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SINGLE PARENTS FACE SPECIAL CHALLENGES; MOM DOESN'T WANT CRITICISM TO TOUCH CHILD
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
Sheila Davis had come to terms with her decision to have a baby on her own. It was a personal choice that she agonized over for months. But earlier this year, when the issue of family values began making headlines, she felt criticized for being a single mother for the first time...
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QUEST: TROUBLED KIDS GROW THROUGH WAGON TRAIN
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
FRUITLAND -- Three wagon trains manned by troubled youths from the East Coast are traveling through Southeast Missouri as part of a journey through the eastern United States. The wagon trains are part of VisionQuest, a private corporation founded in 1973 to help young people...
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SINGLE PARENTS FACE SPECIAL CHALLENGES; FAMILY VALUE ISSUE DOESN'T CONCERN DAD
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
On Nov. 7, Bill Bolton officially will resign from single fatherhood. He will marry Rhonda McMillan and she will become the stepmother of his 6-year-old son, Ian. That will be the closest Ian's been to nuclear familyhood since his parents separated four years ago...
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TIPPER GORE MAY VISIT HERE FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
Tipper Gore, the wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, is tentatively scheduled to make a campaign appearance in Cape Girardeau Friday afternoon. Details of the visit have not been worked out; however, staff from the Clinton-Gore campaign in Missouri began laying the groundwork for the visit Monday. Mrs. Gore will spend two or three hours in the city...
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DISTRICT SENATE RACE: KINDER, HEARNES DISCUSS EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
JACKSON - State senatorial candidates Peter Kinder and Betty Hearnes outlined their positions on a variety of educational issues Monday night, expressing agreement on some issues and distinct differences on others. In remarks to a candidates forum sponsored by the legislative committee of the Southeast District of the Missouri State Teachers Association, both 27th district senatorial candidates agreed that education was a top priority and contended they had the best background to help bring needed changes.. ...
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JACKSON APPROVES LOW BIDS FOR TWO STREET PROJECTS
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen accepted low bids on two street improvement projects Monday, but tabled action on a third for more study. The board also accepted the low bid for repair and repainting of the city's 200,000-gallon elevated water tower, and approved requests to operate a haunted house, and conduct Veterans Day and Christmas parades. It also approved a request by the Jackson American Legion to hold Jackson Homecomers in August 1993...
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COUNCIL REJECTS TOURISM BUREAU REQUEST
(Local News ~ 09/22/92)
Saying he didn't want the city's tourism fund depleted further, Councilman Al Spradling III Monday spurned a Convention and Visitors Advisory Board request for additional money. At Monday's Cape Girardeau City Council meeting, the CVB board asked that an additional $50,000 be set aside for a "contingency fund" to help finance various events and activities throughout the year...
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SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JOB HAS MARGIN OF EXCESS
(Editorial ~ 09/22/92)
The appointment of Lawrence Walsh as a special prosecutor elevated a now-weathered phrase into the public limelight: Iran-Contra scandal. After 5 years on the job, Walsh brings another phrase to mind with his work: squandered tax dollars. Walsh ferried his investigation to a merciful conclusion last week, the nation almost $33 million poorer for his efforts. ...
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EVELYN SPARKES, BRIDGETTE AND DONTAY HARRIS
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
Evelyn Sparks, 49, 1117 Ranney, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1992, at her home. Her daughter, Bridgette Harris, 22, 220 S. Lorimier, and grandson, Dontay Harris, 11 months, also died Sunday at the Sparks home. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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MAGDALEN M. CRUMP
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral mass for Magdalen Mary Crump of Chaffee will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The Revs. Allan Saunders and Charley Shrum will officiate. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The rosary will be recited at 7...
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NELLIE E. POWERS
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Nellie Elizabeth Powers of White Hall, Ark., formerly of Scott City, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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HAZEL MARQUIS
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Hazel Marquis of Bloomfield was held Sunday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. Burial was in Gravel Hill Cemetery near here. Marquis, 76, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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FREDA TRICKEY
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
Funeral service for Freda Lorene Trickey of DeSoto was held Saturday, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery there. Mahn Funeral Home of DeSoto was in charge of arrangements. Trickey, 83, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1992, in St. Louis County. She was born July 10, 1909, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Joseph and Della Ramsey Weatherford. She and Otis Trickey were married in 1935 in Piggott, Ark...
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NORMAN MITCHEM
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
SIKESTON -- Norman "Chalkie" Mitchem, 77, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born March 2, 1915, in Otwell, Ark., son of George Washington and Malinda Jane Easton Mitchem. He and Gertrude Harris were married Nov. 27, 1937, in New Madrid. She died Jan. 16, 1992...
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BILL R. TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Bill Russell Taylor, 64, of Olmsted, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 1992, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. He was formerly of Cairo. He was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Ullin, son of Russell G. and Rose Danner Taylor. Taylor was a retired telegraph operator with Illinois Central Railroad, and veteran of the Korean War...
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JESSE O. JOHNS
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
BRAGG CITY -- Funeral service for Jesse O'Neil Johns of Bragg City was held Sunday at McDaniel Funeral Chapel in Kennett. The Rev. Cecil Wilson officiated, with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Johns, 74, died Friday, Sept. 18, 1992, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...
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CHARLIE E. CARTER
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
ZALMA -- Charlie E. Carter, 78, of St. Louis, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 1992, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 1, 1914, at Zalma, son of Mounce Edward and Lena Abernathy Carter. He and Myrtle Rea were married Oct. 6, 1934. Carter was retired from General Motors...
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JAMES M. CATO
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for James Matthew Cato, 2 months, Chaffee Route 2, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Larry Stephenson will officiate, with burial in Cato Cemetery near Arab. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon until service time...
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ARNOLD B. LAY
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Arnold Belton Lay, 73, of East Prairie, died Monday, Sept. 21, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 13, 1918, in Walker County, Ala., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Lay. He first married Naomi Johnson, who died in 1989. He later married Ada Marie Counts June 16, 1974...
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DENNIS KARRAKER
(Obituary ~ 09/22/92)
Dennis Karraker, 71, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Sept. 21, 1992, at his home. He was born Sept. 13, 1921 near Dongola, Ill., the son of Devoter and Cora Coffman Karraker. He was married on Oct. 7, 1945 to Norma Jean Rinehart, who preceded him in death on April 19, 1992...
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