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THE TAXPAYERS WHO PAY MOST
(Editorial ~ 05/15/96)
Every time tax breaks are discussed in Washington, critics immediately claim that only the rich -- who already have ways of avoiding taxes -- will benefit. But figures from the Internal Revenue Service indicate otherwise. For example: -- Taxpayers who make over $185,790 a year are among the top 1 percent of tax filers, but they pay 29 percent of all federal income taxes, even though they earn only 14 percent of the income...
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HAZING ON CAMPUS
(Editorial ~ 05/15/96)
The facts of an alleged hazing incident at Southeast Missouri State University are still under investigation, so it is far too early to assess blame or point fingers. But the fact that the allegations were made indicate the continued existence of the singular flaw in most rules and even laws that are intended to ban unwanted actions: No matter how many rules or laws there are, somebody will try to bend or break them...
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CAPE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP SOARS PAST 1,200
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce has more than doubled its membership during the past 25 years. Following the annual membership blitz Tuesday, the chamber membership now stands at 1,211, compared to the 577 members counted a quarter century ago in 1971...
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HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF CAPE WOMAN
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
A Cape Girardeau woman's efforts to keep herself safe might have contributed to her death Monday night at her home at 1113 Walnut. Rosemary Carley, 48, became the city's first fire fatality of the year when she died of smoke inhalation lying on her kitchen floor next to her cocker spaniel, Lady, who also was killed...
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WOODLAND THIRD-GRADERS SWEEP SCHOOL WITH KINDNESS
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Third-grade students at Woodland R-4 School aren't very secretive about their Random Act of Kindness because they're having too much fun with it. Each afternoon students clean their classrooms and hallways so that custodian Bill Davault can leave work early...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU DOCTOR DROPS OUT OF CONGRESSIONAL RACE
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
Dr. C. John Ritter has withdrawn as a Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson. The 58-year-old Cape Girardeau doctor said Republican Party people had pressured him to resign, but he didn't name anyone. Ritter withdrew in a notarized letter received Monday by the Missouri secretary of state's office...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: YOU ONLY HURT THE ONES YOU LOVE
(Column ~ 05/15/96)
Unless you've been living in a cave -- or in Cooter, Mo. -- you know this is Random Acts of Kindness Week, sponsored by this very newspaper. It's working, too! Management is making everyone wear stickers that say, "Warning, I practice random acts of kindness." I was wearing my little sticker when a lady in a car full of kids honked at me after SHE made an illegal traffic maneuver and almost wrecked us...
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INCLUSION SUBJECT OF TELECONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
The University of Missouri Extension Center in Jackson will host a national teleconference on school inclusion May 21 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. The conference, titled "All Children Belong," was developed for teachers and parents of school-age children with developmental disabilities...
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JACKSON STUDENTS SHOW KINDNESS
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
Students at West Lane Elementary and Immaculate Conception School are performing Random Acts of Kindness this week. Andrea Sachse's fifth grade class at West Lane made a banner which proclaims the theme of the week: "Let random acts of kindness bloom at West Lane Elementary."...
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SCHOOLS CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
JACKSON -- The Jackson School District might have found an alternative to its suspension problems at the junior high and middle schools -- an alternative education program. At a meeting Tuesday night, the Board of Education discussed developing an alternative program for at-risk students that might eliminate in-school suspensions...
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SWIM LESSON REGISTRATION STARTS
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
JACKSON -- Sign-ups for swim lessons will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon the Jackson swimming pool and again on Thursday, May 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the lobby of Jackson City Hall. The swimming pool will open for the season on Saturday, May 25. Pool hours will be 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission cost is $2 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and $1 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked children at Orchard Drive Elementary School for suggestions in naming the Jackson Police Department's new drug dog. Blake Ulrich: "Thunder, because it could find drugs very fast." Casey Nicholas: "Sniffer, because he sniffs out drugs."...
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BENEFIT AUCTION TO BE HELD FOR SAFE HOUSE FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
The Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Alliance is hosting a benefit auction Friday for the Safe House for Women in Cape Girardeau. The annual benefit begins at 7 p.m. at Drury Lodge. Tickets cost $15 per person. Music will be provided by the Chuck McGinty Sound System...
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KIDS ENJOY OPTIMISTS' FISHING ROEDEO
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
Casey Schneider, 9 1/2, caught the first fish Tuesday at the Jackson Evening Optimists Club's Fishing Rodeo. Then, at dad Steve's urging, the 4-inch fish got tossed back into the lake at Cape County Park South. "I hope I'll catch more," Casey said, adding that while Tuesday's rodeo wasn't her first fishing experience, she hasn't caught very many fish in the past...
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PERCY WHITE
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
HAYWOOD CITY -- Percy White, 86, of Haywood City, died Saturday, May 11, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 26, 1909, in Mississippi, son of George and Lena White. He and Nellie Mae Hampton were married in September 1937...
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MATTIE ESSEX
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Mattie Essex, 104, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Villa Ridge, died Friday, May 10, 1996, in a Phoenix hospital. She was born Oct. 3, 1891, in Belknap, daughter of William C. and Laura Parker. She married Henry Essex, who died in 1951...
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FRANKIE ROGERS
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
MOREHOUSE -- Frankie Gene Rogers, 64, of Morehouse, died Monday, May 13, 1996, in Morehouse. He was born Feb. 8, 1932, in Morehouse, and was raised by Wesley and Beulah Ferguson. He and Gladys Bunch were married April 15, 1960, at Charleston. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Paul and Ricky Bunch Rogers of Morehouse, Wesley Rogers and Anthony Bunch of Odessa, Texas; two daughters, Mary Rogers of Sikeston, Teresa Huffman of Bloomfield, and 11 grandchildren...
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CHARLES FENWICK JR.
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Charles F. Fenwick Jr., 72, of St. Louis, died Monday, May 13, 1996, at Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 9, 1924, at Fredericktown, son of Charles F. and Octavia Fellows Fenwick. Fenwick was a retired window salesman, and member of American Legion Post 133. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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ROSEMARY CARLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
Rosemary Carley, 48, 1113 Walnut, died Monday, May 13, 1996, at her home, as a result of a house fire. She was born April 4, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Homer and Sylvia Jane McCain Edwards. Carley was a former sole cutter at Florsheim Shoe Co...
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REV. JAMES NABORS
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
SIKESTON -- The Rev. James L. Nabors, 82, of Sikeston, died Sunday, May 12, 1996, at his home. He was born May 12, 1914, in Vardaman, Miss., son of James Madison and Callie B. Nabors. He and Gracie Moccasin were married in 1932. She died in 1937. He and Lottie M. McCoo were married in 1940...
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MARION CARTER
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
BELL CITY -- Marion D. Carter, 75, formerly of Bell City, died Monday, May 13, 1996, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.
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SYLVESTER COLIN
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Sylvester E. Colin, 87, of Perryville, died Tuesday, May 14, 1996, at Hilltop Village. He was born April 1, 1909, in Perry County, son of Jess and Mary L. Streiler Colin. Colin was a farmer, and member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...
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GERTRUDE VINCENT
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Gertrude C. Vincent of Wolf Lake will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The Rev. Raymond Oxford will officiate, with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. today...
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BETTY SCHWARZ
(Obituary ~ 05/15/96)
Betty Jean Schwarz, 43, 1803 Hutson, died Monday, May 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 15, 1953, in Chicago, daughter of Nicholas and Lillian Nielsen Schwarz. Schwarz had been a truck driver with Schneider Transport, Pascall Truck Lines and Potashnick Truck Lines. She moved to Cape Girardeau in 1972 from Chicago...
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KINDNESS HOTLINE
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
German couple's cares about puppies are eased Elroy "Roy" Kinder from Hanover Lutheran Church reported an act of kindness that made him feel good and made two retired people from Germany feel good about our great community, state, and country. A couple from Germany, now living in Chicago, were vacationing at a local camping area near a lake in Southern Illinois. While there, three cold, starving puppies appeared, apparently having been abandoned by an uncaring party...
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KINDNESS LEAVES LASTING IMPRESSION FOR VISITORS
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
Salley Layton wondered why her actions last week generated such attention. When someone needs help, you just help, she said. But Layton's consideration struck a note with Barbara T. Baker of Milan, Tenn. Baker and her husband were visiting Cape Girardeau, helping their daughter, Betsy, find an apartment. Betsy will be attending Southeast Missouri State University...
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TEEN DELIVERS TOY TRAINS TO HOSPITAL
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
Unlike most teen-agers who are worried about shopping for bargains at the mall, Traci Taylor, 15, finds her bargains at the toy store. Taylor, daughter of Pat and Donna Taylor of Cape Girardeau, collects toys and games for a children's Toy Train at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The toys help fight boredom while the children are staying at the hospital...
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CABBIE WITH A HEART
(Local News ~ 05/15/96)
Once an elderly woman told her cabdriver how worried she was about her house plants. The woman, in a wheelchair, was unable to water the plants, and she feared they would wither. Jack Kitchen came to her aid. As he delivered the woman to her doorstep, he decided to come in and water the plants himself...
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