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SNOW, SLEET FIZZLE OUT OVER REGION; UP AND DOWN TEMPERATURES TYPICAL DURING DECEMBER
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
One minute it was sleeting, the next snowing, and the next raining. Then it changed back to snow. At least it seemed that way to Don Semancik of Midwest Weather Inc., as he observed Thursday morning's rapidly changing precipitation. Motorists slid on slick roads in Cape Girardeau after less than a quarter of an inch of sleet mixed with rain and snow fell early Thursday. Police said the roads didn't cause any accidents, however...
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STROKE DRUG: NEWLY APPROVED tPA IN LIMITED USE HERE
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
Researchers have made great strides in reducing the effects of strokes, but doctors say the best medicine is an educated public. A drug that has been used for several years in the treatment of heart attacks was cleared this summer for use in reducing the debilitation caused by a stroke...
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STOVALL PREPARES TO BEGIN COUNTY COMMISSION JOB
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
When talking about his narrow defeat in the 1994 election for a seat on the Cape Girardeau County Commission, Max Stovall is quick to come up with a reason. "I blame myself for not trying a little harder during the final week of the election last time," Stovall said...
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LOCAL CHARITABLE PROGRAMS TRY TO AVOID DUPLICATE GIVING
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
Local charitable organizations hope even more groups will join their efforts to avoid duplicating services next Christmas. Organizers of several toy and food-basket drives said service duplication is generally not a problem because people do not abuse the services and groups contact each other to cross-reference lists...
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RETURNS KEEP STORES BUSY
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
Thousands of shoppers returned to area retail stores Thursday, the day after Christmas, to exchange gifts or request refunds. "It's a big merchandise-return day," said Bill Marra, manager at Kmart. "But it has also developed into a good sales day." Shoppers were bargain hunting...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: WHY PARENTS HAVE CHILDREN ... THERE MUST BE A REASON
(Column ~ 12/27/96)
Excuse me for a moment while parental pride and the joys of fatherhood are scooped up with the used Christmas wrappings. The holidays mean family dinners where relatives you barely know and rarely see tell you intimate details about events from your past that never happened. Some people call these get-togethers reunions. Others call them an excuse to live in a different time zone or volunteer for overseas military duty...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/27/96)
TO THOSE people who gave me the beautiful gifts (through Christmas for the Elderly), God will bless you in many ways. The puppy I got from the Humane Society, well, there aren't words I can say what it means to me. God's blessings to you. Thank you...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 12/27/96)
Several legislators have pledged a campaign to stop salary hikes for themselves. Politicians have a long way to go before they learn how to behave like corporate presidents. Studies find no correlation between productivity and computers. OK, correlate millionaire nerds and computers...
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MORE IDEAS NEEDED FOR KEEPING STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL
(Editorial ~ 12/27/96)
As part of what he calls a common-sense package of crime-fighting legislation. Missouri's attorney general, Jay Nixon, proposes taking driver's licenses away from high school dropouts until they are 18 years old. The superintendent of the Cape Girardeau School District and the director of the district's alternative school for dropouts doubt whether this would do much to keep students in school...
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PARENTS ARE FIRST DEFENSE AGAINST DROPOUT
(Editorial ~ 12/27/96)
The reasons high school students leave the classroom and become dropout statistics are as varied as the students themselves: learning problems, lack of motivation, pregnancy, trouble at home, desire to earn wages. School districts in this area, like school all over the state and nation, are perplexed about how to cope with the dropout problem. ...
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ABWA TO MEET ON THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
The City of Roses Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will meet Thursday at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. The social time will begin at 6 p.m. with the meeting and meal at 6:30 p.m. The program "Leadership Skills for Women" will look at the characteristics of effective leaders. The vocational speaker will be Pam Goodin with Disability Determinations...
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CHRISTMAS OVER, TREES PILE UP FOR RECYLCIING
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
The trappings of Christmas disappear quickly. Even the trees don't stay up long. Area residents discarded Christmas trees at Arena Park Thursday in what has become an annual holiday ritual. Each year, the city of Cape Girardeau provides a site in the southeast corner of Arena Park for people to drop off their trees. The area is marked...
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JACKSON WOMAN WINS $52,000
(Local News ~ 12/27/96)
A Christmas bonus came just a day late for Beverly A. Ford of Jackson. She won $52,000 Thursday playing the Missouri Lottery's "Weekly Grand" Scratchers game. The top prize is $1,000 a week for a year of $52,000 in two lump sums. Ford chose the second option...
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ERIE GOODPASTURE
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
Erie Milo Goodpasture, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 30, 1917, in Reynoldsville, Ill., the son of Solomon G. and Cora A. Estes Goodpasture. On Feb. 24, 1941, in Jackson, he married Alida W. Hoffman...
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RUTH ANN MILLER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
Ruth Ann Miller, 67, of Sandusky, Ohio, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996, at Firelands Community Hospital there. She was born Sept. 16, 1929, at Des Moines, Iowa, daughter of Donald Lenhart Sr. and Ann Lampe Lenhart. She had moved to the Sandusky area in 1952 from Cape Girardeau. She had worked at Sandusky Memorial Hospital as the head of personnel for 16 years after working 14 years at J.H. Routh Packing Co...
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VERDIE CLIMER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
WAPPAPELLO -- Verdie Climer, 72, of Wappapello died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at her home. She was born Dec. 19, 1924, in Cloud Chief, Okla., the daughter of John D. and Ruby Brown Goucher. On Aug. 14, 1964, in Gresham, Ore., she married Pearl Climer...
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JAMES A. ROBERTS
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
DEXTER -- James A. Roberts, 75, of Dexter died at his home Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996. He was born July 28, 1921, at Dexter, son of William Prentis and Letha Edna Mofield Roberts He married Rosemary Clay Feb. 14, 1948, at Piggott, Ark. She survives. He was retired from Civil Service, where he worked for the Air Force. ...
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LUDEAN HOLMES DODSON
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
CAIRO, Ill., -- Ludean Holmes Dodson, 69, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1996, at the Heartland Health Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 24, 1927, in Olive Branch, daughter of George and Lena Conel Holmes. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Thebes. She was retired from the former St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo...
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ZELMA MCCOY
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
Zelma McCoy, 88, of Adrian, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at Butler County Memorial Hospital. Funeral service will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. Bill Moore and Dan Richardson will officiate with burial at New Morley Cemetery in Morley. There is no visitation...
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LELA AGNES ZIMMERMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
Lela Agnes Zimmerman, 79, of Lawrence, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1996, at Westview Nursing Center at Herculaneum. She was born at Fornfelt Aug. 30, 1917, daughter of John and Sara Littlepage Cauhorn. She and William Henry Zimmerman were married Dec. 24, 1939...
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RUBY A. FRANK
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
Ruby A. Frank, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 25, at her home. She was born Oct. 17, 1910, daughter of George and Emilie Niemeier Heuer. On Nov. 2, 1947, she married Henry W. Frank of Cape Girardeau. She was an active member of Hanover Lutheran Church, where she participated in the church's drama club...
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MARIE MAYFIELD
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
PATTON -- Marie Mayfield, 91, of Patton died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1996, at her home. She was born May 11, 1905, in Mayfield, the daughter of George H. and Minta Eaker Mayfield. On Sept. 7, 1922, she married Homer Mayfield, who died Feb. 3, 1980. Mayfield was an active member of the Little Whitewater Baptist Church for many years...
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MAVATA SHAVON STRONG
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
SIKESTON -- Mavata Shavon Strong, 4 months old, of Hannibal died Monday Dec. 23, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 25, 1996, in Sikeston, son of Robert Liddell and Torneke Strong. He is survived by his parents; maternal grandparents, Theresa Lawerence of Hampton, Va., and James Strong of Hannibal; paternal grandmother, Mary Ann Davis of Hannibal; maternal great-grandmothers, Elizabeth Strong of Portageville and Lula Mae Brown of Kansas City, Kan.; and paternal great-grandmother, Evelena Strickland of Lilbourn.. ...
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EVA KATHERINE ESSNER
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
Eva Katherine Essner, 95, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 19, 1901, at Kelso, daughter of Louis and Mary Ellen Drury Dannenmueller. She married Leon C. Essner Dec. 29, 1924, in St. Louis. He died March 8, 1987...
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RICKY LINN KABAT
(Obituary ~ 12/27/96)
PATTON -- Ricky Linn Kabat, 30, of Patton, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996, at the family home following an illness. He was born Sept. 26, 1966 at St. Louis. Survivors include his father, Bernard Kabat, and stepmother, Martha Kabat; wife, Teresa Kabat of Perryville; two daughters, Paige Nacole Kabat of Nashville, Ill. and Katlynn Ann Kabat of Perryville...
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