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ANNIE REED
(Obituary ~ 11/18/94)
DEXTER -- Annie Sanders Reed, 80, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at Vintage Villa Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 15, 1914, in Bakerville, Tenn., daughter of Wilson Underwood and Lovenia Smith Parker. Reed had lived in St. Louis many years, and had resided in the Essex and Dexter area the past 40 years...
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IRENE M. HUNT
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral Mass for Irene M. Hunt, formerly of Perryville, will be celebrated today at 10 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville by the Rev. Gerard P. Kelly. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville. Hunt, 67, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at the Little Flower Nursing Home in St. Louis...
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SALVATION ARMY KICKS OFF TREE OF LIGHTS
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
Bell ringers will abound in Cape Girardeau and Jackson as the Salvation Army kicks off its Christmas Tree of Lights campaign today. The goal for this year's campaign is $125,000. That money will be used to fund Christmas activities and for programs and services through 1994 and during 1995...
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PORT GETS ENGINE FOR RAILROAD
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
The hours of hard work spent unloading the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority's new locomotive Thursday should pay off in years of income. The General Motors locomotive, formerly Army property, was built in 1951 and overhauled in 1979. Dan Overbey, executive director of the port authority, oversaw its transportation from Fort Carson, Colo., to Scott City...
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STUDENT ADVANCES IN OPERA AUDITIONS
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
Cary Nall is trying to get into an apprenticeship program at a metropolitan opera company. Last weekend in St. Louis, she took a major step toward a position with THE metropolitan opera company. She was one of three winners of the New York Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, probably the most prestigious set of tryouts in the land...
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WORKSHOP HERE FOCUSES ON INCREASED DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
You are having difficulty with your teachers and classmates. Mom and dad are fighting; there has been talk of divorce on more than one occasion. You think maybe if you were doing better at school none of the problems at home would have ever developed. Everyone at home looks sad, and you feel like it is your fault...
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WOMEN MAY FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS AT PRAYER BRUNCH
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
Women who are facing difficulties in their lives and don't know what to do are offered some solutions during the Ladies Prayer Brunch to be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Holiday Inn. Fee for the brunch is $5.95. Reservations may be made by calling 335-5531, and tickets will also be available at the door...
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THE SEASON TO GIVE
(Editorial ~ 11/18/94)
The season of giving is upon us. Although people are generous year around, there is just something about Thanksgiving and Christmas that prompt them to reach out to others. It is a time to count blessings. It is a time to share bounties. Amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, people pause to care about those around them. It is downright heartwarming...
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LETTERS: JUDGE WHO BOUND BUNDY OVER FOR TRIAL DID NOT PERFORM WEDDING RITE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/18/94)
To the editor: The Nov. 15 edition of the Missourian carried a front-page story which said I performed the marriage ceremony for Anna Canull and Kenneth Bundy, who is charged with capital murder, among other things. I signed the arrest warrant for Bundy, and I denied him bail. ...
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LETTERS: CITY WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO SACRIFICE DOWNTOWN AREA
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/18/94)
To the editor: I must respond to Jay Eastlick's Oct. 30 column, "Like it or not, there is a market in this city for substandard housing." The words "substandard housing" could be replaced with the word "cocaine" and be every bit as true. Neither is acceptable...
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RSVP VOLUNTEERS MEET IN HONORS CEREMONY
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
CHAFFEE -- Phyllis McClanahan, 55, of rural Cape Girardeau and Otto Peetz, 75, of Gordonville were two of the newest participants honored Thursday in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Almost 100 senior citizens gathered in Chaffee for the annual recognition ceremony for RSVP volunteers in Scott and Cape Girardeau counties...
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TWO-CAR ACCIDENT KILLS BABY
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
NEW MADRID -- A 6-month-old boy was killed in a two-vehicle accident two miles west of New Madrid Wednesday night, and five other people were hospitalized. Timothy Collins died in the crash at about 9:30 on Highway U, the Missouri Highway Patrol said...
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LETTERS: `FRANKENSTEIN' AUTHOR WAS SUFFERING FROM LOSS OF A CHILD
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/18/94)
To the editor: This in response to a letter from Steve Mosley of Sikeston on the subject of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." I have no intention of commenting on the social or political issues implied. I only want the opportunity to clear up the reason for her ideas on the story's theme...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/18/94)
Son to Allen and Julie Bynum, Sedgewickville Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:16 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, 1994. Name, Jacob Roger. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Bynum is the former Julie Smith, daughter of Dee Smith of Vacaville, Calif., and Bill Smith of Phoenix, Ariz. Bynum is a welder at PMS of Jackson, and is the son of Harry and Wanda Bynum of Sedgewickville and Selma Crisler of Cape Girardeau...
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MELBA B. ROTH
(Obituary ~ 11/18/94)
Melba B. Roth, 74, 1504 E. Riverside, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1919, in Minnith, daughter of John and Irene Schaaf Boyd. She and Albert J. Roth were married July 16, 1938, in Ste. Genevieve. He died Feb. 20, 1988...
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SISTER PANCRATIA SCHMITT
(Obituary ~ 11/18/94)
NEW HAMBURG -- Funeral mass for Sister Pancratia Schmitt of Red Bud, Ill., was held Monday at Provincial House Chapel, with the Rev. Jack Joyce officiating. Burial was in the Convent Cemetery. Schmitt, 78, died Friday, Nov. 11, 1994, at her home. Grace Marie Schmitt was born July 2, 1916, in New Hamburg, daughter of Leonard and Louise Mary Ziegler Schmitt...
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LUTHER B. COOPER
(Obituary ~ 11/18/94)
JACKSON -- Luther B. Cooper, 81, of Jackson, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 1994, at Doctors' Hospital in Wentzville. He was born Oct. 16, 1913, at Bloomfield, son of William and Jane Fishbaugh Cooper. He and Dorris Shipman were married Aug. 25, 1934. She died March 2, 1989...
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ALVIE J. TOWEL
(Obituary ~ 11/18/94)
MOREHOUSE -- Alvie J. Towel, 75, of Morehouse, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 1994, at his home. He was born May 27, 1919, in Clarksville, Ark., son of Homer and Myrtle Hite Towel. He and Mary E. Dempsey were married Sept. 20, 1938, in Bloomfield. Towel had worked for Bridger Plumbing and Heating Co., and was a former firefighter with Morehouse Fire Department. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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HOLIDAY HOUSE OPENS THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Magnolia Manor will welcome guests to its 42nd annual Holiday House beginning Thanksgiving Day at 1 p.m. Handmade decorations, baker goods and bazaar items will be for sale at the four-story manor, which will be decorated in the theme "A Christmas to Remember."...
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COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FLOTILL TO BE CHARTERED
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- The East Cape Girardeau Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla will be chartered at 7 o'clock tonight at the Purple Crackle. Members of the U.S. Coast Guard from Paducah, Ky., will be present for the ceremony, along with members of the Metropolis (Ill.) Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla...
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PEARL GORE
(Obituary ~ 11/18/94)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Funeral service for Pearl Gore of Collinsville will be held at 1 p.m. today at Olmsted United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jonathan Althoff officiating. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery. Gore, 97, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1994, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Belleville...
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STRIKE CLOSES DOORS ON 1,048 CAIRO STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A teachers' strike in Cairo public schools entered its second day today after 73 teachers in the district's four schools went on strike. Teachers wanting a 7 percent pay increase went on strike Thursday, forcing cancellation of classes for 1,048 students...
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BLUNT WEIGHS SECOND TRY FOR GOVERNOR
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
When election returns started rolling in, few Missourians paid closer attention than the president of Southwest Baptist University at Bolivar. This interest in how Missourians voted in an off-year election was due not only to the fact that Roy Blunt spent eight years in an office that was responsible for conducting statewide voting, but also because the totals could well decide his political future in state government...
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CAPE PLANS TO PITCH NATIVE SON LIMBAUGH
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
Cape Girardeau's Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to cash in on the fame of native son Rush Limbaugh III. Beginning early next year, excursion buses will travel by some of the locations of Limbaugh's youth. Tourists will pass by Southeast Missouri Hospital where Limbaugh was born, his boyhood house at 412 Sunset, the local barbershop on Broadway near Houck Stadium where he shined shoes, and radio station KGMO, where the conservative broadcaster and author got his start...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: GANGS GIVE `LIP SERVICE' NEW MEANING
(Column ~ 11/18/94)
Uh-oh. Trouble in your favorite home town. There it is, right on the front page of your favorite home town weekly newspaper: Gangs on Main Street. This is the town where juvenile delinquency generally runs the gamut from truancy to soaped windows on Halloween. But gangs? Say it isn't so...
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BOLLINGER COUNTY ESCAPEE STILL BEING SOUGHT
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
MARBLE HILL -- Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Hahn was preparing for a trial Tuesday for William Knapp on two counts of Class C felony stealing. But Knapp walked away from the county jail Sunday. Knapp, who had been a trusty at the Bollinger County jail, told the dispatcher and other prisoners he was going to take a nap. That was about 11:15 a.m., but around 5 p.m. he was missing...
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SANTA TO BE AT WEST PARK MALL ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
Santa Claus will arrive at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau Saturday. Children may participate in a special Christmas sing-a-long to welcome Santa. Judy Sharp, choir and band director of Oak Ridge schools, will lead the sing-a-long. A special choir of 50 area children will perform at 9 a.m. in the J.C. Penney court area...
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LT. GOV. WILSON TO VISIT SC SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Lt. Gov. Roger Wilson is planning a visit to Scott City school next month. School Superintendent Doug Berry told the school board this week that Wilson will meet with students on Dec. 7 to talk about accepting the challenge of being successful in school...
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HALF OF PHONE BOOKS TURNED IN
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
Almost half of the Southwestern Bell telephone directories delivered in 1993 have been returned for recycling. Area students and businesses established a record for recycling outdated telephone directories in 1994 by collecting more than 28,000 old directories the past month...
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HOLIDAY OF LIGHTS TOUR EXTENDED AFTER '93 SELLOUT
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
This year's Holiday of Lights tour of Cape Girardeau's best Christmas decorations certainly will be bigger and it promises to be better. The 1994 tour has been extended to a second weekend after last year's sellout. The tour will be held Dec. 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17. Reservations for seats on the buses already are being taken at the Chamber of Commerce...
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PREGNANCY ANNOUNCED ON TV
(Local News ~ 11/18/94)
The impending birth of a baby to a former Cape Girardeau woman was announced this week on "Rush Limbaugh, The Television Show." Cape Girardeau native Barbara Gilhaus Ristaino and her husband, Francesco, attended the Monday night taping of the show in hopes that they could announce the pregnancy on camera, thereby breaking the news to her parents...
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