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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: TRAFFIC QUESTIONS DOOM BOYD PROPOSAL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/26/94)
To the Editor: Having reviewed the proposals being offered by both vendors for the riverboat gaming development, I believe the obvious choice for the future of Cape Girardeau is the Lady Luck proposal. In the Boyd Group proposal, the conceptual drawing offered clearly shows Main Street as a four-lane street, running north-south in front of the development. ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: NEGATIVE GAMBLING COMMERCIALS OFFEND
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/26/94)
To the Editor: This is to express my outrage at the groups responsible for the commercials on channel 12 promoting Lady Luck's proposal. The groups I am referring to are Lady Luck and the South Cape Development Company. Any first year marketing major knows you don't sell your product (in this case proposal) by knocking your competitor. ...
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EVEN AFTER CHANGES, FEDERAL EDUCATION BILL STILL FLAWED
(Editorial ~ 02/26/94)
SN0,22,44nexamined by mainstream television and newspaper journalists, an amendment to a federal education bill, H.R.6, that threatened to be the death knell of homeschooling and an unprecedented incursion into private education moved its way towards becoming law last week. That is, until "parents, homeschooling advocates, religious educators and Rush Limbaugh" got involved, sniffed the author of the amendment. Result: Congress voted 424-1 to expunge the threatening portion of the bill...
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HOSPICE: BRINGING CARE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL BACK HOME
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
Faced with a terminal illness, a growing number of patients prefer living out their days in the comfort of home rather than within the sterile confines of a hospital or nursing home. But the mental and emotional strain of caring for a terminally ill loved one can take its toll on family members...
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HEART ATTACKS TOPIC FOR `ASK YOUR DOCTOR'
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
Dr. William K. LaFoe will discuss heart attacks on this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program, which airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 5. "Ask Your Doctor" is sponsored by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and channel 5. Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman host the program...
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THREE AREA BLOOD DRIVES COMING UP THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
Three blood drives are planned, including one at Kelso, one at Advance and one at Benton. The Kelso Jaycees will sponsor a blood drive Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon at St. Augustine School gym in Kelso. The Future Farmers of America at Advance High School will sponsor a drive from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the Advance Elementary School...
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CANCER SEMINAR OFFERED FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
SIKESTON -- Missouri Delta Medical Center and the American Cancer Society will present "Cancer Prevention, Detection and Treatment in the '90s" March 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sikeston Ramada Inn. The seminar is designed to provide physicians, nurses and allied health-care professionals with information concerning early detection and treatment of cancer. The program will offer information specific to breast, colon, prostate and skin cancer...
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TIE VOTE WOULD COST CITY
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
Cape Girardeau could stand to lose more than $2 million annually in local revenue if a majority of city council members are unable to decide which riverboat casino operator ought to be allowed to operate in the city. With Councilman David Limbaugh already declaring that he will abstain from voting on the issue, the seven-member council could face a deadlock on March 7. That's the date it's set to choose between riverboat gambling proposals by Boyd Gaming Corp. and Lady Luck Gaming Corp...
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YOUTH GET A LOOK AT GOVERNMENT
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
High school students took the reins of government Friday, rejecting a request for an election on riverboat gambling but approving a proposed go-cart track at a mock Cape Girardeau city council meeting. It was all part of Youth in Government Day, sponsored by the six Optimist clubs in Cape Girardeau and Jackson...
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COUNTY COLLECTOR FILES FOR AN EIGHTH TERM
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County Collector Harold Kuehle has filed for re-election for an eighth term. The Cape Girardeau Republican said he will continue to update the office procedures as he has done since taking office in March 1967. Kuehle said that during 1994 he will continue working with the data processing department to develop an updated version of the computerized collection and information system now in place...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/26/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Doug Brantley, 2605 Themis, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:34 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, 1994. Name, Brooke Allyson. Weight, 6 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Brantley is the former Shelley Poston, daughter of Rodney and Virginia Poston of Cape Girardeau. She is a manager at Hardee's Restaurant in Jackson. Brantley is a food broker with Matthes, Breman, Matthes, Inc. in Maryland Heights. He is the son of Jerry and Marie Brantley of Marble Hill...
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FRIEDA O. HUNT
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
Frieda O. Hunt, 80, 119 S. Hanover, died Friday, Feb. 25, 1994, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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FERN ANDERS
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
Funeral service for Fern Anders of Cape Girardeau was held Wednesday at H.S. Smith Funeral Chapel in Caruthersville. The Rev. Jim Norris officiated, with burial in Maple Cemetery at Caruthersville. Anders, 81, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 1994, at Fountainbleau Lodge...
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MYRTLE J. BARTCH
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Myrtle Julia Bartch of Perryville will be held at 11 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel. Bartch, 94, died Friday, Feb. 25, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 22, 1899, at Seventy-Six, daughter of William and Alpha Johnson Swank. She married Leslie Wood, who preceded her in death. She later married Charles Bartch, who also preceded her in death...
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JIM MORGAN
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for James E. "Jim" Morgan of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Keith Wilson will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Morgan, 53, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 1994, at his home...
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ROXADA BEEZLEY
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
SIKESTON -- Roxada Ruth Beezley, 89, formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 1994, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born May 17, 1904, in Ft. Smith, Ark., daughter of Fleetwood and Ollie Arnold Simpson. She married Lee Reece, who preceded her in death. She later married Roy Beezley in 1961, who died in 1976...
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LOIS SCHULER
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Private graveside service for Lois Schuler of Auburn will be held Monday at St. Mary's Cemetery in Mounds. Barkett Funeral Home of Cairo is in charge of arrangements. Schuler, 95, died Monday, Feb. 21, 1994, at Parks Memorial Nursing Home in Auburn...
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CONGRESSMEN QUESTION SPANISH TAX FORMS
(Local News ~ 02/26/94)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, and Ron Packard, R-California, are again questioning the financial impact of an Internal Revenue Service program that requires the printing and distribution of more than a half-million forms and documents in Spanish this year...
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VIRGINIA I. ODOM
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Virginia Ida Odom, 69, Scott City Route 1, died Friday, Feb. 25, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 7, 1924, at Benton, daughter of Celestine and Amelia Bollinger Hahn. She and John A. Odom were married March 20, 1943, at Benton...
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BILLIE A. PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 02/26/94)
SIKESTON -- Billie Ann Phillips, 42, of Sikeston, died Friday, Feb. 25, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 5, 1951, in St. Louis, daughter of Arthur Lee and Susan Emma Gaede Phillips. Phillips had lived here five years. Survivors include a brother, Arthur Phillips of Bertrand...
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