Stories from Monday, June 29, 1992

To celebrate two years in operation, families of residents at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau spent Sunday visiting their loved ones at an afternoon open house. Josephine Swann and her son Russell traveled from Maine for the festivities...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- After Wednesday, consumers will pay up to twice as much to have their air conditioners and refrigerators repaired. That's when new federal regulations aimed at protecting the Earth's ozone layer will take effect. The "Clean Air Act" requires that refrigerant gases those used in everything from household and commercial refrigerators and coolers to automobile air conditioners be captured and recycled rather than released into the atmosphere...

The new federal Clean Air Act that takes effect Wednesday will ban the release of refrigerant gases into the atmosphere. The measure, aimed at protecting the earth's ozone layer, requires that refrigerants used in air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, coolers, and automobile air conditioners be captured and recycled...

The busy intersection of Route K and Mt. Auburn Road is just one of the areas assigned for improvement by the state this year and in 1993. When work is completed late this summer at the intersection, motorists will find it easier to make right turns off those two traffic arteries, said Bob Wilson, resident engineer for the Missouri Highway and Transportation District Ten's Jackson office...

JACKSON - Candidates for treasurer and commissioner positions have had the most fundraising activity in Cape Girardeau County, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed last week. Candidates are required to file reports 40 days and 7 days before and 30 days after the primary and general elections. They may file limited reports, known as E-1 exemptions, if they do not plan to spend more than $1,000. However, they may waive the exemption and file the more detailed report at any time...

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Players International Inc. has completed financing requirements for its Players Riverboat Casino in Metropolis, which is on the Ohio River. The requirements were met through a private placement funded by a Merv Griffin company and other accredited investors, including members of the Players International Board of Directors, management personnel and outside investors...

The Southeast Missourian asked people if they felt that a lot of Americans will be voting "for" a certain candidate in the presidential election, or "against" a certain candidate by voting for another one. Lisa Griffin: "I believe that people are not so sure about voting again for President Bush. There are a lot of people who still support him, and I think he has done a good job, but at this time I'm not so sure that he will be re-elected."...

When bridge construction is mentioned by governmental bodies these days, it isn't always a multi-million dollar project being discussed. Drawing lesser notice except for those people whose safety and convenience are greatly influenced by them are smaller, rural and less expensive bridges. ...

BLOOMFIELD -- Effie Reynolds, 89, of Bloomfield died Friday, June 26, 1992, at the Dexter Nursing Center in Dexter. She was born May 16, 1903, near Advance, the daughter of John and Ada Kruse Watkins. On Nov. 20, 1954, she married George Reynolds, who preceded her in death Oct. 20, 1971...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Bobby Gene Fitzgerald, 34, of Durand, Mich. died Thursday, June 25, 1992 at his home. He was born April 17, 1958 on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, son of Kenneth Ray Fitzgerald, Sr. and Gladys Mae Turrentine Fitzgerald. He was employed by General Motors of East Pontiac, Mich...

WHITEWATER -- A Cape Girardeau man was injured in a one-car accident early Saturday morning three miles west of Whitewater on Route A. Riley Bray, 84, was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Bray was traveling west on Route A at approximately 3:30 a.m. when his car left the roadway and struck a ditch...

The City of Roses charter chapter of the American Business Women's Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday. Attendees will meet at the Cape Girardeau riverfront near Port Cape Girardeau at 6 p.m. to leave on a bus tour of the downtown area. The fee is $2...

A number of area teen-agers attend the American Legion Boys State of Missouri, held June 13-20 on the campus of Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg. Those attending learned more about the workings of government through hands-on experience. It is run as a democracy, and all participants may vote and are eligible to hold office...