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LETTERS: SCHOOL BOARD MUST RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/94)
To the Editor: I read, with great interest, the article of a few nights ago by Mr. John Campbell. I appreciate Mr. Campbell's historic flare in referring to Admiral Farragut's now famous order "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" during the battle of Mobile Bay. The implication is clear: during difficult times, strong leadership is a must. However, I suspect if Admiral Farragut had been torpedoed three times he would have changed course and pursued his objective in a more effective manner...
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WHY HELP KEEP HEALTH CARE REFORM ON TRACK?
(Editorial ~ 06/29/94)
The juggernaut known as health care reform moves steadily toward some type of resolution in Congress. This long-gestating measure, the centerpiece of President Clinton's legislative program, possesses some of the features of a galactic black hole: It absorbs the light of congressional contemplation and grows larger in the process, yet it gives off little illumination for the space it takes up. ...
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OUTGOING JACKSON CHAMBER PRESIDENT REFLECTS ON PAST YEAR
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
JACKSON - Outgoing Jackson Chamber of Commerce president Jim Maevers reflected on the events and activities of the chamber the past year as he prepared to hand over the gavel to the 1994-95 chamber president, Steve Elefson. Elefson and other chamber officers -- Larry Hall, vice president, and Jeff Moore, secretary, -- were installed during Monday's annual chamber installation banquet...
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RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL, OFFICER ATTENDS BENEFIT
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
Dan Niswonger was the only patron of Pop's Pizza Tuesday night that was wearing a hospital bracelet. After being discharged from St. Francis Medical Center at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Niswonger and his family headed to one of his favorite pizza places, where a fund-raising dinner was held in his honor...
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STUDY WILL HELP EXAMINE OTHER HIGHWAY CORRIDORS
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
A Missouri Highway and Transportation Department official said Tuesday that parts of an Interstate-66 feasibility study should help state officials plan highway corridors. "I would assume each state will look at the study to see what it says for them and try to take advantage of information that applies to them," said the official, Lew Hancock, assistant division engineer for planning...
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CEMETERY SEXTON REDISCOVERS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER'S STONE
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
Cape Girardeau cemetery sexton Terrell Weaver figured Revolutionary War soldier Uriah Brock's tombstone had long since disappeared from Old Lorimier Cemetery, carted off or toppled by vandals. But thanks to some school children, he has rediscovered the tombstone, which had been standing in obscurity at the cemetery grave site for at least a decade...
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SENIOR CENTER POISED FOR FUND DRIVE
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
With its organization in place, the Cape Girardeau Senior Center's capital campaign fund drive is ready to roll. However, the mercury has yet to rise in the thermometer-style gauge mounted outside the center to record the funds raised. Cleo Mabrey, chairman of the drive, said, "We are in the process of soliciting, but we haven't made that big a splash as far as receipts. Hopefully now that the organization is intact, we will have something to report real soon."...
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BRIGGS & STRATTON TO EXPAND AT BLUFF, MURRAY
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Preliminary expansion plans announced two months ago by Briggs & Stratton Corp., a small-engine maker headquartered in Wisconsin, will become reality in Missouri and Kentucky. Announcements by plant officials at Poplar Bluff and Murray, Ky., this week reveal projects for more than $40 million in expansions, new equipment and retooling, and up to 230 new jobs...
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LADY BUG...IT'S TIME TO WALK TO THE VINES FOR JUICY TOMATOES
(Column ~ 06/29/94)
This is the time of year gardeners wait twelve months for. This is the time gardeners walk out to the tomato vines on a bright, warm summer morning and look through the leafy vines for the first ripe tomato. And there it is -- bright, red, perfectly shaped, hidden securely among the heavy foliage. ...
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CORPS PREPARES FOR WAPPAPELLO WATERFEST
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake will host Waterfest on Saturday and Sunday at the Redman Creek Beach and Recreation area. The purpose of this event is to promote water safety awareness. It has been a huge success in past years. Games and activities such as blind water balloon volleyball, tug of war, watermelon eating contests, puppet shows, sand sculpture building and more, brings scores of people of all ages who are eager to have fun while learning water safety...
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GIRL UNDERGOES SURGERY AFTER ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
When emergency medical personnel packed 10-year-old Melissa L. Robinson into an awaiting ambulance Monday afternoon, she looked to be upset, but not badly injured. Robinson has been struck by a vehicle while crossing the street in front of her house at 74 Sheridan Drive...
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CHARLES E. DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
Charles E. Davis, 90, 538 S. Middle, died Sunday, June 26, 1994, at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg, Ill. He was born Oct. 14, 1903, son of John Oliver and Martha A. Braden Davis. He married the former Grace Rice. Formerly of Franklin County, Ill., Davis was a retired section foreman with Missouri-Pacific Railroad. He attended First Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau...
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REGINA M. DONALDSON
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
JACKSON -- Regina Marie Donaldson, 45, of Jackson, died Tuesday, June 28, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 18, 1949, in St. Joseph, daughter of Edward John and Ann Elizabeth Boeh Ostroski. She and Jack Donaldson were married Sept. 12, 1970, in St. Joseph...
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ELZIE W. POLLARD
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
MATTHEWS -- Elzie W. Pollard, 85, of Sells Rest Home in Matthews, died Monday, June 27, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 12, 1909, in Pollard, Ark., son of Walter J. and Mary Russom Pollard. He and Vera E. Rogers were married Dec. 23, 1933, in Piggott, Ark. She died March 29, 1983...
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ERWIN FRENTZEL
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
UNIONTOWN -- Erwin Frentzel, 90, formerly of Uniontown, died Tuesday, June 28, 1994, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Nov. 14, 1903, in Uniontown, son of Arnold and Louise Brandes Frentzel. He and Delma Grossheider were married Oct. 22, 1950. She died May 6, 1993...
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VERNITA E. LOWE
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
Vernita Elizabeth Lowe, 47, 2007 New Madrid, died Monday, June 27, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 26, 1946, in Oran, daughter of Lawrence and Clara Glastetter Westrich. She and Robert C. Lowe were married Dec. 26, 1967. He died Nov. 30, 1976...
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M. VERNETTE MARTIN & SANDEE M. PIPER
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
DAISY -- Graveside services for Marjorie Vernette Martin and her daughter, Sandee Piper, both of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at New Salem Cemetery in Daisy. The Rev. Fred Rister will officiate. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home at Jackson is in charge of arrangements...
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WILLIAM E. MILLER
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
William E. Miller, 66, 535 S. Frederick, died Sunday, June 26, 1994, at his home. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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ALVIN I. FINN
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Alvin I. Finn, 76, Bloomfield Route 1, died Monday, June 27, 1994, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 25, 1917, in Advance, son of Vader and Mayme Holland Finn. He and Virginia Haynie were married July 27, 1940, at Kennett...
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MARY ESSEX
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Mary Essex, 80, of Ullin, died Tuesday, June 28, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 3, 1914, in Pulaski, daughter of Daniel Oscar and Mary Irena Rife Stringer. She and Harrison "Pete" Essex were married in 1938. He preceded her in death...
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QUENTIN C. DIEBOLD
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
Funeral mass for Quentin Charles Diebold, 1743 Huntington, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. Don Berkbigler will officiate. Burial will be in St. Denis Cemetery at Benton, with graveside rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838...
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JAMES E. GIRARD
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
OAK RIDGE -- James E. Girard, 54, of Oak Ridge, died Tuesday, June 28, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 26, 1939, in Nashville, Tenn., son of Elbert and Louise McAdams Girard. He and Virginia Ahrens were married Dec. 26, 1972, at Friedheim...
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GUYNELL BEAL
(Obituary ~ 06/29/94)
SIKESTON -- Guynell Beal, 69, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 28, 1994, at her home. She was born July 26, 1924, in East Prairie, daughter of Guy and Maude Mae Barker Glover. She and Clem Beal were married Dec. 18, 1943, in San Diego, Calif. Beal was a member of First Baptist Church...
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STEAM-POWERED PASSENGER TRAIN WILL STOP HERE
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
For the first time in almost 44 years, a steam-powered passenger train will stop at Cape Girardeau. The former St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railroad's No. 1522 locomotive is scheduled to arrive in Cape between 3 and 3:30 p.m. today en route from Memphis to St. Louis Union Station...
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STATE CHAMBER OFFICAL FRIDAY SPEAKER
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
Tony Reinhardt, vice president of government affairs with the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, will be guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee Friday. Reinhardt's topic will be "Business Voting Records of the General Assembly." The coffee will be held Friday at 7:30 a.m. at Drury Lodge...
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MEDICAL GROUPS ANNOUNCE THEY'RE CONSIDERING MERGING
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
Family Physicians Group Inc. and Family Practice Specialty Center are exploring a merger, it was announced Monday. The two medical groups have offices in Doctors' Park in Cape Girardeau. Dr. Mark Kasten of Family Practice Specialty Center said a final decision on a merger probably won't occur for a number of months...
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BARBECUE: LET THE GOOD TIMES SIZZLE
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
Cave men did it because they had to; we do it because we love to. The backyard barbecue and summer (winter, too, for the most devoted) go hand in hand. Actually, it was the wooden frames used by Indians to smoke foods for preservation that led to the word barbecue...
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STUDENTS PLACE SECOND IN COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
A group of Southeast Missouri State University accounting students placed second nationally in the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Student Case Competition. The "final four" competition was held June 12 in New York. "This speaks very highly of the quality of our students and indicates that we are on a par with other strong schools of accounting and finance," said Gayle Rayburn, an accounting and finance professor at Southeast...
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VFW POST 3838, AUXILIARY BRING HOME AWARDS
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
The VFW Post 3838 and auxiliary brought home many awards from the state convention held last weekend in St. Louis. Judy Thrower was named an outstanding district president. Charles Thrower served as state inspector, Calvin Vogelsang served as state budget chairman, and Glennetta Vogelsang was budget chairman for the ladies auxiliary...
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GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS, CHAIRMEN
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
New officers and chairmen for 1994-96 were elected at a recent meeting of the Cape County Genealogical Society. The officers are: Jean Adams, president; Jane Jackson, vice president; Kathy Barberis, recording secretary; Alma Lee Slinkard, treasurer, and Ken Schlimme, historian...
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BIRTH CONTROL IS PROGRAM TOPIC
(Local News ~ 06/29/94)
Dr. Michael J. Jessup will discuss birth control, specifically Norplant and Deprovera, on this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program. "Ask Your Doctor" airs Thursday night at 8 p.m. on Cape Girardeau Cable Channel 5. The show features local doctors answering questions from local viewers...
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