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NIGHT OUT: POLICE KEEP PEACE ON THE STREETS
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
To an outsider, the communications center of the Cape Girardeau Police Department looks like a scene transplanted from an episode of Star Trek. Computers, phones, recording machines, printers, video screens and a hodge-podge assortment of other electronic equipment stud the walls of the small room...
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UNIVERSITY: DIVISION I HELPS TO MARKET SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
(Second in a series) Winning is the obvious goal of Southeast Missouri State University's athletic teams, but for the institution itself there is an even bigger prize in its move to Division I greater publicity and increased name recognition. And that can help recruit more and better students, say university officials...
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OFFICIALS HOPE MOVE WILL RAISE ENROLLMENT
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
A desire to increase enrollment was one factor in the decision of Southeast Missouri State University to move up to Division I athletics. Enrollment has actually declined over the past three years, but university officials still believe the Division I move is paying off in the marketing of the institution...
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ONE PEDESTRIAN DIES, ANOTHER CRITICALLY INJURED IN SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
SCOTT CITY -- A 70-year-old Cape Girardeau woman who had just finished an evening of bingo at the VFW Home was killed and another woman was critically injured when they were struck by a pickup truck while crossing Main Street in heavy rain Saturday night...
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SCOTT CITY SUPERINTENDENT WILL RETIRE; BRISON SERVED IN DISTRICT SINCE 1986; SEARCH STARTS SOON
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Bob Brison has announced his retirement as superintendent of the Scott City Public Schools. "I've been in education more than 30 years," said Brison, who became superintendent of Scott City School R-I District in 1986. "I'm leaving it with some mixed emotions...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
Now that Bill Clinton is officially in the White House, the Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought his first order of business as president should be. Michael Crain said, "Right now one topic is abortion and abortion clinics and how to deal with them. I think he was also left a mess in the Persian Gulf and I don't know how he's going to handle it. For a first time president, Clinton has a big job ahead of him."...
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STANLEY READY FOR ADVENTURE TO ENGLAND
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
Takara Stanley is going on an all-expense-paid trip to England in April, compliments of the Southeast Missourian newspaper. The 17-year-old Cape Girardeau Central High School senior scored highest in all three phases in the final competition of the Young Columbus contest, held Saturday at the Southeast Missourian...
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COMPANY A OF 1140TH ENGINEER BATTALION CHANGES ITS COMMAND
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
JACKSON -- First Lieutenant Joseph M. Leahy, a native of Bloomington, Ill., is the new commanding officer of Company A of the 1140th Engineer Battalion of the National Guard in Jackson. Leahy relieved Capt. David Davis, of Oran, during a change-of-command ceremony held Sunday at the National Guard Armory Building. Davis had commanded the company for 18 months...
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PARENTS OF FIRE VICTIMS REMAIN HOSPITALIZED
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
CHAFFEE -- Janie Menz Sadler, the mother of two children killed in a mobile home fire here Friday night, was listed in critical but stable condition Sunday night in the burn unit at St. John's Medical Center in St. Louis. Her husband, 27-year-old Laurel "Andy" Sadler, was in satisfactory condition at the same hospital...
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DAISY BYRD
(Obituary ~ 01/25/93)
SIKESTON -- Daisy Byrd, 79, formerly of 535 E. Gladys St. in Sikeston, died Jan. 23, 1993, at the Miner Nursing Center in Miner. She was born Nov. 29, 1913, near Brilliant, Ala., to the late William F. and Mattie Jane Dodd Burnett. She was a homemaker, and was a member of the Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston...
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BONNIE BEATRICE YOUNG
(Local News ~ 01/25/93)
Bonnie Beatrice Young, 70, of 1848 Woodlawn Ave., died Jan. 23, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital as a result of a traffic accident. She was a housewife and a member of Grace Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 4, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Benjamin Ohning and Claudine Deaver Ohning, who preceded her in death...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/25/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gwyn of St. Louis, St. Mary's Hospital, 4:40 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 1993. Name, Coleman Wells. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Gwyn is the former Kimberly Wells, daughter of Calvin and Carol Wells of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Arts and Education Council in St. Louis. Gwyn is a jet mechanic with TWA, and is the son of Richard and Sandra Gwyn of Wright City...
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CARYLON MEISENHEIMER BOYD
(Obituary ~ 01/25/93)
JONESBORO, Ill. - Carylon Meisenheimer Boyd, 81, of Jonesboro, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 14, 1911, in Anna, Ill., daughter of Andrew and Maude Hill Sharp. She first married James Meisenheimer on Aug. 31, 1929. He died Apr. 22, 1970...
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SARAH VIOLA REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 01/25/93)
JONESBORO, Ill. - Sarah Viola Reynolds. 86, of Jonesboro, Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1993, at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. She was born Dec. 16, 1906, in Union County, Ill., daughter of James and Mary Ann Gay Burns. She married Robert Reynolds June 12, 1924. He died Jan. 8, 1969...
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FLORA E. CASHION
(Obituary ~ 01/25/93)
PERRYVILLE - Flora E. Cashion, 92, of Perryville, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 10, 1900, in Perry County, daughter of August and Emma Huber Streiler. She married Tony Cashion in 1924. Survivors include her husband; a son, Harold Cashion of San Leandro, Calif.; and two sisters, Esther Streiler of Perryville, Hilda Fresemeyer of St. Louis...
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WALTER R. HOPFER
(Obituary ~ 01/25/93)
UNIONTOWN - Walter R. Hopfer, 73, of Uniontown, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1993, at his home. He was born Apr. 12, 1919, in Uniontown, son of Rudolph T. and Frieda J. Frentzel Hopfer. He married Virginia Bingenheimer Apr. 18, 1948. Hopfer was a farmer...
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BE OUR GUEST: THERE ARE WAYS FOR CLINTON TO CUT THE DEFICIT IF HE REALLY MEANS BUSINESS
(Column ~ 01/25/93)
Bill Zellmer is a freelance writer who resides in Cape Girardeau. He previously worked as city editor in a Sarasota, Fla. newspaper, and owned a bi-weekly newspaper in Arkansas. Listening to members of the Clinton administration, you have to ask yourself, are they simply naive or are they totally ignorant? Is their current train of thought as empty-headed as their campaign rhetoric, or is one as devious as the other?...
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INTERMODAL TRANSPORT MOVES AREA INTO FUTURE
(Editorial ~ 01/25/93)
Intermodal - it's more than a buzzword in today's massive transportation picture. It's the reason Cape Girardeau may by a viable player in the growing transportation network for goods and services. Intermodal means a combination of transportation modes are used to move a product - including rail, river, road, air and even pipeline...
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BEYOND SELF-INTEREST; EACH TIME A MAN STANDS UP FOR AN IDEAL OR ACTS TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF OTHERS OR STRIKES OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE, HE SENDS FORTH A TINY RIPPLE OF HOPE...
(Editorial ~ 01/25/93)
To qualify for the championship level of the (Young Columbus Program) competition all candidates for the trip were required to write an essay about "the most urgent problem facing America today," using the Southeast Missourian as one of their sources. Below is Stanley's essay...
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