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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: THERE ARE DEADLIER ISSUES THAN SMOKING FACING THIS COUNTRY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/25/94)
To the Editor, Smoking seems to be the popular issue these days. Almost daily we hear on TV and read statistics about the harm caused by smoking and second-hand smoke. Smokers are looked at in disgust by young mothers sitting in the no-smoking section, while their children wipe their runny noses on the back of their hands and cough and sneeze on the little old lady in the booth behind them...
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SENATE DEMOCRATS DON'T DO CLINTON A FAVOR: DID ANYONE NOTICE, AMERICA WON?!
(Editorial ~ 06/25/94)
While one didn't see spontaneous and patriotic celebrations in the street or non-sports fans going dewy-eyed amid cries of "U.S.A., U.S.A.," America's victory over Colombia in World Cup soccer competition Wednesday night was a nifty thing for a sport whose fascination has historically been lacking in this nation. We applaud the home team's effort...
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SENATE DEMOCRATS DON'T DO CLINTON A FAVOR: TALKING THE TALK ON CAMPAIGN REFORM
(Editorial ~ 06/25/94)
There is an overriding and pesky truth involved in the discussion of campaign finance reform: It's easy to be noble supporting limits in fundraising when the money isn't flowing in. For the Democratic National Committee, having President Clinton in office has meant a windfall in contributions, money that's hard to turn down on reasons of principle. And if principle is at the heart of this reform, the initiative taken by President Clinton on the issue amounts only to rhetoric...
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SENATE DEMOCRATS DON'T DO CLINTON A FAVOR: THE SENATE'S ILLUSION OF WHITEWATER HEARINGS
(Editorial ~ 06/25/94)
Like plants and sunbathers, the American presidency benefits from light being shed. The Whitewater hearings planned by the Senate Banking Committee hold the potential to supply a shroud. With their narrow reach and limited inquiries into the scandal that has enveloped President Clinton, the hearings and their Democratic organizers promise little to the president, who will not be served by a half-hearted effort, and the American people, who deserve a full accounting of this matter...
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FOR LIFE'S MINOR EMERGENCIES, HOSPITALS OFFER CONVENIENCE
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
Johnny has an earache; Amy sprained her ankle. Such minor emergencies are dealt with daily in the emergency rooms of Cape Girardeau's two hospitals. Both St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital have programs in place that provide low-cost and relatively quick treatment for minor medical problems...
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RANDLES ALUMNI MEETING IS TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
The Randles Alumni Association will hold its annual meeting and banquet today in the Heritage Room of Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. A social hour will be held from 5:30-7 p.m., followed by the meal. The class of 1944 will be the honor class, and those graduates are in charge of the program...
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TRI-CON WORKERS OK UNION
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
Tri-Con Industries Ltd. workers have voted to be represented by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textiles Workers Union. The vote by the company's employees Friday was 156 in favor and 77 against representation by the ACTWU. The vote by the firm's 233 employees marked the third attempt in the 11-year history of the plant to install a union at its Cape Girardeau plant, 334 N. Broadview...
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OFFICIALS HOPE REPORT ON I-66 ONLY A SETBACK
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
Local officials agreed Friday that some conclusions in an executive summary of a feasibility study on the proposed Interstate-66 was a setback to the project, although no one knew for sure just what the ultimate impact will be. Complete copies of the feasibility study will be distributed next week, and the Kansas City firm that conducted the study will discuss its findings at a meeting in St. ...
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GRANT WILL HELP CITY'S SCHOOLS TARGET CURRICULUM
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
In a time when most schools target their curriculum to college-bound students, many feel that those not on their way to a four-year institution are left unprepared for the real world. The Cape Girardeau school system realized the problem, and applied for a grant that would cater to the needs of all students and put them on a structured career path...
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ANNUAL EVALUATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT UNDER WAY
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
The annual evaluation process of Cape Girardeau Superintendent of Schools Neyland Clark should be completed within the next two weeks. Two years remain on Clark's contract. The Cape Girardeau's Board of Education has typically extended it's superintendent's contract each year for a year resulting in an on-going three-year contract, explained veteran board member Pat Ruopp...
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LOCAL ANGLES: SUCCESSFUL BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM REBUTS CRITICS
(Column ~ 06/25/94)
As a reporter I covered the Cape Girardeau City Hall beat for almost five years. One of the most tiresome aspects of the job was the repeated assertion that the city ignores the older, poorer sections of Cape Girardeau while focusing infrastructure improvements and city planning in new developing areas to the north and west...
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OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SOYBEAN OIL AS DUST SUPRESSANT
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
BENTON -- It'll be a while before the final word is in on the benefits of a new soybean oil dust suppressant being tested on Scott County gravel roads. The result will rest with the long-term durability of the oil, but Thomas M. Verry, director of field services with the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council headquartered in Jefferson City is optimistic the product will make the grade...
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WHEAT TALKS CRIME WITH POLICEMEN
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
U.S. Rep. Alan Wheat was encouraged Friday to make sure funding is continued for crime fighting programs that work, and that grants be given on a non-competitive basis to insure cities of all sizes have an opportunity to benefit. Wheat, who is holding a series of issues forums around the state as part of his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, got input from about 16 law enforcement officers and citizens on crime issues Friday at the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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JACKSON FIRE REPORT
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 Firefighters responded to a rubbish fire at 710 Emmma at 7:11 p.m. Thursday. At 8 p.m. Thursday, firefighters made a non-emergency service call to 1124 W. Jackson Blvd. At 8:34 p.m. Thursday, firefighters were called to East Jackson Boulevard in response to a downed power line...
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I-55 CRASH KILLS WOMAN, MAN KILLED IN JACKSON CRASH
(Local News ~ 06/25/94)
A West Memphis, Ark., woman and a Cape Girardeau man, both 19, were killed in separate traffic accidents Friday afternoon. Killed were Arnetra Marie King in an accident on Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau and Eric Knight of 1917 Longview in Cape Girardeau in an accident that occurred at Jackson...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/25/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Madsen of Columbia, University Hospital in Columbia, 7:28 p.m. Friday, May 27, 1994. Name, Allensen Gail. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. Mrs. Madsen is the former Tracie Allen, daughter of David and Sheila Allen of Jackson...
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EDITH R. CRAFTON
(Obituary ~ 06/25/94)
ORAN -- Edith Revelea Crafton, 73, of Spring, Texas, formerly of Oran, died Thursday, June 9, 1994, at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. She was born Aug. 25, 1920, in Aid, daughter of Robert Chesley and Idus Ellen Edwards Rainey. She was the stepdaughter of Lacey Bernard. She married Boyd O. Crafton Aug. 23, 1939...
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STELLA I. TUSCHHOFF
(Obituary ~ 06/25/94)
FRIEDHEIM -- Stella I. Tuschhoff, 94, of Friedheim, died Friday, June 24, 1994, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born July 12, 1899, at Arnsburg, daughter of Frederick and Mamie Hilbert Tuschhoff. Tuschhoff was a lifelong member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Apple Creek...
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NANCY MARIE DAVIS DAVIE
(Obituary ~ 06/25/94)
Nancy Marie Davis Davie, 76, of Somerville, Tenn., formerly of Sedgewickville, Mo., died Friday, June 24, 1994, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born Aug. 30, 1917 in Bertrand, daughter of Charlie and Dollie Patrick Davis. She attended school in the Cape Girardeau area and was a resident of Sedgewickville before moving to Somerville nine years ago...
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