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STRICTLY BUSINESS: UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS GOOD AND BAD NEWS
(Business ~ 01/02/96)
Once again, the latest employment/unemployment totals for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois paint a "good news, bad news" scenario. With more than 33,300 workers employed in Cape Girardeau County, the good news is that only 851 members of the county's work force are unemployed...
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BOOKS MAKE AGREEABLE FRIENDS
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
Jackie Anderson has owned and operated Metro News Book Store with her husband Myron at 415 Broadway for 36 years. The store was formerly known as Strom's News Agency. LaMar Johnson, music department manager at Hastings Books Music & Video, Inc., explained the Books in Print Computer to customer Linda Maddox. The computer can find books by subject, author and title and lists the number of books published by an author...
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1996 BEGINS WITH KWANZAA, CAR WASH
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
Cheryl Martz of Cape Girardeau went to a self-service car wash Monday so she could begin the new year with a clean automobile. Not everyone spent New Year's Day watching bowl games on television. From Kwanzaa to the car wash, area residents found plenty to do Monday...
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FOUR SEATS ARE OPEN AS CAPE SCHOOL BOARD FILING BEGINS
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
Cape Girardeau voters will choose four members for the Board of Education in April. Candidates can begin filing at 8 a.m. today. Three seats are available for regular three-year terms, and a fourth seat is available for a one-year term. One seat is held by Steve Wright, who was elected to the board three years ago. The other three seats are held by Harry Rediger, Bob Blank and Dr. C. John Ritter, who were appointed to the board in April by the Cape Girardeau County Commission...
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CHARLESTON HOME OF 1ST BABY OF '96
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
Kala Renise Betts was only a few hours old when she started attracting attention. A photographer came to take her picture. A television reporter called to see if she had arrived. A nurse brought some special gifts. All the bustle and notoriety comes with being a hospital's first baby of the new year...
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MARK MY WORD: 1996 ARRIVED WITH A CHAMPAGNE-FREE BURP
(Column ~ 01/02/96)
Bailey burped in the New Year. And she didn't even have champagne. When you're 3 weeks old, formula will do just fine. Three-year-old Becca banged on pans. Joni and I just tried to stay awake. When you're parents of young children, including a newborn, New Year's Eve is just like any other day, except that you have to put up with Dick Clark's smiling face on TV instead of a purple dinosaur...
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SANDBAGGING PLAN
(Editorial ~ 01/02/96)
A group of Midwestern states affected by record flooding in 1993 and near-record floods in 1995 has agreed to limit sandbagging that would reduce flood damage in one spot but increase damage elsewhere. The agreement came in the form of a memorandum signed by directors of state department of natural resources offices in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: BOB GRIFFIN WAS THE TOP STORY? HERE'S A BETTER LIST
(Column ~ 01/02/96)
Far be it for me to question the collective wisdom and judgment of Missouri editors who took part in a poll just conducted by the world's largest news organization, The Associated Press. The journalists conducting the poll and those responding to it are professionals, men and women who daily make value judgments that determine what the public sees and reads. ...
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ADVANCE GETS THE JOB DONE
(Editorial ~ 01/02/96)
There is nothing unusual about a small school district struggling to make ends meet while buildings crumble and programs decline. Unable to pass a local tax increase to pay for school improvements -- many are in already financially strapped regions where taxpayers can't really afford a new tax levy -- the school district is reduced to complaining and appealing for additional funding from the state...
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JULIA BUCK
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Julia Buck, 89, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born May 21, 1906, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Wade and Florence Gettles Boone. She married Robert C. Buck Sr. He died March 21, 1991...
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DUSTIN COOPER
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
CHAFFEE -- Dustin Ray Cooper, 12, of Chaffee died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 13, 1983, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Esten and Pamela Gaye Treadway Cooper. He was a sixth-grade student at Chaffee Elementary School and a member of the General Baptist Church in Chaffee, where he was in the youth group...
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LESTER STATLER
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
JACKSON -- Lester Statler, 91, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 10, 1904, at Lixville, son of Louis W. and Emma Conrad Statler. He first married Mildred Heinberg and she preceded him in death on Sept. 20, 1966...
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MABEL KARRAKER
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Mabel Karraker, 96, of Dongola died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born April 12, 1899, in Jonesboro, Ill., daughter of Isaac and Alice Williams Sullivan. She married Charles Karraker on Sept. 25, 1915. He preceded her in death June 11, 1991...
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PAUL M. BOSHEARS
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Paul M. Boshears, 69, of Anna died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Jan. 12, 1926, at Corning, Ark., son of Gene and Nellie Gage Boshears. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Galesburg, Ill. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and was a retired auto mechanic...
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GENEVA ROBERTS
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Geneva Roberts, 83, of Anna died Sunday, Jan. 1, 1996, at City Care Center in Cobden, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
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WOUNDED YOUTH DIES
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
CHAFFEE -- A sixth-grader at Chaffee Elementary School died Saturday night from a bullet wound he suffered a few hours earlier following a shooting at his home. A spokesman for the Chaffee Police Department said Dustin Ray Cooper, 12, died from a .22-caliber bullet wound to the head. He lived over four hours following the shooting but died about 11 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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HELEN L. DENTEL
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
SIKESTON -- Helen L. Dentel, 77, of Sikeston died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995, at Hunter Acres Caring Center at Sikeston. She was born April 25, 1918, at Cairo, Ill., daughter of Lawrence and Maggie Abney. Survivors include her husband, Lewis Dentel of Barlow, Ky.; two daughters, May and Marguerite Ford of Wickliffe, Ky.; a stepson, Milton Dentel of Ypsilanti, Mich.; two brothers, William Abney of O'Fallon, Ill., and George Abney of California; 14 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren...
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MAGDALENE BESS
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
ADVANCE -- Magdalene Bess, 80, of Advance died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995 at her home. She was born Nov. 23, 1915, at Delta, daughter of Thomas and Flora Poe Dunning. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Advance. She married Wilbur Bess on Dec. 24, 1934, at Bell City. He preceded her in death June 5, 1986...
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HELEN VENA CLAXTON
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Helen Vena Claxton, 85, of Cairo died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995, at the Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She was born Dec. 4, 1910, at Elkville, Ill. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include her husband, Paul Claxton of Cairo; three sons, Val Claxton of Nashville, Tenn., Mike Claxton of Hazelwood and John Claxton of Pompano Beach, Fla.; a sister, Virginia Lynch of Elkville; a brother, Jerry Dagenhardt of Campbell Hill, Ill.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.. ...
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ANGIE L. MOORE
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Angie Lucille Moore, 95, of Marble Hill died Friday, Dec. 29, 1995, at the home of a daughter in Lemay. She was born March 9, 1900, at Indianapolis, daughter of William Thomas and Ida Mae Mace Longworth. She married the Rev. Homer Glen Moore on Jan. 7, 1935. He died Oct. 7, 1973...
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GEORGIA R. WEHRENBERG
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Georgia R. Wehrenberg, 77, of Mounds died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 11, 1918, at Mounds, daughter of John C. and Ethel W. Taylor Littell. She attended the First United Methodist Church at Mounds and was a member of the retired teachers association at the Meridian Elementary School...
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THELMA BIRK
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
JACKSON -- Thelma Birk, 72, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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NAOMI VANDIVORT
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
SIKESTON -- Naomi Davis Vandivort, 99, of Sikeston died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born April 26, 1896, at Paducah, Ky., daughter of Samuel Clayton and Nancy Butler Davis. She married Leon Vandivort on Nov. 1, 1917. He preceded her in death in 1967...
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JULIA ANN TACKETT
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
Julia Ann Tackett, 88, died Dec. 30, 1995, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1907, in Marquand, the daughter of Albert Noah and Emma Elizabeth Strickland. Tackett was a schoolteacher and taught school in Zalma for 25 years, beginning in the early 1930s. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral and the Council of Catholic Women...
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FRANK MILTON MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 01/02/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Frank Milton Martin, 94, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995, at the Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis. He was born April 3, 1901, at Three Oaks, Mich., son of Charles S. and Mary E. Francis Martin. On Aug. 24, 1937, he married Versie Underwood. She preceded him in death April 19, 1992...
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SCHOOLS TO DISCUSS HIRING ADMINISTRATORS
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will meet Wednesday to discuss how to go about recruiting and hiring three top administrators. Earlier this month, the board fired Superintendent Neyland Clark and Human Resources Director Tim Niggle, effective today. Dr. Richard Bollwerk, assistant superintendent, will serve as interim superintendent...
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1995 RESIDENTIAL SALES AND CONSTRUCTION DROP FROM 1994 RECORDS IN CAPE, JACKSON, SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
Sales of existing houses and construction of new houses were down in the Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City areas in 1995, but it's understandable. "It's still not that bad," said Martha Hamilton, owner/broker at Coldwell Banker Hamilton Realty. "This year is not as good as last year, but 1994 was a record year just about everywhere."...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think is the most important issue facing the Cape Girardeau City Council in 1996?" Larry Hamilton, Cape Girardeau "I live on Rampart and Magnolia, and Rampart is still a gravel street. For about five years we have been trying to get it paved. So that's priority for me. I'm worried about gambling that we voted on...I'm worrying about Boyd backing out."...
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COUNTY COMMISSION HEARING ON BUDGET
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission will conduct a public hearing on the 1996 budget at 10 a.m. Thursday at he Administrative Office Building in Jackson. Anyone interested in examining the budget before the hearing may do so in the commission clerk's office...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MEHNER TO BE GUEST SPEAKER
(Business ~ 01/02/96)
John Mehner, president of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, will be guest speaker at the chamber's "First Friday Coffee." The January coffee will be held at 7:30 a.m. Friday at the Holiday Inn Oak Room.
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BUSINESS MEMO: RECEIVES STATE AWARD
(Business ~ 01/02/96)
The New Madrid County Farm Bureau received a Missouri state award for the best rice promotion by a group or organization in Missouri. The New Madrid group, which spearheaded a variety of rice promotional activities with groups throughout the county, received its award during the recent National Rice Industry Outlook Conference in St. Louis...
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BUSINESS MEMO: WHITE TOP AUTO COLOR CHOICE
(Business ~ 01/02/96)
White is still the top color choice for new cars and trucks. Dark green made a strong challenge for supremacy last year, but white maintained its hold as the color of choice on most cars and trucks in 1995. Dark green was the choice of sport and compacts cars and second in two other categories. But white was first in luxury cars, full-intermediate vehicles, trucks and vans, and second in sport-compact, less than 1 percent behind dark green...
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CAPITAL BANK BECOMES UNION PLANTERS BANK
(Local News ~ 01/02/96)
Capital Bank becomes Union Planters Bank today. Charles Daniel, president and chief executive officer of the new Union Planters operation here, and Benjamin W. Rawlings Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Union Planters Corporation, are announcing today that the financial service companies have completed the merger process announced in mid-1995...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SEMINAR TO BE HELD
(Business ~ 01/02/96)
How to do business with Southeast Missouri State University is the topic of a seminar to be held at the Show Me Center next month. The one-day seminar, scheduled for a 7:45 a.m. start Jan. 18, is being sponsored by the Cape Girardeau, Scott City and Jackson chambers of commerce in conjunction with the university...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 01/02/96)
Eighteen drivers for Genesis Transportation Company Inc. of Cape Girardeau recently received awards for a combined total of more than 3 million miles of accident-free driving. Awards were presented by the American Trucking Association and Great West Casualty Co. during Genesis' annual safety award banquet the Holiday Inn...
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