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WASHINGTON WATCH: REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ACT SWIFTLY
(Column ~ 01/06/95)
WASHINGTON -- It took more than 14 hours and lasted till 2:30 in the morning, but in a blizzard of legislative reforms the first Republican House of Representatives in 40 years fulfilled all its first-day promises to the American people. Passed were rules applying the laws of the country to Congress itself (which also requires Senate approval) and several items that apply only to the House:term limits for committee chairmen and the speaker, a requirement for a three-fifths majority vote for any income-tax increase, a one-third cut in committee staffs, a ban on proxy voting, the elimination of three standing committees, the implementation of zero-based budgeting and an opening of meetings to the public.. ...
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TALK OF SECOND STRIP BAR COMING TO CAPE UNFOUNDED
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
Talk of a second strip bar coming to Cape Girardeau has proven to be rumor. The same day that it became known that Regina's House of Dolls, a Paducah, Ky., bar that features nude dancers, was seeking a liquor license to operate in Cape Girardeau, the name of another strip bar from Paducah surfaced...
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LOCAL POST OFFICES STILL CAN'T KEEP ENOUGH 3-CENT STAMPS ON HAND
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
The run on 3-cent stamps continued in Cape Girardeau and Jackson Thursday. Jackson Postmaster Joyce Westrich likened the long lines to the premiere of the Elvis stamp. "It's phenomenal the way people are going after our 3-cent stamps, like they're the last ones left," she said...
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YOUNG DANCERS GET INSTRUCTIONS FROM A PRO
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
Fourth-grader Mayakka Ray learned how hard it is to walk, jump and even turn around during a dance class at Washington Elementary School. For an hour and a half Thursday girls in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades danced with Dana Goodin Vanoni, a professional dancer and instructor in Italy...
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AREA BRACES FOR FIRST STORM OF WINTER
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
Four to 8 inches of snow mixed with rain and sleet were forecast for parts of Southeast Missouri today. The National Weather Service predicted the freezing precipitation would start about sunrise and continue until tonight. Cape Girardeau County was expected to get 4 to 8 inches of snow and Scott County 2 to 4 inches. Rain and sleet were forecast for later in the day...
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NO ZONING OPENS COUNTY TO FREE-FOR-ALL
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
While both advocates and opponents of planning and zoning in Cape Girardeau County agree that its 1992 end hasn't had much effect so far, the potential for problems exists. First, any sort of residence or business can go up anywhere in the county, regardless of its neighbors...
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DESPITE VOTE, COUNTY ZONING NOT FORGOTTEN
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
Not many problems have developed after two years with no planning and zoning in Cape Girardeau County, former county officials and current residents agree. But those on both sides of the issue say Cape County voters haven't heard the end of it. Questions about the value of planning and zoning first arose after Scott McDowell purchased some property in Cape Girardeau County in the mid-1980s. ...
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RICHARDSON'S RUN AT GRIFFIN MISSES
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- A bid to dump longtime House Speaker Bob Griffin and replace him with Republican Leader Mark Richardson fell short Thursday morning. Griffin, who already held the powerful post longer than any one in Missouri history, won an eighth term by a vote of 82 to 80 against Richardson of Poplar Bluff...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: NOT AT HOME FOR HOLIDAYS IS DIFFERENT
(Column ~ 01/06/95)
Christmas in Florida is different. If you are a midwesterner who has grown accustomed to a frosty Yuletide with bare-branched trees everywhere except the living room, where a festooned evergreen snubs its nose at the frigid outdoors, then sunny Florida is a drastic change...
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AREA ANTI-ABORTIONISTS TO ATTEND NATIONAL RALLY
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
Missouri Right to Life chapters from the Southeast Missouri will send delegates to the "March for Life" rally Jan. 23 in Washington. Members of the group will leave Jan. 22 from the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau to attend the annual anti-abortion rally...
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SYVILLA M. HOBBS
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
Syvilla M. Hobbs, 86, 522 S. Middle, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995, at Memorial Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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BERTHA MAE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Bertha Mae Smith, 73, of Anna, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1994, at the Jonesboro Health Care Center. She was born April 10, 1921, in Anna, to Alfred and Delia Hurst Craft. She married Dan Smith on Sept. 21, 1946, in Osceola, Ark. He preceded her in death Nov. 13, 1969...
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ALMA PIERCEY
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Alma Piercey of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Staunton, Ill., with the Rev. Avis Richardson officiating. Friends may call at the church from 9 a.m. to service time. Williamson Funeral Home at Staunton is in charge of arrangements there...
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MARTHA E. BESS
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
PUXICO -- Funeral service for Martha E. Bess of Puxico will be held at 1 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico, with the Rev. Steve Smith officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. today...
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FERNE LOBERG
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
Ferne Louise Loberg, 75, of 722 North St., died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.
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J. JUNIOR GARLAND
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
MARBLE HILL -- James Junior Garland, 60, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 24, 1934, at Hurricane, son of James Joseph and Myrtle Lillie Cook Garland. He and Betty Sue Long were married Dec. 1, 1951...
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MARILYN MCFARLAND
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
Funeral service for Dorothy Marilyn McFarland of Pocatello, Idaho, was held Wednesday at Manning Funeral Home there. McFarland, 62, died Friday, Dec. 30, 1994, at her home. She was born Feb. 24, 1932, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Roy C. and Mary A. McLain. She and Fred J. McFarland were married March 30, 1950...
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EUREDA M. POWERS
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
SIKESTON -- Eureda M. Powers, 75, Sikeston Route 1, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 24, 1919, in Oregon County, daughter of Arthur L. and Allie Mae Jobe Robinett. She and Warren Smith Powers were married May 7, 1939. He died in May 1975...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/06/95)
Daughter to Steve L. and Casey Simmons of Advance, Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, 6:28 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994. Name, Brittney Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Simmons is the former Casey Dahl, daughter of Bob and Janice Chapman of Bull Shoals, Ark. Simmons is employed at Columbia Sportswear, and is the son of Steve F. and Kathy Simmons of Advance...
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MARY M. WILKE
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
FRIEDHEIM -- Mary M. Wilke, 76, of Friedheim, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1995, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 15, 1918, in Highland, daughter of Louis and Elizabeth Werth Clements. She and Arthur L. Wilke were married Feb. 21, 1943. Wilke had been a cook at Friedheim School and housekeeper at Jackson Manor. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim and its Ladies Aid, and Republican Committee Women...
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CHARLES F. EIFERT
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
SHAWNEETOWN -- Charles Frederick Eifert, 64, of Shawneetown, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 11, 1930, in Detroit, Mich., son of Walter August and Frieda Elizabeth Sanders Eifert. He and Mary Anne Dohogne were married Oct. 21, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...
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WILLIAM O. SKAGGS
(Obituary ~ 01/06/95)
PERRYVILLE -- William O. Skaggs, 83, of Perryville, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born May 10, 1911, at Ezra, son of George W. and Elizabeth Hahn Skaggs. He and Hazel Tucker were married March 17, 1943. Skaggs was a member of St. James Catholic Church at Crosstown, and VFW Post 4284 at Perryville...
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CITY FIXES SEWER LINES WITH TV, FELT
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
Television cameras, felt and several gallons of water are the essential tools used to repair broken sewer pipes in Cape Girardeau. The Public Works Department is using a process called Insituform to repair more than 950 feet of damaged sewer lines. Crews are expected to finish the project by Monday...
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`LOCKOUT' SET TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 01/06/95)
The Christian Youth Association's "Mega Lockout" is a tradition for area youth. The lockout will begin tonight at 9 at the Southeast Missouri State University Recreation Center. "It's a lockout because we're locked out of everything except the SEMO rec center," said Phillip Roop, youth pastor at Bethel Assembly Church...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ACT SWIFTLY
(Column ~ 01/06/95)
WASHINGTON -- It took more than 14 hours and lasted till 2:30 in the morning, but in a blizzard of legislative reforms the first Republican House of Representatives in 40 years fulfilled all its first-day promises to the American people. Passed were rules applying the laws of the country to Congress itself (which also requires Senate approval) and several items that apply only to the House: term limits for committee chairmen and the speaker, a requirement for a three-fifths majority vote for any income-tax increase, a one-third cut in committee staffs, a ban on proxy voting, the elimination of three standing committees, the implementation of zero-based budgeting and an opening of meetings to the public.Altogether, in the busiest first day in the history of the House, the Republicans guided 29 revolutionary reforms to passage, all but two with the majority support of Democrats. ...
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REVIEW OF ISSUES FOR 1994 SHOWS BOTH GOOD, BAD
(Editorial ~ 01/06/95)
The promise of a new year comes tempered by remembrances of the year just ended. If lessons aren't learned, is history repeated? At the start of 1994, the Southeast Missourian proposed an agenda of community goals. Improvement abounded in many of these key areas, but not all the news was good...
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