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REV. MARSHALL W. MOORE
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
The Rev. Marshall W. Moore died Friday, Nov. 22, 1991, at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital. He was 75. He was born Nov. 19, 1916, near Oak Ridge, the son of Edward Moore and Eula Mae Lape Moore. He married Lucille Suhr on July 18, 1936. She survives...
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BEATRICE NEWCOMB GIBSON
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
WYATT -- Funeral service for Beatrice Newcomb Gibson of Wyatt will be held at 1 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel in Charleston. The Rev. Tom Bridges will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until service time...
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FRANCES MCCRACKEN
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Frances McCracken of Charleston was held Saturday at McMikle Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Richard Combs officiated, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. McCracken, 70, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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RIVERFEST SEEKING MEMBERS AT PARTY
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
The Riverfest Association, which plans Cape Girardeau's annual Riverfest celebration, is hoping to expand its membership. A membership information party will be held Monday from 5-7 p.m. at the Show Me Center. All persons interested in learning more about Riverfest and how they, as individuals or representatives of businesses or service organizations, can join the association are invited. A number of door prizes will be awarded. Snacks will be provided and beverages will be available...
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TIME TO ASK AGAIN: ARE WE TO BE A NATION OF WEENIES?
(Column ~ 11/24/91)
It was the search for minerals, along with fur trading, that brought the white man to the Missouri Territory and the exploration that laid down the pattern for settlement and industrial growth this state has attained. Long ago, men stopped hunting bear and other furry creatures as a business, but the search for minerals both metallic and non-metallic goes on. ...
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NEW YORK CITY WILL BE A NOOSE FOR MARIO CUOMO
(Column ~ 11/24/91)
Waiting For Cuomo it's a Beck~~ettian vision. The hesitation, pondering and agonizing will soon be over. He's the brightest, most articulate available Democrat. But Cuomo, like all politicians, comes with some political baggage the biggest one isn't his first name. Rather it's the fiscal and social burdens of New York City. Cuomo's hometown could be the noose around his political neck...
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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 11/24/91)
David Schwab is the 158th District state representative. He lives in rural Jackson. Over the past several weeks, I have had a lot of people contact me expressing concerns and questions regarding Proposition B and the future of education in the State of Missouri. I would like to take this opportunity to address some of these issues. Some of the most frequent questions asked are how the legislature dealt with Proposition C and the lottery...
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P&G DONATES TO SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Thanks to a donation from Procter & Gamble Co., the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School has a collection of computers and office equipment, and money to upgrade them. Bob Renshcen of P&G said: "We've had a partnership with the school for four years. I've felt the partnership was very one-sided. They've been providing us with teachers and training for our employees. Very rarely do we have a chance to make it a true partnership."...
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BOOK TELLS OF FALLEN POLICEMEN
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
The lives of 148 St. Louis police officers killed in the line of duty between 1862 and June 12, 1990, are remembered in a new book co-written by a Southeast Missouri State University professor and presented to the St. Louis police chief. "In the Line of Duty ... ...
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PERCUSSIONIST WILL BE IN JOINT CONCERT
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Lynne Bevfoden, a senior percussionist at Southeast Missouri State University, will perform a marimba solo Monday as part of a University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Cape Central High School Concert Band concert. The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. There is no admission charge for university students, staff and faculty with a university identification...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/24/91)
TO THE PERSON who was complaining that the gifted program in the high schools and junior high was discriminatory, most programs discriminate in that not everyone gets to participate, be it band, choir, football, or whatever. I'm sorry that you didn't qualify for the gifted program, too. But wouldn't it be discrimination to those students who are capable or willing to learn in advance at an accelerated pace to force them to go only as fast as less-willing or able persons like you go?...
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CYRIL EICHHORN
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
CHAFFEE -- Cyril Eichhorn, 68, of Chaffee, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 30, 1923, near New Hamburg, son of Edward and Nora Dannenmueller. He and Ruby Haertling were married Dec. 31, 1947. Eichhorn was a self-employed carpenter 20 years, and then worked at Thorngate 20 years, retiring in 1985. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church here, and Chaffee VFW. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
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MAXINE IRMA SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
JACKSON -- Maxine Irma Seabaugh, 74, of Jackson, died Friday, Nov. 22, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 19, 1917, at Poplar Bluff. She married Tony Bock in 1938, who died in 1955. She later married Roy Fulcher, who died in 1982, and then married Loy Seabaugh April 30, 1987...
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CHARLES W. CARLTON
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Charles W. "Chucky" Carlton, 3, of Sikeston was held Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. John Tolbert officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. He died Thursday, Nov. 21, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center, following an extended illness...
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MARY ALICE JONES
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
Mary Alice Jones, 75, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 1991 at Ratliff Nursing Home. She was born July 12, 1916 in the state of Oklahoma, the daughter of Josh Vanderdoort and Wilie Lou Moore. She was married to Sam E. Jones, who preceded her in death on April 24, 1972...
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ELMER JAMES TROST
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
CHAFFEE -- Elmer James Trost, 41, of Chaffee, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 25, 1991, at Chaffee, son of Burford Boniface Trost and Adella Ann Kiefer Trost. He was married to Mary Catherine Smith, who survives of the home...
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MARGARET RUNDLES
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Margaret Rundles, 72, of Tamms, died Friday, Nov. 22, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 5, 1919, at Hickory Ridge, Ark., daughter of William Pendergrast and Martha Elizabeth Wyatt Pendergrast. She married Howard Rundles, who preceded her in death in 1984...
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OTIS M. DEAN, JR.
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
Otis M. Dean, Jr., 69, of Cape Girardeau, died at his home Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1991. He was born Dec. 20, 1921 in St. Louis, the son of Otis M. Dean, Sr. and Rosa Walters. On May 25, 1946 he married LaVerne Torbitzky in St. Louis, who survives. Other survivors include: a son, Don Dean of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Richard Dean of Bonne Terre, and Roy Dean of Arnold; two half-brothers, Fred Buehre of Arnold, and Robert Buehre of Lemay; three sisters, Mildred Farmer of Lemay, Lorrine Brogdon of Arnold, and Loretta Maxon, from the state of Florida; and two grandchildren.. ...
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MARILYN CRAFT
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
JACKSON - Marilyn Craft, 48, of Route 4 Jackson, died Friday, Nov. 22, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 4, 1942 in Jackson, the daughter or James Robert Abernathie and Flora L. Fox. On Dec. 8, 1962 she married Robert Craft in Jackson, who survives...
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ALVA E. HARDIN
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
Alva E. Hardin, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 22, at the Bond Nursing Home in Marble Hill. He was born June 16, 1912, in Sikeston, to Elvis and Mina Hardin. On June 6, 1942, he married Goldie Moore in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include two sons, Jerry Hardin of Cape Girardeau, and Paul Hardin of Farmington; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Griffith of Cape Girardeau; one sister, Grace Potts of Glendale, Calif...
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FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT: DON'T REPEAT BAD TIMES
(Editorial ~ 11/24/91)
The heavy rains that fell on Cape Girardeau Tuesday brought with them a tangible reminder of our region's distinctive geography and the problems it can pose. The downpour on our rolling environs pushed some creeks to their limit and beyond. It was the type of rain that got the attention of civic leaders in years gone by, that caused local property damage and prompted discussions of finding a way to mitigate the problem. ...
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ROBERTA "BOBBIE" POWELL
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
CHARLESTON - Roberta "Bobbie" Powell, 77, of Charleston, died Friday, Nov. 22, at her home. She was born in Blodgett on Nov. 4, 1915 to Schyler A. and Rita Lewis Bradley. Survivors include two sons, Arlen Powell of Shreveport, La., and Calvin Powell of Jefferson City; two daughters, Vera Shultz and Faye Elliott, both of Charleston;...
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DOROTHY M. CRITES
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Dorothy M. Crites of Jackson was held Saturday at McCombs Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Rodney Travis officiated, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Crites, 79, died Thursday, Nov. 21, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...
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IDA RISTIG
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
JACKSON -- Ida Ristig, 97, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 7, 1893, at Friedheim, daughter of Rheinhardt and Johanna Lowes Schille. She and Louis Ristig were married Aug. 27, 1914. He died Dec. 23, 1957...
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PAUL J. BERKBIGLER
(Obituary ~ 11/24/91)
Funeral service for Paul Joseph Berkbigler of Marysville, Wash., was held Saturday at Marysville Lutheran Brethren Church. Berkbigler, 71, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1991. He was born March 25, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, son of Herman W. and Nellie Swann Berkbigler. He graduated from Central High School in 1939, and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He was a pilot and radar flight instructor with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II...
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WATER LINE LEAK LEAVES SCOTT CITY HIGH AND DRY
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
SCOTT CITY -- A water line leak that caused some Scott City residents to go without water in their homes for nearly two days has been isolated. City officials estimate that between Thursday morning and Saturday afternoon, several million gallons of water poured from a leak in one of the city's newest 10-inch water lines...
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FIRMS TO STUDY SITE AT PORT
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
SCOTT CITY - A Charlotte, N.C. firm, identified as the nation's fastest growing private company the last two years, is studying the possibility of locating at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority. Cogentrics, Inc., a wholesale provider of electrical energy to companies, operates nine cogeneration plants with a total capacity of over 600 megawatts...
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BUGS: WHITEFLY DAMAGING PRODUCE
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
It's going to cost more to put together your Christmas fruit basket or graze at a salad bar this winter. A tiny insect called the poinsettia whitefly is chewing its way through millions of dollars worth of winter produce in California. Its over-indulgence will be felt nationwide by the end of the year, produce officials warn...
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COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETS TO STUDY NEST STEP ON E-911
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
JACKSON - A countywide 911 emergency telephone system should be in place within two years, officials of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. told members of a Cape Girardeau County 911 Committee and the county commission Friday. The meeting was held to discuss the next phase of the 911 process, following the favorable vote by Cape County citizens on Nov. 5...
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SEMO HOLDS CHOIR AUDITIONS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Auditions for all Southeast Missouri State University choral ensembles next semester are under way, according to Dr. John Egbert, coordinator of choral and vocal studies. Participation in the university's choral music program is open to all students in all academic disciplines. Private voice lessons also are available to any student who wants more individualized instruction, he said...
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BOMBER OVER THE CITY WAS DIVERTED BY WEATHER
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
The B-1B bomber that flew over the southern edge of Cape Girardeau Thursday, attracting attention because of its noise, was on a diverted course because of weather conditions, a Federal Aviation Agency spokesperson said. The spokesperson, Jean Branit in Kansas City, said Friday that the bomber was enroute to its home at McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., and that it was "being flown legitimately" at an altitude of 12,000 feet...
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FOG ADDS TO I-55 ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
A stalled motorist, early morning fog and heavy traffic on Interstate 55 at the Diversion Channel bridge Friday morning caused numerous accidents. Two people were injured. Police in Cape Girardeau and Scott City investigated no less than a dozen accidents. The Missouri State Highway Patrol was called in to help direct traffic...
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TOYS, TOYS, TOYS: HOTTEST SELLING CHRISTMAS GIFTS CAPTURE KIDS' FANCY
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
The Christmas shopping season may officially commence this week, but astute toy shoppers have already made their rounds. Hot Christmas toy gifts are scarce on local store shelves, and chances of new shipments are uncertain. "Actually, it's already pretty late in the season," said Kelly Wright, assistant manager at Lowell's. "We had heavy toy sales start a month ago."...
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PROCLAMATION DOESN'T MAKE IT THANKSGIVING
(Column ~ 11/24/91)
Thanksgiving as a holiday in the United States must be proclaimed by the president each year. "What if?" is a favorite tool of the writing profession to form a plot or provide a point. So I ask myself, what if a president failed to do this? Mired in the myriad problems of the nation, he just simply didn't get around to it?...
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THANKSBIVING: A TIME TO PONDER OUR BLESSINGS
(Column ~ 11/24/91)
Here it is, almost Thanksgiving Day again. How could it have arrived so close to the last one? It seems no time since we were planning the turkey and dressing, the sweet potatoes with orange sauce, the turnip casserole, the creamed onions, scalloped oysters, cranberries in jelly, salad and orange relish and the usual pumpkin and mincemeat pies...
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CAPE CENTRE: CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SOON ON SHOPPING STRIP
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Futura Properties Inc. will fill a vacant space between Hartford's and Food Giant in the Cape Girardeau Centre shopping area. "We expect to see construction get under way within a month," said Jack Davis, president of Futura of St. Louis. "We signed a new company So-Fro Fabrics Wednesday, which will utilize 10,000 square feet adjoining Hartford's."...
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BUSINESSES EXTEND HELPING HAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Christmas is the time of year when the warmth of sharing with others blankets the holiday season with a special kind of caring. Many businesses in Cape Girardeau will extend a caring hand and a sense of community spirit as they continue a holiday tradition of providing toys, clothing and food for the less fortunate...
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TRAVEL AGENCY WILL OFFER UNIQUE SERVICE
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Travelers planning a vacation will have an opportunity to picture themselves "on location" with a new travel service being offered by Gulliver's Travel Agency of Cape Girardeau. "With the use of World IRIS (Integrated Reservations Imaging System), people can see full-color video images of cruise ships, hotels, cars, tours and destinations on a computer screen," said Ann Swanson, manager of Gulliver's...
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WINNERS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Susan Springer of Cape Girardeau and Cherie' Stevens of Jackson were recent winners of remote-controlled stock cars during a special promotion sponsored by Penzoil and Plaza Tire Service in Cape Girardeau. "We gave a prize from each location here," said Chuck Schuessler of Plaza Tire...
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`THAT'S MY BABY' WILL FEATURE COLLECTOR, LIMITED-EDITION DOLLS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
A collector of artists' originals and limited-edition dolls has turned her hobby into a business. "That's My Baby," featuring hand-sculptured, hand-painted porcelain and porcelain-like vinyl dolls, opened recently at 2015 Allen Drive. "As a collector I often had to go out of town or even out of state to find small, limited-edition dolls," said Jean Ann Burke, owner of the business. "We'll be specializing in these kinds of dolls," she said...
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TRAINING/SEMINARS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Ann Swanson, manager of Gulliver's Travel Agency Inc., recently returned from a 10-day trip to South America. In Bolivia, she visited La Paz, the city with the world's longest airport runway and highest tennis and golf courses. She visited Cuzco, Peru, once the capital of the Inca empire. Many of the buildings in Cuzco are constructed on top of Inca foundations dating back to 1200 A.D...
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BURGER TYME ADDS DOUGHNUTS
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Burger Tyme, a drive-through fast-food restaurant, is opening its windows earlier now. "We'll be offering assorted doughnuts and pastries starting at 6 a.m. each morning," said Howard Kinder, owner of Burger Tyme Restaurant, 1865 Broadway. "This will be a separate business," said Kinder, who opened the restaurant about a year ago. "We'll devote about half of our space to the pastry operation and the other half to the restaurant."...
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GROCERY GIVEAWAY BEING HELD
(Local News ~ 11/24/91)
Town and Country Supermarket, Highway 61 East in Jackson, will offer $300 worth of free groceries. Other merchants will offer special coupons. "We've worked with Town & Country Super markets at Fredericktown, Dexter, Farmington, Potosi and Flat River," said Eric Ebbinghaus, sales promotion consultant for Global...
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