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LETTERS: FORMERLY SYMPATHETIC, NOW OPPOSED TO HANCOCK II
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/15/94)
To the editor: We have watched and listened as the public debate on Amendment 7, also known as Hancock II, has intensified. As conservatives distressed by the recent back-door tax increases engineered by Gov. Carnahan and the legislature, we were initially sympathetic to Hancock II. Upon closer study, however, we have found ample reason to oppose the amendment. Hancock II is simply too flawed to warrant our support...
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LETTERS: OBE ASPECTS OF SB 380 CAUSES ALARM FOR FAMILY ASSOCIATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/15/94)
To the editor: The Cape County chapter of the American Family Association is alarmed about the detrimental effects of Senate Bill 380 (also called the Outstanding Schools Act) on our children and families. Under this bill our legislature refigured financial support for Missouri schools and restructured education around what is called performance standards (or outcome based education). ...
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STATE'S DUPLICATION IS UNWARRANTED
(Editorial ~ 10/15/94)
Economic development is an important factor in the vitality of any city, region, or state, or the nation as a whole. It stimulates new employment, expands the tax base, nurtures the existing economy and looks to the future through planning, coordination and cooperation. ...
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NURSING SCHOOLS FILL COMMUNITY NEEDS
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
Lianna Chasteen, a student in the nursing program at Southeast Missouri State University, has been intrigued by the medical field since she was a little girl growing up in Florida. "I find it fascinating and I decided to do it," she said. "Nursing seems compatible with my personality."...
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SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL DISPLAYS WORKS OF ARTISTS FROM REGION
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
Area artists have "checked their art into the hospital" as part of a new program sponsored by the Beautification Committee at Southeast Missouri Hospital, the Southeast Missouri Hospital Auxiliary and the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts. The auxiliary recently held a reception honoring artists participating in the first "Art for the Health of It" juried exhibit...
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COLLEGE FAIR TO LURE H.S. SENIORS
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
Area high school seniors will attend a regional college-technical school fair Monday from noon to 2:30 at the Show Me Center. Some 64 colleges, universities, technical schools and military branches will be represented at the fair. Students from 15 area high schools plan to attend...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: CRITICS OF RE-ENACTMENT HAVE IT BACKWARDS
(Column ~ 10/15/94)
A vignette of American history was replayed before thousands of people this week in Colonial Williamsburg, Va. But this wasn't a typical historical re-enactment. Monday's event drew vehement protests, not because it depicted a day in the life of Colonial Williamsburg, but because on this day in 1773, townspeople held a slave auction. Civil rights activists denounced the re-enactment as trivializing black history...
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MAYOR SAYS CITY `COMMITTED TO BRIDGE'
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
Two Cape Girardeau City councilmen said Friday it is wrong to interpret the council's action to support lobbying efforts for I-66 as a lack of support for a new bridge over the Mississippi River. "The city is committed to the bridge," Mayor Albert M. Spradling III said...
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AERIALISTS KEEP TRADITION IN FAMILY
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
"Miss Paula" made her first appearance in the circus ring at the age 3. The fifth-generation circus performer doesn't remember the big cats jumping over her as she rested in her father's arms several years ago, but she has seen the pictures. Paula Valencia, an aerialist who performs with the Franzen Brothers Circus, does remember performing with the Jerry Cottle Circus in England when she was 11 years old...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: NEW-JOB PHYSICAL PROVES INTERESTING
(Column ~ 10/15/94)
Thanks to my recent employment with the Southeast Missourian, I had my very first physical and drug test last week. Not that I'm complaining. I love my job very much, Mr. Publisher, and would like to keep it for a long, long time. But the physical and drug test were fairly interesting and very humiliating...
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PROJECT REDIRECTORY OFFICIALLY UNDER WAY
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. officially kicked off its 1994 Project ReDirectory program during a rally for sponsors and other participants held Friday at the downtown Cape Girardeau Pavilion. Although a goal of 25,000 directories has been set, Craig Felzien, area manager-external affairs for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., said he would like to see 32,000 directories collected...
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NEW CAIRO HOUSING COMPLEX PLANS OPEN HOUSE ON SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The Little Egypt Housing Development Corporation will hold an open house at its new 17-unit housing complex here Sunday at 3 p.m. The $980,000 complex, located between the 1800 and 1900 block of Poplar, includes 17 two-bedroom units, offices, laundry area, court yard and playground...
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ARTS PROGRAMS RESUME TODAY AT FRANKLIN SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
The Festivals, Families & the Arts program sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts will resume with a program on "Dushhera" to be presented from 2 to 3:30 today at the Franklin School cafeteria. Dushhera is a holiday observed in India to celebrate the victory of Good over Evil...
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MCPARTLAND TRIO PERFORMS IN MURRAY
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
MURRAY, Ky. -- The Marian McPartland Trio will perform Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Murray State University. At 74, McPartland is considered one of the great jazz pianists performing today. Her program, "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz," is in its 15th season on more than 200 National Public Radio stations...
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TENNESSEAN DIES IN CRASH
(Local News ~ 10/15/94)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- A 45-year-old Tennessee man was killed Thursday on Interstate 155 near Caruthersville when his pickup truck hit a tractor-trailer head on. At about 9:55 p.m., Jerry Thompson of Dyersburg, Tenn., was traveling east in the west-bound lane, and collided with a tractor-trailer driven by Margaret Preciado, 49, of Radcliffe, Ky. Preciado wasn't injured...
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PAUL V. DECK
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
Paul V. Deck, 77, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Oct. 14, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 21, 1917, at Bell City, son of August Nelson and Edith Heisserer Deck. He and Normagene Mercer were married May 26, 1942, in Cape Girardeau...
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JEWELL W. BRYANT
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
Jewell W. Bryant, 67, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 13, 1927, in Zalma, son of Frank and Genevieve Rhyne Bryant. He married Lila Jackson April 14, 1948, in Advance. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Brenda Kasten of Cape Girardeau, Deborah Weaver of Kenner, La., Vicki Hannaford of Jefferson City; his father of Zalma, and three grandchildren...
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VIOLA M. BOEHME
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
FROHNA -- Viola M. Boehme, 57, of Frohna, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 7, 1937, at Altenburg, daughter of Hugo and Bertha Weber Richter. She and Elmer L. "Sonny" Boehme were married May 2, 1959...
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FRANCES E. MORRISON
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
SIKESTON -- Frances E. Morrison, 89, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Oct. 1, 1905, in Puryear, Tenn., daughter of E.H. and Rehama Martin Littleton. She and John Morrison were married Sept. 14, 1955...
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OSCAR J. BRADEN
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Oscar John Braden of Scott City will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here, with the Rev. William Dickey officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time...
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DAISY BREECE
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
PARMA -- Daisy Breece, 72, of Parma, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. She was born Feb. 28, 1922, near Essex, daughter of William and Pearl Dowdy Ellis. She and Hershel Owen Breece were married Sept. 22, 1939, at Bloomfield. He died Feb. 17, 1979...
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SHIRLEY A. PIKEY
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Shirley Ann Pikey, 53, Scott City Route 1, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 1, 1941, at Bloomfield, daughter of Robert and Lila Perkins Linville. She and Cecil Pikey were married July 21, 1961, at Poplar Bluff...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/15/94)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Tim McKeon of White Oak, Texas, Good Shephard Hospital in Longview, Texas, 8:47 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, 1994. Name, Zachary Thomas. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Fourth son. Mrs. McKeon is the former Sherri Short, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Short of St. Peters. McKeon is a chemical engineer with Texas Chemicals, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKeon of Cape Girardeau...
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JEWELL E. SCHWEPPE
(Obituary ~ 10/15/94)
Funeral service for Jewell Eva Schweppe of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Don Henson will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-6 p.m. Sunday...
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