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LETTERS: THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS DESERVE CONSIDERATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/01/95)
To the editor: I was impressed with the letter on wheelchairs. It is nice to know there are some who have an appreciation for the disabled. People in wheelchairs are at your mercy. People who grumble about wheelchairs could one day become wheelchair patients themselves...
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SENATE AID TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
A representative for U.S. Sens. Christopher "Kit" Bond and John Ashcroft will meet with constituents in several Southeast Missouri towns Wednesday. Tom Schulte, director of the senators' district office in Cape Girardeau, will be available for constituents at the following locations: Ste. ...
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PERRY GROUP TO HOLD HOME TOUR
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Area residents are invited to see five festive homes during the eighth annual Perry County Women's Association Christmas Home Tour. The tour will be held Dec. 10 from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $5.50 the day of the tour. All profits will be used to fund a college scholarship program...
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PROPOSED CHAFFEE UPGRADES INSPECTED
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
CHAFFEE -- Word gets around quickly when Ronald Robinson comes to town. "You can have trouble because people are always running scams," he said. Robinson works as a housing inspector for the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission. And often his first task is to introduce himself to local law enforcement officials...
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FEMA MEETS WITH PERRY COMMISSION
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad and the Perry County Commission are a step closer to resolving their dispute over a building regulation in flood-prone areas of the county. A representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency met with the commission Thursday to discuss the lawsuit. The three-member commission hopes to make its final decision by Monday...
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CONGRESS THREATENS TO ELIMINATE COPS
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
A congressional plan to eliminate the Community Oriented Policing Services program is a mistake, says Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd Jr. A congressional conference committee agreed Wednesday to seek elimination of the COPS program as part of a Justice Department spending bill, Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday...
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LETTERS: OFFICER HAMMONDS HAD KEY ROLE IN GED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/01/95)
To the editor: In reference to the Nov. 11 article, "Alternative school ready to open in Cape": The article states the Salvation Army has recently hired a community service director, Scott Porter, "who has added GED and Adult Basic Education classes at the Salvation Army building." I know Scott Porter personally and encouraged the Salvation Army to hire him. He has been a catalyst in the community for providing programs for the youth of the community and is an excellent addition to the staff...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: AN EXAMPLE OF BIG GOVERNMENT
(Column ~ 12/01/95)
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts is a nationally renowned economist and former Treasury Department official during the Reagan administration. He now writes a nationally syndicated column in which he offers a consistently interesting critique of the dangers of Big Government from a principled perspective. ...
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YELL GRANTS ARE AWARDED
(Editorial ~ 12/01/95)
When volunteers took to the streets early one morning in September to hawk the special YELL edition of the Southeast Missourian, they knew the money raised would be used for literacy programs. Now the fruits of their efforts have been awarded to several agencies, all of whom will provide some remarkable programs to encourage reading and learning to read...
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SETTING SPEED LIMITS
(Editorial ~ 12/01/95)
For 21 years speed limits on U.S. highways have been federally mandated. Now President Clinton has signed a highway funding bill that returns speed-limit decisions to the states -- where they belong. After the federal speed limits were imposed in 1974, the Missouri Legislature adopted a plan that would restore the previous speed limits when the federal limits were removed. ...
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ADVENTURERS RECOVER SUNKEN TREASURE
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
It wasn't exactly like the ranching adventure Billy Crystal roped in "City Slickers," but with the help of three friends Chuck Smith finally landed himself the houseboat he's always wanted. The four Cape Girardeau men traveled to Kickapoo Island north of St. Charles last weekend to dig the sunken houseboat from the Mississippi River. It wasn't their first adventure together and it probably won't be their last, they say...
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WOMAN WANTS TAPE PLAYER TO LISTEN TO CHOIR
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
For years and years Mrs. E has looked forward to Sunday morning church services, especially listening to the choir. These days Mrs. E rarely is able to attend church so she almost never gets to hear her beloved church choir perform. For Christmas this year, Mrs. E would like a small hand-held cassette tape recorder and some cassette tapes. Her friends could tape record the choir performances for Mrs. E to enjoy at home...
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WEEK LEFT TO APPLY FOR 1995 TOYBOX DRIVE
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
There's still a week left to apply for the 1995 Toybox toy drive, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Jaycees and the Southeast Missourian. Applications are coming in a little slower this year than in years past, said Jackie Thieke of the Salvation Army, the agency processing the applications...
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EMERSON SEEKS BIPARTISANSHIP WITH `BLUE DOGS'
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson believes "Blue Dog Democrats" and "Blue Dog Republicans" are barking up the same tree. Emerson is one of the leaders of a newly formed group of 24 House Republicans who hope to transcend partisan political bickering and work with conservative Democrats to push the conservative agenda...
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DAISY ANGEL-MAKERS HAVE NATIONAL MARKET
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
DAISY -- Oak Ridge folk artist Dodie Eisenhauer and her team of country craft artists create angels in heavenly multitudes from the tiny town of Daisy. Eisenhauer's company, Village Designs, puts out thousands of folk art angels and related items each year. The angels are sold in exclusive gift shops and catalogs across the country...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: THOSE CHILDHOOD SUMMERS OF HIGH DRAMA
(Column ~ 12/01/95)
Your Aunt Norene's smile is a memory now. And so are those two summers when some Really Big Stuff happened that remains vivid in the storehouse of years past. The can of store-bought peaches your past-80 uncle brought to the family's Thanksgiving get-together a year ago was a touching contribution to a meal worthy of the family name. ...
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MALDEN FIRM TO ROLL OUT FIRST PLANE
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
MALDEN -- Ag Cat Corp. is rolling out its first newly manufactured Ag Cat aircraft today at its facility in Malden Industrial park. James Krepps, president of the company, will fly the 600-horsepower G164B biplane during a special open house ceremony from 1 and 3 p.m. at the industrial park...
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ROBERT WALLIS
(Obituary ~ 12/01/95)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Robert "Bob" Wallis, 86, of Delrose, Tenn., and formerly of Tamms died Thursday, Nov. 30, 1995 at his home. Arrangement are pending at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/01/95)
Son to Charles and Edith Sanders of Whitewater, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:44 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1995. Name, Austin Caleb. Weight, 6 pounds 6 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Sanders is the former Edith Sadler, daughter of Leroy and Viola Sadler of Whitewater. She is a presser at Thorngate Ltd. Sanders is the son of Sammie and Wanda Pounds of Whitewater...
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RUBEN BOGENPOHL
(Obituary ~ 12/01/95)
Ruben Bogenpohl, 82, of Jackson died Thursday, Nov. 30, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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LILLIE M. LINEBAUGH
(Obituary ~ 12/01/95)
SIKESTON -- Lillie Mae Linebaugh, 86, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 1995, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born June 10, 1909, in Scott County, son of Charles Dunning and Clara Bell Brawner Martin. She and William Theodore Linebaugh were married Oct. 25, 1925. He died Sept. 25, 1978...
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KATHERINE E. MAY
(Obituary ~ 12/01/95)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Katherine Elizabeth May of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at New Morley Cemetery. The Rev. Charles Warren will officiate. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. May, 86, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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HENRY JAMES
(Obituary ~ 12/01/95)
ARBOR -- Henry "Doc" James, 94, of Arbor, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 1995, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance. He was born Aug. 30, 1901, in Bollinger County, son of John and Laura Masters James. He and Annie F. James were married Sept. 11, 1921, in Bollinger County. She died in November 1964. He later married Pearl Kilburn Dec. 28, 1970, who died in 1989...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 12/01/95)
Scott County Estate of Theon E. Robert to Geneve Robert, et al; Kenneth Bell to Linda Bell; Herbert and Norma Jean Holder to Tracy Holder; Glenda Faye Emerson to Stephen F. Atchison; Gary J. and Christine Helwege to Kathy J. Schlosser. Rick D. and Patricia L. Merrick, deed of trust; Sharon G. Watson to Whitney Harrison Watson; Albert F. and Jean Bollinger, Jr., Danny K. and LaDonna Bollinger, and Donald L. and Barbara Bollinger to Anthony M. and Pamela K. Seiler...
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