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ELSIE L. CORZINE
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Elsie L. Corzine of Dongola will be held at 1 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home here, with the Rev. Mike VanDeWalle officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Corzine, 91, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994, at Union County Hospital in Anna...
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LETTER: LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE ECLIPSED THE GREAT COMMET OVER JONESBORO
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/23/94)
To the editor: A wondrous thing happened in Union County Saturday past. It eclipsed the grand comet seen the night before. The people were moved. Science cannot explain it. At this writing, it is a cool and breezy, brilliant Monday after. The rhythms of little Jonesboro seem emptier and slower, yet fuller and faster than before. ...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: CLINTON CAN'T SHAKE IMAE OF INEPTNESS
(Column ~ 09/23/94)
President Clinton is reportedly discouraged about how his Haitian policy is being reviewed."The president does not understand why so many newspapers are criticizing him," an unidentified White House official told National Public Radio. "He feels he deserves praise for avoiding a military invasion." Another official points to the bump in the president's popularity as the result of the agreement with Haitian General Raoul Cedras, suggesting that news columnists and editorial writers are out of touch.It is a curious argument for a president who authorized a military invasion of Haiti over the opposition of 70 percent of the American people -- only to be saved from actually carrying it through by a free-lancing Jimmy Carter.The White House is right on one thing, however. ...
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MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI IS CALM A YEAR AFTER RECORD FLOODING
(Editorial ~ 09/23/94)
Another reason to be celebrating right now is as close as the Mississippi River. A year ago the mighty waterway was slowing receding from its record flood crest in August. This week, the river is some 20 feet below flood stage. The low river level is due, in part, to below-average rainfall for the past few months over a widespread area that drains into the Mississippi. ...
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JEAN BELL MOSLEY IS A HERO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OF READERS
(Editorial ~ 09/23/94)
There are so few real heroes these days, particularly ones you can get close to and speak to and shake hands with. There is a literary hero in Cape Girardeau, however, and she is close, chatty and will gladly shake your hand. Jean Bell Mosley is your neighbor, which is what makes her so special...
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SALES-TAX TAKE BREAKS RECORD, EARNS $520,108
(Local News ~ 09/23/94)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County has set another record for sales-tax receipts, with a September check of $520,108. The check is $10,000 more than the previous monthly record set in March. For the last nine months, Cape County has taken in $2,695,671, an increase of 10.62 percent over the same point last year. In actual dollars, the increase is $277,000...
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PATROL FINDS NO FOUL PLAY IN DEATH
(Local News ~ 09/23/94)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said foul play wasn't responsible for the death of a Bertrand man discovered Tuesday. Manuel Moit, 42, burned to death in his car after it ran out of oil, the patrol said. The incident occurred six miles south of Sikeston on Route FF...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/23/94)
Son to Jeremy Vetter and Tabitha Huff, Benton Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:31 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 1994. Name, Trevor Nicholas. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Miss Huff is the daughter of Greg Huff of Benton and Theresa Jones of Morley. She is employed at Newton Insurance. Vetter is a student at Southeast Missouri State University, and is employed at Halter Seed. He is the son of Michael Vetter and Ruth Ann Vetter of Benton...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: CLINTON CAN'T SHAKE IMAGE OF INEPTNESS
(Column ~ 09/23/94)
President Clinton is reportedly discouraged about how his Haitian policy is being reviewed."The president does not understand why so many newspapers are criticizing him," an unidentified White House official told National Public Radio. "He feels he deserves praise for avoiding a military invasion." Another official points to the bump in the president's popularity as the result of the agreement with Haitian General Raoul Cedras, suggesting that news columnists and editorial writers are out of touch.It is a curious argument for a president who authorized a military invasion of Haiti over the opposition of 70 percent of the American people -- only to be saved from actually carrying it through by a free-lancing Jimmy Carter.The White House is right on one thing, however. ...
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PAT E. CONNER
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
JACKSON -- Pat E. Conner, 78, of Jackson, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home.
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TRAVIS J. MOODY
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
MARBLE HILL -- Travis James Moody, 43, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1950, in East Prairie, son of William and Nettie Douglas Moody. He and Wilma L. Bennett were married Oct. 20, 1973. Moody was a maintenance worker with the city of Marble Hill...
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ROY V. SUGG
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Roy Vaughn Sugg of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Billie Butler officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Sugg, 40, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at his home...
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ALLIE C. ROGERS
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Allie Caywood Rogers, 82, of Mounds, formerly of Olmsted, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Sept. 7, 1912, in Blandville, Ky., son of Frank and Susie Holmes Caldwell. She married George Caywood, who died in 1967, and later married Roscoe Rogers, who died in 1983...
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PHILOMENA C. BAER
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Philomena C. Baer, 78, Perryville Route 2, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994, at her home. She was born Oct. 10, 1915, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Carl J. and Anna Lappe Wibbenmeyer. She and Bernard "Barney" Baer Sr. were married May 10, 1941, at Apple Creek...
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ALVIN A. FUNKE
(Obituary ~ 09/23/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Alvin A. Funke, 92, of Perryville, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1994, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born July 25, 1902, at Longtown, son of Michel G. and Barbara Louise Springer Funke. Funke was retired from Herket and Maisel Trunk Co. in St. Louis. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church at Longtown. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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EDUCATORS TOLD TO JOIN IN FIGHT AGAINST HANCOCK II
(Local News ~ 09/23/94)
SCOTT CITY -- School boards need to work together to defeat Amendment 7, the Hancock II proposal, on the Nov. 8 ballot, a school board association official said Thursday. "There is nothing more important to school boards than getting together to defeat Amendment 7," said Dr. Carter D. Ward, executive director of the Missouri School Boards Association...
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BUSINESS BUILDING CEREMONY ON HOLD
(Local News ~ 09/23/94)
There won't be a ground-breaking ceremony next month for Southeast Missouri State University's business building project. The ceremony has been put on hold until Missouri voters decide the fate of Hancock II, a constitutional amendment that would limit state revenue growth...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: WINDOW TV VIEWING BRINGS FLASHBACK
(Column ~ 09/23/94)
Flashbacks aren't your style. It is seldom you are overwhelmed with sudden memories. Your memories are thoughtful and well-tended. You don't even like flashbacks in movies. Too hard to follow the plot. And life's plot is tough enough without flashbacks...
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PEOPLE DIFFER ON FATE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
(Local News ~ 09/23/94)
While Secretary of State Judi Moriarty says her conviction was nothing worse than running a stop sign, Missouri House leaders say she should resign or be impeached. House action against Moriarty began Thursday afternoon, with Missourians watching to see if Moriarty will stand firm...
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KENNY G CONCERT AT SHOW ME CENTER CANCELED
(Local News ~ 09/23/94)
For the first time in the Show Me Center's seven-year history, a major concert has been canceled because of slow ticket sales. Kenny G will not perform in Cape Girardeau Oct. 13. Show Me Center Director David Ross hopes dismal sales for the upcoming Pointer Sisters concert won't provoke a repeat cancellation. So far, Ross said ticket sales for the Oct. 4 show number in only the hundreds...
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