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ORENE L. FINLEY
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Orene Louis "Buster" Finley of Sikeston will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. W.T. Metcalf will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie. Finley, 74, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., following an extended illness...
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POLICE TAKE KIDS ON SHOPPING SPREE
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
Jessica, 7, and Cape Girardeau policeman Bill Bohnert embarked on a holiday shopping spree this week through Wal-Mart. They were strangers when they started, but by the time they collected enough toys to occupy both of Bohnert's arms, they had established a friendship that could last beyond the holidays...
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COUNTY READY FOR SNOW, COMMISSIONER SAYS
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
JACKSON -- Last year's snow and ice storms kept state and city crews scrambling to keep melting mixtures on hand, but Cape Girardeau County did just fine, First District Commissioner Larry Bock said. Bock, who oversees the county's highway department, remembers his introduction to the county highway department three days after his swearing-in ceremony...
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4 FILE FOR CAIRO MAYOR; 2 OTHERS MAY
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Four candidates have filed petitions for the Cairo mayor post, and the list could grow to six by the Monday filing deadline. Candidates filing by noon Friday were Philip Matthews, Cordell McGoy, Loretta Burns and Joyce Phelps. Mayor James Wilson hasn't filed yet but intends to seek a second term. A sixth petition has been picked up at the city clerk's office...
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RIGHT OF CENTER: VOTERS SEE TOO CLEARLY WHAT DEMOCRATS DID
(Column ~ 12/17/94)
The Wall Street Journal this week published a series of articles that attempted to identify the climate in American politics that led to last month's historic election. The last article in the series, published Wednesday, was illuminating. The premise was that the middle class is divided along gaps in income, values and lifestyles, "cleaving into the have-mores and the have-lesses." The have-lesses have become their own special interest group, and on Election Day they lashed out against all the wealthy, influential liberal elites.. ...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/17/94)
Son to Don and Kay Maney of Tulsa, Okla., St. John's Medical Center there, 6:24 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 1994. Name, Drew Daniel. Weight, 8 pounds 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Maney is the former Kay Moore, daughter of Ruth Moore of Cape Girardeau, and the late Glenn Moore. She is an elementary teacher at Southside School in Broken Arrow, Okla. Maney is employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rad Maney of Joplin...
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JERRY L. STALEY
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
Jerry Lee Staley, 47, 2731 Chrysler, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 12, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of George and Mary Margaret Ferrell Staley. He and Mar Nell Laird were married Aug. 28, 1985...
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JUNIOR E. TREECE
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Junior E. Treece, 58, of Wolf Lake, died Friday, Dec. 16, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 12, 1936, in Wolf Lake, son of Clyde and Bertha Ayers Treece. He and Jane Kinder were married Feb. 16, 1953...
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GEORGE E. EARNHART
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- George E. Earnhart, 78, Anna Route 1, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at his home. He was born March 9, 1916, at Lick Creek, son of James and Cynthia Lenderman Earnhart. He and Annie Blonn Treece were married March 2, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, Mo...
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STANLEY P. ACKLIN
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Stanley P. Acklin, 75, Cobden Route 2, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Jan. 2, 1919, in Anna, son of Andrew and Eva Greene Acklin Sr. He and Ruby C. Spiller were married Oct. 1, 1948, in Cobden...
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MABEL I. KITCHEN
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
DEXTER -- Mabel Ilene Kitchen, 74, Dexter Route 2, died Friday, Dec. 16, 1994, at her home. She was born Feb. 18, 1920, at Acorn Ridge, daughter of George and Lou Etta Estes Buchanan. She and Nelson O. Kitchen were married April 18, 1936. Kitchen had lived in Dexter since 1939. She had worked at Stovall's, and was retired from Elder Manufacturing in Dexter. She was a member of First Christian Church...
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NELLIE M. BRYANT
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
MOREHOUSE -- Nellie Marie Bryant, 76, of Morehouse, died Friday, Dec. 16, 1994, at Sells Nursing Home in Matthews. She was born May 20, 1918, in East Prairie, daughter of Charles and Algie Mae Carter Presson. She and Mercer Carmack Bryant were married Dec. 5, 1936. He died Nov. 6, 1964...
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MAKING KIDS COUNT
(Editorial ~ 12/17/94)
Surveys, studies and rankings bombard the American public. The topics are as wide-ranging as the growing numbers of people who poll for a living. The abundance of polls has caused most of us to merely take the findings and comparisons with a grain of salt. Of course when the findings are favorable, we are more apt to take notice. Such was the case with the second "Kids Count of Missouri" report that was released a wee ago...
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LILLY WOOLSEY
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
PARMA -- Lilly Woolsey, 86, of Ashley, Ill., died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1994, at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia, Ill. She was born Jan. 10, 1908, in Livingston, Tenn., daughter of Bedord and Josie Qualls Hicks. She and William P. Woolsey were married Oct. 15, 1936, at Parma. He died Nov. 15, 1977...
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RUTH KENDIG
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Ruth Kendig of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Charles E. Buck officiating. Private burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Kendig, 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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IRVIN A. KELLER
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
Irvin A. Keller, 80, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. He was born Sept. 2, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, son of Fred and Rose Keller. Keller was an educator from 1937-77. He was executive secretary of Missouri State High School Activities Association from 1956-77. He had also written numerous professional articles and two textbooks...
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DALE ALCORN
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
SIKESTON -- Dale Alcorn, 80, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 3, 1914, in Greenway, Ark., son of Ellis K. and Wrista L. Fulkerson Alcorn. He and Elma A. Heuiser were married Oct. 12, 1935. She died Jan. 25, 1970. He and Kathryn Shell were married Sept. 11, 1970...
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CLARA KEATON
(Obituary ~ 12/17/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Clara Keaton of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul Baker will officiate, with burial in Duck Creek Cemetery near Puxico. Keaton, 90, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994, at Puxico Nursing Center...
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OPPORTUNITY CATCHES COOK BY SURPRISE
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- When Bekki Cook's telephone rang Tuesday, the last person she expected to be on the other end of the line was Gov. Mel Carnahan. When the governor said he wanted to talk about the secretary of state's office that was vacated by Judith Moriarity's ouster, Cook assumed Carnahan wanted to discuss the possible appointment of Emily Firebaugh, a Fredericktown newspaper publisher, whose quest for the appointment Cook endorsed in a letter to the governor...
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PARENTS PUSH FOR STRIKE SETTLEMENT
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Enough's enough...it is time to settle the strike. That is the message parents of students in the Cairo Public School District are sending to school officials and teachers. "We don't care what it takes," Rochelle Hollis said. "Students have missed 20 days of school over the past month. We need help."...
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GRAND JURY'S ETHICS SUBPOENA PROVES PUZZLING
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
Only five of the eight lobbyists whose records have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in Kansas City list a gambling company as a client, according to a review of data obtained from the Missouri Ethics Commission. Three of the lobbying firms, as well as a state official also required to file a report of his activities on behalf of state agencies, fail to list any gaming firms as a client...
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BAND LEADER TO TAKE REINS AT GATOR BOWL
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
When the bowl season rolls around, it is show time for Southeast Missouri State University band director Barry Bernhardt. The 36-year-old Bernhardt, who heads up the university's Golden Eagles Marching Band, has directed halftime shows for the nation's bowl games since 1988. He is in his fifth year as Southeast's band director...
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COOK NAMED SECRETARY OF STATE
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Three of the words most often spoken in Jefferson City Friday morning were: "Who's Bekki Cook?" Gov. Mel Carnahan appointed the 44-year-old Cape Girardeau lawyer and political outsider to replace ousted Secretary of State Judith Moriarty...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: 25TH IS LANDMARK BIRTHDAY
(Column ~ 12/17/94)
It's funny, really. I'll turn 25 tomorrow. That's a quarter of a century. Sure, everyone over 25 is saying, "That's no big deal. Just wait until you're (insert age here). THEN you'll know what feeling old is about." It's not so much that I feel old, just surprised...
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FAMILY, FRIENDS PRAISE APPOINTMENT OF COOK
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
Rebecca McDowell Cook's appointment as Missouri's new secretary of state won universal praise Friday from friends and acquaintances, who described her as intelligent and caring. "I tell you, I am so tickled to death about my kid," said Jackson resident Ed McClary. "I just shouted when I found out that she got the appointment."...
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WILSON BROWN WAS LT. GOVERNOR, AUDITOR
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
The only other Cape Girardean to reach the highest ranks of the Missouri state government was Wilson Brown, who served as Missouri lieutenant governor and as state auditor. Brown was born on Aug. 27, 1804, and came to Missouri in 1827. He was educated as a physician, but he gave much of his time to public service. ...
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SCOTT CITY SCHOOL BYTES INTO INFORMATION AGE
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Scott City students now have access to global learning. If they want to know about rainfall in Africa, the space exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington or talk to a pen pal in Spain about Spanish culture, students can go the school library and access MOREnet through a computer...
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ALTENBURG STUDENTS COLLECT $300 TO BUY TOYS FOR NEEDY
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
The 89 students at Altenburg Public School raised $300 to help children have a Merry Christmas. A contingent of Student Council members brought the school's donation to Toybox Friday. Seventh-grader Jessi Steffens said the money was raised in a contest pitting students in grades kindergarten through eight against each other...
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SCOTT CITY STUDENT COUNCIL RAISES OVER $1,200 FOR TOYBOX PROJECT
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Toybox project raised more than $1,200 this year. The money was raised by Scott City High School students and clubs as well as by private donations from the community. Gifts were purchased by the Scott City Student Council on Thursday evening and wrapped at the high school...
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CITY, COUNTY TAX SHOWS RECORD GAIN
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
The City of Cape Girardeau and Cape Girardeau County had record breaking sales tax collections in 1994, something area officials view both as signs of a strong economy and the county's growing role as a regional hub. City Collector Mary Thompson reported Cape Girardeau's 1-cent sales tax for general revenue totaled $5,981,939 this year, an 11.4 percent growth over 1993. In dollars, that increase amounts to $611,106...
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MEN WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
Young men who suffer from early stages of multiple sclerosis are needed to participate in research of a new drug for treating the disease. The research project, based at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 13 studies of the drug called Myloral or oral myelin...
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LOCAL LAB PRODUCES ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
(Local News ~ 12/17/94)
Many years ago, those persons who lost limbs due to accidents or amputation had to either rely on burdensome wooden limbs or adjust to life with a missing body component. Today, due to progress in the field of science, options are available to make daily living easier for those who have suffered the loss of a limb...
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