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LELAND E. LOVE
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
MOREHOUSE -- Leland E. Love, 85, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born April 19, 1910, near Sikeston, son of Earnest and Myrtle Hart Love. He and Naomi Ferrell were married June 7, 1941, in Rockford, Ill...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/23/95)
Daughter to Shawn Dobbs and Melanie Wilde of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:40 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995. Name, Elizabeth Shaune. Weight, 9 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Miss Wilde is the daughter of Jerry and Julie Finley of Scott City and Richard Wilde of Tulsa, Okla. She is employed at Venture. Dobbs is the son of Terry Dobbs of Oran and Stephanie Williams of Kentucky...
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REPUBLICANS URGE YATES TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
The Republican Caucus of the Missouri House of Representatives wants Rep. Zane Yates, R-Oakville, to be the next governor. A letter released Tuesday by the caucus and signed by 24 Republican members of the House urged Yates to run saying, "without question or reservation we would willingly and actively support your candidacy."...
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PROGRAM TARGETS HELP FOR SEX OFFENDERS
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
The prevailing wisdom is that, like alcoholics, people with a propensity to commit sex crimes can't be cured, but they can learn to live normal lives and not be a threat to the community. "We don't believe sexual offenders can be cured. We believe they can change their behavior if they choose to," said Melva Seyer Tucker, associate psychologist with the Missouri Department of Corrections Board of Probation and Parole office based in Cape Girardeau...
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LIBRARY FRIENDS TO SELL BOOKS
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
The Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library's annual book sale will be Sept. 8 through 10 at the library, 711 N. Clark. The hours of the sale will be: from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9; and noon to 3 Sunday, Sept. 10...
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PERRYVILLE GETS HOUSING LOAN
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Perryville's construction figures will soon increase, thanks to a low-interest loan from the Missouri Housing and Development Commission. The commission approved funding for a 20-acre site at Smith Street and Breeze Drive. About 50 homes will be built and are expected to range in price from $60,000 to $75,000...
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SCOTT CITY SETS VOTE ON TRANSPORTATION TAX
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
SCOTT CITY -- Although it's not an election year, voters in Scott City will be going to the polls Nov. 7. The Scott City Council unanimously authorized a special election at Monday's meeting. The election will decide the fate of a half-cent transportation sales tax. It will be used exclusively for street improvements. The tax is expected to generate between $110,000 and 120,000...
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EMERSON: SEARCH FOR FACTS, NOT POLITICAL RHETORIC
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
Americans should stop listening to political rhetoric and search for the facts, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson said. Emerson addressed a crowd of about 35 business people at Tuesday's special meeting of the Scott City Chamber of Commerce. Other guests included former state Rep. Ollie Amick and former Cape Girardeau Mayor Gene Rhodes...
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CONFERENCE ON WOMEN: STAY AT HOME
(Column ~ 08/23/95)
What's wrong with the U.N. Conference on Women? I approach this subject with trepidation. I cannot really know how women feel on this issue, and I must share my concerns from a Christian male perspective. Why am I addressing this issues from an agricultural viewpoint? And since the U.S. delegation to Beijing next month will be headed by Hillary Clinton and two cabinet members, my addressing this issue could easily be construed as political on my part. It is not...
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PHONE CUSTOMERS MUST MONITOR LONG-DISTANCE BILLS
(Editorial ~ 08/23/95)
Telephone bills these days can contain a lot of pages detailing local and long-distance charges from several companies. Sometimes, the bills also contain a disturbing revelation: Long-distance service has been switched to another company without a customer's consent...
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GERTRUDE SCHWARTZ
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
BENTON -- Funeral mass for Lillian Gertrude Schwartz of Benton will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Denis Catholic Church, with the Rev. Normand Varone officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton after 4 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 6:30...
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FLORENCE BROWN
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Florence Brown, 91, of Ullin, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born Oct. 28, 1903, in Mt. Carmel, daughter of John H. and Clara Campbell Wood. Brown was a member of Ullin United Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, Harold Kraatz of Anna; two grandsons, and two great-grandchildren...
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DANIEL E. WESTON
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
JACKSON -- Daniel Earl Weston, 35, of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 20, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, son of Corbin Junior and Virginia Rose Kelly Weston. He and Rhonda Asher were married July 19, 1986, in Jackson...
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ROSE JONES
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Rose Jones of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home. The Rev. Johnny Seabaugh will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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DONALD HAMMOCK JR.
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
MATTHEWS -- Funeral service for Donald E. Hammock Jr. of Matthews will be held at 11 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Dewayne Coleman will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Hammock, 52, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, in the Emergency Room at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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JOHN W. WEBB
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
SCOTT CITY -- John W. Webb, 75, of Granite City, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Granite City. He was born Nov. 26, 1919, at Illmo, son of Roscoe and Vista Rendleman Webb. He and Virginia Dunning were married July 27, 1940, at Benton...
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BESSIE L. PRESSON
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Bessie Lee Presson of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Dean Wallace will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Presson, 89, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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WILMA M. COCKRELL
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
PUXICO -- Funeral service for Wilma M. Cockrell of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Puxico Apostolic Church. Elders Rick Hensley and Robert Cockrell will officiate. Burial will be in Puxico Cemetery. Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance from 5-8 p.m. today...
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DR. DENNIS HOVIS
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
Dr. Dennis E. Hovis, 72, 3506 Julie, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Charlotte, N.C., son of Clarence Hovis and Margaret Michael Hovis. He and Virginia Leible were married Dec. 31, 1945, at Kelso...
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SCOTT G. KINDER
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
Scott Glenn Kinder, 25, 1909 N. Kingshighway, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 6, 1970, in Cape Girardeau, son of Howard G. and Victoria L. Stafford Kinder Jr. He and Brandie Tripp were married Nov. 19, 1994, in Cape Girardeau...
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SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
(Editorial ~ 08/23/95)
An effort is under way to extend a state sales tax for Missouri's parks and soil and water conservation. The one-tenth sales tax will expire in 1998. The Missouri Farm Bureau is leading a petition drive to put the tax back on the ballot in November 1996...
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KATHERINE REEVES
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
SIKESTON -- Katherine Reeves, 77, of Sikeston, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at her home. She was born May 4, 1918, in Lamar, Ark., daughter of Henry E. and Edna Detharge Crowden. She married Tex E. Reeves, who died Dec. 22, 1984. Reeves had been a nurse aide and a housekeeper at Best Western Motel...
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BEULAH M. WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 08/23/95)
Beulah M. Williams, 77, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 7, 1917, at Crump, daughter of Lewis and Georgia Proffer Barks. She and Oliver Williams were married Feb. 20, 1934. He died June 22, 1990...
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JACKSON ENROLLMENT HITS PEAK
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
JACKSON -- The latest prediction for Jackson Public Schools' enrollment is the numbers will top 4,000 by the end of this year, even though prior research indicated that wouldn't happen until 2000. A University of Missouri study done in the late 1980s predicted much slower growth for the district, not taking into account an early 1990s explosion in residential construction in the school district...
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CITY, TWIN LAKES AGREE ON SEWERS
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
A plan to bring city sewers to the Twin Lakes Subdivision is back on track now that the price is right. The City Council and Twin Lakes residents Tuesday night agreed to a city-staff plan that would provide sewers to the 90-home subdivision at an estimated cost of $4,792 an acre or 11 cents a square foot...
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TUESDAY'S WEATHER OFFERS WELCOME RESPITE FROM HEAT
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
After a week of highs near the century mark and heat indexes well above, Tuesday's temperature in the low-90s and low humidity offered a welcome break from the heat. "We deserve one," said Roy Eckberg meteorologist with National Weather Service. "This was a nice first sign of fall coming."...
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SEMO FALL NUMBERS CLIMB
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's fall enrollment is up for the first time in five years, elated school officials said Tuesday. Enrollment stood at 7,783 students on the first day of classes Monday, an increase of 110 from last year. The big boost in enrollment was in beginning freshmen, which stood at 1,459, an increase of 217 students or 15 percent from fall 1994. It marked the largest increase in the number of beginning freshmen at Southeast since 1981...
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DOWNTOWN RIVER WALL MURAL ON GO
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
Painting of the "Wall of Fame," a downtown mural that will depict 45 famous Missourians, will start in early October. About half of the $35,000 for the mural, which will cover the entire inside of the river wall space between Independence and Merriwether streets, is intact...
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POWER PLAY: YOUNGER GENERATION GETS CONFUSING
(Column ~ 08/23/95)
I first realized I'm getting older when I began referring to college students as "college kids." I'm just three years off campus myself, but though I keep getting older, they keep staying the same age. This whole aging business, I'm not at all in favor of it. It should quickly be put to a public vote and done away with, I say...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/23/95)
I CAN'T believe people call into Speak Out to complain about people throwing their grass into the street. There are drugs, teen-age pregnancy, rapes and murders going on, and their biggest complaint in life is people throwing grass in the street. If that's all these people have that they can find to complain about, then they better count their blessings. They're pretty lucky...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/23/95)
I THINK the libraries at Jackson are fine the way they are. Besides, the city offices are moving out of the building where the present Jackson library is. Why can't it just expand there? Or if they want to combine the libraries together, why can't they have the books at one location and the videos at the other? That way they would have plenty of room, and they would not have to build new buildings. ...
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TRAVEL, TOURISM, NEW SHOPS HELP CAPE DEVELOPMENT GROW
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
Economic development is thriving in Cape Girardeau because everyone benefits from revenue generated by travel, tourism and new businesses, city promoters say. About 25 people attended the fourth meeting of the West End Merchants Association Tuesday night to learn more about how Cape Girardeau is promoted as a regional travel destination and shopping area...
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LOCAL REPUBLICANS ENDORSE HANCOCK OVER CAPE'S COOK
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
Several local Republicans politely endorsed John Hancock as Missouri's next secretary of state, treading lightly on the stomping grounds of the current secretary, Bekki Cook, a Democrat. "We're not here to say anything bad about Bekki Cook," said Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. "We're here to say positive things about John Hancock and leave it at that."...
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MISSOURI'S VETO SESSION USUALLY MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- After voters approved a constitutional provision in 1988 requiring a brief legislative session to consider overriding gubernatorial vetoes, these September gatherings have usually turned into much-ado-about-nothing political schmoozing opportunities...
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WOMEN'S CLUB TO HOLD LUNCHEON
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
The Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club will hold "An Indian Summer Celebration" 12-2 p.m. on Monday, Sept., 11 at Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau. There will be a $7.50 fee which includes a luncheon. Also there will be a complimentary daycare for children birth to 10 years of age...
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CENTER HOSTS RED CROSS TALK
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
The Golden Age Adult Day Care program will sponsor an information session with the American Red Cross at 1 p.m. Thursday at the center, located at 4 N. West End Blvd. Ron Maccubbin from the Cape Girardeau chapter of the Red Cross will be the instructor. The session is open to all senior citizens...
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LADYBUG: HIGH HEAT, HUMIDITY INFLICT STRESS ON PLANT
(Column ~ 08/23/95)
High heat and high humidity are often some of the most dangerous stress factors that can be inflicted upon plants. Mid-August has given a long stretch of temperatures that have risen into the high-90s and stayed there. Night temperatures also stayed high and so did the humidity with no moisture, unless is was applied...
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PAPER ROUTE ARTIST: PALMER'S CARTOONS CAN STRIKE AT THE HEART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION
(Local News ~ 08/23/95)
Hubert Palmer looked through some of the engraving lettering guides he uses to hand engrave metal plates at his home. Palmer used to engrave greeting cards. Hubert Palmer cleaned up some lettering on a engraving. Palmer uses his experiences on the job to inspire his sketches...
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