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TRANSPORTATION NEEDS EXIST ACROSS MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 12/27/92)
Dollars are always at a premium, especially in the operation of state government. Those agencies who provide transportation to rural residents had a chance to express their needs at a Senate hearing in Cape Girardeau last week. We applaud the committee for listening to the needs of rural Missouri. ...
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ANCESTORS LEAVE US INSPIRED, MOVED, EDUCATED BY EXAMPLE
(Column ~ 12/27/92)
There's an interesting footnote to my prospective service in the Missouri Senate, where I'll take the oath along with my colleagues at noon on January 6. My great-grandfather, who died 73 years ago this week and was buried in Benton on Christmas Eve, 1919, saw service in the same body. I'm tempted to say he served in the same seat, but not quite; of the ten counties involved in the two districts, two (Mississippi and Scott) are common to both...
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DESTABILIZED EUROPE: PRESIDENT CLINTON WILL FIND PRICE ISN'T PUNY
(Column ~ 12/27/92)
In policy terms, Bill Clinton was scheduled to be the most domestically-oriented president since Franklin Roosevelt. Having won because of rampant economic dissatisfaction and having developed a self-taught expertise on a wide range of domestic policy areas, Clinton was not going to succumb to the temptations and glories of commander-in-chief-itis. He knew on which side his political bread was buttered...
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PRENDERGAST IS ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY IN UNION
(Local News ~ 12/27/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Paul G. Prendergast, 24, of Anna, has been named assistant state's attorney in Union County. Prendergast, a 1988 graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Law School, succeeds Patrick S. Duffy of Cobden, who was elected Pulaski County state's attorney in November...
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ALPHA ROBERT FARMER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
SIKESTON -- Alpha Robert Farmer, 77, of the Sikeston Convalescent Center, died Dec. 23, 1992, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 2, 1915, in Jackson, Ark., son of Henry P. and Berthey Sexton Farmer. He had lived in Vanduser 45 years...
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NELLIE GOLDEN
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
Nellie Imogene Golden, 64, of 1521 Hill Street in Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 25, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 13, 1928, at Rockford, Ill. She was married to Rollie Golden on March 18, 1942 in Jackson. He preceded her in death...
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LAJUNE ROSE HUTCHINS
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
LaJune Rose Hutchins, 56, of Arnold died Friday, Dec. 25, 1992, at St. Anthony's Hospital in Arnold. She was born June 6, 1936, in E. St. Louis , Ill. daughter of Russell York and Catherine Lucille Reilley York. She worked as a seamstress at Thorngate for 12 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Thebes...
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PAUL E. MALONEY
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
JACKSON -- Paul E. Maloney, 78, of Jackson, died Friday, Dec. 25, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 12, 1914, at Portageville, son of Leas and Lela Parker Maloney. He was married Sept. 12, 1936, to Myrtle Gremard. She survives. He had been employed by Associated Groceries of St. Louis, as a meat cutter, retiring in 1987 and moving to Jackson...
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EARL WILLIAM STROMBERG JR.
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
Earl William Stromberg Jr., 49, of Dallas, Tex., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Dec. 22, 1992, at the Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center in Dallas. He was born Feb. 7, 1943, in St. Louis, son of Earl William Stromberg Sr. and Dorthea A. Rafferty Stromberg...
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EULA R. LINGLE
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Eula R. Lingle, 77, of Anna, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 26, 1915, at Dongola, daughter of Amos L. and Nellie Eva Poole Baldwin. She married Harry Lingle May 6, 1933, at Anna...
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LESLIE E. JONES
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
ADVANCE -- Leslie E. Jones, 81, of Advance, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 1992, at Advance Nursing Care Center. He was born Mar. 25, 1911 at Arbor, Mo., son of Franklin Jones and Mary Ann Reynolds Jones. He was a teacher nine years in Southeast Missouri, then worked 35 years for Kass Construction Co., Des Moines, Iowa, as a heavy duty equipment operator...
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ELIZABETH L. SCHMIDT
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
PERRYVILLE - Elizabeth L. Schmidt, 55, of Perryville, died on Friday, Dec. 25, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 23, 1937, in Farrar, Mo., daughter of William and Ester DeDe Aurich. She married Alfred P. Schmidt on June 15, 1957...
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FLORA F. HUBER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
PERRYVILLE - Flora F. Huber, 94, of Perryville, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 1992, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born May 22, 1898, in Perry County, daughter of Emil R. and Emma E. Sutterer Huber. She was a member of the Ladies Sodality at the St. Vincent's Church in Perryville...
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JAMES T. TODD
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- James Thomas Todd, 64, of Anna, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 1992, at his home. Arrangements were incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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EUGENIA E. DREYER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
FROHNA - Eugenia E. Dreyer, 77, of Frohna, died on Friday, Dec. 25, 1992, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 10, 1915, in Altenburg, Mo., daughter of Martin and Emma Holt Schirmer. She married Gilbert E. Dreyer on May 16, 1937 in Altenburg...
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THERESA FRAZIER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
CHARLESTON - Theresa Frazier, 68, of Charleston, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1992, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Apr. 1, 1924, in Blaine, Mo., daughter of Kato and Sarah Ferguson Kirkwood. She married Alonzo Frazier on Oct. 3, 1941. He died June 5, 1986...
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VEDA H. DUNNING
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
Veda H. Dunning, 65, of 546 S. Pacific, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 1, 1927, in Randles, Mo., daughter of Charlie and Rosie Welker Surface. She married Edward F. Dunning on Dec. 10, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...
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EARCY ELIZABETH LONG
(Obituary ~ 12/27/92)
MARBLE HILL - Earcy Elizabeth Long, 77, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 1992, at her home. She was born on May 30, 1915, in Scopus, Mo., the daughter of Charley J. and Polly A. Cook Hanners. She married Melvin Long on Dec. 24, 1931. He died Sept. 25, 1990...
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MARK CLARKE SELECTED JUDGE
(Local News ~ 12/27/92)
MARION, Ill. -- Mark Clarke has been selected a new associate judge in the 1st Judicial Circuit. Clarke, of Cairo, and Thomas H. Jones of Murphysboro were announced last week as the two choices for new judges from among 17 candidates. The 1st Judicial Circuit is composed of Jackson, Williamson, Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline and Union counties...
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OLMSTED: ROAD WORK FOR DAM WILL CREATE 100 JOBS IN AREA
(Local News ~ 12/27/92)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- There will be an influx of some new faces in the Olmsted area early next month. When construction gets under way Jan. 4 on a three-mile road leading to the site of the new $1.1 billion Olmsted Lock and Dam project on the Ohio River, it will bring more than 100 new jobs to the area...
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LET'S TRY SLOGANS INSTEAD OF RESOLUTIONS FOR '93
(Column ~ 12/27/92)
After the boxes, crumpled holiday paper, broken pieces of rippled ribbon have all been picked up and the floor is navigable again, I sit down with a satisfied sigh and ask myself, "Now what's next?" It's a rhetorical question. Celebration of a new year is next, of course. And, oh, so soon. I can't sit very long...
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LADYBUG SAYS...IT'S TIME TO GIVE SOME ATTENTION TO BLOOMING POTTED PLANTS
(Column ~ 12/27/92)
Now that the stockings are unstuffed, the gift wrappings cleared away, the big dinner leftovers are still with us, and the relatives have gone or are going, it is time to give some attention to those gifts of love--the blooming potted plants. While it is perfectly acceptable to discard any blooming potted plants after the bloom fades, many blooming plants can be nurtured to give a long period of joy. ...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 12/27/92)
SIKESTON -- Wendy's, a fast-food chain, will open a restaurant in March at E. Malone Avenue featuring a double drive-through window. A Wendy's closed in Sikeston during the early 1980s. --- TOLEDO, Ohio Dana Corp., headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, and Krizman Inc. of Mishawaka, Ind., announced that Dana has acquired the business of Krizman, an international automotive aftermarket parts manufacturing and distribution organization...
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