Stories from Monday, June 6, 1994

Cable television and the Cape Girardeau annual operating budget for fiscal year 1994-95 are among several items listed on tonight's city council agenda. TCI Cablevision's decision to move C-Span to the local cable access channel 5 drew a reaction from Michael Maguire, Chairman of the Cape Television Citizens Committee, at the May 16 city council meeting...

On the night of Aug. 10, 1992, Sgt. Carl Eakins of the Cape Girardeau Police Department had legal justification to shoot the man standing before him in a crowded alleyway behind the 200 block of South Lorimier. Eakins stood amid a riot-like situation, sparked by the shooting death of 15-year-old Shekelia Shree Johnson, before a man pointing a small-caliber, semi-automatic weapon at the officer and area residents flanking him...

Patricia Thiele still hopes that the Cinderella story her seven-year-old daughter was living has a happy ending. Thiele planned a fund-raising dinner on Saturday at Muddy Waters Entertainment Center, which is on Bend Road just outside of Cape Girardeau, to keep the fairy tale of this beauty pageant winner alive...

The Southeast Missourian asked seniors at Cape Central High School what they thought about the school board's decision to allow students who do not meet graduation requirements to participate in Friday's commencement ceremony. Lydia Eddy: I don't think it's fair, because it makes everyone else's hard work over the years seem insignificant...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Mo., has announced that the Eighth District Mobile Office will visit the counties of Butler, Ripley, Carter, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Reynolds, Wayne, Bollinger and Cape Girardeau this week. Congressman Emerson encourages "all area residents to take advantage of the office --your direct link to Washington -- and let me know what is on your minds."...

Through the stories of the men who were there, the cameras of war photographers and the recollections of Frenchmen who welcomed it, Americans today turn their attention to the most spectacular invasion in history: the storming of the beaches at Normandy...

ADVANCE -- Flossie D. DeRousse, 81, died Saturday, June 4, 1994, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital. The Morgan Funeral Home of Advance is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.

Albion Otto Oscar Decklever, 80, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 3, 1994 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1914, at St. Ansgar, Iowa, son of Otto Decklever and Alice Duenow Decklever. On April 26, 1936, he married Dorothy M. Toms at Mitchell, Iowa. She preceded him in death on May 29, 1990...

Bettie L. Bollinger, 62, of 3019 Aspen, died Saturday, June 4, 1994, at her residence. She was born July 2, 1931, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Alfhonsus A. and Carla A. Schlitt Robert. She married Price "Bud" Bollinger, Sept. 12, 1953, at Corinth, Miss. He preceded her in death...

SIKESTON -- John Walter Keel, 83, of Sikeston, died Saturday, June 4, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 1, 1911, at Bertrand, son of Robert and Mary Taylor Keel. He married Olive Oiness, Jan. 7, 1959, at Tacoma, Wash...

Lela E. Mouser, 83, of Marble Hill, died June 4, 1994 at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born July 25, 1910 at Lounds, Mo. She was the daughter of George Bell and Callie Meaders Bell. She married George Elvis Mouser Sept. 4, 1926. He died Dec. 31, 1963...

PERRYVILLE -- Barbara Lee Roth, 54, of Perryville, died Saturday, June 4, 1994, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born Feb. 17, 1940, at Frohna, daughter of Edgar J. and Florence A. Metz Popp. She married Rozell Roth, July 21, 1961. He died Aug. 7, 1992...

Steven Norbert Kuehnert, 36, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 5, 1994, at the St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Homes of Cape Girardeau are in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.

JACKSON -- Dorothy L. Langston, 69, of Jackson, died Sunday, June 5, 1994, at the Jackson Manor. She was born Aug. 3, 1924, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Edward C. and Amanda Borchelt Gerlach. She married Glen R. Langston, Feb. 12, 1945, at Cape Girardeau. He died Jan. 16, 1982...

JACKSON -- Marie E. Feezer, 92, of Jackson, died Saturday, June 4, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Jackson. She was born June 29, 1901, at Ballenstedt, Germany, daughter of Frederick and Emma Fuchs Schutze. She married Herman A. Zuhr, who preceded her in death in 1954. She later married Dewey E. Feezer, who died in 1979...

William R. Mahoney, 88, of 3120 Independence, died Sunday, June 5, 1994, at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Nov. 5, 1905, at Oxford, Ind., son of Denis J. and Susan DeWitt Mahoney. He married Jewell Bone. She preceded him in death. Mahoney was a metal treatment specialist and worked in aircraft manufacturing at McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis, until his retirement...

Disposable diapers are a relatively new product, but during the 30 years they have been in existence they have captured more than 90 percent of the $4 billion diaper industry. More than 8 million U.S. babies under the age of 30 months wear disposables, which translates into 15.8 billion diapers being disposed of each year...

When Spartech Corp.'s quarterly financial report card is good, it's good news to two Cape Girardeau businesses -- Atlas-Alchem Plastics, One Atlas Drive, and The Resin Exchange, One Plastics Avenue, in Nash Road industrial area. Spartech, headquartered in St. Louis, recently announced some pluses: a significant increase in its results for the quarter ended April 30, and a new compounding division for the company...

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in three areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available June 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The sessions, about one hour, are free. Call 335-3312 for an appointment...

In new positions Suzy Glasscock has joined Mercantile Bank of Cape Girardeau as assistant vice president and loan officer in the real-estate loan department, announced O.J. Miller, president and chief executive officer of the bank. Glasscock has more than 10 years experience. She previously worked with Farm and Home Savings and Loan...