Stories from Monday, March 23, 1992

It was just more than a year ago that America celebrated the liberation of Kuwait and an allied victory over Iraq. In contrast with the elation of that time is a dismal current reality produced by the persistent annoyance of Saddam Hussein. While his forces were devastated and driven from land they lawlessly annexed, Saddam remains at the helm of a renegade nation that poses a threat to global peace. Nations of the world must continue to apply pressure on this tyrant...

The Cape Girardeau Area Zonta Club will host the annual "Neiman Marcus of Flea Markets" April 4 from 7-11 a.m. at the First Christian Church, 829 North West End Blvd., in Cape Girardeau. This annual fundraiser features outstanding bargains on clothing, housewares, lawn and garden supplies, toys and games, furniture, and more...

BENTON - Two Portageville residents were injured Friday night when the car they were in ran off Highway 77, four miles south of Benton, and overturned several times. The Missouri Highway Patrol said the driver, Lisa Tubbs, 27, was partially ejected from the vehicle. A passenger, James Hughes, 25, was thrown from the car as it overturned...

The City of Roses Chapter of the American Business Women's Association recently presented its 1992 Woman of the Year award to Joy Engelhart of Cape Girardeau. The award is presented by the chapter to acknowledge outstanding work by one of its members. Engelhart has served as the chapter vice president and served on a number of chapter committees, including the cookbook committee...

Complaints against Cape Girardeau police officers last year reached their highest level in seven years. Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd sees a pattern. "I think there's a nationwide trend for people to complain about perceived misconduct on the part of the police," he said. "I think nationwide you'll see complaints against officers increase."...

After only three days in the United States, Nick Cross and Jason Mines say they've already learned a lot about American culture. They've been introduced to drive-up automatic teller machines, visited the shopping mall, and watched half-hour-long television commercials all of which they'd never seen before...

Established 32 years ago, the Missouri State Water Patrol is most often associated with patrolling Missouri lakes and rivers. But the agency also provides assistance for Missouri law enforcement agencies in their crime investigations. In Cape Girardeau last week, police were confronted with evidence that a vehicle had plunged into the Mississippi River at the Union Electric Co. water plant pump station...

The Southeast Missourian asked people if the United States should carry out a bombing strike against Iraqi weapons facilities if Saddam Hussein continues to block the destruction of his arsenals by United Nations teams, provided that Iraq was given notice of the raid to avoid harm to civilians...

City officials from Cape Girardeau, Jackson and other communities Friday got a first-hand look at a prospective way to dispose of leaves and tree limbs. A compost turner and industrial-sized tub grinder that grinds large tree limbs into mulch were put through their paces during demonstrations at the city's leaf compost pile on South West End Boulevard at Shawnee Park...

The Community Counseling Center has scheduled four educational classes as part of the center's 1992 Spring/Summer Community Educational Series. Beginning March 31 and continuing for five Tuesdays, "Systematic Training for Effective Parenting," will be offered. The classes will be held from 6-7:30 p.m...

WASHINGTON (UPI/States) - U.S. Rep. Donald Pease, D-Ohio, Thursday blamed feisty right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh for the calls to Pease's office about the House check-kiting scandal. And during his Friday afternoon radio show, it seemed apparent that Limbaugh enjoyed his role in the scandal...

I hope our efforts to provide efficient and courteous service is obvious to y~ou when you visit your Social Security Office. It is your office and we work for you. We cannot always tell you what you want to hear, but you should feel welcome. You may conduct your social security business with any office. ...

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients are often afraid of trying to work. Until a few years ago, returning to w~ork could mean an abrupt loss of SSI eligibility. Now there are provisions in SSI rules that ease the transition of disabled people from SSI recipients to productive workers...

Three new federal laws affecting health care choices lead the list of important changes for pe~ople on Medicare. The first new law concerns advance directives, m~ore commonly known as living wills or durable po~wer of attorney for health care. An advance directive is generally a written statement, most often made while a patient is still in good health, that details how medical decisions should be made should the patient become unable to make decisions for himself. ...

Most people think just of retirement benefits when they think about Social Security. Recent studies indicate, though, that one out of four workers entering the work force today will become disabled before they reach Social Security's normal retirement age. ~Disability~~~ benefits could be just as important as retirement benefits for these people...

If you receive disability benefits from Social Security you should know that your case will be reviewed periodically to make sure you are still disabled. Depending on the nature and severity of your impairment and the expectation of improvement your case will be reviewed at least every seven years. ...

Here's an important reminder for parents who do not ~yet have Social Security numbers for their children: this year, when you file your 1991 federal income tax return, you must have a number assigned to each child age one or over to claim him as a dependent. Previously, the law required a number for dependents two or older...

H~ow disabled do you have to be to get Social Security benefits? And how does Social Security determine if you are disabled enough to get payments? The Social Security Act defines disability as: "inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months."...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Russell McGill, 74, of Mound City, died Saturday, March 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 16, 1917, in Cairo, Ill., son of John and Stella Matlock McGill. He was a retired railroad engineer and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was a member of the Pulaski County School Board and operated the McGill Music Company for 25 years...

MINNITH -- John Raymond Boland, 78, of Minnith died Sunday, March 22, 1992, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1913, at Minnith, the son of John P. and Virginia V. Rimboch Boland. On Sept. 26, 1946, he married Ethel Talevast, who survives of the home...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Bill R. LeGrand of Kelso, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:10 a.m. Sunday, March 15, 1992. Name, Keith Allen. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounce. Second child, first son. Mrs. LeGrand is the former Bonnie Brucker, daughter of Bill and Florence Brucker of New Hamburg. She is a teacher at Alma Schrader School. LeGrand is hardware systems director at American Business Computers, and is the son of Ruby Roe and Bill LeGrand of Cape Girardeau...

A telethon to benefit preservation of Cape Girardeau's historic Old Lorimier Cemetery raised more than $10,000 Sunday. John Schneider, a member of the Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission, said $10,093 was raised when the telethon ended at 10 p.m., but pledges were continuing to come in...

Richard H. Giles, 79, of 2046 Perryville, died Saturday, March 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was the owner and president of Missouri Electric Works. He was born Jan. 10, 1913 in Latrobe, Penn., son of Arthur E. and Lillie Spargo Giles...

William M. Burns, 64, of the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau, died there Sunday, March 22, 1992. He was born Feb. 10, 1928, at Oakland, Miss., the son of William H. and Pearl Pipkin Burns. On June 22, 1957, he married Ruby Pulliam Angle, who preceded him in death July 15, 1990...

Wilma Henson, 77, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Bell City died Sunday, March 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.