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POLICE PROPOSAL UNVEILED
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd Jr. unveiled a three-pronged plan Monday to battle street crime in the city, particularly a proliferation of illegal drug sales. Boyd proposed the use of a crime unit composed of law enforcement officers from several area agencies to harass drug dealers; implementation of community service programs aimed at crime prevention; and the addition of 10 police officers over the next three years...
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SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
JACKSON - Four school districts in Cape Girardeau County are holding elections today -- one seeking a tax levy increase to construct a new building, and three asking taxpayers to waive the rollback of property taxes granted under Proposition C. Voters in the Cape Girardeau school district will decide whether to approve a 51 cent property tax levy increase to fund construction of a new middle school for grades 6-8. ...
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ROW CROP ACREAGE DOWN IN THIS AREA
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
Row crop acreage is down in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois for 1993. Ditto, early corn yields. "Crop acreage and yields are down in many areas this year," said Terry Birk of the Cape County Extension office. "Farmers are in the fields between rains and showers every chance they get. Overall, about 35 percent of the corn in Cape County has been harvested."...
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WPSD AND TCI AGREE TO EXTEND NEGOTIATIONS
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
Cape Girardeau and Jackson cable television subscribers can continue to view NBC programming, at least for now. The area's NBC affiliate, WPSD-Channel 6 of Paducah, Ky., and TCI Cablevision have elected to extend negotiations past Wednesday's deadline in an effort to reach a retransmission agreement...
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DELTA QUEEN WILL VISIT CAPE, IF RIVER COOPERATES
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
The steamboat Delta Queen is scheduled to dock at Cape Girardeau Monday on its first port call here since July 3. The Delta Queen will arrive in Cape Girardeau from St. Louis on a five-day cruise to Cincinnati. "Yes, we're coming to Cape Girardeau on Monday, God willing and if Old Man River will let us," said Terry Westerfield, public relations manager for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co. in New Orleans...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL TRIES TO SORT OUT DISPUTE CONCERNING WATER COMPANY
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council has become embroiled in a dispute involving a non-profit water company that serves 13 customers south of the city. Monday night, a couple who has recently purchased the last of 12-plats under the original Citizens Development Co. (CDC) asked the council for permission to hook into the line...
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JACKSON ALDERMAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER HEART ATTACK
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
JACKSON -- Jackson Alderman David Ludwig remains hospitalized, following a heart attack. Mayor Paul Sander discussed the situation at Monday night's meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Sander said Ludwig was stricken while driving his car last Tuesday...
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JACKSON BAND FESTIVAL IS TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
JACKSON - The 49th annual Jackson Marching Band Festival, including a parade through downtown Jackson and a field show, will be held today. The parade begins at 1:30 p.m., and the field show is at 6:30 at Jackson High School. The cost for the field show is $2 for adults and $1 for students...
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MISSOURIAN BUILDING POWER WILL BE SHUT OFF
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
The Southeast Missourian building at 301 Broadway will have some electrical modifications done today. Electricity at the building will be shut off roughly between noon and 12:30. This also affects the telephone system. Persons who call the building during this time and get no answer are asked to please call back...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU FIRE DEPARTMENT
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
TUESDAY, OCT. 5 At 2:13 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to 1900 Perryville Road for a report of a field fire. At 4:50 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to the intersection of Lexington and North Kingshighway for a report of a car fire. At 8:33 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to 300 Mill for medical assistance...
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LINUS J. REINAGEL
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
KELSO -- Funeral mass for Linus J. Reinagel of St. Louis will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Sabina Church in Florissant. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery at Florissant. Hutchens Mortuary of Florissant is in charge of arrangements. Reinagel, 74, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1993, at Florissant Nursing Home...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/05/93)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gerber of McClure, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, 1993. Name, Brittany Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Gerber is the former Deanna Matlock, daughter of Harry and Linda Matlock of McClure. Gerber is employed by Apex Towing Co., and is the son of Richard and Marry Gerber of Racine, Wis...
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AUDREY D. WALKER
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
SIKESTON -- Audrey Dale Walker, 25, of Summerville, Ga., died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga., from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born Aug. 4, 1968, in Sikeston, daughter of Dale W. and Dorothy E. Scharenberg Walker. ...
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CORNELIA GOCKEL
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
Graveside service for Cornelia Gockel of Kent, Wash., will be held Saturday at Fairmount Cemetery, with the Rev. Mary Elise Earley officiating. Gockel, 94, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1993, at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Wash. She was born Jan. 27, 1899, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Anton and Clara Ermertz Gockel...
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WILLIAM H. FOX JR.
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for William Henry "Bill" Fox Jr. of Charleston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Fox, 63, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, following a brief illness...
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TED RAVENSTEIN
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
JACKSON -- Ted Ravenstein, 83, of Jackson, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 7, 1909, in Bellmont, Ill., son of John and Daisy Stilwell Ravenstein. He and Anna Lee Foster were married July 7, 1947, in Pocahontas, Ark...
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ELLEN V. MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Ellen Virginia Martin, 83, Scott City Route 1, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 24, 1910, near Illmo, daughter of Campbell and Ora Beatrice Raines Smith. She and Edward Joseph Martin were married Oct. 14, 1933, at Kelso...
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MALCOLM BUBERT
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
Malcolm Carl "Pee Wee" Bubert, 68, formerly of Havana, Ill., died Friday, Sept. 17, 1993, in a nursing home in Mason City, Ill. He was born June 4, 1925, in Easton, Ill., son of Carl and Dorothy Nance Bubert. He married Delores I. Cave Schantz. Bubert was a terminal manager for J.D. Streett and Co. in Havana and Cape Girardeau, and later worked at Weakly and Sloan Implement Co. He was a member of Havana VFW Post 6408...
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SARAH T. SPERLING
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
JACKSON -- Sarah T. Sperling, 81, of Jackson, died Monday, Oct. 4, 1993, at her home. She was born Nov. 15, 1911, at Whitewater, daughter of Edgar and Lottie Davis Ford. She and Otto H. Sperling were married Nov. 19, 1933, at Tilsit. He died Nov. 9, 1988...
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FLOYD F. HALE
(Obituary ~ 10/05/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Floyd Frank Hale, 66, of Scott City, died Monday, Oct. 4, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 2, 1917, at Commerce, son of James Frank and Leva Ellen Wright Hale. He and Mary Smith were married April 22, 1953...
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K OF C SETS DRIVE FOR RETARDED
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
"To Care is to Share about the Mentally Retarded" will be the theme of Knights of Columbus St. Vincent Council No. 1111's annual fund drive featuring Tootsie Rolls being exchanged for donations to the mentally retarded. The council's 21st annual such fund-raiser will be held Friday through Sunday in Cape Girardeau, said Harold Green, grand night of the council...
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CAPE, KELSO PROJECTS GET DNR LOANS
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
Wastewater treatment plant improvements in Cape Girardeau and Kelso are among those that will be financed through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' State Revolving Loan Fund. The latest financing totaled about $22.4 million for projects in Arnold, Byrnes Mill, Cape Girardeau, Hannibal, Holts Summit, Kelso, Kennett and St. Joseph...
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U.N. MUST KNOW WHEN TO SAY `NO'
(Column ~ 10/05/93)
United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali did not like President Clinton's U.N. speech. It's easy to understand why. Clinton, Congress and every recent study made of U.N. operations want the U.N. to "overhaul" its operations and stop spreading itself so thin. Stressing that the world body should be more selective in its peace-keeping operations, Clinton said, "The United Nations must know when to say no."...
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HAARIG DISTRICT NEEDS COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN RENEWAL BID
(Editorial ~ 10/05/93)
Though not a huge city, Cape Girardeau has a number of distinctive neighborhoods: the historic downtown, the expanding west end, the diverse university area. Though sometimes forgotten in this list, there is also the Haarig area, a commercial neighborhood centered at Good Hope Street and known in more recent times for commerce of an illegal sort. Now, merchants in the Haarig district are taking steps to revive the area. We applaud these efforts...
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BOOSTING ACADEMICS, SPORTS IS GOAL FOR PARENTS' ORGANIZATION AT CHS
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
When the Central High School Booster Club was proposed seven years ago, the only way the board of education would allow it to be formed is if it was going to support all activities at the school, not just sports. That was fine with the organizers, and over the years the club has worked hard to support all students at the high school - from football players to Scholar Bowl competitors...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: STUDENTS SEE, TOUCH AND FEEL LEARNING
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
After taking time out to help put her husband through college and raise four children, Rhonda Parenteau decided to pursue her own career as a teacher. She graduated with honors from Southeast Missouri State in May of 1990 and has been teaching full-day kindergarten at St. Mary's Cathedral School ever since...
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STUDENT REPRESENTS MISSOURI IN PAGEANT
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
Jonelle Hennecke, 12, will represent Missouri in the Miss National pre-Teen Pageant in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 27. Hennecke was crowned Miss Missouri Pre-Teen at Columbia on Sept. 4. She and others representing the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will vie for the crown based on academics, achievements, interviews, poise, appearance and personality...
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CENTRAL'S MARCHING BAND SWEEPS HONORS AT CONTEST
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
Cape Girardeau Central High School's marching band swept honors at the Washington, Mo., marching band contest over the weekend. This marks the first time the band has won all three trophies available for its size class. The band won first place for overall performance, first place for outstanding auxiliary, and first place for outstanding percussion...
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ELKS FOUNDATION OFFERS $2,000 TO STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
CHICAGO -- The Elks National Foundation is offering $2,000 grants for students planning to pursue a vocational-technical course in a school or college leading to an associate degree, certificate or diploma. Foundation trustees have set aside $788,000 for the grants for the 1994-95 and 1995-96 school years. Each grant is for $1,000 for each of the two academic years...
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EDUCATION MEETING SET FOR NEW MADRID
(Local News ~ 10/05/93)
NEW MADRID -- A town hall meeting will be held at New Madrid County Central High School on Oct. 27, from 2-5 p.m. The session is one of 10 being held around the state, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, to discuss the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993 and how school districts can take advantage of various provisions in the school funding law...
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