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ROSIE MARY MEYER
(Obituary ~ 05/15/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Rosie Mary Meyer, 60, of Perryville died Friday, May 13, 1994, as a result of a traffic accident. She was born Aug. 15, 1933 in Biehle, the daughter of Henry and Clotilda Balsman Robinson. She was a door greeter at Wal-Mart in Perryville...
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HISTORY WARNS AGAINST INVADING HAITI
(Column ~ 05/15/94)
Some argue that history never repeats itself, that every event carves a new record separate and distinct from anything gone before. Perhaps so. But last week, several fresh events seem to remind us -- more than a little bit -- of the past. Panama. The political heirs of General Manuel Noriega were voted into office...
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PRESIDENT'S PAYROLL TAX PROPOSAL WOULD COST PEOPLE JOBS
(Editorial ~ 05/15/94)
To the Editor, President Clinton has suggested that to finance a health care system, more than half of the cost (up to 80 percent) should be imposed upon employers either as a payroll tax or as a requirement that the employer pay this amount for the insurance premiums. This has been described as a "fair" way to apportion the burdens...
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SEX EDUCATION AND THE CAPE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(Editorial ~ 05/15/94)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education took action last week that demonstrated common sense and, in some measure, courage. In adopting a new health curriculum, the school board put in place an abstinence-based sex education program. A perfect-world scenario would find this information taught in the homes, but the board now directs schools to assume some of the responsibility ... ...
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ILLIINOIS SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE HONOR ROLLS: MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(Honor Roll ~ 05/15/94)
High honor roll Third grade - David Ballard, Jesse Bosecker, Aaron Britton, Rosie Brown, Ryan Casper, Rebecca Conant, Collin Crain, Deanna Davis, Phoebe Davis, Danielle Green, Steven Gregory, Haley Hannan, Keturah Hawkins, Melanie Heilig, Rebekah Herring, Cody Hudson, Cloettee Johnson, Tasha Lawrence, Timothy Lee, Mark Mathis, Aaron Mize, Regina Moreland, Jake Palmisano, Amanda Rundle, Ashley Sharp, Quentelle Smith, Tracy Stricker...
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ILLINOIS SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE HONOR ROLLS: EGYPTIAN JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH
(Honor Roll ~ 05/15/94)
High Honors Twelfth Grade - Deena Williams, Melissa Arnold, Amy Johnson, Sunny Bone, Angela Culkin, Carrie Henderson, Angelia Honey, Erikia Whitmore, Leigh Benefield. Eleventh Grade - Regina Durham, Michelle Lipe, Janette Dumas, Angel Wray, Rebecca Ford...
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ILLINOIS SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE HONOR ROLLS: MERIDIAN JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH
(Honor Roll ~ 05/15/94)
High Honors Twelfth Grade - Matthew Bell, Evelyn Blanchard, Roslyn Bierbaum, Billie Berry, Ruth Dover, Folke Hamer, Lisa Dunaway, Ali Abukhdair, Raub Bierbaum, Ashley Helman, Paige Williams, Zachara Clark, Glenda Williams, Dana Corliss. Eleventh Grade - Taress Bosecker, Andrea Lopez, Adam Whiteside, Valencia Clark, Gregory Clark, Sheila Dickerson, Shawn Larry...
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ILLINOIS SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE HONOR ROLLS: SHAWNEE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH
(Honor Roll ~ 05/15/94)
Twelfth Grade - Heidi McHughs, Sarah Hill, Sonney Warren, Robbin Rohlfing, Tony Tucker, Michael Goodman, John Hale, Jennifer Enke, Tina Taylor, Adam Reynolds. Eleventh Grade - Krystal McCain, Staci Nelson, Sarah Myers, Paula Pinnon, Mary Ann Schaefer, Les Heywood, Lacretia Nimmo, Julie Dodson, Tracy Samuels...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: WHILE CLINTONS CALL ON US TO SACRIFICE, THEY'VE TAKEN THE SLICK AND EASY ROAD
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/15/94)
Dear Editor, Every year, Americans undertake the unpleasant task of figuring their tax bill. For many Americans, this stress was intensified this year by the fact we had to pay an additional amount of taxes to the government. President Clinton tells us that this "sacrifice" is necessary and worthwhile because it will help solve America's many problems...
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PERRYVILLE WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
PERRYVILLE -- A Perryville woman suffered fatal injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 51 in Perry County Friday. Rosie Mary Meyer, 60, of Perryville was killed in the accident about 4:45 p.m. Friday when her vehicle and a pickup truck collided, said the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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LINDSAY HARRIS STOCKMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/15/94)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Lindsay Harris Stockman, 73, of Scottsboro, Ala., formerly of East Prairie, died Wednesday, May 11, 1994, at the Birmingham, Ala. V. A. Medical Center. Stockman was born Dec. 20, 1920 at East Prairie, son of James and Jesse Harris Stockman...
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HAROLD DEAN CRIPPEN
(Obituary ~ 05/15/94)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Harold Dean Crippen, 69, of Mounds, Ill., died Friday, May 13, 1994, at his home. He was born Nov. 22, 1924 in Grand Chain, Ill., the son of Waley Crippen and Nora Victor Brett Crippen. He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Cairo and a deacon, as well as a member of Caledonia Lodge #47 AF&AM of Pulaski...
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NARFE GATHERS HERE ON JUNE 1
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
The local chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees holds meetings the first Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. at Cape Girardeau Public Library. The next meeting will be June 1. The NARFE has 1,700 chapters and 500,000 members. Its aim is to protect the earned benefits of retired federal workers...
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POPLAR BLUFF LAWMAKER SEEKS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER POST
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- In a letter distributed to Republican colleagues Thursday, State Rep. Mark Richardson of Poplar Bluff announced his intentions to run for minority floor leader of the Missouri House of Representatives. The 41-year old Richardson will challenge Rep. Pat Kelley of Lee's Summit, who has served as the top Republican leader in the House for the last two years...
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`HONORARY OWNERSHIP' SIGN FILLING UP TO SUPPORT PRISON
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Dennis and Sharon Abercrombie own a piece of the property where the new $60 million Illinois Super Maximum Security Prison will be built. So do Walter and Wanda Pang, Bill and Annette Stiff, June Boyd and Gary Newell. Also claiming ownership of some sections of the property northwest of this small community of 748 are Cairo city officials, employees of Union County Hospital at Anna and members of the Tamms United Methodist Church...
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AREA LAWMAKERS SAY SESSION SUBSTANTIVE
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri General Assembly dealt with substantive issues during its 1994 session, say several Southeast Missouri legislators. The session at 6 p.m. Friday. "Overall, I think we have dealt with the issues of substance this year," said Rep. Mary Kasten, R-Cape Girardeau...
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OLDER CITIZEN FACES DILEMMA SECURING DOCTOR
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
Left without a family doctor, Medicaid patient Lola Long must depend on hospital emergency rooms if she gets sick. Long's physician moved her practice from Cape Girardeau to Bloomfield earlier this month. Jackson resident Maxine Tibbs, Long's stepdaughter, said she has called other doctors' offices, but hasn't found another doctor that will take her stepmother as a patient...
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BELL OFFICIAL DISAPPOINTED BY INACTION OF LAWMAKERS
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
A Southwestern Bell executive says he's "very disappointed" Missouri lawmakers didn't approve legislation this spring for a new fiber optic network. "I think that our state is missing a great opportunity," said Horace Wilkins, president of Southwestern Bell in Missouri. The 1994 legislative session ended Friday...
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NEARLY 20 STUDENTS EXPECTED AT SUMMER PREPARTORY ACADEMY
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
About 20 students are expected to enroll in the Summer Preparatory Academy being offered for the second year this summer at Southeast Missouri State University. The academy allows prospective university freshmen who have been denied admission to Southeast to correct academic deficiencies in order to be admitted for the fall 1994 semester...
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CLINC WOULD TREAT MEDICAID PATIENTS
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
Medicaid patients in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Stoddard counties would have regular access to a doctor if federal funding is received to establish medical clinics, a local health official said Friday. The clinics would also serve others as well, including those on Medicare and the uninsured...
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TWO LOCAL BUILDINGS CONTEND FOR A SPOT ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
Two Cape Girardeau buildings have cleared the second of three hurdles to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The George B. Clark Home, 6 S. Fountain, and the Alliance Building or the Klostermann Block, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 S. Spanish, were approved Friday by the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The council met Thursday and Friday in Poplar Bluff...
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PROFESSORS OF THE REAL WORLD
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
Almost everyone in the area is familiar with Southeast Missouri State University. Its buildings stand tall and imposing on land that spreads over a good deal of Cape Girardeau. The students are a mixture of races, religions and nationalities. And the professors, some think, are men and women who know nothing outside of what they've read in books...
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A MAMA-MADE, BROWN, ACORN, BUTTERFLY DRESS
(Column ~ 05/15/94)
When I was putting together my trousseau, Mama said, "Now you'll have to have a new housedress." Note "a" housedress, not four or five. It was the pits of the Depression. To use the word, trousseau, is almost laughable. Mama wisely knew that the majority of a 1930s housewife's days were going to be spent in housedresses - a housedress. ...
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CONSUMER FRAUD TOPIC OF PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 05/15/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Telemarketing has become a big business in the United States. Do you know how to spot telemarketing fraud and how to avoid it? Do you know what your rights are as a customer, if a telemarketer or door to door salesman calls on you? Suzanne Zemelman, consumer and family economics specialist with University of Missouri Extension, will present a consumer fraud program on May 26...
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