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EDNA PROPST
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
Edna Propst, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994, at the Jackson Manor in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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HOME AND AWAY: GROUND ZERO AT THE PENTAGON: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
(Column ~ 09/02/94)
There is a restaurant in the courtyard of the Pentagon, affectionately called "Ground Zero Cafe" by those working there. The nickname originated from the expectation that if the old Soviet Union were to launch a nuclear attack, the Pentagon would be target No. 1. Located at the dead center of the behemoth headquarters of our country's armed services, the cafe was half-jokingly cited as the targeting point for incoming enemy missiles...
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`CARIBBEAN FORCE' A JOKE, A MISGUIDED EFFORT
(Editorial ~ 09/02/94)
The impending invasion of Haiti is probably necessary to restore a respectable level of human rights for a people who have been used and abused for decades by despots. Yet the machinations of the Clinton administration in setting up the international basis for a direct military assault on the tiny half-island nation border on the ridiculous...
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LOCAL GROUP PLANS TO TACKLE CHILD ABOUSE AND NEGLECT WITH $34,000 GRANT
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
Fueled by $34,667 in money from the Children's Trust Fund in Missouri, a local organization plans to set up a crisis care center for infants. State Rep. Mary Kasten, R-Cape Girardeau, announced the funding at a Thursday afternoon press conference at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center...
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HOME AND AWAY: GROUND ZERO AT THE PENTAGON.FOOD FOR THOUGHT
(Column ~ 09/02/94)
There is a restaurant in the courtyard of the Pentagon, affectionately called "Ground Zero Cafe" by those working there. The nickname originated from the expectation that if the old Soviet Union were to launch a nuclear attack, the Pentagon would be target No. ...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/02/94)
Son to Mark and Evelyn Owens, Perryville Route 7, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:37 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, 1994. Name, Michael Willis. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Owens is the former Evelyn Randall, daughter of Edward and Maria Randall of Sedgewickville. Owens is an electronics engineer with Square One Electronics Inc., and is the son of Danny and Darlene Owens of Sikeston...
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ANNA B. KING
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
Anna Bell King, 73, 329 rear S. Fountain, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1994, at her home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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HILDA M. WACHTER
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
NEW WELLS -- Hilda M. Wachter, 90, of New Wells, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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MARLYN W. HOFFMAN
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Marlyn W. Hoffman, 63, of Anna, formerly of Dongola, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994, at Union County Hospital. He was born Jan. 17, 1931, in Webster City, Iowa, son of John and Etta Scott Hoffman. He and Carolyn Barbee were married in 1984 at Salem. She died in 1989...
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MISSOURI M. BROWN
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Missouri M. Brown of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jeffrey Lloyd will officiate, with burial in Home Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6:30 a.m...
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JOHN R. GUMS
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
John R. Gums, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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IRENE JONES
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
MILLERSVILLE -- Irene Jones, 63, of Millersville, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1994, at her home, following an extended illness. She was born June 26, 1931, at Neelys Landing, daughter of Herbert and Esther Mangels Wunderlich. She and Alan "Rack" Jones were married April 19, 1952, in Cape Girardeau...
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STEVEN W. GOETZ
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
CHAFFEE -- Steven Wayne Goetz, 18, Chaffee Route 1, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1994, while playing basketball at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He was born Oct. 9, 1975, in Cape Girardeau, son of Larry Gene and Vickie Sue Steffens Goetz...
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WILLIAM E. AMOS
(Obituary ~ 09/02/94)
SCOTT CITY -- William Edward Amos, 83, of Scott City, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 12, 1911, in Allenville, son of Fritz and Carrie English Amos. He and Evelyn Klasing were married Jan. 31, 1944, in Blytheville, Ark...
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AIR EVAC OFFERS FBO PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
Air Evac Lifeteam Corp. is in the process of purchasing the assets of Cape Central Airways to become the next fixed base operator at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. William R. Chritton Jr., Air Evc chairman of the board; James E. Lentz, president of the company; and Sherman Watson, director of operations; met with the Cape Girardeau City Council and the airport board of directors at the airport Wednesday to make a proposal...
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CHAFFEE STUNNED BY DEATH OF STUDENT
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
CHAFFEE -- The death of 1994 Chaffee High School valedictorian Steven Wayne Goetz, 18, had former teachers and classmates in a somber mood here Thursday. Goetz collapsed during a pick-up basketball game at the student recreation center at the University of Missouri-Columbia about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. Emergency medical personnel tried to revive him for 20 minutes at the scene before he was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:29 p.m...
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PSC AND SW BELL AGREE TO RATE CUTS
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. customers will receive approximately $65 million in credits on their telephone bills this year and see their phone rates reduced by more than $278 million over the next four years. Rate reductions for residential customers using Touch Tone service will be effective immediately but other savings and long-distance rates are still being calculated by Southwestern Bell and Missouri Public Service Commission officials...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: LOSS OF PET CREATES VOID LIKE NO OTHER
(Column ~ 09/02/94)
There is sadness over the Sullivan household. It involves a cat. Again. The family history with cats reads something like this: When you were young, cats were functional farm animals whose job was to control the mouse population around the house and barn. They were pretty good at their jobs. They were not pampered pets by any stretch of the imagination...
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ENROLLMENT GROWS AT JACKSON AND SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
Jackson public schools welcomed over 100 additional students to classes this school year. Scott City's enrollment was up 28 students. Cape Girardeau's numbers are down 23 from last year, but officials expect that number to climb so enrollment will be about equal to last year...
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STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT RATES DECLINE AT AREA INSTITUTIONS
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
Stage One The Hair School in Cape Girardeau showed a dramatic turnaround in federal loan default rates. The student default rate of 6.1 percent in Fiscal 1992 was down from 32.7 percent the year before, according to figures released Thursday. The Cape Girardeau Area Vo-Tech School and Southeast Missouri State University decreased their rates for the third consecutive year...
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H&R BLOCK PLANNING OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
Income tax preparations will be discussed during an open house at H&R Block, 1471 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau Saturday. Tax manuals and classroom study materials for the Block Income Tax School will be on display during the open house, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m...
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TICKETS FOR POINTER SISTERS ON SALE TODAY
(Local News ~ 09/02/94)
The Pointer Sisters will perform their latest album "Only Sisters Can Do That" when they appear 7:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center Oct. 4. Tickets, which go on sale today, are $20. The group has amassed an array of hit recordings that include "He's So Shy," "Slow Hand," "Fire," "Jump For My Love," "Automatic," and "Neutron Dance," from the soundtrack of "Beverly Hills Cop."...
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