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PARK PROJECT WILL PROMOTE MORE TOURISM
(Editorial ~ 10/06/95)
After reviewing the "Another View" commentary by Loretta Schneider, executive director of the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation, I find it necessary to point out some facts to the citizens of Cape Girardeau as well as Mrs. Schneider. I would first like to say that I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mrs. ...
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HOMECOMING AT SEMO
(Editorial ~ 10/06/95)
Students, alumni and friends of Southeast Missouri State University have a busy homecoming weekend ahead of them. Many of the special events started earlier this week, but there is a full slate tonight, Saturday and Sunday. Here are some highlights:...
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SIMPSON TRIAL WAS FLUKE, NOT MIRROR, OF JUSTICE SYSTEM
(Editorial ~ 10/06/95)
The O.J. Simpson trial ended this week, but the O.J. Simpson sensation -- the national and even worldwide obsession with every twist and turn of the proceedings, both inside and outside the courtroom, within and without the jury's hearing range, no matter how insignificant or skewed -- will last a long time...
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AIR EVAC REMAINS AIRPORT FBO
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
Air Evac EMS Inc. will remain the fixed-base operator at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. The West Plains-based company announced Thursday that plans to sell the assets of Air Evac Aviation to MDI Corp. had been terminated. MDI's Prestige Air Services Division and Air Evac announced in August they had reached an agreement for MDI to purchase the fixed-base operator's assets...
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SURVEY MAY LEAD TO RAISING 177 STRETCH
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
A survey crew from the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department is looking at a half-mile section of Highway 177 north of Cape Girardeau that nearby residents hope will be raised out of flood's way. The half-mile stretch near the Cape Rock Drive intersection has been closed due to flooding twice in the past three years. A group of residents have been meeting over the summer hoping to persuade the highway department to raise the roadway nine feet...
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UE CREW HEADED FOR ALABAMA
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
Their slogan is "Just ask UE." And that's exactly what Alabama Power did. Alabama suffered wind and storm damage Wednesday when Hurricane Opal hit land at the Florida Panhandle. About 35 Union Electric Co. utility employees, most dressed in blue jeans, T-shirts and baseball caps, left Cape Girardeau Thursday for Birmingham, Ala...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: MRS. NATURE SHOULD GET HER OWN WHITE COAT
(Column ~ 10/06/95)
Sometimes when you get too close to Mother Nature, she snaps at you. Have you ever noticed? Take sunburns, for example. You go outside and try to absorb a big dose of Vitamin D or whatever it is you get from sunshine, and the next thing you know you are dunking yourself in a bathtub full of vinegary water trying to soothe the heartbreak and pain of red skin...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/06/95)
I HAVE a comment about Speak Out. I've been reading it now for several months, and I notice a lot of people just seem to bicker with each other over given values or whatever they choose to hold themselves. I think a lot of people forget this is a free country, and we have the right to live whatever way we want. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/06/95)
DR. JAMES Dobson's column states that 13 and 14 years of age are the most difficult years of adolescence. I'm sure this is true. Many of my friends are concerned about their 13- and 14-year-olds and their schools and peers. Dr. Dobson was certainly not encouraging. Perhaps he can share a little positive wit and wisdom for dealing with these difficult years...
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STEWART TO SIGN COPIES OF NEW BOOK ON NEW MADRID QUAKE
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
On the east side of Interstate 55, less than 10 miles south of Cape Girardeau, lies one of the largest sand boils in the world. Thousands of people pass by every day without noticing the 7-acre elliptical patch of sand formed nearly 200 years ago by the New Madrid earthquakes...
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POLICE, AARP FORM TRIAD GROUP TO REDUCE VICTIMIZATION OF ELDERLY
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
Like many aspects of their lives, the elderly have special needs when it comes to law enforcement. In an effort to better serve that segment of the community, a Triad chapter has been formed in Cape Girardeau County. Triad refers to a three-way partnership between county and municipal law enforcement and the American Association of Retired Persons...
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SOME 22 HOMEOWNERS ELIGIBLE FOR CITY GRANTS
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
CHAFFEE -- Linda and Miles Kennedy have been waiting six years to fix up their house on Cook Street. And now they have the chance through a Community Development Block Grant. At least six homeowners attended an informational meeting Thursday night at City Hall here...
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KRCU CHIEF QUITS JOB UNEXPECTEDLY
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
Jay Landers has resigned as general manager of KRCU, National Public Radio local affiliate, after less than a year on the job. Landers resigned last Friday for what he called "personal reasons." Greg Petrowich, operations manager, was named acting general manager Friday afternoon. Petrowich has worked as operations manager for the station for four years...
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MARRIAGES
(Local News ~ 10/06/95)
Cape Girardeau Prince Jacob Zachariah, 23, and Tamara Ann Anderson, 24; Kevin Ray Fluegge, 24, and Suzanne Raquel Nitsch, 22; Darrick Walter Ellis, 24, and Daniella Steele King, 30; Victor Bert Phillips, 21, and Jeanne Elizabeth Steger, 21. Doran Robert Strouse, 24, and Kathy Michele Kennedy, 22; Donald Lee Ruch, 21, and Rhonda Michelle Taylor, 30; James Edward Schearf, 42, and Peggy Kay Simonton, 39; Steven Leslie Smith, 39, and Georgia Ann Sides, 45...
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VERNON T. HANLE
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Vernon Talmadge "Tooter" Hanle, 69, of Karnak, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1995, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born Aug. 12, 1926, in Karnak, son of Gilbert G. and Ethel R. Hanle. He married the former Louetta Eastwood...
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EUGENE DUMEY
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
CHAFFEE -- Eugene Dumey, 92, of Chaffee died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995, at the Dial Nursing Home in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
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GLEN A. WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
PAINTON -- Funeral service for Glen A. Williams of Bridgeton was held Monday at Perkins Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was in Williams Cemetery at Perkins. Announcement courtesy of Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. Williams, 53, died Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, in St. Louis...
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WILMA V. BOREN
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
Funeral service for Wilma V. Boren of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Louis Launhardt will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. to service time...
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CLIFFORD YOUNG
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Clifford Young, 90, Cairo Route 1, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Jan. 28, 1905, in Finger, Tenn., son of James and Sally McIntyre Young. Young was a retired machinist with Farmers Cotton Gins. He was a member of the Church of Christ and American Legion. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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BRENDA K. STANBACK
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
CHARLESTON -- Brenda Kaye Stanback, 47, of Charleston, died Sunday, Oct. 1, 1995, at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Ill. She was born June 3, 1948, in Kansas City, daughter of Eli and Sarah Swope Johnson. She and Jesse Eugene Stanback were married Nov. 13, 1965. He died Jan. 7...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/06/95)
Son to Generro A. and Donna S. Martin, Marble Hill Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:12 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 1995. Name, Garrick Anthony. Weight, 9 pounds 4 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Martin is the former Donna Strong, daughter of Matt E. Strong of Marble Hill and Lorna F. Rayfield of Des Arc. Martin is an autobody technician at Brennecke Chevrolet in Jackson. He is the son of David J. Martin and Delores M. Martin of Marble Hill...
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IRA KNUPP
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
ANNISTON -- Ira Knupp, 87, of Anniston, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995, at Charleston Manor in Charleston. Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie is in charge of arrangements.
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VERNA M. BREWER
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Verna Mae Brewer, 81, of East Prairie, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born June 14, 1914, in Ridgely, Tenn., daughter of Morgan and Carrie Elizabeth Miller Henderson. She and Newt Brewer were married June 7, 1930. He died Jan. 16, 1975...
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ARCHIE HEFLIN
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
DEXTER -- Archie Heflin, 89, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 10, 1905, in Atkins, Ark., son of Joe and Ella Mae McAnally Heflin. He and Nellie M. Watson were married in August 1941. She died Nov. 1, 1988...
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MILFORD G. HOBECK
(Obituary ~ 10/06/95)
DAISY -- Milford G. Hobeck, 74, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 1995, at his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1921, near Daisy, son of Elmer F. and Retta M. Barks Hobeck. On Sept. 16, 1943, he married Verna Brune at Friedheim. Hobeck owned and operated a farm near Daisy. He also worked at the David McDowell Construction Co...
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