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JOHN L. "JACK" THORNE
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
BENTON - John L. "Jack" Thorne, 89, of Benton, died Saturday, Oct. 23, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born in Osage City, Kan., on Feb. 24, 1904, to Fred and Ida West Thorne. On Dec. 20, 1925, he married Alice L. Carel at Brookfield. She survives...
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HAITI DEMOCRACY HAS ROCKY START SINCE '91 COUP
(Editorial ~ 10/24/93)
Nearly every thread that could sustain a democracy has been cut in the two years since the military overthrew elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The U.S.-led military buildup off Haiti's shores and the harsh enforcement of international sanctions may just force Aristide's return from exile, although probably not by the United Nation's Oct. 30 deadline...
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ISOLATIONISM AND OUR NATIONAL INTEREST
(Column ~ 10/24/93)
It's our magical formula in international affairs: The United States acts "when it's in our national interest." If evolving developments in Situation A are clearly in "our national interest," we pay close attention and, depending on events, might even contemplate taking some military action "in our national interest."...
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WE CAN'T `FIX' EDUCATION WITHOUT FIXING FAMILY
(Column ~ 10/24/93)
I love it when readers send me articles that they find compelling that were published in some distant publication. This is true whether I agree with the printed material or not. My friend and retired university professor Dr. Willard Morgan recently sent me a news story from the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington, West Virginia, where Morgan's son Craig practices medicine. ...
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BOND'S VOICE MIGHT TEMPER RUNAWAY HEALTH-CARE MEASURE
(Editorial ~ 10/24/93)
President Clinton is pulling out all the stops these days in promoting his ideas to overhaul America's health care system. At work, too, is a corps of lawmakers believing administration proposals speak more to social experimentation than to revising a system that provides the best medical care on the planet. ...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/24/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jeff Barker of Millersville, born at home, 1:29 a.m. Friday, Oct. 1, 1993. Name, Kenneth Joel. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Fourth child, first son. Mrs. Barker is the former Emma Propst, daughter of Ray and Nelda Propst of Millersville. She is employed at Domino's Pizza in Jackson. Barker is employed at M&W Packaging, and is the son of Kenneth Jack Barker of Jackson, and Esther Barker of Cape Girardeau...
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INA L. BOHANNON
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
EAST PRAIRIE - Ina Louise Bohannon, 67, of East Prairie, died Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born June 6, 1926, in Scopus, to Lee and Effie Shoemache Hahn Rogers. She was first married to Joseph McIntyre in 1940. She then married Harold C. Bohannon in 1943...
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ETTA D. MICHAEL
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
CHARLESTON - Etta D. Michael, 77, of Charleston, died Saturday, Oct. 23, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 7, 1915, at East Prairie, to C.J. and Bertie Skaggs Banks. She married Joseph "Bill" Michael on March 26, 1954. He preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 1984...
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A.N. ESSELMAN
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
PERRYVILLE - Aloysius N. Esselman, 90, of Perryville, died Saturday, Oct. 23, at his home. He was born April 17, 1903, in Perry County, to George and Lavina Riney Esselman. He and Ida L. Martens were married in Claryville, on Jan. 22, 1924. She survives...
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LOUIS O. GILMER
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
CHAFFEE - Louis O. Gilmer, 77, of 128 Wright in Chaffee, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center. Gilmer was born Sept. 7, 1916 in Chaffee, the son of William Oscar Gilmer and Myrtle Flora Toler. On Dec. 23, 1936 he married Marietta Mantel, who survives...
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ERNEST INMAN
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
SIKESTON - Ernest N. Inman, 85, of 314 Moore Ave. in Sikeston, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1993 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 11, 1908 in Sikeston, the son of Lige and Elisa Mandrell Inman. On Nov. 19, 1927 he married Dimple Brown in New Madrid, and she preceded him in death on Nov. 21, 1988...
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ART W. LUMLEY
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
SIKESTON - Art W. Lumley, 49, of Sikeston, died Friday, Oct. 22, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1944, in Detroit, Mich., to William and Pauline Wright Lumley. He married Diane Campbell in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 1, 1978. She survives...
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ROSCOE HOMER JONES
(Obituary ~ 10/24/93)
SIKESTON - Roscoe H. Jones, 78, of Sikeston, Rt. 1, died Friday, Oct. 22, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 15, 1915, in McCoupin County, Ill., to John R. and Callie Darran Jones. He farmed in the Sikeston area for 65 years, and was a member of the McMullin Methodist Church of McMullin...
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JACKSON DEDICATES WAR MEMORIAL TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
JACKSON -- A brief sunset ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. today to dedicate the Brookside Park Memorial to veterans of all wars. The twilight dedication was selected so the public can view the open air chapel's subtle lighting which illuminates black granite panels on which are engraved the names of American veterans, living and deceased, who have served their country...
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BLOCK GRANT COULD CREATE OVER 50 JOBS IN JACKSON
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
JACKSON - City officials say if a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant application is funded, the money will be used to build a new elevated water tower and water main that would serve both of Jackson's industrial parks. City Administrator Carl Talley said the improvements to the water supply infrastructure will also result in the initial creation of at least 50 new jobs, and possibly more...
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VOLUNTEERS CELEBRATE VICTORY OVER FLOOD
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
About 200 people turned out Saturday afternoon for a "Flood Victory Celebration" at Red Star Baptist Church, organized to show appreciation to the many volunteers who helped battle this year's river flood and to symbolize to residents of the area it is time to move forward...
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GAMING COMMISSION COULD LIMIT BOATS IN AREA
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
If voters in Cape Girardeau and Scott County both approve the local option for riverboat gaming on Nov. 2, the Missouri Gaming Commission that licenses boats could take into consideration the impact of having two boats located close to each other. Although Missouri's law that established riverboat gaming does not specifically limit the number of boats that can be licensed in the state like the Illinois law does, it does give the commission discretion over where boats will be located...
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WIND SYMPHONY CONSIDERS RETURN
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
As the stirring opening notes of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" sound, the metal shell enclosing a floating stage retracts to reveal the American Wind Symphony Orchestra blowing to beat the band. It's dramatic stuff presented by conductor-riverboat pilot-Fulbright scholar Robert Boudreau, a man who has spent the past 33 years reinventing the American showboat tradition...
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BOB HENDRIX TO BE `ROASTED' AND `TOASTED'
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
Bob Hendrix, who served as Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce president 21-plus years will be "roasted" and "toasted" at a banquet, to be held Nov. 13, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Hendrix, who announced his retirement from the Chamber earlier this year, will leave the chamber Nov. 19...
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SIKESTON MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
SIKESTON - A 37-year old Sikeston man was killed Saturday morning in an accident on Highway 60 near Morehouse. The Missouri State Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff identified the man as Kevin J. Johnson, who was a passenger in a car driven by Scott A. Marvel, 24, of Sikeston...
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SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FINDS NO WORNGDOING IN MARBLE HILL
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
MARBLE HILL - A special prosecutor appointed in June by Bollinger County Associate Circuit Judge Bill Hopkins to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by officials in the city of Marble Hill, has concluded his probe without filing criminal charges. The request was made by several citizens in Marble Hill after State Auditor Margaret Kelly released an audit report in the spring which was critical of some operations of city government...
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CREWS REPAIR AREA ILLINOIS ROADS DAMAGED BY FLOOD, SEEP WATERS
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Paving of Route 146 between the Mississippi River bridge and the Route 3 intersection could be completed by Monday. "The work is expected to take two or three days," said Bill Stout, operations engineer for Illinois Department of Transportation's Carbondale office. "We completed work on two areas of Route 3 south of McClure Thursday, and started the Route 146 work Friday."...
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MILLERSVILLE FARMER ENJOYS UNVEILING COLORS OF INDIAN CORN
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
MILLERSVILLE - If he had to do it for a living, Earl Wills says raising Indian corn would not be a profitable venture. But as a hobby it's an enjoyable way to spend time, and it's something he plans to continue doing as long as he is healthy. Anyone who has purchased the bundles of Indian corn from Pioneer Market over the last 20 years probably bought some of the corn raised by Wills and his wife, Opal, on their farm near Millersville. ...
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SAGE IS MORE THAN JUST A SEASONING
(Column ~ 10/24/93)
On a suitable, crisp, blue-gold October day, I went out to harvest my sage crop. It was a pungent affair. Drying sweet gum leaves and dying grasses added a subtle aroma. Carefully I nipped off the sage branches near the ground, until I had a fine bouquet. ...
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OAK RIDGE ALUMNI BANQUET WILL BE NOV. 6
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
OAK RIDGE -- The Oak Ridge High School annual alumni banquet will be held Nov. 6 at the school gym and cafeteria. A social hour begins at 5 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6. There will be special entertainment and door prizes. All graduates are invited. Special recognition will be given to the graduates of classes 1943, '53, '68 and '83...
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ROOKIE OF YEAR NAMED BY UM EXTENSION
(Local News ~ 10/24/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Mary Gosche, the Perry County human development specialist with the University of Missouri Extension Association, was honored recently as the organization's "Rookie of the Year." Gosche writes a monthly column for area newspapers, trains child-care providers and works with numerous coalitions and advisory boards in the area...
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