and "women activists" -- "women's lib" being the derogatory term for feminists. The same people who denounce women activists today would surely have been among those who heaped ridicule and, at times, physical violence against the brave women who marched and made speeches to gain women the right to vote...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: JOURNALISTS FEEL SAFER WITH LIBERAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/94)
To the Editor: If Mona Charen cannot understand why the press would applaud departing U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun, then she is obtuse -- even beyond the usual standards of obtuseness to be expected of a former speechwriter in the Reagan White House...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DO BILL AND HILLARY LIE? THE FACTS CAN NOT BE DENIED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/94)
To the Editor: I am reminded of the bumper sticker that reads: How do you know if Clinton is lying? You check to see if his lips are moving.... First our beloved co-presidents from Arkansas tell us that neophyte investor Hillary made all the trades herself in her risky but highly profitable commodities account, that she was bright, skilled, obviously a fast learner and maybe just a little bit fortuitous as well. ...
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WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM SOMALI EFFORT?
(Column ~ 04/17/94)
We are out of Somalia. We saved perhaps half a million lives, but did not make a single lasting friend. Considerable time will have to pass before we make an inventory of all that we learned from our Somali effort. Against the advice of his military advisors, President Bush decided in December, 1992, to use the American military to provide humanitarian assistance to the starving in Somalia. ...
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TRIAL BY WATER, PART II?
(Editorial ~ 04/17/94)
The rain falls, the river rises and the comments carry a familiar ring: Is it starting again? In an unwelcome bit of deja vu, the Mississippi River is swelling beyond normal springtime ascent, its elevation above flood stage growing into double digits. ...
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SENIOR CENTER LAUNCHES FUND DRIVE
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
With a debt of more than $400,000 on the building it dedicated one year ago and a desire to add space and equipment cut out of the initial project, the Cape Girardeau Senior Center Friday launched a $500,000 capital fund drive. Mack Estes and Curt Smith are serving as co-directors of the campaign, which they hope to have wrapped up by June 30...
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MANY CONTINUE BATTLE AGAINST MISSISSIPPI
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
The muddy floodwaters hugged the small, white frame home of Rebecca Ford and Wayne Robinett Saturday afternoon, threatening to swamp it. The water stood as deep as 3 feet around the house on North Main in Cape Girardeau's Red Star area. Water from the flooded Mississippi River and Sloan Creek had climbed to within several inches of the deck on the house...
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LICHTENEGGER TO PRESENT COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
Jackson attorney John Lichtenegger will present the spring commencement address at Southeast Missouri State University. The commencement ceremony will be held May 7 at 2 p.m. at the Show Me Center. Lichtenegger is a member and former president of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. He served on the Task Force on Critical Choices in Higher Education in 1992...
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ROSENA BARNETT
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
SIKESTON -- Rosena Barnett, 79, of 702 Montgomery in Sikeston, died Thursday April 14, 1994 due to injuries sustained in an auto accident on Highway 61 north of Sikeston. She was born April 23, 1914 in Searcy, Ark., the daughter of James Franklin and Francis Bone Hill. On Jan. 29, 1934, she married Claud W. Barnett in Kennett, who preceded her in death on June 22, 1979...
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MORRIS SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
Morris Seabaugh, 54, of 513 Themis, formerly of Chaffee, died Friday, April 15, 1994, at his home. He was born March 31, 1940 in Chaffee, son of Eldred Vincent and Goldie Rister Seabaugh. He was a courier for Heartland Labs in Chaffee. He was a former partner in the Hendrix-Schwab-Garner-Schermann accounting firm in Cape Girardeau...
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IRENE RICHARDSON HALL
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Irene Richardson Hall, 87, of Pulaski, Ill., died Friday, April 15, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 7, 1906 at Wickliffe, Ky., the daughter of Edward and Margaret Keen Richardson. On Sept. 7, 1921, she married Barney Ray Hall, who died Oct. 13, 1980...
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HERBERT A. HEMMANN
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Herbert A. Hemmann, 73, of St. Louis died Friday, April 15, 1994, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 18, 1920 in Jennings, La., son of the Rev. Oscar and Alleda Palisch Hemmann. He was a school administrator and a veteran of World War II, having served in the Navy. He was a member of the Reformation Lutheran Church in St. Louis and served on the board of directors of Sakura Garden...
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ORVILLE JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Orville Earl Johnson, 83, of Perryville, died Saturday April 16, 1994 at the Aspen Forest Care Center. He was born July 22, 1910 in Yount, Mo., the son of John and Lizzie (Thompson) Johnson. On Feb. 28, 1930 he married Esther Florence Hutson, who survives...
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ROY HAROLD COLLINS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
Roy Harold Collins, 70, formerly of 3501 Hopper Road, died at Cape Nursing Center Saturday, April 16, 1994. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home.
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MARTY HORNBACK
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
TAMMS -- Marty Kem Hornback, 39, of Route 2 Tamms, died suddenly Friday, April 15, 1994 at his home. He was born July 4, 1954 in Sikeston, the son of Sidney and Virginia Lynch Hornback. He worked as a mechanic and was a graduate of Egyptian High School...
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ELLA JANE MOORE
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
CHARLESTON -- Ella Jane Moore, 58, formerly of Charleston and a resident of O'Fallon, Ill., died Saturday April 16, 1994 at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Oct. 11, 1935 in Charleston, the daughter of John Daniel Forrest and Martha Terrell Forrest. On July 26, 1952 she married Curtis Leroy Moore in Corinth, Miss...
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DELLA MAE FORRESTER
(Obituary ~ 04/17/94)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Della Mae Forrester, 68, of Mounds and formerly of Cahokia, died Saturday morning, April 16, 1994 at the Southgate Health Care Center in Metropolis. She was born April 19, 1925 in Shawneetown, Ill., the daughter of the late Jesse Ray Dick and Lovey Melvina Gadish...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/17/94)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wehmeyer of Perryville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:49 a.m. Thursday, April 7, 1994. Name, Kale Michael. Weight, 9 pounds 5 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Wehmeyer is the former Renee Brown, daughter of Dale and Joan Brown of St. Marys. She is a registered nurse at Southeast Hospital. Wehmeyer is employed by Wehmeyer Printing, and is the son of Jim and Margie Wehmeyer of Perryville...
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ORGAN DONATION WALK SET IN CAPE GIRARDEAU THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
Families of organ and tissue donors around the country, including a Cape Girardeau couple, will gather in Washington, D.C., today to participate in a donor family recognition event to begin National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week today through Saturday...
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UNIVERSITY CHOIR TO HOLD CONCERT AT OLD ST. VINCENT'S
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
The Southeast Missouri State choir will present its annual spring concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Old St. Vincent's Church. John Egbert, coordinator of choral and vocal studies and director of the choir at Southeast, said the event will take place in an appropriate setting...
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CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO INSPECT ELEVATORS
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
There was a time when firefighters knew the nooks and crannies of every city or commercial building like the backs of their hands. But booming commercial and industrial growth over the past several years has expanded Cape Girardeau's outer boundaries so rapidly, that firefighters are unable to keep up...
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SCOOP OUT A VESSEL TO MOLD YOUR SOUL
(Column ~ 04/17/94)
I came across this sentence sculptured by Thomas Moore: "The vessel in which soul-making takes place is an inner container scooped out by reflection and wonder." I use the word, sculptured, because the sentence is so finely chipped and chiseled, filed and polished. ...
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CHARLESTON IN BLOOM; DOGWOOD-AZALEA FESTIVAL PLACES FOCUS ON CITY'S SOUTHERN HERITAGE
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
CHARLESTON -- The southern flavor of Charleston comes alive each April when thousands of dogwoods and azaleas that line the streets and yards of this Mississippi County community of 5,200 people begin to bloom. The blossoms blend in well with the many turn-of-the century Victorian style homes that are common in Charleston...
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PMS SEMINAR ON TAP MAY 9
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
A lecture and question-answer session is planned May 9 dealing with pre-menstrual syndrome. The program will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. at LaCroix Methodist Church program center. Dr. Pat Coughlin, clinical director of the PMS Center in St. Louis, will be the speaker. ...
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MUSEUM PLANS FLEA MARKET MAY 7
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
The Cape River Heritage Museum will host its annual flea market on Saturday, May 7. The museum is now seeking donations of items for the sale. Danny Back, president of the museum board of directors, said the sale will be conducted somewhat differently this year...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 04/17/94)
JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Marvin F. and Mariam I. Slinkard to Steven M. and Barbara A. Wiedeman; William Howard Propst et al. to William Howard and Neoma C. Propst; William Howard and Neoma C. Propst to Larry E. and Judith A. Allen...
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