Stories from Monday, January 24, 1994

JACKSON -- The chairman of the Region 8 Solid Waste Management District Committee says the potential sale or lease of the Jackson landfill to a private contractor before April 9 may be discussed at the committee's next meeting. But the chairman, Gene Huckstep, said it's too early to say if the district might be interested in discussing the purchase or lease of the landfill for operation as a publicly-owned landfill...

As city department heads in Cape Girardeau prepare their budget requests for the next fiscal year, they're apt to cast a wishful eye at $735,000 in city coffers that isn't part of the budget. The money is off limits because it's the accumulation of license fees and tax funds paid under protest...

JACKSON -- Some criminology researchers believe there is a "criminal population" among us -- a segment of society drawn to the commission of vile and unlawful acts, for which most will be ultimately caught and punished. If this is so, then perhaps Cape Girardeau County has realized its criminal population...

What preparations have you made in the event of an earthquake? Glen Graham, Cape Girardeau: "We have an earthquake kit packed with everything in it ... water, blanket, tarpaulin. all we have to do is grab it and go." Gordon Spencer, Cape Girardeau: "We made a plan where we know how to evacuate the house ... where to meet. We've laid aside drinking water, food, extra fuel for cooking, clothing, and we have set aside tools."...

A local pro-life group plans to erect 3,400 crosses on land near Interstate 55 to mark the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. The group, SEMO Lifesavers, had hoped to erect the crosses last week, but snow, ice and freezing temperatures delayed the event...

Organizers of the Depressive and Manic Depressive Support Group of Cape Girardeau are encouraging members of the black community to attend Tuesday night's meeting. Anchylus Faye Davis, a client and board member of the support group, asked that black people in the area, who may be suffering from stress and, or, depression, "to come out of their closets and darkness to attend this session."...

The American Association of Suicidology is sponsoring a support group for survivors of suicide. An eight-week session will begin on Feb. 8 from 7-9 p.m. in the Board Room of the University Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. If your life has been touched by the suicide of a loved one, relative or friend, you are encouraged to attend...

JACKSON - The Cape Girardeau County Commission has approved an ordinance that requires county residents to post numbered addresses on their homes and businesses. The ordinance was passed Thursday with the hope of getting most county residents to voluntarily properly display correct address numbers to enhance emergency response time. The ordinance coincides with the new countywide 911 emergency telephone system, which went on line in November...

Property rights, wetlands, ethanol and a balanced federal budget are among priority issues being discussed wherever farmers and ranchers meet. "Legislation on state and federal levels has been introduced in most of these areas," said Lowell Mohler, chief administrative officer and corporate secretary of the Missouri Farm Bureau. "These issues and more were discussed recently at national and state Farm Bureau meetings."...

An Announcement on Jan. 13 that Brown Shoe Co. will close five more plants and more than 100 retail stores, eliminating some 5,660 jobs, was particularly devastating to Southeast Missouri. Four of the plants to be closed are in Southeast Missouri, where about 1,750 workers will be forced out of jobs...

President Clinton has a wonderful talent of assuring. It is a talent that comes from understanding issues -- not just in broad strokes, but in intricate detail. Name the issue: unemployment, health care, Russia, international trade, crime, welfare, personal responsibility, Bosnia, etc. Mr. Clinton has spoken on all these issues in ways which at times bring nods even from his harshest critics...

SIKESTON -- James Leon "Jim" Hoskins, 55, of Sikeston, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at his residence. He was born June 8, 1938, at Leachville, Ark., son of P.E. and Lela Watkins Hoskins. He married Sue Unger, July 24, 1961, at Fisk, Mo. Hoskins had worked as a pipe fitter for the Shell Oil Refinery at Wood River, Ill...

MORLEY, Mo. -- Blakely Johnson, 78, of Morley, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 1994, at the Miner Nursing Center. He was born March 26, 1915, at Hagarville, Ark., son of Teaman and Viola Pearson Johnson. He married Mildred Bramlett in November 1946. She died March 28, 1976...

SIKESTON -- Vernon Frank Murr, 77, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 2, 1916, at Charleston, son of Dave and Mary Speck Murr. Murr had been employed with Foster Brothers in St. Louis until his retirement in 1972. He lived in Sikeston for the past two years...

F.H. "Buck" Davis, 83, of 301 E. Cape Rock, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at his residence. He was born Feb. 24, 1910, at Cape Girardeau, son of Harrison and Clara Wines Davis. He married Helen Davis, Nov. 9, 1935, at Egypt Mills. Davis was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific...

Evelyn Mae Bess, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at the Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born July 4, 1909, at Boston, Mass., daughter of Bernard and Harriet Sears Slade. She married Wilburn Luther Bess, Feb. 2, 1946, at Sikeston. He preceded her in death...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Rachel A. Dexter, 96, of Cairo, Ill., formerly of Mounds, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 14, 1897, daughter of Alvah D. and Rachel Branum Sammons. She was married to Luther Dexter. He died in 1968...

THEBES, Ill. -- Marie Jordan Davis, 92, of Thebes, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 1994, at the Lebannon Nursing Home in Lebannon, Mo. She was born June 13, 1901, at Neely's Landing, Mo., daughter of Walter G. and Maude Foster Jordan. She married James C. Davis, Nov. 20, 1920, at Mound City, Ill. He died May 19, 1964...

Harry M. Edwards Sr., 72, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at the Veterans Home. He was born June 12, 1921, at Lilbourn, Mo., son of Marcellus and Mamie Calvert Edwards. He married Marybelle Vogel, Dec. 18, 1943, at Vista, Calif. Edwards was a photographer for KFVS television for many years. He later owned and operated Cape Cleaners...

Charles W. "Bill" Latham, 81, of 1437 N. Water, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 14, 1912, at Cape Girardeau, son of George and Rhoda V. Johnson Latham. He married Naomi Markert, March 15, 1932, at Jonesboro, Ill...

Helen D. Jones, 74, of 518 Silver Springs, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau of an extended illness with Parkinson's Disease. She was born July 20, 1920, at Bell City, Mo., daughter of Green and Lucy Simmons Lee. She B. Frank Jones, Oct. 26, 1940, at Jackson...

ANNA, Ill. -- Elsie Ada Dillow, 103, of Anna, Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at the Union County Nursing Home in Anna. She was born May, 6, 1890, at Anna, daughter of Eli and Amanda Black Keller. She married Oliver E. Dillow, Aug. 30, 1907. He died Dec. 11, 1981...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Ellis Smith, 84, of Wolf Lake, Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 22, 1994, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1909, at Wolf Lake, son of Andrew and Ida Margaret Smith. He married Virginia Rose Hammel, Oct. 23, 1943, at Cape Girardeau...

A mid-1980s newspaper headline said: "Shoeworkers advised to look for other work." The issue of shoe imports was in the headlines, and U.S. Labor Department officials were pointing to the more than 70 percent market share that the United States had lost to imports...

When David York was a buyer at Macy's in New York, he had a ritual. After every trip home to his native Sikeston, he would return to Big Apple country with an ample supply of his mother's Missouri-made apple dumplings. "We served them at small parties," said York. "It got to the point that when people found out I was going home, they would prepare orders for me. I found myself with requests for 200 to 300 apple dumplings."...

Capital Bancorporation's net income for the final quarter of 1993, and for the year, is up from 1992 levels. The three months net income total was $1,691,000, an increase of 7 percent over fourth quarter totals of a year ago. Net income for 1993 was $6,735,000, a 26 percent increase over 1992 net income...

Christine McReynolds, Steve Nenninger and Larry Hall have received promotions at Boatmen's Bank. McReynolds of Jackson has been named assistant vice president in real estate, Nenninger will serve as agriculture loan officer, and Hall is new assistant vice president in commercial lending. All are located in the Boatmen's main bank at Jackson...

State Sen. Danny Staples has announced plans to seek the No. 2 leadership post in the Missouri Senate. "I'm running for majority floor leader; I am not quitting the race. I am going all the way to the caucus," said Staples, who ranks seventh in seniority among Democrats in the Senate...