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U.S. ATTORNEY OFFICE WILL HELP REGION FIGHT CRIME
(Editorial ~ 11/06/91)
Crime fighting in Southeast Missouri will receive a boost from the opening of a U.S. attorney satellite office in Cape Girardeau. The office will bring a greater federal law enforcement presence to Southeast Missouri, to battle such crimes as drug trafficking...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 11/06/91)
Warning: Hanging around the office of Missouri Attorney General can be hazardous to your reputation. For further information, contact Clarence Thomas or Bill Webster. --- Wars have been fought over matters less significant than Nebraska's 6306 shellacking of the Missouri Tigers...
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NEWTON'S LAW: BACK TO THE WALL OF RIDICULE, LOUISIANA MIGHT TRY AUDACITY
(Column ~ 11/06/91)
Here is a jarring news report from Germany. BERLIN (AP) The chief federal prosecutor is investigating Ku Klux Klan activity and a reported recruiting drive, seeking possible links to terrorism, an official said. So much for the balance of trade. The wealthy of America put Mercedes-Benz automobiles in their garages, and Germans are now having to import white supremacy...
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PERRYVILLE POST STAYS ELECTIVE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
PERRYVILLE -- The Perryville city collector will continue to be an elected city office, city voters decided Tuesday. In all, 714 voters were against turning the position into one appointed by the mayor and the Perryville Board of Aldermen. Voting in favor of the measure were 421 people...
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STATE LEGISLATORS SAY MESSAGE IS CLEAR ON PROPOSITION B ROUT
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
A number of Southeast Missouri legislators Tuesday night expressed surprise over the wide margin of defeat of Proposition B. They suggested it is unlikely the General Assembly will propose any more tax hikes for education in the near future. "When people speak as loudly as they did on this issue, I would be reluctant to bring it back to them," said Rep. ...
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911: YES; CAPE COUNTY GIVES OK TO ENHANCEMENT
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County voters approved an increase in their telephone bills to provide an enhanced 911 emergency telephone service Tuesday. The measure won by wide margins in Jackson wards and in some outcounty precincts, but ran closer in Cape Girardeau...
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CAPE VOTERS APPROVE TRIO OF UTILITY ISSUES
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
By a margin of more than three to one, Cape Girardeau voters Tuesday approved new 20-year electric and gas franchises for Union Electric and the city's purchase of the water system from the utility company. By a vote of 6,164 to 1,837 (77-23 percent) and 5,904 to 1,638 (78-22 percent) voters overwhelmingly approved new 20-year gas and electric franchises respectively for Union Electric...
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COUNTY VOTERS SPURN MEASURE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
Voters in Cape Girardeau County Tuesday resoundingly rejected Proposition B, the $385 million tax-and-reform measure for education. In Cape Girardeau County, the measure was defeated by a 70-30 percent margin, 4,324 for to 10,053 against. In the surrounding counties of Bollinger, Scott, Perry and Stoddard, voters also overwhelmingly defeated Proposition B...
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NEED A LIFT? SCHULTZ SCHOOL ELEVATOR IN SERVICE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
When seventh-grader Amy Woods arrived at L.J. Schultz Middle School Monday morning walking with the aid of crutches, she earned the honor of being the first student to use the school's new elevator. The lift began operation Monday after a final check Friday by the architect, who approved use of the elevator...
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POSTAL GOVERNORS CHOOSE TO REJECT A STAMP RATE HIKE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
The new 1991 Christmas postage stamps cost 29 cents, but no price is stamped on them. "The stamps were printed earlier, and the postal department did not know whether they would be selling for 29 or 30 cents. So they left it blank," said Don Knoth, superintendent of postal operations at the Cape Girardeau Post Office...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
PATTI PAYNE Occupation: Deputy Recorder of Deeds, Cape Girardeau County What do you do in your spare time? "I enjoy sewing, arts & crafts and shooting pool." Pet Peeve: "People who use incorrect grammar." What do you like best about this area? "It's easy to get to all the places you want to go."...
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CHAFFEE VOTERS SAY OK TO $500,000 BOND-ISSUE PLAN FOR TREATMENT PLANT
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
CHAFFEE -- City officials here Tuesday got voter approval for a $500,000 bond issue to finance waste water treatment plant and sewer line improvements. The issue passed 395 to 145, with 608 of the city's 2,134 registered voters turning out for the election, Scott County Clerk Bob Kielhofner said. Only a simple majority was needed for the bond issue to pass...
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ENHANCED 911 SERVICES PASSES IN SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City voters approved an Enhanced 911 emergency telephone system by a margin of more than two to one in Tuesday's election. "I'm elated," said Scott City Fire Chief Les Crump. "In think people evaluated the service and the cost and realized it was in their best interest to implement the 911 system."...
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ORAN GIVES BOND ISSUE GO-AHEAD
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
ORAN -- Voters in Oran on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a 20-year, $110,000 bond issue that will fund improvements in the town's water and sewer systems. Just over 86 percent of voters approved the bond issue. Turnout for Tuesday's election was about 32 percent, said Scott County Clerk Bob Kielhofner...
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ILLINOIS BALLOTING: VOTERS ELECT BOARD MEMBERS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
ANNA, Ill. - Voters in Southern Illinois Tuesday elected candidates to several school boards. At Cypress, in Union County, voters also rejected the formation of a fire protection district. Only one of two incumbents was re-elected to the Anna-Jonesboro school board, where three four-year terms were up for election. Voters re-elected Barbara Diefenbach Throgmorton, who received 749 votes, said a spokesperson with the Union County clerk's office...
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IRA LEE "RED" FRITZ SR.
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
JOPPA, Ill. -- Ira Lee "Red" Fritz Sr., 83, of Joppa Ill., formerly of Villa Ridge, died Monday, Nov. 4, 1991, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born July 28, 1908 in Union County, Ill. and was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Nina Oneida Fritz, who died in 1970. A sister and two brothers also preceded him in death...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/06/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. George John Wichert Jr., 355 Hillcrest, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:38 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1991. Name, Coleman John. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Wichert is the former Cathi Cunningham, daughter of Lanis and Wanda Cunningham of Paducah, Ky. She is an ultrasound technician at Cape Radiology Group Inc. Wichert is employed by C.M. Foeste Nursery, and is the son of Betty Wichert of Cape Girardeau and the late George Wichert Sr...
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HALLEY THISTLEWOOD
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Halley Thistlewood, 85, of Cairo, died Monday, Nov. 4, 1991, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Mo. She was born Aug. 20, 1906, in St. Louis. Thistlewood was a member of First Christian Church here, longtime member of Cairo Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and past president of Cairo Women's Club...
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LOUISE HENDERSON
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Louise Henderson, 66, of Cairo, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1991, at Daystar Care Center here. She was born March 18, 1925, in Birmingham, Ala., daughter of James and Phoebe Colvert Lovinggood. She married Fred Henderson, who died in 1977. Henderson was a retired manager of Macks Restaurant in Cairo, and member of 66th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham...
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CARMEN R. LONG
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
JACKSON -- Carmen Rose Long, 66, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1991, at American Care Center there. She was born March 3, 1925, at Jackson, daughter of Lawrence and Mildred Davis Reitzel. She married Houston Long Jan. 3, 1952, who died in 1968...
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REV. LAWRENCE HAUPT
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for the Rev. Lawrence E. Haupt of Sacramento, Calif., was held Oct. 29 at Andrew Greilich Funeral Home in Oak Grove, Calif. Burial was in Southeast Lawn Garden at Oak Grove. Haupt, 81, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 1991, at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento...
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ROSZELLA M. SAVAT
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
BENTON -- Roszella Mae Savat, 58, Benton Route 1, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 22, 1933, at Hurricane Ridge, daughter of Dennis W. and Nora Belle Glasscock Cecil. She married Angelus J. Savat Dec. 3, 1977...
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TROY A. CHOSTNER
(Obituary ~ 11/06/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Troy A. Chostner, 76, of Long Beach, Calif., died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991, at Akins Convalescent Hospital in Long Beach. He was born Oct. 13, 1914, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Jefferson and Sarah Slinkard Chostner. She had worked at DuPont Corp. 30 years...
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ILLINOIS TOLL ROAD STUDY INCLUDED IN HIGHWAY BILL
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A revised highway bill includes funding for a feasibility study for a toll road from Carbondale to East St. Louis. Over $22 million in road and bridge improvements in Southern Illinois won approval recently in the U.S. House of Representatives. A number of projects are included in the highway authorization bill...
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WETLANDS HEARING SET AT PORTAGEVILLE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
A joint state legislative committee investigating ways to preserve thousands of acres of wetlands in Missouri will hold one in a series of public hearings today in Portageville. At its first hearing last month in Jefferson City, the panel heard from representatives of state and federal agencies and interested groups who provided an overview of the wetlands issue. Now lawmakers are seeking input from people...
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WORKSHOP ON WHEELS WILL GATHER
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
Workshop on Wheels will present a program on "positive guidance" Nov. 12 at A Small World Preschool, 1215 N. Kingshighway. The workshop will be presented by Larry Clark, psychology professor at Southeast Missouri State University. He will talk about discipline, including different techniques and styles...
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SCOTT CITY NATIVE SERVES AS STUDENT AMBASSADOR
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Leigh Waddle of Scott City is serving as a student ambassador at Murray State University in Murray, Ky. Giving campus tours to prospective students and serving as hosts and hostesses at university events are two main functions of student ambassadors...
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PIANO STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR COMPETITION AT STATE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
Piano students of teachers Becky Fulgham, Alicia Wappel, and Marge Main recently received "I" rating in district auditions held at Southeast Missouri State University. Students receiving a "I" rating were: John Detore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Detore; Bryan Daume, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Daume; Jennifer Layton, daughter of John and Mary Layton; and Kym Gilles, daughter of Jerry and Henrietta Gilles. All four students are from Cape Girardeau...
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CAPE TEACHER ELECTED TO STATE MSTA OFFICE
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
Cape Girardeau teacher Doris Ford has been elected second vice president of the statewide Missouri State Teachers Association. She was elected to the post at the MSTA convention in St. Louis last week. Ford, a speech pathologist working for Cape Girardeau Public Schools, said keeping pressure on the legislature will be one of her top priorities. "We must have their attention. We most not lose it," she said...
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB GATHERS NOV. 11
(Local News ~ 11/06/91)
The Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club will meet Nov. 11 in the Jackson Room at Holiday Inn, beginning with a luncheon at noon. Bonnie Young from Casual Corner will present the program, Marilee Roethemeyer will provide musical entertainment, and speaker will be Gloria Deal of St. Charles...
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