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HUGH MIZE
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
Hugh Mize, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Homes are in charge of arrangements.
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EXPECT FLOODS TO CONFOUND A HIGHWAYMAN
(Column ~ 02/11/94)
It is one thing to know about highways. Hydrology is another matter. William Least Heat-Moon, a Missouri author, made a good bit of money writing about driving. His book "Blue Highways" was a non-fiction account of his travels around the backroads of America. It was on best-seller lists longer than many royal marriages last...
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AMID CONTROVERSY, THE OLYMPIC GAMES SKATE INTO ACTION
(Editorial ~ 02/11/94)
The 1994 Olympics was to be known as the Year of the Professionals. Thanks to a new rule, a number of professional stars and gold medalists are returning to the winter games in Lillehammer, Norway. But the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding affair has turned pre-Olympic publicity into an unprofessional mess...
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FINS, FEATHERS AND FUR
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
SIKESTON -- The February meeting of the Missouri Conservation Commission was canceled. Hazardous travel conditions prompted the Commission to cancel the meeting, which had been scheduled Thursday at the Ramada Inn here. Jerry Presley, director of the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), said the Commission will consider items from the February meeting agenda at its next meeting, March 11, at MDC headquarters in Jefferson City...
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FUR PRICES CONTINUE REBOUND
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
FREDERICKTWN -- When Missouri trappers took their pelts to market this year, they got a pleasant surprise -- prices increased 40 percent overall and in some cases more than doubled. Things are so good, some trappers say they hope prices don't go any higher...
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NEW VOTER CARDS TO GO OUT IN CAPE COUNTY
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau county clerk's office will send a total of 36,500 voter registration cards next week to area residents. Rodney Miller, county clerk, said every two years his office is required to provide voters with new registration cards. The cards identify voters, precincts and wards, congressional districts, representative districts, commissioner districts and other special districts in which voters reside...
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BLOOD DRIVES SET
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
Three blood drives are planned including one today at West Park Mall. The drive will be held from 1-6 p.m. in the Famous Barr Court area. Donors will receive a movie pass from Wehrenberg West Park 4 Cine. On Sunday a drive will be held at the Leopold Elementary school from 9 a.m. to noon. Donors will receive a T-shirt...
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BENNETT J. CRITES
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
Bennett J. "Ben" Crites, 95, of the Missouri Veterans Home, died there Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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MARY J. JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Mary Jane Johnson, 71, of Mounds, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994, at her home. She was born Feb. 15, 1923, at Olmsted, daughter of Fred and Marie Goins. She married J.B. Johnson. Johnson was a member of First Baptist Church here. Survivors include her husband; two brothers, John Goins of Mounds, Phillip Goins of Cobden; two sisters, Betty Crippen of Ocala, Fla., and Helen Gross of Wickliffe, Ky...
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MAMIE TIMMS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Mamie Timms, 67, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994, at her home. She was born Feb. 18, 1926, in Tupelo, Miss., daughter of Russell and Liza Reonis Dunson. She and Leonard Timms were married June 24, 1946, in St. Louis. He preceded her in death...
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AMANDA N. LINGLE
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
CHESTER, Ill. -- Amanda Nicole Lingle, infant daughter of Chris and Lisa Klein Lingle of Chester, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994, at Chester Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 17, 1993, at Chester Hospital. Survivors include her parents; two brothers, Brandon and Nathan of the home; maternal grandparents, Delbert and Betty Klein of Chester; paternal grandparents, Marilyn and Richard Neislein of Rockwood, Lloyd and Brenda Lingle of Anna; maternal great-grandparents, Roman and Dorothy Klein of Chester; paternal great-grandparents, Wayne and Betty Lingle of Anna, Herman and Caroline Scheffer of Paducah, Ky., Loriene Scheffer of Anna, and Waldo Neislein of Rockwood.. ...
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ROY SEXTON
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
Roy "Red" Sexton, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1994, at Cape LaCroix. He was born July 1, 1917, in Cameron, Okla., son of Elisha and Lizzy Johnson Sexton. He married the former Hazel Wood. Sexton was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife of Nashville, Tenn.; four sons, Claude, Johnny and Larry Sexton of Nashville, Charles Sexton of Commerce; five daughters, Ann Ozment of Scott City, Mary Johnson of Spencer, Wis., Judy Childers of Metropolis, Ill., Sherry Wilkins and Donna Miller of Nashville; a brother, Joe Sexton of Dumas, Ark.; a sister, Jereen Sexton of Dumas; 18 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.. ...
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ARNOLD DRYSDALE
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
SIKESTON -- Arnold Drysdale, 53, Sikeston Route 1, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 21, 1940, in Christopher, Ill., son of Isaac and Callie Newberry Drysdale. He married the former Ruth Agee. Drysdale was a custodian and truck driver with Media Press...
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MARY B. GWALTNEY
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Mary Belle Gwaltney of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Guffie will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Nunnelee Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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MARGARET STELLA
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Memorial service for Margaret Stella of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Goreville, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Barkett Funeral Chapel in Mounds. Burial will be in Mound City National Cemetery. Stella, 76, died Nov. 20, 1993, at her home...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: NATIONAL SALES TAX SOLVES TAX DILEMMA
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/11/94)
To the Editor, For years, states have been trying to devise means of recovering potential sales tax revenue that is falling through the cracks on out-of-state purchases. The latest effort by the Missouri Department of Revenue to include an Individual Consumer's Use Tax return in the State income tax package is another such exercise in futility. Certainly, every fair-minded citizen should want to pay sales tax, where due...
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LENA B. DODDS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
SIKESTON -- Lena Bell Dodds, 62, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Oct. 18, 1931, in Monroe, Miss., daughter of Joseph and Mary Allen Dodds. Dodds had been employed at Beckers Farms. Survivors include two sisters, Willa Dodds and Gertrude Hicks of Sikeston...
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N.B. KEY
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
BENTON -- N.B. Key, 70, of Benton, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994, in St. Louis. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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MARGARET DUNCAN
(Obituary ~ 02/11/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral mass for Margaret "Peggy" Duncan of Cairo will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The Rev. Bill McGhee will officiate, with burial in National Cemetery in Mound City. There is no visitation. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU ROTARY CLUB OBSERVES 75 YEARS
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
The ideal that people can help each other and in turn improve their communities drives the 1.2 million-member Rotary International organization. Clifford L. Dochterman, president in 1992-93 of Rotary International, was the keynote speaker at both a luncheon and dinner held Thursday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club. He spoke about the Rotary Club's commitment to service both at home and in other countries...
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EFFORT BEGINS TO GET SEMO WORK ON TRACT
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- An effort is being made to get funding for the renovation of Parker Hall at Southeast Missouri State University back into the state's supplemental appropriations budget. Sen. Jerry Howard, D-Dexter, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he plans to do what he can to have it included in the Senate bill. "There is no certainty at this point and we are doing what we can," said Howard...
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POLICE TELL TEACHERS OF DRUGS AND GANGS HERE
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
An investigation into the April 18 shooting death of a 26-year-old man from the state of California revealed that it probably was a gang-related killing. The victim was supposedly a "card-carrying" member of the Bloods gang in the South Central Los Angeles area, police said. The man police believe did the shooting is a member of the Crips gang...
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COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM TO BEGIN
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
A national community service program -- President Clinton's vision of a domestic Peace Corps -- is taking shape locally through the efforts of Southeast Missouri State University officials and other civic leaders. "Quite honestly, this country wouldn't be what it is today if we didn't have men and women who over the last several hundred years didn't volunteer in the community," said SueAnn Strom, Southeast's vice president of student affairs...
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AREA RESIDENTS RECEIVE JAYCEE HONORS
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
JACKSON -- Four southeast Missourians are among this year's Ten Outstanding Young Missourians. Two are from Cape Girardeau and one each are from Jackson and Sikeston. The awards were presented during the Missouri Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Missourians Banquet last week at Lake of the Ozarks...
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COUNTY SALES TAX RECEIPTS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
JACKSON - Sales tax receipts in Cape Girardeau County -- which increased by 7 percent last year -- continue to grow in 1994. With two checks in so far this year, total receipts are running 12 percent more than they did the first two months of 1993. For the year to date, Cape County has received $470,628, compared with $410,086 for the first two months of last year and $395,132 for the first two months of 1992...
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JACKSON MAYOR: SALE OF LANDFILL COULD SAVE $300,000 ANNUALLY
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
JACKSON -- The city of Jackson could save at least $300,000 annually and continue to offer its residents free trash service if it sells its landfill to a private waste-management company before April 9, the mayor said. "If the city is successful in negotiating an operating agreement, it may be possible to effect savings of no less than $300,000 per year," said Jackson Mayor Paul Sander. ...
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HISTORY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU ROTARY CLUB OUTLINED
(Local News ~ 02/11/94)
Once a week for 75 years members of the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club have met for lunch. Their luncheon gatherings serve as a springboard for ideas to make the community a better place to live. It was 1919, when a group of Cape Girardeau businessmen decided a fairly new organization, Rotary Club, with its goals of community service, would be good for the Cape Girardeau...
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