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UNIVERSITY CONSIDERS OFFERING HEALTH INSURANCE TO STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
Southeast Missouri State University officials are considering offering students an opportunity to purchase health insurance. On another health matter, officials are looking at a long-range plan for expanding health and counseling services on the Southeast campus...
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BOLLINGER COUNTY TO ADD OFFICER; COMMISSION GIVES OK TO THIRD DEPUTY
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
MARBLE HILL -- The Bollinger County Sheriff's Department will add a third deputy to its force next month. After operating with a sheriff and two deputies for several years, hiring of a third deputy was approved by the county commissioners early this year...
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AREA SENATORS WILL BACK STATE FUELS TAX HIKE
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
Three state senators from Southeast Missouri said they are prepared to vote for a House-passed version of an increase in the Missouri fuel tax when it comes before the Senate today. The senators John Dennis, D-Benton, Jerry Howard, D-Dexter, and Danny Staples, D-Eminence said they are committed to voting for the House version. Under the bill, a 2-cent fuel tax hike would take effect immediately and additional 2-cent increases would take effect in 1994 and 1996, respectively...
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DINNER THEATER: CITY WILL BE TEST MARKETED IN MARCH
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
The unsinkable Molly Brown and the unflappable Mark Twain are coming to Cape Girardeau. Both characters will appear as part of a special four-day, six-performance dinner theater show to be held at the Drury Lodge March 5-8. Dick McHargue, a native of Twain's hometown Hannibal, Mo. is in Cape Girardeau this week to firm up plans to present the Twain and Company Musical Review, featuring the Molly Brown Players...
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FIRE CAUSED BY EXPLOSION INJURES MAN NEAR JACKSON
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
GORDONVILLE -- Fire caused by an explosion in the garage spread through a home in the Grandview Acres subdivision Monday, injuring a man. Keith MacDonald, the owner of the home, suffered burns to his forehead and hands. MacDonald was working on a car in the garage when the explosion occurred, fire officials said...
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CHAFFEE COUNCIL ENACTS TRASH PICKUP FEE DISCOUNT
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
CHAFFEE - The Chaffee City Council Monday adopted an ordinance that gives factories with six or more trash dumpsters a trash removal discount of 10 percent. Council members unanimously approved the ordinance at their regular meeting after approving a motion for the measure at their last meeting on Feb. 3...
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BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION AIRED AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
Kathy Mangels of the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission in Perryville explained details of Jackson's 1992 Community Development Block Grant application during a 35-minute public hearing. The hearing took place prior to the regular Monday meeting of the Jackson Board of Aldermen. The commission is assisting the city in the preparation of its grant application...
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CENTRAL STUDENT COUNCIL TO HOST STATE CONVENTION
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
Cape Girardeau Central High School plays host to the state Student Council convention next month. About 1,000 high school students and 200 faculty sponsors are expected to attend the event March 12-14. On Monday, a school holiday, students gathered to fill goody bags, make posters and work out details for the convention...
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STAPLES RUNS INTO CLINTON'S MOTHER, GETA CAMPAIGN BUTTON
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
JEFFERSON CITY - Danny Staples has a reputation in the Missouri Senate for being something of a smooth talker. His oratorical skills are unleashed frequently on colleagues as the Shannon County Democrat speaks out on legislation before the chamber. Last weekend, while enjoying an annual vacation in Hot Springs, Ark., with his wife and friends from Eminence, Staples conned the mother of Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton out of a "Clinton for President" campaign button she was wearing...
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JUSTICE IS DONE ON RAPE: NOTHING ELSE IS NEEDED
(Editorial ~ 02/18/92)
Rape remains one of society's most despicable crimes. The trauma it imposes can stay with the victim a lifetime. So painful is this act of violence that some victims prefer to let it go unreported as opposed to reliving the experience in a courtroom. The prosecution of these crimes and the deportment of their principles instruct us on how the American populace views rape. Recent cases have revealed the best, the worst and the most confounding aspects of this crime...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: AWARD WINNER PROUD TO BE PART OF CITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/18/92)
To the Editor My fellow citizens: I was overwhelmed with emotion and felt very humble last Friday night as I was awarded the Rush H. Limbaugh Award for community service at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner. I am very proud to be a citizen of Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri. Fran and I, in our 15 years here, have always had a desire and felt an obligation to serve our community, which we have inherited from past generations...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: GROUP SAYS THANKS TO GEN. VON STEUBEN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/18/92)
To the Editor February is the month of George Washington's birthday. Gen. Washington probably received numerous fine birthday presents in his lifetime, but none quite so significant as the little German soldier named Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolph Gerhard Augustin (better know as Baron Von Steuben)...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/18/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Horst of Dexter, St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, 12:07 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1992. Name, Matthew Jarrett. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Horst is the former Sherry Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Kennett. She is project clerk with Missouri Highway Department at Kennett. Horst is a design engineer with Missouri Highway Department at Sikeston, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Horst of Jackson...
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MURIEL E. COLE
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
JACKSON -- Muriel E. Cole, 82, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died Friday, Feb. 14, 1992, at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark. She was born Nov. 13, 1909, at Advance. She married Harry R. Cole May 11, 1986, at Cherokee Village. Cole owned and operated Coal and Fuel Co. in Jackson until retiring. She had lived in Arkansas 25 years, and was a member of Spring River Presbyterian Church in Hardy...
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JOHN L. KELLER
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for John Lester Keller of Perryville will be held at 11 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Whitewater Christian Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 until time of service...
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SEMO STUDENT GROUP TO SPONSOR EVENT
(Local News ~ 02/18/92)
A Chinese wedding ceremony and a 10-course dinner will be held Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The Chinese Student Association at Southeast is sponsoring the event, which will feature a wedding gown ordered from Hong Kong...
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ROSIE R. HELTON
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Rosie R. Helton, 77, Mounds Route 1, formerly of Mound City, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born April 4, 1914, in Mississippi County, Mo. She married William Archie Helton, who died in 1964...
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DELBERT PERRY
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- Delbert Perry, 66, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1992, at the VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Aug. 17, 1925, at Avert, son of Walter and Viola Pruitt Perry. He married Lois Eaker Dec. 27, 1947. Perry was a farmer, and member of Bloomfield American Legion Post 382 and Bloomfield VFW Post 11042. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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GEORGE HERMAN LANKHEIT
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
CHARLESTON -- George Herman Lankheit, 83, of Charleston died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 7, 1909 in the Texas Bend community, the son of John and Mary Stricker Lankheit. He had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus in Charleston...
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DOUGLAS A. BEASLEY
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
MARBLE HILL -- Douglas A. Beasley, 17, of Collinsville, Ill. died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1992, at Troy, Ill. as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Baker Funeral Home in Marble Hill.
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FLOSSIE GREEN
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
GREENVILLE -- Flossie Green, 83, of Greenville died Monday, Feb. 17, 1992, at Greenville Nursing Care Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Baker Funeral Home in Marble Hill.
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GERHARD BERGT
(Obituary ~ 02/18/92)
Gerhard "Gary" W. Bergt, 77, of Altenburg, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 1992 at the Jackson Manor. He was born Nov. 28, 1914 in Frohna, son of Gottfried and Emma Mueller Bergt. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenberg...
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