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A BRIGHT IDEA?: DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE COMING SOON TO A HIGHWAY NEAR YOU
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Bob Englehart showed how a light switch is still needed to control parking lights, high beams and night lights on the 1995 Geo Metro. Bob Englehart of Brennecke Chevrolet demonstrated the daytime running lights on the 1995 Geo Metro. More Americans will see vehicle headlights on during the daytime in the next year, as General Motors Corp. begins equipping every model with daytime running lights, or DRLs...
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BELL CITY BLOOD DRIVE SET
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
The Bell City Community blood drive for Red Cross will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Bell City High School. The high school is at Highway 91 and School Street. All blood types are needed. There is an urgent need for type O blood. Type O blood is the most common and is used in 52 percent of all surgeries. Since only 46 percent of the population has type O blood, matching donors are asked to give blood more frequently...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: HALF OF MISSOURI INCOME TAX RETURNS STILL OUT
(Business ~ 04/03/95)
More than a million Missourians have waited until the final two weeks to place their income tax returns in the mail, and many of them will wait until the final day. This is about the norm, said Nova L. Felton, public affairs officer with the Missouri District Internal Revenue Service office at St. Louis...
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NATIONAL GUARD HELPS PERRYVILLE SCHOOLS SAVE
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
PERRYVILLE -- The Missouri National Guard is set to initiate a project in Southeast Missouri that typically would be done by a private contractor. A new access road for the Perryville Junior High School will save Perryville schools a little money and give guardsman a weekend project that could last until August...
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STUDENTS HELP WITH FLOOD REPAIRS
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Don and Lucille Masterson have hosted students from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville for the past couple weekends but not as social guests. Students participating in SIU's leadership development program volunteered their time by helping victims of the 1993 flood...
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BOARD EXTENDS CLARK'S CONTRACT
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
The Cape Girardeau School Board has extended Superintendent Neyland Clark's contract by one year. The extension means Clark now has a three-year contract with the district. Four school board members voted Friday night to extend Clark's contract for the additional year after evaluating his last year as superintendent. Two board members, Bob Fox and Steve Wright, voted against the extension. Another board member, John Campbell, wasn't present for the vote...
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CALLER ID: ACCESS VS. PRIVACY
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Before you have time to tell Domino's Pizza what you want delivered, Domino's can tell who you are. This is possible through Caller Identification, a service Southwestern Bell provides that gives a visual display of telephone numbers on the receiving end...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
The Southeast Missourian asked, "Do you think Daylight-Saving Time is a good idea?" Julie Menz, Gordonville "I think the fall one is good because we gain an hour. The only thing that's good about spring is we gain more daytime." Tara Freeman, Jackson...
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FRIENDS OF THE PARK DAY IS APRIL 22
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
The 10th annual Friends of the Park Day will be held April 22 from 9 to noon. Registration begins at 8:30 at Capaha Park. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department coordinates the annual cleanup for city parks. Volunteers, individuals and groups, are needed. Organizations interested in helping may call 335-5421...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/03/95)
IN REGARDS to the Republican who said we do not need term limits, I fully agree with him. As a lifelong Democrat myself, I think it would be a disaster. We'd get a few men out of Congress that are for the working man and the poor. Also, in regards to "We must send Emerson back to Congress": Anybody that votes for Emerson must be wealthy or just misguided. ...
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HEALTH CENTER GREETS GUESTS
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
An open house Sunday at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center made what director Charlotte Craig said is the county's "best kept secret" a little more public. Craig and members of the Cape County Health Department Board have been plugging department services for years, but the open house attracted medical professionals, health board members, community leaders and other interested county residents...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Scott County Gary F. and Carma J. Glastetter to Kenneth G. and Christine L. Gibbar; Ag-Lands Investment Co. to Joan E. and Charles Dennis Loflin Sr., two tracts; Estate of Mary E. Marvel to Floy Wendolin Marvel. Mary Davis to Donald and Teresa Sanders; Terry Curtis and Marian Jones to Patricia Ann Haeussler; Thomas William and Patricia A. Haeussler to Ellen Renay Cowan...
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PATSY TWEEDY
(Obituary ~ 04/03/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Patsy Ann Glasco Tweedy, 56, of Jamestown, N.C., and formerly of Cobden, died Sunday, April 2, 1995, at her home. She was born July 2, 1938, in Cobden, the daughter of Lowell Irwin and Thelma Jane Highland Glasco. She married Dr. Bill Tweedy on Dec. 28, 1957...
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DIVORCES
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Scott County David L. Whitener, 38, and Sandra Marilyn Tucker Whitener, 38, both of Sikeston. Marvin Bernard Thomas, 37, and Lisa Jean Wiggins Thomas, 31, both of Sikeston. Dale Eugene Walls, 34, and Teresa Rhea Aduddell Walls, 33, both of Sikeston...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Agenda Monday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public Hearings Request to vacate the city's interest in Minnesota Avenue right of way between Shawnee Park and Southern Expressway. Request of West Side Church of God for a special use permit for a church sign at 2222 Bloomfield Road...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Monday, April 3 7:30 p.m. Action Items Power and Light Committee Employ Fairbanks-Morse to replace four barrel gaskets and service Engine 9 at the power plant. Authorize mutual aid agreement of Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities. Approve architect's preliminary plans on design of new Jackson City Hall and authorize him to proceed with construction documents...
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WALTER "BUD" PARKER
(Obituary ~ 04/03/95)
Grand Tower, Ill. -- Walter "Bud" Parker, 67, of Grand Tower died Saturday, April 1, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born April 5, 1927, in Pine Bluff, Ark., the son of Ira Virgil and Bertie Mae Williams Parker. He married Minnie Rose Calhoun on March 2, 1983, at Vergennes...
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MONROE RAINES
(Obituary ~ 04/03/95)
KELSO -- Monroe Jacob Raines, 80, of Kelso died Saturday, April 1, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 15, 1915, in Kelso, the son of Frank Riley and Pauline Leible Raines. He married Helen Hess on Sept. 3, 1940, in Kelso...
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CECIL DRUMM
(Obituary ~ 04/03/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Cecil L. Drumm, 77, of Washington, Ill., and formerly of Anna, died Saturday, April 1, 1995, at Washington Christian Village Nursing Home. He was born July 5, 1917, in Neelys Landing, Mo., the son of Clark and Stella Whiteside Drumm. He married Eloise Smith on Nov. 5, 1946, in Anna. She preceded him in death Nov. 1, 1983...
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MILLERSVILLE ACCIDENT KILLS 22-YEAR-OLD
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
MILLERSVILLE -- A 22-year-old man was killed Sunday night in a three-car accident that ripped his Ford Thunderbird in half. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the unidentified man crested a hill out of control at 8:15 p.m. on Highway 72 a mile west of Millersville...
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CITY LOOKS AT RESTRUCTURING
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will vote tonight on a restructuring move under which the airport and the Convention and Visitors Bureau would report directly to the city manager's office. The move would place both of them under an administrative services department that also includes finance and legal offices...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 04/03/95)
Missouri construction activity rose 29 percent in February, with the big increase in nonresidential construction more than doubling February 1994 totals. The F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill, an authority on the construction market, reported construction for February at $406,345,000, up from the $316,110,000 for February 1994...
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MISSOURI WATCH: HST IN THE WHITE HOUSE
(Column ~ 04/03/95)
Missourians, along with a proportionately smaller number of other Americans, are currently observing the 50th anniversary of the presidential ascension of Harry S Truman. Like many older Missourians, I remember exactly what I was doing and how I felt when I heard the news that the vice president of the United States had become the nation's new chief executive and, since it occurred during World War II, the newest commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces...
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VISION 2000 SEEKS INPUT ON STREETS
(Editorial ~ 04/03/95)
There is a possibility that a transportation sales tax issue for Cape Girardeau could still be on the ballot this year. A few weeks ago Mayor Al Spradling III proposed a half-cent sales tax estimated to generate nearly $25 million over seven years. The money was to be used on street projects that are above and beyond the city's capital-improvement plan. ...
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REVIEWING THE CHARTER
(Editorial ~ 04/03/95)
A special committee that has been reviewing the Cape Girardeau city charter has, after months of deliberation, proposed several amendments that the panel believes will strengthen the charter and generally improve city government. The committee's recommendations have been presented to the city council, which plans to review the suggestions during its annual retreat this month...
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ROTARY RAISES MONEY, AIMES AT A `WORLD WITHOUT POLIO'
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
"Target 2000: A World Without Polio" is the theme of World Health Day 1995. Rotary International, headquartered in Evanston, Ill., will be among the most visible observers of World Health Day April 7. Rotarians will be involved in everything from a fund-raising walk across the United States to participation in a national immunizations day, in which more than 70 million children will be immunized against polio in a number of European, Mediterranean and Central Asian nations...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 04/03/95)
Dr. Kenneth W. Retter, a Cape Girardeau cardiologist, was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology during the group's annual meeting in New Orleans recently. Designation as a fellow indicated the successful completion of board certification and recognition for high professional achievement in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases...
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UNIVERSITY SPONSORS ANNUAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE APRIL 12
(Local News ~ 04/03/95)
Everything is on GO for the annual business conference to be held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus April 12. Cost of the seminar, including the noon luncheon, is $40 a person. Cost for students is $10 for the luncheon (conference sessions are free for students). Additional information is available by contacting the Chamber of Commerce at 335-3312...
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