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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/27/95)
I WOULD like to express my opinion on all of the comments on food stamps and minimum-wage jobs. When I was growing up, my mother died when I was four years old. Left me with two sisters, a brother and a father with only one arm, no tractors or any of the modern of conveniences younger people have today. ...
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FREE TIME DWINDLES: U.S. `WORKLOAD' DOESN'T END AT THE WORKPLACE
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
As many as 1,700 workers in Cape Girardeau County may be holding down two jobs. More than 1,000 workers in the county's work force of 32,564 would probably work more hours, not because their employer requires it, but to make more money. American workers have become use to a higher standard of living -- and that costs...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 03/27/95)
Lisa Asmus of Cape Girardeau has joined ERA Cape Realty as a sales associate. Asmus' appointment was announced recently by David S. Glastetter, broker-owner of ERA Cape Realty. Asmus is a member of the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors, Missouri Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors and Cape County Multiple Listing Service...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 03/27/95)
Solar Press Inc. has received an "Excellence in Business" award from the DuPage (Ill.) Area Association of Business & Industry. Solar Press, headquartered in Naperville, Ill., was a winner in the large business category, selected from more than 25 DuPage area businesses...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: IS THE O.J. TRIAL COSTING BUSINESS?
(Business ~ 03/27/95)
The O.J. Simpson trial has given new definition to the words, "coffee break." The murder trial of O.J. Simpson could cost U.S. businesses as much as $10 billion this year in lost productivity. That's the consensus of a Money magazine report. Simpson's case, including the ongoing police investigation and courtroom expenses, has already cost California taxpayers more than $2 million, according to Money, a financial publication. ...
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RETAIL BUSINESS CLIMATE ON A ROLL
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
Spring is in bloom and so is business in Cape Girardeau. From the downtown area to mid-town to the west end, new businesses are cropping up faster than March daffodils. Not only are new businesses joining the retail business climate here, but established companies are expanding in this regional hub of about 38,000 people...
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CRUSADE ENDS WITH TESTIMONY
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
Lowell Lundstrom's Impact America crusade had its grand finale Sunday, the eighth day of songs, sermons and personal testimony that attracted an average of 1,700 people nightly. The 55-year-old evangelist's topic was "From Country Rock to Christ, Lowell's Life Story."...
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CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
Cape Girardeau voters will decide the fate of 11 proposed revisions to the city charter, if the Charter Review Committee has its way. But it remains to be seen whether the City Council will put any or all of the amendments on an election ballot. "I don't know that we have any obligation to put any particular matter on the ballot," Mayor Al Spradling III said...
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BOOK REVEALS EXPLORERS' TIES TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
After New Englander John Ordway returned from the Pacific with the Lewis and Clark expedition, he accompanied Lewis and the Indian chiefs to their meeting with President Thomas Jefferson in the East. In 1809 he settled south of Cape Girardeau in an area known as Tywappity Bottom (Scott and Mississippi counties)...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
The Southeast Missourian asked people about their interest in the NCAA basketball tournament. Jerry Dement: "I've been watching some on TV, but the games do not take priority at our house. I've picked Kentucky, UCLA, North Carolina and U Mass. to get to the Final Four."...
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MISSOURI WATCH: TERM LIMITS ARE THE LIMIT
(Column ~ 03/27/95)
Poor Newt Gingrich. When he sat down with quill pen and parchment in hand to write the second American revolution, he naturally included a provision which he had propounded for years: limiting the terms a member of Congress or a state legislator can serve in office. Unfortunately when he included this in his Contract With America, he was merely the second man in charge of the minority party in the Congress...
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RELIGIOUS CURSADE BRINGS MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR FUTURE
(Editorial ~ 03/27/95)
This is an age of cynicism, me-ism and moral erosion. When a new strip-tease bar opened recently in Cape Girardeau, it was covered extensively by all the local news media, including the Southeast Missourian, even though only a hundred or so folks who enjoy watching near-naked women gyrate were involved. ...
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UNIVERSITY CONVERSATIONS SHOW TO AIR ON MARCH 26
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
Al Stoverink, director of facilities management at Southeast Missouri State University, will be the featured guest on the "University Conversations" show Sunday. The 30-minute program will air at 7:30 p.m. on cable channel 5. "University Conversations" is an information program presented by Southeast...
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GEORGE SMITH SR.
(Obituary ~ 03/27/95)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- George W. Smith Sr., 76, of 1105 Linden died Sunday, March 26, 1995, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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VIOLA GILL
(Obituary ~ 03/27/95)
MATTHEWS -- Viola Gill, 91, of Sells Rest Home in Matthews died Sunday, March 26, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 26, 1904, in Hayti, the daughter of William F. and Lora T. Lawless Hornback. She was married to Hartbirt C. Gill on June 9, 1927, in Blytheville, Ark. He preceded her in death Jan. 6, 1973...
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SUPPORTERS PUSH FOR TAX ISSUES
(Local News ~ 03/27/95)
BENTON -- Scott County voters will receive a mailing this week asking for their support of two quarter-cent sales tax issues on the April 4 ballot. The first sales tax would provide additional law enforcement services for the county. The second would fund the construction of a new county jail...
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ESTELLE KOERNER
(Obituary ~ 03/27/95)
Estelle Katherine Koerner, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 24, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 27, 1902, in Lebanon, Ky., the daughter of Jesse Lewis Hilpp Sr. and Mary Goodin Hilpp. She was married to Clarence D. Koerner on May 3, 1920, in Louisville, Ky. He preceded her in death in 1986...
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ROSE HEUER
(Obituary ~ 03/27/95)
Rose Elizabeth Heuer, 95, of 1791 County Road 651 died Sunday, March 26, 1995, at her home. She was born Aug. 21, 1899, in Egypt Mills, the daughter of John and Amelia Holtz Heuer. Heuer was a member of the Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, where she was a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. She attended Coker School and later worked for International Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau...
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ALICE WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 03/27/95)
Alice V. Williams, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died March 25, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 8, 1918, in Birch Tree, the daughter of Oliver and Sally Crawford Townsend. She was married to Erie Williams May 22, 1944, in Pigott, Ark...
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GRACE WOODCOCK
(Obituary ~ 03/27/95)
ADVANCE -- Grace Woodcock, 76, of Advance died Sunday, March 26, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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