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A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY MARKS THE OPENING DAY OF COUNTY OFFICE FILINGS
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
JACKSON -- Gerald Jones and Allen Moss spent Monday night in their vehicles outside the front door of the Cape Girardeau County Administration Building to make sure they were the first to file for county offices they hope to win this year. Whether being first on the ballot makes much difference in a primary race has been a longtime point of political debate, and there is no clear answer...
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SCOTT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FACE OPPOSITION
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
BENTON -- All three Scott County commissioners face opposition in their re-election bids. On the first day of filing Tuesday, all three commissioners filed for re-election as did three challengers. Presiding Commissioner Durward Dover, who is completing his eighth year in office, filed for re-election to a third term. Opposing him is Bob Kielhofner, who is in his 24th year as county clerk...
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JACKSON WILL TRY AGAIN FOR BLOCK GRANT
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
JACKSON -- The city of Jackson will try a second time to fund a Missouri Community Development Block Grant application to pay for the upgrade of 60 sub-standard houses in the north-central part of town, plus the extension of North Hope Street to Hickory Street in the same neighborhood...
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SCOTT CITY STALLED ON HIRING OF POLICE OFFICERS
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
In the past five weeks, the Scott City Police Department has been without the services of two dispatchers and a patrol officer, leaving the existing staff shorthanded. But the Scott City Council is virtually helpless to do anything about the vacancies, since the city-appointed police board has not had the members needed to call a meeting for more than a month...
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FRANK SWIFT
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
DEXTER -- Frank Swift, 79, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 6, 1914, at Dexter, son of Henry and Mattie Lee Hudson Swift. He and Grace Brotherton were married Jan. 4, 1936, in Essex. She died Jan. 17, 1994...
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AUDIE P. POWERS
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Audie Poynor Powers, 87, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at her home. She was born July 12, 1906, in Arkansas, daughter of E.V. and Stella Ward Ginn. She and O.M. Powers were married in 1950. He died May 12, 1976. Powers was a member of the Assembly of God Church here...
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JOHN O. NELSON
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
SIKESTON -- John O. Nelson, 70, of Sikeston, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 5, 1923, in Conran, son of Raymond W. and Alice Hodge Nelson. He and Aline Hyde were married March 24, 1942. Formerly of East Prairie, he had lived in Sikeston 18 years. He was a retired farmer, member of VFW Post 4291 in Charleston, and charter member of Sikeston Eagles. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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J. HOWARD HAHN
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
JACKSON -- Jesse Howard Hahn, 80, of Sedgewickville, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 9, 1913, at Scopus, son of Lee and Effie Shoemake Hahn. He first married Mary Louise James Aug. 31, 1934. She died March 9, 1969. He later married Delores Bakula April 16, 1971...
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WILBERT BRUNE
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
JACKSON -- Wilbert "Wib" Brune, 77, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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WINFRED D. SANDER
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
Winfred D. Sander, 75, 117 S. Louisiana, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 20, 1919, at Dutchtown, son of George F. and Cora McClard Sander. He and Lorene Schlegel were married May 27, 1959, in Cairo, Ill...
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NELDA R. BRAGG
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
Nelda Ruth Bragg, 68, 505 S. Pacific, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at her home. She was born Jan. 29, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Charles and Ruby Scheper Stone. She and Ivan H. "Tom" Bragg were married Dec. 4, 1943, in Cape Girardeau. He died May 7, 1980...
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ED NANCE
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
SIKESTON -- Owen Edison "Ed" Nance, 76, of Sikeston, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at his home. He was born Sept. 19, 1917, in Puryear, Tenn., son of Arthur Aughtmon and Ida May Key Nance. He and Ruthie Lee Fletcher were married May 11, 1940, in Cottage Grove, Tenn...
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RUTH A. DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Ruth Ann Davis, 51, of Scott City, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 19, 1942, at Kurreville, daughter of Emory and Oma Thompson Beal. She and Clyde Davis were married June 11, 1960, in Jonesboro, Ark. He died Aug. 16, 1980...
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WILLIAM D. GEORGER
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
SCOTT CITY -- William Daniel Georger, 82, of Scott City, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at his home. He was born Oct. 19, 1911, at Kelso, son of Robert and Bertha Schoen Georger. He and Anita S. Kiefer were married April 26, 1941. She died Jan. 23, 1986...
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TOM BRIDGER
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
SIKESTON -- Tom Bridger, 81, of Sikeston, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 26, 1912, in Bells, Tenn., son of Hardy and Callie Bridger. He and Ruby Stewart were married Jan. 7, 1933. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Kenneth and Clive Bridger of Sikeston; two daughters, Alice Moore and Maurene Towe of Sikeston; two brothers, Ack Bridger of North Branch, Mich., Charlie Bridger of Sikeston; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.. ...
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JESSE J. JACO
(Obituary ~ 02/23/94)
SHOOK -- Jesse James Jaco died shortly after birth Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Survivors include his mother, Rachelle Jaco of Shook; maternal grandparents, Kathy Sullivan of Lutesville, James Jaco of Chaffee; maternal great-grandparents, Charles Welker of Lutesville, and Lillie Jaco of Jackson...
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CHARLES P. HUTSON FILES FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County Circuit Clerk Charles P. Hutson filed Tuesday for re-election. A Democrat, the Jackson resident was first elected in 1974. "I enjoy the job of circuit clerk and enjoy working with the citizens of Cape County," said Hutson...
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JOE GAMBILL ENTERS RACE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
Joe Gambill, who recently retired as plant manager for Biokyowa, filed Tuesday for the Republican nomination for 2nd District associate commissioner in Cape Girardeau County. "I believe in the resources of our community and its people. I want to be part of the leadership of this county to see that we provide a bright future for our young people," said Gambill in announcing his candidacy...
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TRADE WAR WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR U.S. OR JAPAN
(Editorial ~ 02/23/94)
After months of waffling on issue after issue, President Bill Clinton finally decided to play hard ball. He has taken a stand against Japan and is teetering on the brink of an international trade war. While we have to marvel at this change of pace, we must seriously question the target. ...
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NOW YOU'RE COOKING: STUDENTS TAKE A BREAK FROM READING AND WRITING TO ACQUIRE "LIFESKILLS."
(Local News ~ 02/23/94)
The days of the "Ward and June Cleaver" family are over. With households where both parents work (if there are two parents), when kids have practices of every kind after school and the weekends are consumed with commitments which were not met during the week, traditional family activities are often sacrificed...
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LADY BUG...ALL-AMERICAN SELECTION WINNER VEGETABLES A GOOD CHOICE
(Column ~ 02/23/94)
This year one flower and two vegetables have been chosen as All-America Selection Winners for 1994. Both of the vegetables are Petoseed introductions, and Lavender Lady, a perennial, is being introduced by Burpee Seed. We shall be reading and hearing much about Big Beef tomato, Fanfare cucumber and Lavender Lady this coming season...
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