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LETTERS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/29/94)
With a flood of letters regarding Amendment 7 (Hancock II) in the final days before the Nov. 7 election, here are excerpts from the latest batch: To the editor: ...Amendment 7 simply permits all Missourians to vote on new state and local tax increases. If Amendment 7 passes will the sky fall? No. Don't let the politicians and bureaucrats fool you. It is time for the people to take their government back...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: LIKE IT OR NOT, THERE IS A MARKET IN THIS CITY FOR SUBSTANDARD HOUSING
(Column ~ 10/29/94)
The good news out of the Cape Girardeau City Hall this week was that after years of rancorous debate, the city council finally gave first reading to a property maintenance code. The bad news: It's a lousy law. The code, which establishes standards for existing property to correspond with building codes already in place for new construction and commercial buildings, essentially is a uniform code used in cities across the country. ...
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STORES, ARCHITECT CITED FOR DIABILITY AWARENESS
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Maryann "Miki" Gudermuth relies on crutches and wheelchairs, and a large dose of optimism. She contracted polio when she was 9 months old. The disease weakened her legs, making it difficult for her to walk. Today, Gudermuth is executive director of the SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence Inc. (SADI), headquartered in Cape Girardeau...
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GROUP TOUTS PROP A REFORMS AT STOP HERE
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Missourians will have a chance to decide Nov. 8 whether they want to further restrict contributions to political candidates. A campaign finance caravan touring the state stopped briefly in front of Cape Girardeau City Hall Friday to discuss the need for campaign finance reform and Proposition A, which will be on the election ballot...
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BREAST CANCER SURGERY TV TOPIC
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
The topic of breast cancer surgery "Ask Your Doctor," is scheduled to air Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable access Channel 5. The speaker will be Dr. Frank H. McGinty. "Ask Your Doctor" is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society and Channel 5. Hosts will be Martha Muench and Dr. Jean A. Chapman...
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WOMEN SPONSOR HEALTH PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Alan S. Lubert will present "Health Care Decisions" Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau. The free program is sponsored by the River City Business and Professional Women and funded by the Missouri Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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MONTH OF ACTIVITIES ON DIABETES
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Some 14 million Americans (one out of 20 people) have diabetes. However, only 7 million know they have the disease and are getting appropriate treatment. Helping to educate the public about diabetes and its proper control will be the emphasis for a series of special programs and events planned during November, Diabetes Awareness Month...
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KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY: HEALTH DEPARTMENT CHANGES TO MEET NEEDS OF RESIDENTS
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
After nearly 20 years with the Cape Girardeau County Health Department, Charlotte Craig has seen a lot of changes. The department has outgrown and moved from cramped quarters in the basement of the county courthouse in Jackson, to the Common Pleas Courthouse Annex, and finally to its own building on Linden Street...
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`HONORING' MANDATES
(Editorial ~ 10/29/94)
Whenever the federal government decides to do something for 250 million-plus Americans, it usually decides what it wants and then tells someone else to do it. In literally hundreds of instances, the feds have told states, counties and cities to spend local dollars on federal programs. Here are some examples:...
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CHANGING THE CLOCKS
(Editorial ~ 10/29/94)
Tonight is the night to set back clocks as daylight-saving time draws to a close. The change officially occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most folks go ahead and reset their clocks when they go to bed tonight. That way they don't have to worry about what time it is when they get up Sunday morning...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES HOMECOMING TODAY
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
7 a.m. Copper Dome Breakfast Friend of University presentation Show Me Center 8 a.m. 50-year club Johnson Faculty Center, 530 N. Pacific 9 a.m. Homecoming Parade Theme: Kickin' It Across The Globe Capaha Park to Main Street 10:30 a.m. Baptist Student Center celebrates 55 years of ministry...
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DAYLIGHT TIME ENDS; TURN CLOCK BACK HOUR
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Daylight-savings time is nearing an end for 1994. Americans will gain back the hour they lost last spring when they set their clocks back this weekend. It's the annual "fall back" change that will occur officially at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will elect to change the clocks before going to bed tonight...
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COED'S NAP ENDS AS DEER FLIES IN WINDOW
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Charlene Montgomery might have gone to sleep counting sheep Friday afternoon, but she awoke counting deer -- at least the one that was in her apartment at 537 N. Sprigg. "I just ran out of the apartment," Montgomery said. "The only thing I thought of when I saw it was getting out."...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: FAT THORN IN SIDE AND ELSEWHERE
(Column ~ 10/29/94)
It's sick, really. Every morning, I step out of the shower and stand in front of my industrial-strength bathroom mirror. In my last apartment, the bathroom mirror was one of those medicine-cabinet deals, only reflecting my hair, face and parts of my shoulders. That mirror was great...
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FREDA FLOYD
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
DEXTER -- Funeral service for Freda Floyd of Kirkwood will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter, with the Rev. Gail Lambert officiating. Burial will be in Hagy Cemetery. Floyd, 55, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, at her home...
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MINNIE M. HENSON
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
PATTON -- Minnie Marie Henson, 73, of Park Hills, formerly of Elvins, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington. She was born July 20, 1921, at Patton, daughter of Harry and Sarah Crites Brotherton. She married Jack Henson, who died in 1984...
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VIRGLE H. SPEER
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
tatum obit Maxel D. Tatum CHAFFEE -- Maxel Dale Tatum, 54, Chaffee Route 2, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, at Lone Star Industries in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 26, 1940, in Harperville, Miss., son of Clyde C. and Vashti Lyle Tatum. He and Jo Ann Marshall were married Oct. 9, 1993, at Chaffee...
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MARIE STORY
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
CHAFFEE -- Graveside rites for Marie Story of El Cajon, Calif., was held Thursday in St. Louis. The daughter of Dr. Mabel Delezene, she and her mother were formerly of Chaffee. Survivors include a sister, Ruth DiMari of St. Louis. Announcement courtesy of Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee...
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ROY E. MOORE
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Roy E. Moore, 78, of Cobden, died Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, at Marion VA Nursing Facility in Marion. He was born Dec. 30, 1915, in Cobden, son of James Calvin and Martha Elsie Messamore Moore. Moore was retired from the former Florsheim Shoe Co. in Anna. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and American Legion Post 259, both in Cobden...
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FOOD DISTRIBUTION GROUP HONORS EMERSON
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Rep. Bill Emerson has received the food distribution industry's 1994 Thomas Jefferson Award, which was created in 1992 by the National-American Wholesale Grocers' Association (NAWGA) and the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)...
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MILDRED L. DEGEARE
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
SIKESTON -- Mildred Lucille DeGeare, 76, of Owasso, Okla., died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, at Tulsa Regional Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla. She was born Jan. 9, 1918, in Potosi, daughter of Henry Francis and Mary Catherine Theresa DeGonia DeClue. She and Edward Robert DeGeare were married June 2, 1945, in St. Louis. He died Aug. 27, 1986...
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JEAN O. SWINSON
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
ORAN -- Jean Olive Perdue Swinson, 80, of Oran, died Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 2, 1914, in Jefferson City, daughter of Monte and Launa Hilton Lupardus. She first married Francis Walton in 1930, who died in 1939. She and Stanley Catus Perdue were married Nov. 2, 1940. He died Aug. 11, 1966. She later married James E. Reed July 10, 1971. He died Nov. 17, 1983. She and Elmer Roy Swinson were married June 1, 1985. He died Dec. 9, 1991...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/29/94)
Son to Michael and Jo Schlitt of Oran, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:24 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1994. Name, Alexander Michael. Weight, 6 pounds. First child. Mrs. Schlitt is the former Jo Stokes, daughter of Bob and Carolyn Stokes of Oran. Schlitt is an engineer with Burlington Northern, and is the son of Jerome and Mary Schlitt of Oran...
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VINCE MULLINS
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
DUDLEY -- Vince Mullins, 80, of Dudley, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. He was born Aug. 3, 1914, in Boston, Mass. He and the former Madie Stiltner were married Dec. 16, 1947. Mullins was a retired superintendent from a glass company in Chicago. He moved to Dudley in 1976...
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ILA KINDER
(Obituary ~ 10/29/94)
SIKESTON -- Ila Kinder, 76, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, in the Emergency Room at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1918, in Dardanelle, Ark., daughter of George M. and Lucinda Mills Beck. She and Earl M. Underhill were married in September 1938. He died Feb. 25, 1965. She later married Elwood A. Kinder Sr. Dec. 24, 1973. He died May 18, 1994...
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UTILITIY'S COUNTEROFFER KEEPS STEEL MANUFACTURER AT HOME
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
Mitch Robinson, executive director of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Assocation, has no misgivings about the incentive package put before Arkansas Steel Associates. Earlier this week, the company decided not to take part in the $60 million Nash Road redevelopment project...
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LEIST GETS DINGELDEIN AWARD
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
An instrumental music teacher in the Jackson School District has won the 1994 Otto F. Dingeldein Award. Nick Leist, a music instructor for grades 7 through 12 at Jackson for 27 years, and well known throughout Southeast Missouri for his outstanding work as a music educator, received the coveted award during the halftime of the Jackson-Farmington football game, at Jackson Friday night...
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STEPHENS COLLEGE HEAD TO TAKE OATH
(Local News ~ 10/29/94)
COLUMBIA - The new president of Stephens College, Marcia Kierscht, says she hopes to prepare her female students for the world's power structure after they graduate. Kierscht, the 22nd president of Stephens, will be inaugurated Saturday. The theme of the ceremonies is "Women in the New Millennium: A Global Perspective."...
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