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BUSINESS MEMO: BUGLE BOY NEWEST ADDITION TO SIKESTON OUTLET MALL
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Bugle Boy is the newest addition to the Sikeston Factory Outlet Center. The store features boys' and men's clothing. Shelly Coppage is manager of the business, which will be open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 Sunday. Bugle Boy was founded in 1977...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: COMMISSION MAY STUDY GROWTH OF GAMBLING IN THE U.S.
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., who co-authored Senate Bill 704, which establishes a commission to study the effects of gambling in the United States, says it's time to look at the ledger to see what government-backed gambling is doing to our society." Simon, in a specially prepared report, said there are now 500 casinos in 27 states, twice the number of five years ago, with Americans legally wagering $500 billion a year, compared to $17 billion in 1974. ...
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QUALITY AWARDS WILL BE OFFERED
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
The Missouri Quality Award will be offered to teams for the first time this year by the Excellence in Missouri Foundation. The awards are designed to recognize teams throughout the state that have made significant contributions in achieving organizational or community projects and activities...
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ALL IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
Becky Glodo lets her daughter, Katelyn, 14 months, play with carpet samples at Cape Wholesale Flooring. Terry Glodo, in the background, employs his wife, mother and father in the business. Roxie Penny didn't get a card from her husband last Mother's Day. She got a piece of notebook paper...
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BUSINESS MEMO: LOWER MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE SCHEDULED AUG. 13-16
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
The Lower Mississippi Valley Natural Resources Partnership Conference will be held Aug. 13-16, a the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn. Local, state, regional and national officials, industry representatives, private landowners and others may attend the four-day conference. The registration fee of $125 ($205 for couple) includes three continental breakfasts and two luncheons...
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BUSINESS MEMO: BOATMEN'S REPORTS RISE IN SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. reported a 14 percent increase in second-quarter net income. Net-income earnings for the quarter were $146 million, or 92 cents per common share, compared with $128 million and 80 cents per common share during the second quarter of 1995...
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BUSINESS MEMO: ILLINOIS EMPLOYMENT RISES FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT MONTH
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Illinois' June unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent from May's 5.2 percent. "The state has posted record employment during the past six months and unemployment levels have remained stable in the low range of 5.1 percent to 5.3 percent," said Illinois Department of Employment Security Director Lynn Q. Doherty. "This reflects the continued strength of the Illinois economy."...
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BUSINESS MEMO: MERCANTILE ANNOUNCES INCREASES IN EARNINGS
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. has announced increases in second-quarter earnings. Net income the second quarter was reported at $65.1 million, up 12.4 percent from the $57.9 million earned during the same quarter last year. Per-share income during the second quarter rose 9.5 percent to $1.04, from 85 cents...
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BUSINESS MEMO: COMMERCE EARNINGS RISE 9 PERCENT IN SIX MONTHS
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Commerce Bancshares Inc. reported earnings of $56.2 million for the six months ended June 30, up 9 percent from the $51.8 million during the same period in 1995. Per-share earnings amounted to $1.53, compared to $1.38 a year ago. Second-quarter income was $28.9 million, compared to the $26.8 million of a year ago, and the $27.3 million during the first quarter. Earnings per share for the second quarter were 79 cents, an increase of 13 percet from 70 cents of a year ago...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Debbie Litzelfelner and Sandy Eisenbeis, both of Jackson, have joined Merry Lea Animal Hospital, 1104 N. High in Jackson, as pet groomers. Dr. Wanda Pipkin, owner of the facility, announced last week that the hospital had added pet grooming to its facilities...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: DOCTOR'S OFFICE OPEN AUG. 1
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
A new doctor's office will open here next month. Dr. Robert W. George, a family practitioner, is moving his practice from the Puxico-Bloomfield area to Cape Girardeau Aug. 1. His office is taking appointments at 335-2200. The new office, at 212 N. Sprigg, will accept Medicaid and Medicare...
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BUSINESS MEMO: CHRYSLER CORP. REPORTS MOST PROFITABLE QUARTER
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
Chrysler Corp., selling some of its cars and trucks faster than it can produce them, reported the third most profitable quarter in its history. Chrysler said last week it earned $1.04 billion, or $2.77 a share, in the second quarter, a sevenfold increase from the $135 million, or 35 cents a share, it earned a year ago, when the company booked expenses to revamp assembly plants. Sales increased 27 percent to $15.8 billion...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW BED-AND-BREAKFAST
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
COMMERCE -- The Anderson House Bed & Breakfast has opened at 39 Water St. in Commerce. The house, the oldest home in Scott County, sits atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. It was built by a riverboat captain, Ignatius Wathen, in 1847, but was owned by the Anderson family for 90 years...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: NEW MONUMENT DISPLAY
(Business ~ 07/22/96)
McCombs Funeral Home has opened a new monument display yard at 1425 Kurre Lane in Cape Girardeau. The new facility at the new funeral home includes a wide selection of monuments, including granite monuments and bronze memorial markers. Bruce Dockings of McCombs Funeral Home, said the new facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and a half-day Saturday...
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WANTED: PEOPLE TO CHASE LARGE BALLOONS
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
Forget about the cool air at 200 feet whistling past your ears. Don't even think about the breathtaking scenery as you soundlessly drift on the wind at that height or the feeling of weightlessness as you shoot up from the ground. None of that will matter at this weekend's Balloons and Arts Festival '96 because being on the ground as a member of a chase crew is "where all the fun is," said Beverly Strohmeyer, of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri...
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OLYMPIC FEVER HAS EFFECT ON BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
Situated inside a relatively small entrance to West Park Mall, a lone bench doesn't get much use. On Sunday, it was the most popular site in the mall. It didn't take shoppers long to discover that the bench, and the standing area around it, offer a clear view of two televisions in Garfield's restaurant and bar. And the TVs were tuned to America's current favorite broadcast -- the Olympic Games in Atlanta...
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ORGANIC FOOD MISSING FROM FARMERS MARKETS
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
Homegrown? Yes. Organically grown? No. For the first time in some years, produce shoppers who want to go a step beyond homegrown may have difficulty in obtaining organically grown vegetables. Over the past five years, the Holcombe family offered a special variety of cucumbers, green beans, cabbage, kale, small potatoes and other vegetables at the weekly farmers market held on the parking lot of Plaza Galleria in the 2000 block of Independence...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: SIXTY-FOUR DIFFERENT, BRILLIANT SHADES OF THERAPY
(Column ~ 07/22/96)
My friend Jana, who has a pierced navel, a new old house in Bonne Terre and a penchant for spiritual exploration, is redecorating. She asked me to help, adding, "You're so normal." I think that was a compliment, but every now and then a niggling doubt surfaces...
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MISSOURI WATCH: POLITICS IS NOT OFFICIALLY A SPORT
(Column ~ 07/22/96)
Given sufficient tenure, public officials discover several truths about their constituents, namely you and me. It is not clear just when these truths are realized, but eventually, the smartest of the lot come to several conclusions that, unfortunately, are all to true. The moment of truth comes later for the less bright, but even this group eventually catches on to the rules of a game in which all of us are players...
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SUMMER MISSIONS
(Editorial ~ 07/22/96)
Several groups from Cape Girardeau churches are finding ways to help others in places where help is needed the most. As summer activities go, there is probably nothing more uplifting than joining with like-minded believers in doing some good works. For example:...
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HOMER GILBERT STILL TOOTING
(Editorial ~ 07/22/96)
Given a choice at a young age, Homer Gilbert would have preferred playing with his neighborhood friends. Instead, his mother insisted on trumpet lessons and practice, practice, practice. He musical effort paid off. Gilbert began playing with other musicians, and at age 14 joined the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band. Area residents who take their lawn chairs to Capaha Park on warm, summer Wednesday evenings still see Gilbert in the band where he has been a faithful members for 70 years...
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LAND SALE SHOWS STRONG VALUE
(Editorial ~ 07/22/96)
When the recent bidding ended, some 15,000 acres of prime Bootheel farmland had been sold at auction by E.G. Gee Jr., who resides in Blthyeville, Ark. The Gee family, well-known in this particular corner of Missouri, has owned land in the area since the 1930s. Now Gee's children say they are interested in other pursuits, so several buyers got the opportunity to bid on some of the most valuable property around...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think about Jo Ann Emerson running for the U.S. House Representatives?" Samantha Brown, Cape Girardeau "I think it's a good thing. I am for Emerson. I think that it would be good. She knows Washington...she knows his (Bill Emerson's) policies. I think she should."...
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ST. JUDE FUND-RAISING DANCE AUG. 4
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
The Southeast District Square Dance Clubs will host a Promenade Aug. 4 to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. The dance will be held at 1 p.m. at Stroder Country Hall, off Hwy. 72 W. (at 1820 Old Toll Road) in Jackson. Local dance club members and the public are invited to participate in the event. Proceeds will help St. Jude Hospital do research, find cures and treat children who suffer from cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases...
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LUCILLE B. WESBECHER
(Obituary ~ 07/22/96)
MARBLE HILL -- Lucille B. Wesbecher, 68, of Marble Hill died Saturday, July 20, 1996, in Marble Hill. She was born Aug. 19, 1927, in St. Louis, the daughter of John William and Edith Jamison Daugherty. She married Herbert Wesbecher, and he preceded her in death...
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VAUGHN HART
(Obituary ~ 07/22/96)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Vaughn Hart, 80, of Ullin died Sunday, July 21, 1996, at his home. Survivors include a son, Charles Hart of Orland Park; a daughter, Sally Bell of Elgin; a brother, Harold "Jug" Hart of Dongola; a sister, Marietta Churchill of Baton Rouge, La.; and two grandchildren...
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RACE C. WOLTERS
(Obituary ~ 07/22/96)
JACKSON -- Grace C. Wolters of 217 Daisy in Jackson died Sunday, July 21, 1996, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Arrangements are incomplete with Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.
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LEAK OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BRINGS REST STOP EVACUATION
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
UNION COUNTY, Ill. -- A hazardous materials leak caused an Interstate 57 rest stop to be evacuated Sunday. A spokesman for the Illinois State Police said a tractor-trailer driver parked early Sunday morning at the rest stop, located on the southbound side of the interstate. The driver was hauling poisonous liquid and noticed some of it leaking from the trailer...
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CAR OVERTURNS, INJURES WOMAN
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
An Indiana woman driving in Cape Girardeau County was injured Sunday afternoon when her car overturned several times. Sara Eakle, 18, of Bloomington, Ind., was westbound on County Road 638 when her car left the road. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the car struck a ditch and began rolling...
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SENIORS AND LAWMEN UNITE TO FIGHT CRIME
(Local News ~ 07/22/96)
There's a myth perpetuated in this country that makes a segment of society live like prisoners in their homes. These senior citizens stay behind locked doors and windows, coming out only when necessary, fearing they will become victims of crime. An advocacy group called Triad, along with its working arm, the Seniors and Lawmen Together Advisory Council, want to free seniors from their fear...
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RAYMOND BEEGLE
(Obituary ~ 07/22/96)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Raymond Beegle, 58, of Mounds died Friday, July 19, 1996, at his home. He was born June 17, 1938, in Mounds, son of the late Limmie and Mary Baker Beegle. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and he attended the Mounds Assembly of God Church...
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