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FIELD OF DREAMS: AGRICULTURE CONTINUES AS BIG BUSINESS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
The area's agricultural output also has a significant impact on the state's economy. "Agriculture is big business in Cape Girardeau County and all of Southeast Missouri," said Terry Birk, of the Cape Girardeau County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service office at Jackson. "And, 1994 was a good year crop-wise."...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 04/17/95)
Dean S. Beggs has accepted a position with Dell Computer Corp. in Austin, Texas. In his new position, Beggs will work in strategic planning, financial and systems analysis and design for Dell's Desktop Publishing systems. Beggs previoulsy worked with Santa Fe Railway Co. as a product manager in the minerals and ores custom business group. He joined Santa Fe Railroad in 1991 as a business analyst in decision support systems and analysis...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 04/17/95)
ERA Cape Realty associates achieved a national award for 1994 contributions to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The company, 2121 Broadway, received the President's Cup Award during the 1994 ERA International Business Conference in Nashville, Tenn. ERA Cape Realty contributed $12,245 to the 1994 MDA fund...
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NEWSPRINT PRICES UP 50 PERCENT FROM YEAR AGO
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
The skyrocketing cost of newsprint, which typically accounts for 20 percent of a newspaper annual budget and is generally a newspaper's second-largest expense behind payroll costs is spurring some harsh measures in the $40 billion newspaper industry...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: VERTICAL STRIPES? TIMES CHANGE IN CLOTHING INDUSTRY
(Business ~ 04/17/95)
When Tommy Hilfiger introduced his vertical stripe design for a new line of sports coats and vests for 1994, there was some head-shaking in the clothing industry. Nobody, but nobody, buys vertical stripes, said the experts. That may have been true at one time, said Don Wood, executive vice president of the Tommy Hilfiger Line, Hart, Schaffner and Marx of Chicago, and a speaker at the Business Conference held at Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau last week. ...
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GANG RESISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM BEGINS APRIL 27
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
Cape Girardeau police officers Charlie Herbst and Ike Hammonds spent two weeks in Phoenix recently learning how to be loud and clear about a G.R.E.A.T. program. Their success will be measured by the silence of gang activity and juvenile crime in Southeast Missouri...
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CHRISTIANS, JEWS CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
Christianity and Judaism share a common heritage, scripture and moral code. This year, the two religions also shared a holiday. About 18 million Jews observed Passover Friday evening with the Seder, or traditional Passover feast marking the ancient Israelites' liberation from Egyptian slavery...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do think the chances are of having the St. Louis Rams come to Cape Girardeau for their spring training?" Teresa Buresh, Cape Girardeau "Seventy-five percent. I don't think the weather accommodates a good preseason. They start so early. I think they could, if the city of Cape goes after them and builds a park for them."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/17/95)
AS A small business person here in Cape, I just received a letter today that stated that beginning on April 15, 1995, AT&T was going to start charging me $5 a month minimum for long distance usage. This is whether I use the service or not. Today is April 13, and it's a Thursday, that gives me two days in which to find a new long distance carrier or face AT&T's monthly minimum. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: AND IF ELECTED, I WILL...
(Column ~ 04/17/95)
My fellow Missourians: Today, here, on the steps of this historic building, which once was pillaged by Jesse James and where countless public officials have pillaged the public treasury, I am announcing my candidacy for state representative from Peculiar County...
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AMTRAK CASINOS? IS THIS REALLY WHAT MISSOURIANS WANT?
(Editorial ~ 04/17/95)
It isn't likely to get too far, but there is an idea floating around in the Missouri House that would expand the state's casino gambling. Instead of being limited to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, slot machines and blackjack would be permitted on Amtrak trains as a way of raising revenue to subsidize threatened train service...
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LETTERS: SHAWNEE LOGGING ISN'T IN PUBLIC'S INTEREST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/95)
To the editor: I write in response to your April 10 editorial arguing against the rule of law and urging the abuse of public land by the U.S. Forest Service. Logging in the Shawnee National Forest under current timber sale conditions isn't economic. The millions of dollars worth of below-cost timber sales that have occurred in the Shawnee over the years constitute simple corporate welfare. Federal handouts don't represent fiscal conservatism...
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LETTERS: PORK GETS ATTACHED TO DEFENSE SPENDING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/95)
To the editor: Pork knows no partisan boundaries. With the screws tightening on federal funding, the recent game in Congress is to attach pork projects that couldn't be funded elsewhere to the defense budget. "The insertion of these items has become an incredible art form," says Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in an article in the Washington Post. Some of these:...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
Cape Girardeau County Robert B. and Bonnie J. Nations to Vernon E. and Carole S. Rhodes; Emma Lee Berry to David Rex and Michelle A. Dalton; H. Richard and Nancy S. Cattoor to Steven R. and Vicki J. Walters Miller. Walter H. and Erma T. Hesskamp to the Walter and Erma Hesskamp Family Trusts; the Koenig Family Trust to the Elmer M. and Donna F. Koenig Trusts; Shawnee Farms Inc. to Delwayne and Catherine Hecht Wright...
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ELLIOTT J. SAUER
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Elliott J. Sauer, 70, of Perryville died Saturday, April 15, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 13, 1924, the son of August and Clara Zoellner Sauer in Biehle. Sauer married Elsie Sauer Sept. 4, 1948, in Biehle. She survives...
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STELLA B. WALTER
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Stella Bertha Walter, 71, of Perryville died Sunday, April 16, 1995, at her home. She was born Nov. 28, 1923, at Biehle, the daughter of Henry and Emma Lee Laurentius. On June 10, 1948, she married Glennon "Bud" Walter, who preceded her in death Aug. 16, 1988...
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JACKIE FAKES
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
SIKESTON -- Jacqueline S. "Jackie" Fakes, 59, of Sikeston died Saturday, April 15, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston following an extended illness. She was born Oct. 22, 1935, in Matthews, the daughter of Ralph L. McGee of Murray, Ky., and Violetta Anderson McGee of Matthews. On March 23, 1975, in Union City, Tenn., she married James C. Fakes...
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CECILIA L. STAEBEL
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
KELSO -- Cecilia Loretta Staebel, 90, of Kelso died Saturday, April 15, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 23, 1904, in East St. Louis, Ill., the daughter of James and Margaret Kerr Teahan. She married Phillip John Staebel on Aug. 8, 1939, in East St. Louis. He preceded her in death Oct. 6, 1947...
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MARION A. PITTMAN
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
ZALMA -- Marion Adolph Pittman, 89, of Zalma died Sunday, April 16, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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GLENN W. WOELTJE
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
Glenn W. Woeltje, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 14, 1995, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. He was born April 14, 1919, in Oak Ridge, the son of Oscar G. and Dollie Louise Hamilton Woeltje. He married Rosanna C. Fallert on Sept. 28, 1941, in Cape Girardeau...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
Monday, April 17 7:30 p.m. Action Items Power & Light Committee Authorize contractual agreement with Coast to Coast Signs for construction~ of "Welcome to Jackson" sign. Accept $10,391 bid from Ditch Witch Sales Inc. of Sullivan for backhoe for trencher...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
Agenda Monday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Public Hearings Request for federal funding for the city's taxi-coupon program. Petition for voluntary annexation of 81-acre tract along Route W. Petition for voluntary annexation of a 26.6-acre tract owned by the Cape Girardeau Elks Club...
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SALVATION ARMY TO DEDICATE NEW BUILDING
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
The Salvation Army of Cape Girardeau will hold its annual Civic Dinner April 22 at the church's new gymnasium. The dinner will include displays of Salvation Army memorabilia from several decades. On Sunday, April 23, at 3 p.m., there will be a public dedication of the new church, with a reception following. The guest speaker for the weekend celebration is Col. Dennis Phillips, chief secretary for the central territory, and his wife Noella...
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ACCIDENT KILLS TWO
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
BLOMEYER -- Two people were killed and two injured in a head-on crash Sunday night on Highway 25 near Blomeyer. Emergency crews took more than an hour to remove the bodies from the wreckage. An extrication crew from Cape Girardeau was summoned to tear away the metal that once was a southbound car and free an injured woman and the bodies of two other women...
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LESLIE BRANT ROBISON
(Obituary ~ 04/17/95)
ROLLA -- Graveside Rites for Leslie Brant Robison will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cape County Memorial Park cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Robison, 70, of Rolla died Sunday, April 16, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 7, 1925, in Hurst, Ill., the son of Ernest and Amelia Gualdoni Robison...
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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MEETING ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 04/17/95)
Cape Girardeau has been chosen, along with five other communities in the state, to pioneer a new way of doing business to gain better results for families and children in need. The communities will have the opportunity to create a partnership with state government that will transform the way services are provided...
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