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FORMER POLICE DOG IS RECOVERING
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
Although he isn't getting around like he used to, Greif, the Cape Girardeau police dog, is settling into his retirement. Greif was seriously injured on March 12, when he was struck by a car on Morgan Oak as he pursued a fleeing drug suspect. The dog incurred severe nerve damage in his front left leg, rendering the limb virtually useless to the animal...
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SOLID WASTE GROUP TO MAKE PROPOSAL BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
The Cape Girardeau solid waste task force, one member shy of the original group, will make a proposal to the city council during Monday night's study session. Sarah Holt, who was a member of the original solid waste task force, resigned her position on May 23...
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COMMITTEE HELPS NEEDY FAMILIES AROUND THE AREA
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
Federal and state disaster offices long ago closed up shop locally, but last summer's flooding continues to plague some victims. A new committee has formed to help those families still struggling to get back on solid ground months after a disaster seems to be over...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
The Southeast Missourian asked people "What do you do to cool off from the hot summer days?" Nancy Bornstein, Cape Girardeau "I go to the pool and drink ice tea, that's all I do." Randy Morgan, Cape Girardeau "Drink a cold brew. The heat doesn't bother me really. I just gather with a bunch of friends and drink a cold brew."...
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MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE ENDORSES BULLOCK
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
Southeast Missouri's perennial congressional candidate, Thad Bullock, has won the endorsement of the Missouri Right To Life political action committee. In a June 10 letter from Pam Manning of St. Louis, chairman of the PAC, Bullock was advised of the endorsement. ...
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PRESIDENT'S WELFARE REFORM PLAN FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS
(Editorial ~ 06/20/94)
"It will be said, and it's true, that this isn't `an end to welfare as we know it.'" -- Excerpt from a Washington Post editorial, published June 13, commenting on President Clinton's welfare reform proposal. In an attempt to fulfill a key campaign promise, President Bill Clinton has unveiled his welfare reform program. ...
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R.I.P. SEN. NORMAN MERRELL
(Editorial ~ 06/20/94)
We pause today to note with sadness the passing of a giant of Missouri government of the last quarter century. Sen. Norman L. Merrell, D-Monticello, represented his northeast Missouri district for 24 years before succumbing to cancer last week. Sen. ...
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EMILINE JENKINS
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
She was born Aug. 9, 1900, at Oak Ridge, the daughter of John and Jennie McLane Jenkins. She was lifetime Oak Ridge resident and was custodian at Oak Ridge School for several years. She also was a member of the Oak Ridge Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by several nieces and nephews...
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JUSTIMNE WASEM WILLIS
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
Justine Wasem Willis, 92, Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 19, 1994, at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1901, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Harry and Bertha Brucher Wasem. On Dec. 25, 1923, she married Dr. Herbert Willis in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death on May 10, 1989...
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ROY F. SMICK
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Roy F. Smick, 79, of Granite City, Ill., died Saturday, June 18, 1994, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 24, 1914, at Reynoldsville, the son of Commer and Beulah Hileman Smick. He was a member of the Reynoldsville Baptist Church...
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ALBERT E. STUEVE
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Albert E. Stueve, 85, of Perryville died Saturday, June 18, 1994, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 15, 1908, the son of Martin and Mary Luehrs Stueve. On Oct. 2, 1928, he married Ella Boxdorfer, who survives of the home. A daughter, Verna Stone of Perryville, also survives...
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WILLIE HANSELMANN
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
JACKSON -- Willie Hanselmann, 81, of Route 1 Jackson died Sunday, June 19, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 16, 1912, near Fruitland, the son of August H. and Annie Nagel Hanselmann. On Oct. 1, 1939, he married Edna Renne, who preceded him in death Aug. 16, 1981...
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COREY E. KING
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
Cory E. King, 15, of 327 Morgan Oak died Sunday, June 19, 1994, in an automobile accident at the 1500 block of South Sprigg. He was born June 14, 1979, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Robin and Tammy Burton King. He was a student at Cape Central Junior High, and he played baseball for the Junior Babe Ruth Baseball League in Cape. He also was a member of the Church of God in Cape...
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FRED WILLIAM THORNE
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
BENTON -- Fred William Thorne, 62, of Benton died Saturday, June 18, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 29, 1931, at Brookfield, the son of John L. "Jack" and Louise Carel Thorne. On July 12, 1958, he married Alice Schreckenberg at Leopold. She survives of the home...
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THREE KILLED THISS WEEKEND IN ARE ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING CAPE FATALITY EARLY SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
A 15-year-old Cape Girardeau boy was killed early Sunday morning when the car he was riding in left the roadway in the 1500 block of South Sprigg and struck several trees. Corey Ellis King, 15, of 327 Morgan Oak suffered a broken neck in the accident, police said...
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CLIPPARD REUNION SET FOR JUNE 25
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
BURFORDVILLE -- The first reunion of the descendants of Daniel and Elizabeth Crites Clippard will be held June 25 at Bollinger Mill State Park. A basket dinner will be held at noon. Each family is to bring their own food, drinks, utensils, card tables and chairs...
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GLENN JEFFERSON HUTSON
(Obituary ~ 06/20/94)
Glenn Jefferson Hutson, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 18, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 6, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Nathaniel Jefferson and Amanda Catherine Smith Hutson. On Aug. 22, 1934, he married Helen Farrar, who survives of Cape Girardeau...
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HOME ON THE ROAD: MILLIONS OF AMERICANS RV'ING
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
Jack P. and Frances Grisham don't worry about motel reservations when they travel. They don't worry if there's no nearby restaurant. They do, however, plan their route around a number of KOA campgrounds, says Jack Grisham. For more than 20 years, the Grishams have been doing what a lot of Americans have discovered only recently -- "RV-ing."...
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NEW HOTELS TO BOOST AREA'S LODGING OVER 1,000-ROOM MARK
(Column ~ 06/20/94)
Two new hotels will add more than 120 rooms to the area's lodging facilities. "This will put us over the 1,000-room level," said Mary Miller, director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, which keeps tabs on motel rooms in the area...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 06/20/94)
Paul Hahn, prosecuting attorney of Bollinger County, will join the law firm of Lichtenegger, Payne & Weiss, effective Jan. 1. Hahn, whose term expires in Bollinger County this year, did not file for re-election. The firm of Lichtenegger, Payne & Weiss, 1210 Greenway Drive, Jackson, will open a branch office in Marble Hill...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 06/20/94)
JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Allen and Lorene McDowell to Steven and Leslie Felter; Dewey Harlan Hillier to Joan Hillier; the Annis Trust to the Herbert L. and Thelma L. Annis Trusts...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 06/20/94)
PERRYVILLE -- A new edition of the "Directory of Manufacturing and Basic Industries in the Southeast Missouri Region" is now available from the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission. The directory lists 388 manufacturers in the seven-county Southeast Missouri region. Each listing includes the company name, principle contact person, products, numbers of male and female employees, and other information...
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