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LETTERS: CLASS USES NEWSPAPERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/08/96)
To the editor: Another year using the Southeast Missourian in my classroom has concluded. My students and I appreciate your support so much. Current issues and spontaneity in lesson plans have been an invaluable experience for students. My fondest hope is that my class will pick up a newspaper and read over the summer months. I look forward to using the newspaper this fall...
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CITY MAINTAINS TRUST
(Editorial ~ 06/08/96)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is to be congratulated for its decision to pave Jasmine Street. Jasmine was originally on the list of streets to be paved as part of the transportation sales-tax projects approved last year, but it was removed recently when it was discovered the roadway wasn't technically a street...
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INTERSECTION SAFETY
(Editorial ~ 06/08/96)
The intersection of Henderson Avenue and New Madrid Street next to the Southeast Missouri State University campus has always been confusing. With Greek Drive merging close by, traffic flows into the intersection from five directions hampered by a hill that limits visibility. Traffic is expected to increase considerably this fall as students and faculty go to the new business building, which is adjacent to the intersection...
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STREET PROJECTS UNDER WAY IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
Transportation improvements are under way in Cape Girardeau. "Maintenance of streets for the first year of the transportation trust fund program is about 99 percent completed," said Mark A. Lester, city engineer. "A lot of curb and gutter work has been completed, and we're in the process of conducting field and property surveys in the three major projects."...
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CRUNCH TIME BEGINS FOR RIVERFEST VOLUNTEERS
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
Cape Girardeau has about one week left to prepare for its second-largest tourist attraction -- Riverfest '96. Thousands of people are expected to attend the two-day event in downtown Cape Girardeau. Committee chairman Laurel Adkisson said there are still plenty of jobs to be finished before Friday. ...
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COUNTY, CITY JOIN USE-TAX LAWSUIT
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
Missouri's counties and municipalities may not have to repay use-tax revenues after all. On Tuesday, 41 cities and counties, including Cape Girardeau County and the city of Cape Girardeau, filed suit against the Missouri Department of Revenue and Janette M. Lohman, director of that department...
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FUNDING CUTS FORCE CLOSURE OF CLINIC
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
When Cross Trails Medical Center opened in October in Cape Girardeau, staff had high hopes the new clinic would provide much-needed care for families who otherwise might not be able to see a doctor. But the federal budget impasse and cuts in funding are closing those doors. At the end of the month, the clinic will temporarily suspend operations, administrator Vicki Smith said...
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FLYING FORTRESS MAKES A RUN; CITY COUNCILMAN, EX-BOMBARDIER GOES ALONG ON FLIGHT
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
A half century ago, Melvin Kasten was a 19-year-old bombardier, dropping bombs on Nazi Germany from a B-17 Flying Fortress. The Cape Girardeau city councilman's wartime experience came rushing back to him as he sat in the bombardier's seat in the glass nose of a restored World War II Flying Fortress as it flew over the area Friday...
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POWER PLAY: JACKSON INDIANS: CHANGE THE NAME
(Column ~ 06/08/96)
It has always seemed rather ironic that in a city named after President Andrew Jackson, the local high school sports collective is known as the Indians. As students of history know, the association between the seventh president of the United States and tribes indigenous to North America was not a positive one by any means...
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HOPPLE RECEIVES COBBLESTONE AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
Jess David Hopple Sr. joined a small but growing crowd Friday morning. He was named recipient of the Cobblestone Award, an award devised by Willard H. "Dutch" Estes a number of years ago to honor individuals who exhibit civic dedication. Estes, a retired funeral director, presented the 1996 award to Hopple, a retired executive of Ford Motor Co., North American Operations-Manufacturing. Hopple moved to the Cape Girardeau area five years ago...
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UAW OFFICIALS TALKING WITH DANA EMPLOYEES
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
United Auto Workers Union officials continue to talk with Dana Corp. employees at Cape Girardeau, discussing the possibility of organizing a union at the local facility. The local plant, which opened in 1989, produces axle components and employs about 320 workers...
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CAPE SCHOOL BOARD FOCUSES ON FUTURE PLANS
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is ready to roll up its collective sleeves and get to work on a five-year, long-range plan. The board wants to develop its long-range goals and strategies during an all-day work session today. The district does not have a current long-range plan to work from, so the board has to draft one. The session begins at 8 a.m. at the Victorian Inn Terrace Room...
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JOHN PIPER
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
PUXICO -- John William Piper, 92, of Puxico, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Pine Lawn Residential Care II in Puxico. He was born Nov. 6, 1903, in Carrolton, Iowa, son of George Luther and Florence Astleford Piper. He and Velma Mullins were married Dec. 14, 1930, in Iowa. She died Dec. 7, 1975. He and Mildred Ellis were married in April 1976 in Carson City, Nev. She died in 1987. He and Ruth Gaunt were married in October 1987 in Virginia City, Nev. She died Dec. 31, 1995...
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LEON STANLEY
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
PERKINS -- Leon Lawrence Stanley, 73, of Perkins, died Friday, June 7, 1996, at his home. He was born Sept. 29, 1922, son of Isry and Edna Carter Stanley. He and Imogene Bain were married July 7, 1941. Stanley was retired from Perkins Motor Works. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Doniphan. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/08/96)
Daughter to Kevin Irving and Teresa Kay Connell, 1633 Luce, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:54 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 1996. Name, Taylor Nicole. Weight, 5 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Connell is the former Teresa Hampton, daughter of Louis and Madelyn Hampton of Arnold. She is employed at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper. Connell is the son of John and Suzanne Connell of Mounds, Ill. He is employed at Braswell Water Quality Systems...
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HATTIE MAE JEFFRIES NUNN
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Hattie Mae Jeffries Nunn, 91, of East Prairie, died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 21, 1905, in Mississippi County, daughter of John and Dollie Shelton Jeffries. She and Robert Nunn were married in 1922. He died July 1, 1955...
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BETTY MASTERSON
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
Funeral service for Betty J. Masterson will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles Lance will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Masterson, 68, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center...
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VIRGINIA SWAN
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
POCAHONTAS -- Virginia H. Swan, 77, of Chicago, died Friday, June 7, 1996, at Montgomery Place in Chicago. She was born Sept. 21, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minn., daughter of Christopher and Hazel Brezden Hollbrock. She and Bryan Frederick Swan of Pocahontas were married June 30, 1939, in Minneapolis...
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ELZIE MOORE
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Elzie "Monk" Moore, 82, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Bloomfield Nursing Center. He was born April 16, 1914, in the Gravel Hill community near Bloomfield, son of Nelson and Martha Bradshaw Moore. He and Julia Marie Patrick were married Oct. 13, 1934, at Beech Grove near here...
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MARY CORBIN
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
ADVANCE -- Mary C. Corbin, 65, of Advance, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 22, 1930, daughter of S.A. and America Dearing Bozarth. She first married Thomas Berrong July 3, 1948. He died Aug. 13, 1982. She later married Claud Corbin Sept. 14, 1991...
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GREGORY EMMENDORFER
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Gregory D. Emmendorfer, 68, of Perryville, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 14, 1928, at Perryville, son of Sylvester J. and Beatrice R. Duerr Emmendorfer. He and Louise J. Nelson were married May 20, 1961, in St. Louis...
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ROSE PREUSSE
(Obituary ~ 06/08/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Rose Marie Preusse of Perryville will be held at 3 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Craig Otto will officiate, with burial in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Preusse, 98, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Perry County Nursing Home...
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AREA BASEBALL STARS FIND MAJOR SUCCESS IN MINOR LEAGUES
(College Sports ~ 06/08/96)
Four professional baseball players with local ties are all experiencing considerable success through the early part of the 1996 season. Two players in Class A ball -- Kerry Robinson and Cliff Politte -- have made the Midwest League All-Star Team as members of the Peoria Chiefs, which is an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Midwest League All-Star Game will be played June 18 in Appleton, Wis....
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ELKS' MOBILE DENTAL UNIT BRINGS A SMILE!
(Local News ~ 06/08/96)
Tom Hinkebein has been bringing the mobile dental unit to Cape Girardeau since 1984. The mobile dental unit is equipped with all the equipment to be found in a regular dentist office. Looking at it from the outside, one might think there was nothing special about the large mobile home that is sitting outside the Elks Lodge in Cape Girardeau. But special things happen on the other side of the doors...
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