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LEON SHELL
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
Leon Shell, of 1716 Cecilia, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Feb. 5, while on vacation in Bradenton, Fla. The body is being returned to Ford and Sons in Cape Girardeau.
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RUSSIA: FOR MIRACLES OR FOR NIGHTMARES
(Column ~ 02/06/94)
The world is not a completely happy place. The new world order never took hold. The pre-World War II disorder has re-emerged. What order we did have -- the U.S. vs. U.S.S.R., East vs. West, communism vs. democracy -- has vanished after a close to half century reign...
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JOBS ARE LEAVING MISSOURI
(Column ~ 02/06/94)
Roger Mainor sits and wonders these days. A solid and well-respected Cape Girardeau entrepreneur, Mainor has plants in Cape (70 employees) and Fredericktown (22 employees). Until recently, he had hopes of adding 20-25 more jobs this year. Today, Mainor asks himself: "Is there anyone in Missouri government who cares that I'm about to be forced to move 12 or 15 jobs to Illinois or Arkansas?"...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC TRUST
(Editorial ~ 02/06/94)
Governments that have become involved in riverboat gambling in Missouri are, by virtue of the issue's invention, having to feel their way along. In any upstart enterprise, there are bugs to be worked out and mistakes will inevitably be made. What the public has a right to expect from those officials empowered to act in their interests are honesty, openness and thorough deliberation. ...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Sidney Parker to William E. and Lorraine A. Archer; Jerry L. and Judy C. Young to Melvin R. and Ruth A. Dockins; Richard G. and Becky L. Crow to Donald B. and Jean Ann Norman...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ADMISSION FEES FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/06/94)
To the Editor: I find myself intrigued by House Bill 1152, sponsored by Democratic state representative Larry Thomason of Kennett and Chris Kelly of Columbia. I think they have something there. This fascinating bill would give the joint Committee on Legislative Research the power to charge royalties for copies of statutes and other public records above the state's cost of making these copies...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/06/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kent Rendleman of Oran, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:25 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 1994. Name, Hali Elyse. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Rendleman is the former Tami Diebold, daughter of Jerome and Marilyn Diebold of Oran. Rendleman is a mechanic at Ford Groves, and is the son of Tommy and Frances Rendleman of Bell City...
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DONALD GENE RENDLEMAN
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Donald Gene Rendleman, 64, of Elgin, Ill. died Friday, Feb. 4, 1994, at Elgin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Norris and Son Funeral Home in Jonesboro.
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ROBERT "BOB" LITTLE
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
Retired Missouri Highway Patrol Officer Robert "Bob" Little, 53, of Jackson, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Feb. 5, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The body is at McComb's Funeral Home in Jackson, where arrangements are pending...
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VIRGINIA TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
Virgina M. Taylor, 70 of Bismark died Thursday, February 3 at 5:45 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born November 14, 1923 in Hope, Arkansas to the late Clyde and Gladys Logan Kennedy. She was a housewife and a charter member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary in Bloomington, California. She was a member of the National Unit of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary...
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ETHEL IDA RHUDE
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
Ethel Ida Rhude, 91, of Belleville, Illinois, formerly of Olmsted died at 8:05 a.m. Saturday, February 5 at the Castle Haven Nursing Home in Belleville. She was born January 16, 1903 in Pulaski County to the late John and Viola T. Corzine Ervin. She was a retired seamstress and a member of St. Catherine Church in Grand Chain...
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NAOMI BEARD
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
SIKESTON - Naomi Beard, 64 of 408 E. Center St. in Sikeston died at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 4, 1994 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born February 21, 1929 in Coal City, Illinois. She graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Joliet, Illinois in 1950. ...
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SARAH M. SKELTON
(Obituary ~ 02/06/94)
She was born Jan. 28, 1925, at Chicago, the daughter of Julius and Lillian Fischer. On April 10, 1953, she married Melvin L. Skelton in Chicago. He survives of the home. She was a member of the Jewish Home for the Blind in Chicago and the Union County Community Chorus...
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PRIMARY SLATED TUESDAY FOR CANDIDATES IN TWO CITY WARDS
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
Cape Girardeau residents Tuesday will set the stage for the city's first ward election since the adoption of the city charter 13 years ago. Primary races are slated for two of the three city wards up for election in April. Three candidates will vie for two seats each in Ward 2, on the city's east side, and Ward 6, on the west side...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU PART OF EMERGING GAMING MARKET IN MIDWEST
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
LAS VEGAS -- As part of the emerging gambling market in the United States, Cape Girardeau stands in the enviable position of being courted by two reputable Las Vegas-based gaming companies. The city council next month will recommend to the Missouri Gaming Commission which of two riverboat casino proposals in Cape Girardeau -- from Boyd Gaming Corp. and Lady Luck Gaming Corp. -- ought to receive a gaming license...
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ASHCROFT KICKS OFF BID FOR U.S. SENATE
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
After spending just over a year in private life, former Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft says he is refreshed, has a new perspective on things and anxious to begin a vigorous campaign for the United States Senate. "It has been a great therapy for me to have that exposure to things in the real world," said Ashcroft, calling from a car telephone while heading down I-44. "I hope this campaign will be a good learning experience...
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CAPE PROPOSALS PALE NEXT TO VEGAS BOOM
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
LAS VEGAS -- It's difficult to imagine a city where three immense casino-hotels with a combined price tag of $1.85 billion have opened in only the past four months. But Las Vegas is no typical city. The oasis in the Nevada desert has shed its reputation as "sin city" and is enjoying its biggest boom in more than three decades...
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QUAKE RATTLES NERVES IN 5 STATES
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
ANNA, Ill. - A light earthquake rattled the ground and people's nerves in at least five states early Saturday morning, but reports indicated that damage, if any, was very light. No injuries were reported. The National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, Col., said the quake occurred at 8:56 a.m., CST, and registered 4.2 on the Richter Scale...
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`CHANGING FACES OF AFRICANA WOMEN' ON TAP THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
A lecture by Barbara Woods, director of the African American Studies Institute at St. Louis University, will be presented Thursday on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University as part of Southeast's Black History Month celebration. The event is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the University Center Missouriana Room and is open to the public...
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FORMER RESIDENTS GIVE SIX-FIGURE GIFT OF LAND TO FUND ATHLETIC COMPLEX
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
Dr. Milton Shoss and Jane Shoss of Hilton Head, S.C., formerly of Cape Girardeau, have donated a six-figure gift of land in the Cape Girardeau area to help fund the recently dedicated Marvin Rosengarten Athletic Complex at Southeast Missouri State University...
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VOTERS IN WARDS 2, 6 GO TO PRIMARY POLLS TUESDAY: WARD 6
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
The three candidates for Tuesday's primary election in Ward 6 say the concerns of their west-end ward largely are the same issues of interest to residents throughout the city. Below are the three candidates' views on trash service, riverboat gambling, building code enforcement and public housing, economic development, and crime...
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VOTERS IN WARDS 2, 6 GO TO PRIMARY POLLS TUESDAY: WARD 2
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
One of the top concerns of east-side residents in Cape Girardeau's Ward 2 is the city solid waste service say candidates for Tuesday's primary election in the Ward. Below are the three candidates' views on trash service and four other city issues: riverboat gambling, building code enforcement and public housing, economic development, and crime...
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MIDWEST MINIS ART SHOW OPENS
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
The fourth annual Midwest Minis National Juried Exhibition has come to Cape Girardeau. The show opened Friday night at Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts' newly relocated Gallery 100. It continues through Feb. 25. Beverly Strohmeyer, executive director of the arts council, said the new "intimate" Gallery 100, located at 1707 Mt. Auburn Rd. is a cozy setting for this exhibit of small artworks from across the country. Pieces of artwork must measure 14 inches and under...
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COOKING FOR THOUSANDS: SCHOOL CAFETERIAS AIM TO PLEASE
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
Judy Bangert and Lisa Elfrink do their grocery shopping in a big way. Each week Bangert buys enough food to serve 2,000 people a day; Elfrink buys enough to serve 2,400 daily. Both have the task of providing nutritious-yet-tasty meals for thousands of hungry but extremely picky school-age children, many of whom have been raised on fast food and junk-food snacks...
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CINAMON ROLLS FOR 400
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
2 cups dry yeast 12 cups warm water 26 quarts bread flour 5 1/4 cups dry milk 1 cup salt (optional) 6 1/2 cups vegetable oil 5 cups water 2 cups cinnamon 6 cups sugar 4 quarts raisins Icing 10 pounds powdered sugar 1 pound butter 1 1/2 cups milk 1 tablespoon salt...
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ADDING TROUBLES BY THE NUMBERS
(Column ~ 02/06/94)
491163923, 1913, 63701, 703, 08500650250062055663, 23042, 0000289970, T03000003106685, 42330045, 100060, 208790940013, 0894800, 3143358141, 1940. You've got my number, folks, er numbers. At least the numbers in which I'm currently entwined. I wonder if Big Brother has a computer somewhere that, if punched with the above, would flash on the screen a picture of me? If so, there might be an ear missing or an eye, for there are significant other numbers I didn't include lest you would think I'd dropped a wit or two and was typing all on the number line.. ...
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NEW FINANCIAL AIDS HEAD IS NAMED AT SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 02/06/94)
Robert M. Zellers, formerly assistant director of student financial aid at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, has been named director of financial aid services at Southeast Missouri State University. He assumed his duties Jan. 17. "He is very customer oriented and will help in bringing about more direct contact with students and their parents in explaining financial aid," said Fred Snider, assistant vice president for enrollment development...
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