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SAFETY KLEEN: COMPANY SEEKS SOLUTIONS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
The Cape Girardeau Safety-Kleen transfer facility at 201 Lasalle St. holds waste cleaning solvents, used motor oil and other liquid waste materials that are then transferred to a recycling plant. More than a million gallons of used motor oil pass through Cape Girardeau each year...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE
(Business ~ 07/24/95)
MAILBOXES & PARCEL DEPOT OPENS Mailboxes & Parcel Depot Inc., headquartered at Peoria, Ill., has opened a new facility in Cape Girardeau. The new store provides a variety of services, including private postal mailbox rentals, professional packing and shipping of packages by all major carriers including UPS, Federal Express and Airborne...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: AREA NATIVES AT WORK ON ANIMATED COMPUTER GAMES
(Business ~ 07/24/95)
George D. Grayson has taken a big chance twice. In 1982, the native Cape Girardean left his St. Louis job as analyst for the Federal Reserve System to join his brother, J. Paul Grayson, who quit his job with St. Louis CPA firm, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., to put together a computer software firm...
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FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES MEETINGS
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
Federal Land Bank Association of Southeast Missouri has announced dates for its two sectional meetings. The first meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. July 31 at Caruthersville's Community Center, for Land Bank stockholders in the southern area of the association's territory...
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FRENCH VILLAGE HAS NEW OWNER, NEW NAME
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
"French Village" is out, "Broadway Court" is in. A number of buildings, housing four businesses and eight apartments, previously referred to as "French Village," has been purchased by a Cape Girardeau businessmen. "We've changed the name to Broadway Court," said George E. Bockhorst, who purchased the property...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 07/24/95)
Sue Ellen Reagan has joined St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau as the hospital's clinical nurse specialist for intensive care services. Reagan previously worked in the St. Francis Health System in Greenville, S.C., where she served in a variety of positions over the past 13 years, including standards coordinator, staff nurse, nurse education, clinical nurse manager and assistant head nurse in the hospital's intensive carte unit...
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COUNCIL REVISITS TESTING DEMANDS FOR ELECTRICIANS
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
Although most Cape Girardeau City Council members favor licensing requirements for electricians in the city, the issue likely will spark controversy at tonight's meeting. The on-again, off-again issue is back on the agenda at the request of Councilman Melvin Kasten...
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THOUSANDS CROWD TARGET'S GRAND OPENING IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
Shoppers hurried into the new Target store in streams before the rain fell in sheets Sunday afternoon. The discount store at 202 Siemers Drive held its official grand opening Sunday. About 400 people were standing in line when the doors opened at 8 a.m., said Doug Rowe, store team leader. He expected about 4,000 people to visit the store...
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PROGRAM HELPS KIDS THROUGH SUMMER
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
The 50 children sitting on the floor of the Cape Girardeau Civic Center are loudly and enthusiastically counting together in Chinese. During the course of this summer's Rainbow Village educational program, they will learn to count in Swahili, Korean and Spanish as well...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you do to escape from the summer heat?" Jaime Brothers, Jackson "Just drink brew, I think is about all we ever do, and stay inside, I guess." Adam Carver, Cape Girardeau "Stay inside. Jump in the pool. Stay in the shade."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/24/95)
SOME WHINY conservative Republican said the whiny Democrats keep calling Speak Out. Well, I keep calling in, but I noticed you stopped printing Democrats' comments. The only thing I can think of is your newspaper, which certainly leans towards the Republican, is maybe running scared. ...
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EARL BURPO
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Earl Burpo, 88, of rural Cobden died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, and on Tuesday before funeral service at 2 p.m. The Rev. Paul Sadler will officiate, and burial will be in Anna Cemetery...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
Monday, 7:30 p.m. City Hall, 401 Independence Consent ordinances Designate the Hunze House at 312 Bellevue as a historic landmark. Second and third readings. Amend the boundaries of a trunk sewer district. Second and third readings. Authorize construction of a lateral sewer district. Second and third readings...
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ELOSIE JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
Elosie Johnson, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 22, 1995, at her home. She was born Aug. 22, 1906, at Salem, the daughter of Daniel F. and Pearl Ida Cates Ball. On Oct. 25, 1952 she married Wayne Johnson. Survivors include her husband; a son, John M. Johnson of St. Louis; a daughter, Nancy L. Jernigan of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Irene Love of Long Beach, Calif.; and six grandchildren...
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MARY EMMA AMOS
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
JACKSON -- Mary Emma Amos, 66, of Jackson died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 10, 1929, at Delta, the daughter of John and Edna Statler Scheibley. She and Max Adam Amos were married Dec. 16, 1951, at Old Appleton...
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RHEA MAE MCLAUGHLIN
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
JACKSON -- Rhea Evelyn McLaughlin, 75, of Jackson died Saturday, July 22, 1995. She was born Oct. 16, 1919, in Scott County, the daughter of William and Irene Baugh Golightly. She married Otto Richter in 1939. She later married Ray McLaughlin. Survivors include two daughters, Judy of St. Louis and Linda Tatum of Fayetteville, N.C.; six brothers; three sisters; and a granddaughter...
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EMALINE PHILLIPS
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
Emaline Phillips, 84, of West Peoria, Ill., died Thursday, July 20, 1995, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. She was born March 12, 1911, at Battles, Ark., the daughter of Elmer and Lillie Penn Taylor. She married Floyd Phillips on Oct. 12, 1929, at Mound City, Ill. He preceded her in death March 9, 1993...
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EDNA MAE MCLAUGHLIN
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
Edna Mae McLaughlin, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 22, 1995, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Aug. 6, 1909, at Fruitland, the daughter of Reuel and Dell Swan Morton. She married Jesse J. McLaughlin on May 30, 1925, at Jackson. He preceded her in death in October 1983...
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CLYDE STANLEY `BUD' PEARCE
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Clyde Stanley "Bud" Pearce, 74, of East Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1920, at Gale, Ill., the son of David Clyde and Helen Callans Pearce. He and Bobbie Wilson were married March 11, 1944, at Blytheville, Ark...
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WEBB NEWTON
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- Webb Newton, 94, of McClure died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at the Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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ALINE C. CALDWELL
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Aline Chomuk Caldwell, 59, of Dongola died Saturday, July 22, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, where funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Ronnie Gulley will officiate, and burial will be at Christian Chapel Cemetery...
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ETHEL B. PREWITT
(Obituary ~ 07/24/95)
DUQUOIN, Ill. -- Ethel Barker Prewitt, 91, formerly of Union County died Sunday, July 23, 1995, at Fair Acres Nursing Home in DuQuoin. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, where funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Bill Darnell will officiate, and burial will be in Casper Cemetery...
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SPEEDING PENALTIES ARE REDUCED TO CUT CASELOAD IN COURTS
(Editorial ~ 07/24/95)
As Congress considers allowing states to set highway speed limits instead of following federally mandated limits, Missouri has taken another step: Breaking state speed limits is no longer a misdemeanor. It is now just an infraction. The result of the change, which goes into effect Aug. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: COME BACK, MR. KEYNES!
(Column ~ 07/24/95)
Recently President Bill Clinton shocked his fellow Democrats in Washington, and just about everyone else, by bowing far toward Republican proposals for balancing the federal budget, proposals inaugurated by House Speaker Newt Gingrich in his "Contract with America." In doing so, the president took the advice of GOP political consultant Robert Morris in preference to that of his long-time adviser, Robert Reich, who is serving as secretary of Labor at the moment...
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HELMET LAW CHANGES
(Editorial ~ 07/24/95)
Another change affects motorcycle riders, who have sought to remove what they consider to be restrictive laws regarding the use of helmets. Penalties for not wearing a helmet used to be stiff in Missouri: Up to a $1,000 fine and a year in jail plus penalty points assessed against the rider's state driving record...
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LOCAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT PART OF ASIAN JUNGLE DRILL
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
KORAT, Thailand -- There aren't many things David Meier can relate to in this Southeast Asian jungle that resemble anything he's used to seeing back home in Cape Girardeau. King cobras as long as a car, scorpions the size of Havana cigars, insects carrying diseases most Americans have never heard of and traffic that would paralyze a New York taxi driver are just a few of the rude awakenings he's faced...
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OLYMPICS TORCH ROUTE THROUGH CAPE, JACKSON
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
The cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson were named to the official U.S. Olympics Torch Relay route Sunday. The city of Cape Girardeau will now begin planning for the arrival of the flame on May 27, 1996. The torch will arrive in Cape on Memorial Day...
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AREA TOWNS BOOST THEMSELVES, TOURISM
(Local News ~ 07/24/95)
In an age of shopping at outlet malls and large discount centers, the business districts of many small towns are nearly extinct. However, some Southeast Missouri communities are trying to keep their cities beautiful and attractive with the help of community civic groups...
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