Stories from Tuesday, July 14, 1992

MAP - BRIDGE ROUTE Dawn Evans' house on Asher Street will be leveled to make way for the new Mississippi River bridge. She and her husband have already sold the house to the state and have found a new place to live. But they still hold the title to the property where their garage sets and a lot adjacent to the house. The state doesn't want it because it isn't in the way of the bridge route...

CAIRO, Ill. -- The Cairo Independent Ambulance Service wants a paramedic ambulance and the community is willing to go to great lengths to attain that goal. Two of the area's familiar and well-traveled residents Randy Scheiding and his faithful sidekick, Sundance, the horseback-riding blue-heeler dog are sitting atop the roof of a restaurant in efforts to raise more than $70,000 that could elevate the ambulance service from a basic support system to an advanced system...

Political conventions have become little more than staged events for television, with there being virtually no suspense as to the selection of the presidential candidates, two political scientists say. That's clearly the case, they said, with the Democratic National Convention that began Monday...

The National Weather Service says some relief from the week-long string of hot and dry days may be near. There's a slight chance of thunderstorms late today, but forecasters said chances of thunderstorms should increase by mid-week as a frontal boundary that has been stalled for over a week across Missouri, Iowa and northern Illinois begins to sag southward into central and southern Missouri...

The new Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau will cost the state $68 million. Illinois will share the cost of the bridge, but what will it share? State highway officials in Illinois admit there is uncertainty about where the money will come from...

In tight budget times, educators at Cape Girardeau public schools are trying to ferret out money wherever it lies. At the Board of Education meeting Monday, staff members reported on grant applications that could net the district over $100,000. "We need to do as much of this as possible," said board member Pat Roupp. "These grants mean extra money for the district."...

A 7-year-old girl was injured Monday when she apparently ran into a moving car in the 200 block of South Sprigg. Cape Girardeau police reported the girl, Savannah M. Allen of 812 S. Benton, suffered a disabling injury. Additional information was unavailable from police...

Even though he will campaign in every state - sounding a popular theme of less government and less taxes - Andre Marrou has no illusions about his chances of becoming the next president of the United States. But Marrou is confident that, sooner or later, a candidate running under the Libertarian Party label will be elected to the nation's highest office...

JACKSON - The paving contractor on Jackson's West Main Street improvement project agreed Monday to cut out and replace a portion of the defective concrete in the eastbound lane that does not meet city engineering specifications. The agreement was reached Monday between the city and Jim Biethman, superintendent for SIS Inc. of Creal Springs, Ill. The Board of Aldermen had set Monday as the deadline for the contractor to accept the offer...

Missouri's Constitution makes it crystal clear that the first priority of state government is public education. The requirement that the state give its first, and most serious, attention to education is the result of years of citizen concern and a new emphasis on local elementary and secondary schools...

If you want plenty of good reasons to live in the United States, they're easy enough to come up with them. One reason that won't surface is the nation's fiscal responsibility. If America were a corporation and viewed from a one-dimensional business perspective, its value would be low and its stockholders would be furious...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Jessie Pearl, 88, of Jonesboro, Ill. died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at Union County Nursing Home in Anna. She was born Dec. 28, 1903 in Cobden, Ill., the daughter of James and Lavene Winn. In 1924, she married Fred Pearl in Cobden. He preceded her in death in 1947...

GORDONVILLE -- Funeral service for Minnie Clifton of Portland, Ore., was held Monday at Mount Scott Funeral Home in Portland, with burial in a cemetery there. Clifton, 76, died Thursday, July 9, 1992, in a Portland hospital. She was born Dec. 28, 1915, near Gordonville, daughter of Frank and Mary Tunge Newburn. She married Wayne Clifton, who died May 26, 1964...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Robbie Lee Droge, 19, of Marion, died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at Marion Memorial Hospital from injuries received in a automobile accident earlier in the day near Marion. He was formerly of Mounds, and a member of First Baptist Church here...

CHAFFEE -- Raymond Bernard Coakley, 86, of Chaffee, died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 1, 1906, in Buffalo, N.Y., son of Ben and Catherine Potter Coakley. He and Opal Stringfellow were married March 27, 1948...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Glenda Riggs Keith, 29, of Hickory, N.C., died Sunday, July 12, 1992, in Hickory. Barkett Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Hettie Mae Turner, 84, of Sikeston, formerly of Oran, died Sunday, July 12, 1992, at Minor Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 20, 1907 in Dover, Ark., the daughter of George Franklin and Louvena Taylor Reynolds. She was a member of Blodgett Baptist Church. On Aug. 12, 1929 in Guthrie, Okla., she married Roy Odes Turner. He preceded her in death April 22, 1985...

SIKESTON -- Larry D. Harris, 52, of Sikeston, died Sunday, July 12, 1992 at Wappappello. He was born March 14, 1940 at Pharris Ridge, Mo., the son of Don E. Harris of Morehouse and the late Opal Jessie Martin Harris. He was a partner and certified public accountant for the Harris, Clay and Shoemaker firm in Sikeston...

Spain is the destination of Thursday's Travelogue series at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Dr. Pamela Brakhage, associate professor of foreign languages at Southeast Missouri State University, will talk about her travels. The monthly programs, which are free and open to the public, feature local speakers who have visited interesting places in the world...

The American Red Cross is conducting two blood drives in Cape Girardeau this week. On Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Boatmen's Bank will host a blood drive in the third floor training room at 2001 William. On Thursday, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will host a blood drive from 5-8 p.m. in the fellowship hall, 1904 West Cape Rock Drive...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Troth of Columbia, Boone County Hospital there, 7:47 p.m. Monday, May 4, 1992. Name, Brooke Mackenzie. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Troth is the former Kimberly Bolen, daughter of Jess and Mary Bolen, 2001 Perryville Road, and is a lab technician at ABC Laboratories. Troth is an agricultural specialist with ABC Laboratories, and is the son of Bill and Shirley Troth of Hartsburg...