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LET THE DEBATE OVER STATE CAMPAIGN REFORM BEGIN
(Editorial ~ 06/22/93)
Political elections are long and expensive. The expense, and who's paying the bill, continues to fuel the fires of campaign reform debate. Leading the newest assault at the state level is former secretary of state Roy Blunt. He's concerned that Political Action Committees (PACs) and rich special interests are buying votes and elections. ...
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BACKGROUND OF `DAVIDGERGEN' DESERVES CLOSER LOOK
(Column ~ 06/22/93)
President Clinton's recent appointment of David Gergen to his senior White House staff has been much commented upon, in this space and elsewhere. After I wrote a column on Gergen's appointment, I came across the following revealing item written by nationally syndicated columnist Robert Novak. ...
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HAMILTON WOULD HAVE LOVED THESE REFERENDUMS
(Column ~ 06/22/93)
If Alexander Hamilton were to come back after all these years and visit Missouri, he might think he had died and gone to heaven. Of course, the founding father did die, although we have no information on his ultimate destination, but while he was helping forge the shape of the early colonies, he was a leading proponent of government-by-referendum. ...
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EARLY MORNING BLAZE DAMAGES HOME
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Authorities say a young child playing with a cigarette lighter may have been responsible for a fire on Monday that caused extensive damage to a residence in the northeast part of Cape Girardeau. The fire was reported at 8:40 a.m. at 400 Timon Way, located off Dumais and Country Club Drive...
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CAPE CHAMBER NARROWS ITS SEARCDH FOR NEW PRESIDENT
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
The committee searching for a new Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce president has completed its initial screening process, narrowing the field of candidates from 70 to 12. Judy Wilferth, executive search committee chairman, said, "We're very pleased with the quality of people who submitted applications. They came from all over the country, even Alaska," she said...
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COUNCIL WON'T RUSH PROPERTY CODES
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
With some council members voicing reservations about a minimum property maintenance code, the Cape Girardeau City Council agreed Monday to take its time considering the measure. Rick Murray, Cape Girardeau's supervisor of inspection services, discussed the Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) minimum property maintenance code at the council's study session Monday. Adoption of the code has been recommended by the city's Board of Appeals...
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NOVEMBER GAMBLING VOTE LIKELY; CITY COUNCIL OKAYS SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Voters in Cape Girardeau likely will have an opportunity Nov. 2 to reconsider riverboat gambling. At Monday's city council meeting, proponents of the measure calling themselves "The Yes Group" presented petitions with signatures of 3,720 citizens requesting the measure be placed on the November ballot. The number of signatures needed to force another election is 2,254...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL DEFEATS SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES DESPITE STATE MANDATE
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
SCOTT CITY -- An ordinance allowing the sale of liquor on Sunday in Scott City was defeated Monday night, even though city officials say the council has no power to prevent merchants from selling liquor on Sunday. With three of the council members absent from the meeting, Ward 1 Councilwoman Brenda Moyers' single no vote prevented the ordinance from receiving a majority...
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JACKSON TO SUBSIDIZE BOARD OF TOURISM
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Aldermen voted 7-0 Monday to approve an agreement with the Jackson Chamber of Commerce creating a tourism board to promote attractions in and around the Jackson area. The five-member tourism board will begin its work on July 1. ...
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CAMPUS COURTING: PROVOST DISCOURAGES FACULTY-STUDENT DATING
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
In academe, love may not be a many splendored thing at least when it comes to faculty members dating students. Charles Kupchella, Southeast Missouri State University's provost, says faculty-student dating should be discouraged. "It skirts too close to the edge of the danger of mixing up personal and professional relationships," he said. "We have no business encouraging it, obviously."...
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MISSISSIPPI ON THE RISE AGAIN
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
The Mississippi River is on the rise again at Cape Girardeau. The National Weather Service said Monday the river here is expected to crest Saturday at 32.9 feet, nine-tenths of a foot above flood stage. The river stage Monday at Cape Girardeau was 32.3 feet. It has been falling very slowly since cresting at 33.6 feet on June 12. It was at 32.9 feet on June 17...
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SAUNDERS WILL SPEAK AT EVENT
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
JACKSON -- Missouri Director of Agriculture John Saunders will be guest speaker at the annual Byrd Township Democrats barbecue Saturday at the Jackson football stadium. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $2.50. Saunders, of St. Joseph, owns and operates a 650-acre livestock and grain farm. He was appointed to head the state agriculture department by Gov. Mel Carnahan in March...
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CENTRAL '50s REUNION SET FOR JULY 16-18
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
The second, 1950s decade reunion for Cape Girardeau Central High School will be held July 16-18 at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. The first, held in 1988, was attended by 700 people. The reunion committee will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Mr. B's Gathering Place on Independence to continue planning for the reunion of the classes from 1950 through 1959...
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TWO MOTORISTS RECEIVE MINOR INJURIES IN MONDAY ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol worked two minor injury accidents Monday in Cape Girardeau County. At 9:10 a.m., about a mile north of Fruitland on the outer road, a northbound 1990 Chevrolet Geo driven by Kathy Klingel, 40, of Cape Girardeau, made a left turn in front of a southbound 1993 Chevrolet Blazer, driven by Linda Schwartzberg, 44, of St. Peters...
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JOHN H. ABNER
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
BELL CITY -- John Howard Abner, 82, of Bell City, died Sunday, June 20, 1993, at Advance Care Center. He was born April 30, 1911, at Bell City, son of Lum and Rhoda Riggins Abner. He and Inez Watts were married Sept. 10, 1932, at Bloomfield. Abner was a pipefitter with Associated Natural Gas of Sikeston until retiring. He was a member of Bell City United Methodist Church...
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HOMER W. CLEMENTS
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
Homer W. Clements, 86, of St. Louis, died Wednesday, June 16, 1993, at Lutheran Medical Center in St. Louis. He was formerly of Bell City. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Clements of St. Louis; a daughter, Doretta King of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Dale Clements of Belleville, Ill.; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren...
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AUGUST B. FRISCIA
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
Funeral service for August Blake Friscia of Bedford Village, N.Y., was held Friday at the Presbyterian Church there. Burial was in a cemetery there. Friscia, 66, died Tuesday, June 15, 1993, at Northern Westchester Hospital. He was born March 9, 1927, in Tampa, Fla., son of Ignazio and Rosalia Friscia. He married the former Dixie Bader of Cape Girardeau...
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KENT JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
SIKESTON -- Kent Johnson, 41, of Sikeston, died Sunday, June 20, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 26, 1951, in Kansas City, son of Elmer C. and Shirley Lacki Johnson Jr. Johnson was a staff electrical engineer at Noranda Aluminum...
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AGNES M. WATKINS
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Agnes M. Watkins of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Kelley Grubbs will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon today...
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BILLY G. CRADER
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Billy Gene Crader, 63, of Scott City, died Monday, June 21, 1993, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born March 29, 1930, at Delta, son of Marvin and Lucille Woolsey Crader. He and Hazel Harvey were married Jan. 29, 1969...
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PAUL W. OWENS
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Paul Wayne Owens, 61, of Scott City, died Monday, June 21, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 8, 1932, at Scott City, daughter of William Riley and Alma Coomer Owens. He attended the Wesleyan Church in Scott City...
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ARTHUR MUSGRAVES
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
JACKSON -- Arthur Musgraves, 86, of Jackson, died Monday, June 21, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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FAYE MOORE
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
CHARLESTON -- Faye Moore, 94, of Charleston, died Monday, June 21, 1993, at Charleston Manor. She was born Aug. 22, 1898, at Benton, daughter of Eugene Herbert and Stella Rowe Smith. She and Ben B. Moore were married Dec. 29, 1920. He died Nov. 26, 1989...
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FLOSSIE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
JACKSON -- Flossie Smith, 81, of Jackson, died Monday, June 21, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 15, 1911, at Patton, daughter of Charles and Minnie M. Brotherton Wilson. She and Jesse Norman Smith were married Nov. 18, 1933. He died Aug. 1, 1992...
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JOHN BLAKEMORE
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- John Blakemore, 84, of Oak Park, died there Sunday, June 20, 1993. He was formerly of Olive Branch. He was born Sept. 29, 1908, at Lakewood, son of James F. and Amy Roberts Blakemore. He married the former Louise F. Hoppe. Blakemore was retired as pastor of Harrison Street Bible Church in Oak Park...
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ANNIE BLACKWOOD
(Obituary ~ 06/22/93)
PERKINS -- Annie Blackwood, 91, of Perkins, died Sunday, June 20, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 27, 1902, at Newton, Ark., daughter of Thomas and Sarah Wood Humphreys. She and Perry Blackwood were married April 6, 1909, at Clarksville, Ark. He died June 13, 1957...
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CAPE NATIVE RECEIVES HONORS FROM LAW SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Cape Girardeau native Christopher Martin has graduated with honors from Washington University Law School. Martin graduated fifth in his class of 205 students, was the executive articles editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly and a member of the Order of the Coif, an honorary society for top law students...
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APE STUDENTS NAMED TO TEXAS CHRISTIAN HONORS
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Two Cape Girardeau students were named to the Dean's Honor List at Texas Christian University. John Andrew Clark, son of Mrs. David Clark and the late Dr. Clark, recently graduated with a degree in finance. David DuVal Kinder, son of Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Kinder, is a freshman business major...
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CAPE STUDENT GRADUATES WITH HONORS AT DANVILLE
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Jenni Horn of Cape Girardeau, recently graduated magna cum laude from Centre College in Danville, Ky. Horn earned a bachelor of arts degree in American political culture. She is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa honoraries for outstanding scholars and leaders. She is also a member of Phi Alpha Theta history honorary, Pi Sigma Alpha political science honorary and the Delta Delta Delta sorority...
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STUDENT GRADUATES WITH HONORS IN WASHINGTON
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Christopher P. Romann of Cape Girardeau recently graduated magna cum laude from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor in science degree in criminal justice and premedical studies, with a minor in psychology. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma and served as president of Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society...
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CAPE STUDENT WILL ATTEND SPANISH LANGUAGE VILLAGE
(Local News ~ 06/22/93)
Robert Felker of Cape Girardeau, will attend the Concordia College Spanish Language Village near Bemidji, Minn., July 19-Aug 15. Sponsored by Concordia College of Morehead, Minn., the Concordia Language Villages is an informal experience-based program introducing young people ages 7-18 to the world of languages and cultures...
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