Stories from Saturday, January 14, 1995

To the editor: Two years ago on a Monday in January my children had the day off from school in Jackson in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. "No," they said, "it's a teacher workday." My son's language arts journal entry the next week addressed the lack of information he had received about this national holiday...

On Monday this nation will celebrate the birthday of one of the its great citizens: slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The Rev. King's legacy is that he, more than any single person, was able to persuade America that institutionalized racism and segregation must end...

Trail of Tears State Park has established new hours for the visitors center based on a three-year study of when people visit. November through March, the center will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. It will be closed Mondays through Thursdays except for groups with appointments...

Sen. Irene Treppler is tired of waiting in line to use the restroom while men zip in and out. She has introduced legislation calling for potty parity. Treppler, R-Mattese, has introduced her potty parity bill each year since 1992, but thinks 1995 might bring its passage...

A Federal Communications Commission agreement this week to proceed with plans for satellite transmission of digital radio programs doesn't overly concern local broadcasters. The FCC agreed to set aside a portion of the public airwaves for programs that would be transmitted nationwide by satellites. Listeners could receive a package of channels transmitted digitally for a sound like a compact disc. The package could include weather, sports, stock quotes, opera or other types of music...

Christian businessmen have a handbook for success, although they may not realize it. The Bible, said Don DeLozier, outlines the way to manage business God's way. "A spiritual awakening is taking place across the nation, particularly with men," DeLozier said. "And I'm seeing it in business."...

Disorganization in the Scott County prosecutor's office has spelled havoc in dozens of court cases in recent months. Missed court appearances or mistakes by the prosecution have cost taxpayers needless dollars and slowed the wheels of justice in Scott County...

To the editor: Although I am not an expert on international trade, common sense and the facts based on what has happened with other free-trade agreements makes it clear that ratification of GATT was a big win for America, for Missouri and for Procter & Gamble...

The roll of the dice, luck of the draw and spin of the reel slot machines have proven a revenue boon for Illinois during its 3 1/2 years of riverboat gambling. Cruising riverboat gambling started in Illinois with one boat plying the Mississippi River from a dock in Alton in September 1991. Since then, boats have started running from a number of sites along the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers...

Organizers of the 10th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast thought Anita Hill might be a good draw. They just didn't know how good. By the close of business Friday, 785 tickets had been sold for the Monday morning breakfast at the Show Me Center and Southeast Missouri State University staff were projecting an attendance of 830, a record for the annual event...

Reflecting on a time when "the awful price of freedom" was a more costly venture, Dr. Ronald L. Bobo delivered an impassioned speech inside First Baptist Church Friday night as part of the fifth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration...

JACKSON -- The emergence of Cape Girardeau County as a sound financial entity can be traced to county voters enacting a half-cent sales tax in November 1979. Cape Girardeau County was one of the first counties to enact sales taxes. The law provided for half the sales tax to go toward rolling back the general revenue property tax levy, and the remainder toward increasing the county's general revenues...

Time marches on, and technological advances are the order of the day, even if I refuse to advance with them. My mom and dad were the last parents on the block to get a microwave, VCR, answering machine and food processor. Like a genetically transmitted defect, the tendency to stall found its way into my personality. If I ran the Southeast Missourian, for example, we would still be setting type by hand...

I AM CALLING to express my outrage at any threat to the erosion of women's reproductive rights. It is nobody's business what any woman does in this private matter. Abortion doesn't stop when tougher laws are passed. It means poor women die again from botched illegal abortions the way they used to before abortion was legal. ...

Land Transfers Scott County, Jan. 3-6 Warranty deeds: Norwest Financial Missouri Inc. to Frank O. and Sandra L. Wright; Gerald L. and Jeanette Beck to Jason T. Townsend and Rachael N. Daniel as joint tenants in common. Richard M. and Patricia A. Zelle, husband and wife, and Barbara A. Zelle, a single person, to Barbara A Zelle, a.k.a. Barbara Nesta Zelle, a single person...

DEXTER -- Graveside service for Glen Layton of St. Louis will be held at 11 a.m. today at Dexter Cemetery, with the Rev. M.C. Moore officiating. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 9:30 a.m. today. Layton, 59, died Friday, Jan. 13, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

KELSO -- Charles Joseph Dannenmueller, 79, of Kelso, died Friday, Jan. 13, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 18, 1915, at Kelso, son of Charles and Bertha Miller Dannenmueller. He and Loretta Gertrude Adams were married April 26, 1975, at Kelso...

PERRYVILLE -- Linus L. "Red" Dow, 75, of Perryville, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 16, 1919, in Jackson, son of Glen and Nettie Mae Morton Dow. He and Edna G. Weinrich were married April 20, 1941. Dow was a retired maintenance foreman with International Shoe Co. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, American Legion Post 133 and VFW Post 4282. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Kenneth T. Langdon, 67, of Cahokia, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995, at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis. He was born in 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of William and Ollie Adams Langdon. Langdon was formerly of Cairo, and a member of Mounds VFW Post 8891. He served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy and was a veteran of World War II...

McCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral service for the Rev. William A. Wilson of Santa Maria, Calif., was held Jan. 6 at Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary in Santa Maria. The Revs. Danny Mercer and Ed Sogge officiated. Private inurnment will be in Sterns Cemetery in Carbondale...

Effie Starkey, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Jan. 13, 1995, at Ratliff Nursing Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Daughter to Brian and Dara Craft of Carrollton, Texas, Trinity Medical Center there, 8:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 1994. Name, Makenzie Day. Second daughter. Mrs. Craft is the former Dara Anderson, daughter of the late James and Sarah Anderson of Hot Springs, Ark. Craft is the son of Jack and Betty Craft of Cape Girardeau...

ORAN -- Funeral mass for Shirley J. Schlitt, Oran Route 1, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church. The Rev. Richard Rolwing will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Frederick Lutz. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 3 p.m. Sunday. Parish prayers will be at 7 and Knights of Columbus prayer service at 7:30...

Todd Alexander, one of two men enrolled in the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School of Practical Nursing, is excited about being able to participate in the program. "We have quality educators who are producing quality education," he said. "Once you have graduated from this program, you are considered a quality LPN."...