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BUSINESS MEMO: PORK EXPO ON THE MOVE
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
The World Pork Expo is on the move. For the third time in the 10-year history of the annual event, it will be held at a site other than Des Moines, Iowa, where it originated. The 1997 event will be held June 5 through 7 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis...
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BUSINESS MEMO: A MOST-WATCHED EVENT
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Nine of 10 television viewers around the world tuned in to at least part of last summer's Atlanta Olympics, making the Centennial Games the most watched sports event in TV history. Out of a potential global audience of 3.5 billion viewers, more than 3.2 billion people tuned in to watch some of the games, according to the IOC's "Olympic Broadcast Analysis Report."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CATERPILLAR EARNINGS
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Caterpillar Inc., which has a 170,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at Dyersburg, Tenn., and is building a new 190,000-square-foot plant at West Plains, has reported its best earnings quarter ever. The company, headquartered at Peoria, Ill., said profit was up 33 percent for the quarter ending March 31...
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CAPE WEST BUSINESS PARK; MORE THAN 20 BUSINESSES, OVER 650,000 SQUARE REET UNDER ROOF
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
A new, 37,600-square-foot mail processing center opened near the south end of Cape West Business Park in November 1991. More than five years later, on April 23, 1997, a 114,000-square-foot Sam's Club opened its doors near the north end of the same business park...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: SIPC NO STRANGER TO PRISON SELECTION
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
The Southernmost Illinois Prison Committee is no stranger to the Illinois Department of Corrections. The group, created from the Union County Economic Development Corp. more than four years ago, was instrumental in the selection of Tamms in Alexander County as the site for the state's Super Max facility that will open in December...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW NAME FOR NAB SHOW
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
The National Association of Home Builders' Show has become "The International Builders' Show." The new name, said Kent Colton, NAHJB executive vice president and chief executive officer, is reflective of the growing international character of the industry and the show...
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BUSINESS MEMO: OPEN HOUSE RECEPTION
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Horizon Screen Printing and Promotional Products held an open house reception last week to celebrate the company's recognition as "Small Business of the Year." Horizon, owned by Glenn and Rhoda Reeves, received the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's annual "Small Business Award" earlier this year...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COMMERCE BANCSHARES
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Total assets March 31 were $9.6 billion. Total deposits were $8.2 billion. David W. Kemper, chairman and CEO, said earnings per share growth marks four consecutive quarters of double-digit growth. Commerce Bancshares is a registered bank holding company operating at 250 sites in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, including Cape Girardeau...
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BUSINESS MEMO: AAL BRANCH HONORS
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Aid Association for Lutherans Branch 1196 -- Zion Lutheran of Gordonville and St. Paul Lutheran of Chaffee -- has been awarded a Gold Star rating by the fraternal benefit society in recognition of exemplary volunteer service in the community. To achieve the highest AAL rating, gold or silver stars, branches must annually sponsor at least one benevolent activity (fund-raising event or work project), conduct at least 12 meetings, sponsor one educational activity and one member-awareness event, and comply with AAL's attendance, voting and reporting requirements.. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO: LONDON `HIGH AND DRY'
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
LONDON -- The past two years have been the driest in London in 200 years, leaving some tourist boats high and dry on the River Thames while water reservoirs fall around the nation. The persistent drought has Britain's unnerved water suppliers seriously considering building seaside desalination plants -- a method more commonly associated with the desert kingdoms of the Middle East...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COLA BATTLES
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola are battling for contracts to be the exclusive soft drink supplier at many colleges. At stake are millions of dollars for the colleges and further exposure to young adults for the soda companies. The largest consumers of carbonated soft drinks are kids in their teens, says Scott Jacobson, a Coke spokesman in Atlanta...
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BUSINESS MEMO: UNION PLNATERS EARNINGS
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Union Planters Corp. reported record net earnings for the first quarter of $59.2 million, up from the $47.2 million during the same period of 1996. Fully diluted earnings per common share for the quarter were 84 cents, up 23 percent from the 68 cents a share during the same quarter a year ago...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: TRUMAN'S ANTIQUE MALL
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Truman's Antique Shop in Jackson has expanded to Truman's Antique Mall. "I opened the second level," said Steve Logan, owner of the business. "We have seven dealers, and hope to expand that to 10." The antique shop opened a year ago at 127 W. Main. The operation is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4. The shop is closed Monday...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: NEW OWNERSHIP
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Classic Car Wash, 1176 N. Kingshighway, has a new look and is under new ownership. The six-bay, self-service car wash has been purchased by Kody Newkirk, Gary and Laura Reimann, Bruce Reimann, and Jeff Hahs. "We have installed new equipment and completely redecorated the business," said Newkirk...
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NEW BUSINESS ON THE STREET: NEW SAM'S CLUB HANDS OUT CHECKS FOR MORE THAN $14,000 TO AREA GROUPS AT WEDNESDAY GRAND OPENING
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Sam's Club has opened in Cape Girardeau. The 114,000-square-foot facility opened in Cape West Business Park Wednesday. Hundreds of people crowded into the facility for a special invitation-only "Business After Hours" preview Tuesday, and several hundred lined up for the official opening at 9 a.m. Wednesday...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 04/28/97)
Joy Smith of Scott City has joined the full-time staff of Visiting Nurse Association at the Cape Girardeau office. Smith has worked out of the VNA office at Sikeston. She previously worked at Missouri Delta Medical Center's telemetry unit. Smith attended the practical nurse program through Sikeston Health Occupation and received her registered nurse's license at Park College in Sikeston. ...
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GOP LAWMAKERS VOICE SUPPORT FOR RICHARDSON
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
State Rep. Mark Richardson doesn't have a drinking problem and shouldn't step down as head of the House Republicans, two Southeast Missouri GOP lawmakers said Sunday. A third GOP House member said he wasn't aware of any drinking problem and voiced confidence in Richardson...
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JACKSON SCHOOLS BEGIN PLANNING TO RECLAIM AUDITORIUM'S BEAUTY
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
JACKSON -- The Jackson High School auditorium may be a design disaster now, but in the beginning it was the latest thing in modern architecture. Now some Jackson residents are hoping to whip it back into shape. Building C, which houses the auditorium, was originally an elementary school built as a Work Projects Administration project in 1938. ...
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PUSHING THE LIMITS: CAPE CONSIDERS ANNEXATIONPLAN
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
If a developer wants to build a new subdivision outside the City of Cape Girardeau and then have the city annex it, that developer had better be prepared to build a subdivision to conform to Cape Girardeau standards. That is the essence of a recommended policy on annexing new territory written by members of the city's staff. However, members of the City Council disagree over whether to adopt the policy...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE; 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GIVING BIRTH RAISES BIG FUSS
(Column ~ 04/28/97)
The sexagenarian who gave birth has some people crankier than a bad case of diaper rash. The woman, 63, conceived the child through a fertility clinic -- donated egg, her husband's sperm -- and delivered by Caesarean section in November. Must have been some baby shower...
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SENIOR CITIZENS TAX PRODUCES BIG RETURN FOR SERVICE DOLLARS
(Editorial ~ 04/28/97)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission expressed delight -- as it should -- over how the county's senior citizens tax money is being used. The commission sought and received a cost analysis of the 10-cent-per-$100-assessed-valuation levy. It learned that the tax generated about a $4 return on every $1 spent on programs in 1996...
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LOOKING FOR A GOOD EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
(Editorial ~ 04/28/97)
The Missouri Transportation Department's feasibility study of an east-west route across southern Missouri should offer an opportunity to launch a serious inquiry into a plan to build the long-needed route. No doubt the feasibility study, which is expected to take about three months, will show the same need for better roads across southern Missouri exists today as it did 25 years ago when the state proposed a program of massive road improvements that voters turned down...
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LETTERS: INADEQUATE PROTECTION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/28/97)
To the editor: The people of this country have a right to expect that the elected and appointed officials of our government adhere to the Constitution and their oath to uphold it. The Constitution was drawn up to protect our people from the abuses of government power. Our Congress repeatedly passes laws violating the Constitution. Our Supreme Court is supposed to be a watchdog group to see that Congress adheres to the Constitution...
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RAIN DOESN'T DETER 137 COMPETITORS IN STEAMBOAT TRIATHLON
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
Helga McClane came to Cape Girardeau Sunday to visit her niece and take a swim, a ride and a run. The 63-year-old nurse from St. Louis swam 500 yards in the pool at Cape Girardeau Central High School, biked a 15.5-mile circuit out by Black Forest Villages and back, and ran a five-mile circuit from the pool down to the Mississippi River and back in two hours and 28 minutes...
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STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE TO MEET IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
The State Democratic Committee will hold its first-ever meeting in Cape Girardeau on Oct. 11. Plans are being made to bring in a big-name speaker for the gathering of Missouri's top Democratic Party officials. The committee has 68 members. That doesn't include executive officers and staff, who also would attend the meeting, local party leaders said...
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MILLIE WALLHAUSEN: THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
CHARLESTON -- She's a thoroughly modern Millie. The 83-year-old journalist can use a computer like a pro and writes a column on pressing issues every week. Mildred (Millie) Carolyn Wallhausen keeps on going. For 64 years the newspaper business has been her love and passion. And she is not stopping yet...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think of the feasibility study for a proposed Interstate 66 route through Southern Missouri?" Bill Cook, Cape Girardeau "I think it's long been needed and I'm glad they're going to do the study and hopefully within a short time get a highway across the southern part of the state."...
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SEMO BASEBALL TEAM SUFFERS WEEKEND SWEEP
(College Sports ~ 04/28/97)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- It was a weekend that Southeast Missouri State University's baseball team would probably just as soon forget. The Indians, after dropping a Saturday doubleheader, were routed 12-6 Sunday as host Middle Tennessee State completed a three-game Ohio Valley Conference sweep...
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BRIEFLY: MOONEY, DRIVER FIRST IN TRIATHLON
(High School Sports ~ 04/28/97)
Mike Mooney and Kelly Driver, both from the St. Louis area, finished as the overall winners during Sunday's Steamboat Classic Triathlon in Cape Girardeau. Mooney was the first male finisher as he timed 1:16.40 in the 500-yard swim, 15.5-mile bicycle ride and five-mile run. Driver had a time of 1:29.08 to be the first female finisher...
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SKYDIVING CLUB DESCENDS UPON AIRPORT
(Local News ~ 04/28/97)
About 20 people from as far away as Sikeston and Marble Hill descended on Cape Girardeau Regional Airport last week for the beginning of a new skydiving club. And no one yelled "Geronimo." The group, called Sky Sports, is the first of its kind at the Cape Girardeau airport. All it took to get the group was for the airport to build a small pea-gravel pit, collect some waivers from the jumpers and coordinate the jumps with the control tower...
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OPAL NICKERSON
(Obituary ~ 04/28/97)
CHAFFEE -- Opal Nickerson, 86, of Chaffee died Sunday, April 27, 1997, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born on Feb. 12, 1911, in Crump, the daughter of A.J. and Rhoda Crump Allen. She married Floyd Nickerson. He preceded her in death on Aug. 7, 1974...
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THOMAS CROWELL
(Obituary ~ 04/28/97)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Thomas William Crowell, 77, of Cobden died Saturday April 26, 1997, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1919, in Cobden, the son of Thomas Preston and Mamie Ellen Blessing Crowell. On July 9, 1939, he married Florance J. "Jenny" Obermiller in Benton, Mo. She preceded him in death on April 8, 1997...
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MARY EVELYN WARD
(Obituary ~ 04/28/97)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Mary Evelyn Ward, 80, of Olive Branch died Sunday, April 27, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 3, 1917, in Alexander County, Ill., daughter of Holly and Altha Lawrence Powless. She lived in Mount Vernon for 45 years...
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LACRETIA E. DRUM
(Obituary ~ 04/28/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service will be held Tuesday for LaCretia E. Drum, 56, of Jackson. The service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson. The Rev. Bill Ellis will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...
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