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OFFICERS RELY ON PEDAL POWER: CAPE POLICE INSTITUTES BIKE PATROL
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Cape Girardeau Patrolman Charlie Herbst likes to bicycle for recreation. But when Herbst climbed on a bicycle Saturday morning, there was work to be done. And once Herbst raised his bike's kickstand, he rode in a new era of police protection in Cape Girardeau. He became the city's first bicycle patrolman...
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FUNDING BLITZ PLANNED; UNITED WAY HEADS TOWARD 1991 GOAL
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Organizers of the 1991 Area Wide United Way campaign are planning a mini-blitz this week to ensure initial contacts have been made with a number of local businesses and individuals. The fund-raising campaign hopes to collect $470,000. As of Friday, $117,225 had been collected toward that goal...
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CATHOLIC EDUCATION PROMOTED
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese can discuss Catholic education from experience. "I've been in the classroom," said Leibrecht. "I spent 20 years in education, as a teacher and later superintendent of schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. I've seen the dividends that Catholic education can pay."...
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MORGAN GETS NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT DUTIES
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Although Cape Girardeau Firefighter Michael Morgan is the new fire department mechanic, Fire Chief Gene Hindman says Morgan will actually wear three hats. "His primary duty will be that of a mechanic, but he is also the fire department public education officer and our first job safety officer," Hindman explained...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Students at Franklin Elementary School tell about the people they admire most. Angel C. Graham: "I admire Laura Ingalls Wilder because she is the author of many of my favorite books. When I am grown, I hope to be like her." David Nall: "I admire Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. I want to be in the Air Force and he was in it. Even though I have to get straight A's, I will do it."...
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COUNTRY-WESTERN DANCE CLUB FORMED
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
JACKSON - A new club, The Country-Western Dancers, has been formed in the Cape Girardeau County area. The club will hold its first meeting at 7 tonight at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall, on Highway 61 North. The club plans to hold weekly dances featuring lessons in beginners, intermediate, and advanced Texas two-step, western swing, shuffles, waltzes, and other dances that remain extremely popular today in Texas and parts of the southwestern United States...
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AGING CONFERENCES SCHEDULED IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
"Southwestern Bell Partners in Progress with Older Americans" will be conducted at three locations this month. The one-day conferences are intended for discussion of "how to cope with transition and making life continuously rewarding." The conferences will be held:...
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BREAST CANCER DETECTION MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
(Editorial ~ 10/14/91)
The real tragedy of breast cancer is that too many women die needlessly. Experts estimate that if all women followed early detection guidelines and had routine screening mammography, more than 30 percent of breast cancer deaths could be prevented. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which makes it a good time to promote the importance of early detection. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: READER URGES `YES' VOTE ON PURCHASE OF WATER SYSTEM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/14/91)
To the Editor: The purpose of this letter is to address the principal reasons why Cape Girardeau citizens would want to take advantage of an opportunity on November 5, 1991, to obtain control of their water system. On that date, a general election involving a number of state and local issues will be held. In Cape Girardeau, citizens will vote, in addition to the other issues, on three city ballot questions:...
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AGREEMENT: COMPANY MAKES A DEAL FOR THE REMOVAL OF TIRES
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- The mounds of tires about 7 million tons of them that have been stored on the ADM-GrowMark property at Mounds will be removed in the near future. "We have entered into an agreement with Ecology Enterprise Inc. of Iowa for the removal of the tires," said Richard E. Burket of Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), of Decatur, Ill. "The Iowa firm will use the tires in their tire reclamation business."...
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CLARENCE ALLEN
(Obituary ~ 10/14/91)
JACKSON -- Clarence Allen of Route 1, Patton, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. Allen, 81, was born Jan. 25, 1910, at Whitewater, son of Albert Martin Allen and Nora Belle Devore Allen. He was married Jan. 7, 1933, to Noma Crites. She survives...
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BELL CITY WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
BELL CITY - A Stoddard County woman was killed Sunday afternoon when the Jeep Cherokee she was driving ran off Stoddard County Route N, struck a culvert, and overturned, three miles south of here. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Sandra Brown, 34, of Bell City, was not wearing a seatbelt when the accident occurred. She was the only occupant in the vehicle...
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HOWARD M. PROPST
(Obituary ~ 10/14/91)
PATTON -- Howard M. Propst of Patton died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991 at the Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Propst, 78, was born at Sedgewickville, Mo., Sept. 12, 1913, son of Jacob and Sarah Crites Propst. On July 17, 1937, he married Ruby Stanfill. She survives...
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HENSON C. SEGRAVES
(Obituary ~ 10/14/91)
Henson C. Segraves of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1991, at his home. Segraves, 70, was born Dec. 1, 1920, at Biggers, Ark., son of Burley and Rose Hufstudler Segraves. He was married to Doris Selser on Dec. 25, 1949 in Piggott, Ark. She survives...
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VIRGIE BEST
(Obituary ~ 10/14/91)
Virgie Best, 97, of Cape Girardeau, died at Southeast Missouri Hospital Sunday, Oct. 13, 1991. Ford & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which will be announced later.
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RANDELL GARRETT
(Obituary ~ 10/14/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Randell Garrett, 77, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1991, in Missouri Delta Medical Center at Sikeston. Garrett was born May 25, 1914, in Huntingdon, Tenn., son of Roy and Birdie Mae Barker Garrett. He had lived in Mississippi County 60 years. He was a retired farmer...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/14/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Alexander, Jackson Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:27 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 1991. Name, Austin Michael. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Alexander is the former Tammy Cissell, daughter of James and Peggy Cissell of Perryville, and is a service representative with Southwestern Bell. Alexander is assistant manager at Storey's Food Giant, and is the son of Chester and Mary Alexander of Cape Girardeau...
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WOODROW WILLIAM WELKER
(Obituary ~ 10/14/91)
SIKESTON -- Woodrow William Welker of Sikeston died at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston Friday, Oct. 11, 1991. In Sunday's edition, the location of his funeral was incorrectly reported. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston...
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KIDS ASK PEGGY: STUDY PARTNERS MIGHT DO THE TRICK WITH SCIENCE GRADE
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Dear Peggy, I'm doing bad in science. The more I study, the more I forget. Now I'm in big trouble because my grade dropped. Signed, G.W. Dear G.W., Find a study partner or partners and get together one or two days a week. Studying out loud with another person makes it easier in remembering the material. You may also want to approach your science teacher and see if she has any suggestions for bringing your grade up. Offer to do extra credit...
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NEW COLUMN HAS ADVICE FOR AREA'S YOUNG PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 10/14/91)
Today~~ marks ~the debut of the Southeast Missourian's new column~ "Kids Ask Peggy," found below. Every Monday, columnist Peggy Hinders will offer young readers help and advice on a broad number of topics, including sibling relations, school, homework, coping with stress, and getting along better with parents and friends. Kids age 6 through 16 are encouraged to submit letters...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/14/91)
I'D JUST LIKE to say thank you to my husband. I mean, he's got to be the world's greatest husband. We don't have a lot of money but it seems anything I want he always manages to find a way to get it for me. Thanks, honey.
Stories from Monday, October 14, 1991
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