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VETERANS HOME TO ACT ON AUDIT'S RECOMMENDATIONS
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
The Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home administrator, Sam McVay, will take to heart state Auditor Margaret Kelly recommendations in a recent audit of the home. The audit showed no evidence of fraud, which pleased McVay. "I was tickled to death with it because all it showed is that we can take steps to be more efficient, but didn't show any major abuse of funds or anything," McVay said...
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EMAA HAS YOUTH JOB OPENINGS
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
The East Missouri Action Agency is operating with half a crew for its Summer Youth Employment Program. The agency has 60 job openings for youth interested in job training, but only 30 have been filled so far. People age 14 to 21 are eligible for the program. Each participant is enrolled in a 20-hour pre-employment program before going to a job site, case manager Malcolm Ringo said...
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STROUP GETS STATE POST
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
Southeast Missouri State University President Dr. Kala M. Stroup will become the state's next commissioner of education on Sept. 1. The nine-member Coordinating Board for Higher Education made the decision in a 15-minute telephone conference call Thursday afternoon...
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REGENTS MAY START PRESIDENT'S SEARCH NEXT WEEK
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents may meet next week to begin the search for a new president. The university's current president, Dr. Kala Stroup, is scheduled to leave at the end of August to become state commissioner of higher education...
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SOME FLOOD VICTIMS QUALIFY FOR AID
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
JACKSON -- Some flood victims in Cape Girardeau County already qualify for individual assistance, but the word isn't out on how many will qualify for federal buyouts. State Emergency Management Agency Director Jerry Uhlmann was before the county commission Thursday, listening to what commissioners think the area needs in state assistance...
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WIND SYMPHONY BEGINS FINAL CAPE CONCERTS
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
As lawn chairs unfolded and people got settled on the lawn of Old St. Vincent's College, five musicians from the American Wind Symphony Orchestra began playing. The orchestra is making its seventh appearance in Cape Girardeau for a series of nine concerts through Sunday...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: FAMILY REUNION: A MIRROR HELD UP TO REAL LIFE
(Column ~ 06/23/95)
Most adults have had the strange sensation of revisiting the old home place or a school or a church for the first time since being a youngster. Invariably, what you notice most is how much smaller the house or building is than you remembered. That's memory for you. If you don't refresh your brain cells from time to time, they shrink. Although scientists probably wouldn't explain this phenomenon quite the same way, most grownups have experienced it...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/95)
I HAVE lived in Jackson many years. When the subject of a new junction on I-55 surfaced -- Jackson or Oak Ridge -- Oak Ridge received the nod. This promise was made to our good neighbors up north. However, after carefully reading Sandra Ressel's article on the Opinion page of the Southeast Missourian, a reversal of viewpoint was set in motion. ...
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JACKSON RESIDENTS HURT IN ACCIDENT NEAR BURFORDVILLE
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
Two Jackson residents were injured in a one-vehicle accident Thursday. Catherine Taylor, 71, and Ruth Seymour, 76, were moderately injured in the accident, which occurred four miles east of Burfordville. The driver of the car, Taylor, fell asleep, ran off the road and struck a tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol said...
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ROBERT E. AYCOCK
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
PARMA -- Robert E. Aycock, 82, of Parma died Thursday, June 22, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 16, 1912, son of William Claude and Mary Jane Wade Aycock in Slate Springs, Miss. He married Pauline West on May 23, 1931, at Houston, Miss. She survives...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
SCOTT COUNTY Billy R. and Shirley J. Martin to David R. and Marilyn N. Way; Jerry W. and Rosalyn Jane Menz et al. to Gary A. and Deborah L. McKown; Gary A. and Deborah L. McKown to Cheri Carlisle and Perry Reese; Ralph Edward and Mabel Kay Darnell to Thomas H. and Deborah K. Ripperda; Mid States Resources Corp. to Thomas J. and Sharon E. Brashear...
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COUNTRY-WESTERN DANCE SEMINAR SET FOR SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
Six national grand champion dancers from Missouri will present a country-western dance seminar Saturday at Stroder Country in Jackson. The seminar will last from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will provide instruction in two-step, double two-step, waltz, swing dance and line dancing...
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ELECTION AUTHORITIES TO CONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller and other election officials from all over the state will be in Jefferson City Sunday through Tuesday for the Missouri Election Authorities Conference. Conducted by Secretary of State Rebecca McDowell Cook, the conference is held every other year to familiarize election officers with changes in laws and procedures...
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MERGIE JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
SIKESTON -- Mergie Mae Johnson, 75, of 212 Petroleum, Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at her home. She was born March 5, 1920, in New Madrid County, daughter of Walter M. and Ethel Duke Nelson. She had returned to this area in 1980 after living for some time in St. Louis and Jackson, Miss. She was a housewife and a member of the First Church of the Nazarene...
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CLOYCE MARION THORNBROUGH
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Cloyce Marion Thornbrough, 77, 332 Wilbur St., East Prairie, died Thursday, June 22, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Sept. 18, 1917, in East Prairie, son of Lola and Edna Floradel Carter Thornbrough. He had managed the Western Auto Store in East Prairie for 32 years. He attended the First Christian Church in East Prairie...
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MARION W. AISTHORPE
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
Marion W. Aisthorpe, 85, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born in Cairo, Jan. 2, 1910, daughter of Halliday R. and Bessie Winslow Aisthorpe. She was a member of the Episcopal Church in Cairo. She retired after 37 years as a cashier for the First Bank and Trust in Cairo...
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ALFRED `DICK' MIRLY
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
JACKSON -- Alfred "Dick" Mirly, 84, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 16, 1910, in Oak Ridge, son of August and Angelina Hopfer Mirly. He married Gertrude E. Rudert on Aug. 25, 1935. She survives...
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FRED A. EVANS
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
BLOOMFIELD -- Fred A. Evans, 81, of Mason City, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 21, 1995, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center in Mason City. He was born May 23, 1914, in Bloomfield, son of William H. and Alice Hawthorne Evans. He is a graduate of Bloomfield High School. He married Hazel Retherford on March 29, 1935, at Cape Girardeau. She preceded him in death...
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DONALD LACY
(Obituary ~ 06/23/95)
Donald Eugene Lacy, 69, 1501 Scott St., died at his home on Tuesday, June 20, 1995. He was born May 20, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Walter and Alberta Pool Lacy. He married Shirley Button on Aug. 13, 1982, in Cape Girardeau. She survives. He served in the Army during World War II with Company B 7-17th Tank Battalion. He was a member of First Baptist Church, VFW Post 3838, Capaha Antique Car Club and Breakfast Exchange Club...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/23/95)
Twin daughters to Pam and Jerry Elder of Bloomfield, Southeast Missouri Hospital, Thursday, June 15, 1995. Time, 7:49 a.m. Name, Kendra Fern. Weight, 5 pounds, 10 ounces. Time, 7:51 a.m. Name, Rachel Leeann. Weight, 5 pounds, 5 ounces. The couple also has two sons. Mrs. Elder is the former Pamela Volce. Mr. Elder is the son of Zelma Elder of Dexter. The couple is self employed...
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PLANNED CUTBACKS IN KANSAS CITY ARE COMING YEARS LATE
(Editorial ~ 06/23/95)
It is enough to make a taxpayer cry. While Missourians have watched $1.5 billion (the figure is the latest estimate, give or take a few million) of their dollar go to the ill-conceived, court-ordered school desegregation program in Kansas City, they have known all along, thanks to a good portion of common sense, that the money was being wasted...
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WALL OF FAME MURAL
(Editorial ~ 06/23/95)
The list of famous Missourians nominated to be featured on 500-foot-long, 14-foot-high mural on the Cape Girardeau floodwall is an impressive and distinguished gathering. The River Heritage Mural Association's plans for the mural include a former president, authors, scientists, playwrights, entrepreneurs, sports figures, movie greats, entertainers and outlaws...
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WICKLIFFE CENTER PLANS ARCHAEOLOGY WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 06/23/95)
WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- If digging for pottery shards that may be 1,000 years old sounds like an intriguing way to spend a Saturday, Wickliffe is the place to be this weekend. The Wickliffe Mounds Research Center will hold its annual archaeology weekend Saturday and Sunday...
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