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LEAGUE LAUNCHES RECYCLING ENDEAVOR
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
The Cape Girardeau League of Women Voters is teaming up with the Cape Civic Center to launch a recycling education project in step with the national trend. The Cape League of Women Voters received a $2,500 grant from the League of Women Voters Education Fund in Washington, D.C., as part of a cooperative agreement with WMX Technologies and Services Inc...
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RESIDENTS WELCOME LEXINGTON'S NEXT PHASE
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
Judy Criddle looks forward to the day when she no longer has to wave gravel dust away from her face when traffic whisks by her mail box on Melody Lane. "When they connect Lexington to Sprigg Street, we'll all be a lot better off," said Criddle, who lives on Sena Fawn, a street connected to Melody Lane...
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CAPAHA'S TOT LOT DISMANTLED TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW TOYS
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
The Tot Lot at Capaha Park is gone, but not for long. The old playground equipment has been removed to make way for a new, expanded Tot Lot at the same place. The new equipment will be handicap accessible, said Tom Meyer with the Evening Optimist Club. The Evening Optimist Club has donated $12,000 toward the new playground...
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OFFICIALS ASSUAGE LANDFILL FEARS AT POCAHONTAS
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
POCAHONTAS -- One man was worried about building a new home in the Pocahontas area. Another landowner was worried about the devaluation of his property. Other Pocahontas area citizens were concerned, expressing their feelings to county and state officials...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
The Southeast Missourian asked people Sunday, "Do you think the recent vote to ban assault-style weapons will deter crime?" Adrienne Smith, Kennett "Yes, I think it will, because it will get more guns off the street. Therefore, it will get more crime off the streets. However, if they still...
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LICHTENEGGER TELLS GRADUATES TO FULFILL DREAMS
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
Receiving a degree from Southeast Missouri State University provides individuals with considerable "capital" and an opportunity to fulfill the same dream and philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. That message was bestowed by John P. Lichtenneger, a Jackson attorney and commencement speaker at Southeast Missouri State's graduation Saturday. Some 663 undergraduate and 36 graduate students received their degrees at the Show Me Center...
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HOW SERIOUS IS CONGRESS ABOUT CUTTING SPENDING?
(Editorial ~ 05/09/94)
Washington, D.C. well deserves its reputation as the land of quick fixes and gimmicks. But when the bell sounds each congressional session to a close, frustrated taxpayers find little has been done to contain a federal budget spiraling out of control...
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CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP WELL WORTH THE PRICE
(Editorial ~ 05/09/94)
Representing around 1,100 business professionals, Cape Girardeau's Chamber of Commerce can boast of one of the largest memberships in the state. But the chamber is not content with status quo. Early Tuesday morning, members will hit the streets for recruitment. Sixty-five new members is the goal of the one-day membership blitz...
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MILBOURN P. HARRIS
(Obituary ~ 05/09/94)
SIKESTON -- Milburn P. Harris, 86, of Vanduser, died at 7:10 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 1994, at the Sells Rest Home in Matthews, Mo. He was born Aug. 30, 1907 in Lutherville, Ark., to the late Robert P. and Effie Pearson Harris. He was a retired landowner and farmer, and was a member of the Vanduser Baptist Church. He was a member of the Vanduser Board of Education for several years. He married Dessie V. Morrison Harris on May 2, 1931 in Lamar. She survives Milburn P. Harris...
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DEWEY H. BANGERT
(Obituary ~ 05/09/94)
MILLERSVILLE -- Dewey H. Bangert, 77, of Millersville died Sunday, May 8, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 9, 1917, at Lixville, the son of William and Myrtle Blaylock Bangert. He was first married to Lyla James. On Nov. 22, 1969, he married Iva Bennett, who survives of the home...
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MORRISONS': A FAMILIAR NAME TO MILLIONS OF DINERS
(Column ~ 05/09/94)
Morrison Cafeteria had been in existence more than three decades before it tried its culinary hand with a contract food service job for "The Greatest Show on Earth" in 1951. That started something new for Morrison Restaurants Inc., headquartered in Mobile, Ala...
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CONSTRUCTION: CAPE GIRARDEAU CONTINUING GOOD GROWTH IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
Mid-South Steel is moving out of the flood plains. Cape Central Publishing Co., a victim of the planned Mississippi River bridge, will move to a new site this spring. Federal Express ran out of room downtown and will move to a new facility. Cape Family Entertainment Inc. has announced plans for a roller skating facility in Cape Girardeau...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 05/09/94)
Laura Proffer has joined Fireplace Center/River City Masonry, 1028 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, as store manager. The Fireplace Center provides a variety of fireplace accessories -- gas logs, inserts and mantles -- along with stoves. Riverside Masonry does custom masonry work in brick, block and stone...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 05/09/94)
The Education-Business/Industry Summit, held at Southeast Missouri State University last September, won recognition at the 1994 American Economic Development Council Sales Literature and Promotional Materials Awards Competition. The summit received an honorable mention award in the special events category, which covered entries such as meetings, seminars, marketing tours and other events designed to develop prospects and promote economic development. Four awards were given in each category...
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BRANCH OF AAL EARNS A SUPERIOR '93 RATING
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
JACKSON -- SEMO Branch 8252 has received Lutheran Brotherhood's "superior" rating for its community service activities in 1993. The rating recognizes the local service group for its effectiveness in bringing Lutheran Brotherhood's fraternal (charitable and benevolent) resources into the local area...
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RECORDER OF DEEDS ATTENDS CONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
Janet Robert Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds recently returned from the annual conference of the Recorders Association of Missouri held in Branson, Missouri. Current and future legislation affecting the Recorders office was discussed along with sessions on time management, campaign finance disclosure, Uniform Commercial Code and land surveys. ...
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POST OFFICE, RED CROSS SHARE COMICS WITH VICTIMS
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
The American Red Cross in Cape Girardeau will be getting some help from the U.S. Postal Service and Marvel Comics' superheroes such as Spiderman, Thor, Hulk and the X-Men. At the request of Red Cross Director Mary Burton, Marvel Comics has authorized the Cape Girardeau Post Office to release sample comics to the Red Cross. They will be distributed to children who are disaster victims...
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FIRMS ARE RECALLING DETECTORS
(Local News ~ 05/09/94)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department again is encouraging area residents to check their smoke detectors. But it's not the battery firefighters want you to check. A manufacturing company that assembles smoke detectors has announced plans to recall more than 120,000 smoke detectors distributed since July 10, 1992, that do not detect smoke...
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