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MANY ISSUES ON NOV. 3 BALLOT; SENATE CANDIDATES NEED DEBATE
(Column ~ 09/20/92)
I'm involved in a series of out-of-town meetings, so I have to keep up with current events and business in fewer days per week than normal. When I left town Wednesday noon for Chicago, there had been an unusual NON-PUBLICIZED Saturday night (last night) JOHN DENNIS ROAST scheduled in the Show- Me- Center basketball arena...
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SPRADLING JR. WILL BE HONORED DURING STATE BAR MEETING
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
A veteran Cape Girardeau attorney, Albert M. Spradling Jr., will be awarded the honorary title of Senior Counsellors of The Missouri Bar during the 113th annual meeting of the organization. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn University Plaza Hotel in Springfield Sept. 30-Oct. 3...
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VISION BECOMES REALITY WITH CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
(Editorial ~ 09/20/92)
It's one thing to have a vision. The road to success is simply littered with good ideas that went nowhere. It's a whole other matter to carry a vision to fruition. Southeast Missouri State University recently completed its five-year "New Vision of Excellence" fundraising campaign. The results were astounding. This first major campaign raised an impressive $28.5 million exceeding its goal by 14 percent...
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ROTHMAN-SEROT VISITS CAPE MONDAY
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Geri Rothman-Serot, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, will be in Cape Girardeau Monday to officially open the Southeast Missouri office of the Clinton-Gore Victory 92 headquarters. Rothman-Serot will speak at the 6 p.m. opening of the office at 1858 Broadway...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds: Laurence J. and Linda R. Wyszynski to Rodney O. and Ginger L. Weir; Robert E. and Paula R. Brumbaugh to Harold R. and Bertha M. Brumbaugh; Harold R. and Bertha M. Brumbaugh to Harold D. and Alene Beasley...
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GOOD WEATHER AND BUSH VISIT PUSH SEMO FAIR ATTENDANCE OVER 81,200
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
The 137th edition of the SEMO District Fair wrapped up Saturday with a parade of champion livestock in the morning and a crowd of more than 2,400 fans that night to hear Billy Dean perform. While other fairs across the country experienced attendance dips due to economic hard times, the SEMO District Fair grew this year, said Fair Board President Pete Poe...
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CANDIDATES TALK BIG, ACT LITTLE, ON FAMILY
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Revelations that Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife have had marital problems, persistent rumors of womanizing by Clinton, and the contrast between Barbara Bush as a traditional stay-at-home-mother and Hilary Clinton as a career-oriented mother, have made family values a catch phrase of the 1992 political season...
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EMPHASIS ON VALUES REFLECTS CHANGES IN AMERICA'S FAMILIES
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Where have you gone, Donna Reed? And where are you taking us, Murphy Brown? In her book "The Erotic Silence of the American Wife," Dalma Heyn lays a host of familial problems at the pedicured feet of Donna Reed, television's most beautiful, wise, warm and wonderful housewife in the 1950s. The Perfect Wife. Even married a doctor...
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CITY NAMES JAUCH INTERIM FIRE CHIEF; SEARCH CONTINUES
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Veteran firefighter and Assistant Fire Chief Max Jauch has been appointed interim fire chief of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. City Manager J. Ronald Fischer said Jauch, 48, will serve as interim fire chief until a permanent chief is named, sometime after the first of the year...
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SMALL AUDIENCE MOSTLY FAVORABLE AT OPENING OF WOODY ALLEN'S NEW FILM
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
The small audience that turned out for the first showing of embattled filmmaker Woody Allen's newest movie, "Husbands and Wives," mostly turned thumbs up after it's 5 p.m. debut Friday at the West Park 4 Cine. Some admitted to coming out of curiosity sparked by recent scandalous revelations and accusations about his personal life. Others were Woody Allen fans immune to the controversy...
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JACKSON STUDENTS, DOCTOR DISCUSS AIDS
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Jackson High School students wonder about their risk for AIDS and how much they have heard about the disease is true. AIDS is just one of the topics teens have been talking about in Karen Kight's Speech I class. Drug legalization, teen pregnancy, birth control in schools, racism were other topics of the group discussions assigned in the class...
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PILOT, PASSENGER HURT IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
WYATT -- The Missouri Highway Patrol said the pilot and passenger of an experimental airdraft were injured late Friday afternoon, when the airplane, a Rand S-7, crashlanded at the Wyatt airport, in Mississippi County. According to the patrol, the pilot, Oliver Kirkpatrick, 58, of rural Charleston and a passenger, Richard Plumlee, 62, of Charleston, were taken to the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston with moderate injuries...
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BILL RUSSELL TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Bill Russell Taylor, 64, of Olmsted, Ill., formerly of Cairo, died late Saturday, Sept. 19, 1992 at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo.
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WILLIE G. HINES
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
CHARLESTON -- Willie George Hines, 53, of Charleston, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 27, 1939, in Charleston. Survivors are his father, Tony Hines, Charleston; sons, Joe W. Hines, Memphis, Tenn., and Jamine Hines, Charleston; daughters, Gloria Hines, Carbondale, Ill., Georgia and Christina Hines, both of Charleston, and Michelle and Tracie Rowe, both of South Bend, Ind.; brothers, Robert Hines, Paducah, Ky., and John, Charles and Clifford Hines, all of Charleston; sisters, Verlyn Sherrell, Sandra Hines and Ethel Johnson, all of Charleston; and several grandchildren.. ...
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JAMES "SHORTY" GREER
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
SIKESTON -- James Everett "Shorty" Greer 88, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992, at Miner Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 10, 1904, in East Prairie to the late Jim Ben and Delphia Ellen Murphy Greer. He had lived in Scott and Mississippi counties his entire life. He was engaged in farming and was employed by the International Harvester Implement Co. until he retired in 1972. He was of the Baptist faith...
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EMMA L. SEVERIN
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
Emma L. Severin, the first woman married in an airplane in the United States in 1923, died Friday, Sept. 18, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. Severin, 90, of 1681 Perryville, married Glover Gill in 1923 in St. Louis and they were the first couple married in an airplane. He died May 1, 1948...
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GAIL ANNETTE LOVE EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
Gail Annette Love Edwards, 28, of Valley Park, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992 at St. Anthony Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born in Cape Girardeau Dec. 30, 1963, daughter of Henry Love and Geraldine Love. She survives of Cape Girardeau...
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GEORGIA L. GARNER
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
Georgia L. Garner, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 1992 while visiting her daughter in Ruston, La. She was born June 30, 1916 at Essex, the daughter of James and Norma Auchonbaugh Jamerson. She married Herbert L. Garner on Jan. 1, 1938 at Jackson. He preceded her in death Oct. 22, 1985...
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EDITH LAWRENCE
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
PERRYVILLE - Edith Lawrence, 91, of Kaskaskia Island, Ill., died Friday, Sept. 18, at the American Care Nursing Center in Perryville. She was born Sept. 23, 1900, at St. Marys, to John and Lena Rhone Blandford. On May 1, 1916, she married Perl "P.J." Lawrence. He preceded her in death in 1972...
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GERALD M. SCHAEFER
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
Gerald M. Schaefer, 64, of Ft. Smith, Ark., died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992 at Ft. Smith Hospital. He was a retired vice president of Arkansas Best Freight. Survivors include his wife, Kay Baskin Schaefer of Ft. Smith; three daughters Terri Hewitt, Charleston, Ark., Becky Baird, Little Rock, Ark., Patti Sharum, Barling Ark.; one son, Gerald Schaefer II, Charleston, Ark.; one sister, Judy Griffaw, Cape Girardeau; one brother, James Schaefer, Jerseyville, Ill.; and six grandchildren...
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LUCILE WOODSON UMBECK
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. Lucile Woodson Umbeck, 92, of Hendersonville, N.C. died Friday, Sept. 18, 1992. She was a native of Cape Girardeau. She was the daughter of James Edward and Bessie Wagley Woodson. She married Theodore Jules Umbrek. He died in 1988...
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THELMA STROSNIDER
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
MARBLE HILL - Thelma Strosnider, 69, Route 1 Marble Hill, died Friday Sept. 18, 1992 at the Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born at Straub, Ky. on Dec. 20, 1922, the daughter of John and Nellie Lockard Viars. Survivors include: her friend of many years, Ralph Francis of Marble Hill; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Hassell of Vero Beach, Fla.; three brothers, John Viars of Norfolk, Va., Mac Viars of Florida, and McCelland Viars of Ft. ...
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ESTELLA ROGERS DAVENPORT
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Estella Rogers Davenport, 85, of Miller City, died Friday, Sept. 18, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 10, 1907 in Alexander County, Ill., the daughter of Mide and Venus Morningstar Waterman...
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DOLORES SUE HILEMAN
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
Dolores Sue Hileman, 41, of Turlock, Calif., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1992. She was born Feb. 10, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Leon and Mary Kosciulek Glasteter. They survived of New Hamburg. She married Rob Hileman May 27, 1972 in Cape Girardeau. He survives...
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ANNA L. GARRIS
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
CAIRO, Ill. - Anna L. Garris, 66, of Cairo, died Thursday, Sept. 17, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Rover, Ark., to Clyde L. and Lenola G. McCain Parks. She is survived by two sons: Carl Helt of Cairo, and Bill Helt of St. Louis; two half-sisters, Annie Burrow of Portageville and Pat Cunningham of Kennett, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren...
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EVELYN MUSGRAVES
(Obituary ~ 09/20/92)
McCLURE, Ill. Evelyn Musgraves, 56, of Swartz Creek, Mich., formerly of McClure, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Michigan. She was born in McClure, Nov. 24, 1935, the daughter of Archie and Helen Matie Beasley. She had lived in Swartz Creek the past 21 years, coming from Mt. Morris...
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET VISITS FAIRGROUNDS
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Missouri Democrats showcased their state ticket in Cape Girardeau Friday morning, making it clear that state candidates are running with the national ticket and not from it. "We are enthused about that national ticket. We have gotten an entirely different point of view in this state about our Democratic nominees, and I haven't heard one time the thought from Democrats in Southeast Missouri that the national Democratic ticket has left them," declared Lt. ...
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BOND SUPPORTERS REBUT STATEMENTS OF ROTHMAN-SEROT
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Local supporters of Sen. Christopher Bond held an impromptu news conference Friday to answer statements that were made by Bond's opponent, Geri Rothman-Serot, at the Southeast Missouri District Fair. Rothman-Serot's visit at the Democratic tent at the fair was her first appearance in this area...
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FREE WORD ASSOCIATION GAME PLAYED ALL NIGHT
(Column ~ 09/20/92)
I didn't sleep at all last night. You can sing that sentence if you want. I think it is from a song. I seem to remember hearing it sung, usually in a minor complaining tone. I've also heard it said repeatedly in a frustrated voice. Actually I think those who make the statement do snatch a few winks here and there throughout the long night, but it is such a wearisome process it actually seems as if they didn't sleep at all...
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CIVIC PRIDE: CAPE CIVIC CENTER BUILDS HOPE FOR YOUTH
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
At right, Procter and Gamble division manager Nancy Gibson, speaks to young women in the program. The discussion focused on how to set goals. Ninth grade student Diante Simms studies biology homework during a tutoring session at the Civic Center. Above, Civic Center Director Calvin Bird spends time on the telephone planning activities at the center. ...
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LADYBUG SAYS... APPROACH OF FALL MEANS GARDEN CHORES AT HAND
(Column ~ 09/20/92)
Days are becoming shorter and cooler each day, and the full significance of autumn soon will become apparent as the leaves will be coloring and falling. Mother Nature has blessed us with the third mildest summer since records have been kept, and ample rainfall...
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BROWNS HOLD FIRST REUNION IN 15 YEARS
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
JACKSON -- The first reunion in 15 years of the John G. and Elizabeth Jenkins Brown family was held Aug. 22 at Jackson City Park. Relatives attended from Cape Girardeau, St. Louis, Fenton, Advance, Fredericktown, Chaffee, Jackson, Delta, Scott City, Oran, Whitewater; Cabot, Ark.; Gresham and Boring, Ore.; Nashville, Tenn., and Trenton, Ill...
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HOW SUITE IT IS!: DRURY LOOKS TO INITIATE MORE ALL-SUITE OPERATIONS
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Drury Inns Inc. likes what it sees in the operation of its all-suite hotel market in San Antonio, Texas; so well, in fact, that the corporation is looking at plans for other all-suite operations. The new 139-room suite hotel was developed by Drury Southwest Corp., one of three hotel development branches of Cape Girardeau-based Drury Industries. Others include Druco Inc. of St. Louis and Drury Development Corp. of Cape Girardeau...
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$38 MILLION MARKS BIG YEAR FOR BUILDING
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
City building permits for more than $13 million in new construction have been thus far issued in September. The total is the most for any month in five years. "It may be the biggest month ever here," said Rick Murray, supervisor of Cape Girardeau Inspection Service. "I know we're headed for the best year ever. The numbers will be up quite a bit over last year."...
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KIES SHARES SURGERY METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Dr. Richard L. Kies is sharing his surgery techniques with ophthalmologists throughout the country. Kies, a Cape Girardeau ophthalmic surgeon, was recently featured in "Operative Profile of Ocular Surgery News," an international ophthalmic publication...
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AAL OFFERS AID TO VICTIMS OF HURRICANES
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Aid Association for Lutherans of Appleton, Wis., has allocated a total of $500,000 to help its national volunteer network of more than 8,000 branches raise money for the victims of Hurricane Andrew. Local AAL branches across the country have responded to the call for aid to hurricane victims. ...
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NEW MEDICAL FACILITY SET TO OPEN IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
A new medical facility, the Sprigg Street Medical Center, will open Tuesday at 24 N. Sprigg. "The center is being opened to help meet a widely-recognized need for better medical access in this community," said Dr. William O.L. Seabaugh, a longtime physician who will manage the facility. "Physicians will be available at the center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily," he said...
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KESSINGER HELPS TEACH IN RUSSIA
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Russia has 48 medical doctors trained in chiropractic procedures for certain disorders. "We trained the Soviet doctors during a recent visit to Moscow," said Dr. Robert Kessinger, a Cape Girardeau chiropractor. "Seven members of the Kale Network Team spent a week in Moscow, teaching medical doctors the upper cervical specific procedure."...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 09/20/92)
--- PERRYVILLE Perry County Memorial Hospital has joined the Missouri Emergency Heart Network. As a member of the network, the Perryville-based hospital is linked with Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis and other community hospitals throughout the region...
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NEW EMPLOYEES
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
Concord Publishing House recently hired Brad Hollerbach to work with the Southeast Missourian family of newspapers as digital integration manager. A student of communications, Hollerbach is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, where he earned a degree in journalism and marketing. He worked in newspaper production at the Southeast Missourian while attending Southeast...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 09/20/92)
A new organization known as the Advertising Federation of Southeast Missouri is being formed. Local advertising professionals are being sought as charter members. The Advertising Federation is open to anyone who buys, sells or creates advertising or publicity, as well as those involved in marketing or public relations programs...
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TRAINING
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
OLNEY, Md. Jane Rader DeBoe, an interior decorator in the Washington, D.C. area, recently passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification examination. DeBoe, formerly of Cape Girardeau, is one of 372 interior designers in North America who passed the testing to acquire the certification...
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DOC FIELD STATION EXPANDS: CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT BUILDS EQUIPMENT STRUCTURE
(Local News ~ 09/20/92)
The Missouri Department of Conservation will soon have a new equipment building at 20 N. Sprigg. "We're putting up a 4,500-square-foot structure for the DOC field station, which is already leasing space in the existing building there," said Loy Welker. "The DOC utilizes boats used in river research and needs additional space for storage."...
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