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STOCK MARKET RALLIES; '96 EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
(Local News ~ 12/28/96)
Will the party last? The question is making the rounds among stockbrokers and investment circles. An economic climate of low inflation, falling interest rates and expanding corporate profits has served as a backdrop for a bull market that is awesome in magnitude and duration, say investment brokers in the Cape Girardeau area...
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ASPHYXIATION CLAIMS TWO; BODIES ARE FOUND IN SHED AT SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 12/28/96)
SCOTT CITY -- Two men found dead in a work shed behind a Scott City home died from accidental asphyxiation, the Scott County coroner ruled Friday. The Scott City Police Department said a natural-gas heater found in the shed led to the deaths. Police said the heater, which was hooked up to a propane tank, apparently emitted a high level of carbon monoxide...
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DR. C. JOHN RITTER TO RETIRE, GO ON MEDICAL MISSIONS
(Local News ~ 12/28/96)
Dr. C. John Ritter plans to quit his job so he can provide medical care where it is needed most -- in third-world countries. The 59-year-old internist plans to close his private practice at the end of the month. In a letter to his patients, Ritter said he will devote his time and energy "to the services of God and mankind in both foreign and domestic fields."...
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SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: RESOLVE NOW TO ELIMINATE THOSE ANNOYANCES
(Column ~ 12/28/96)
I have a number of resolutions for the new year, but there are some resolutions I wish other people would adopt. I wish people would give up these ridiculous attachments the phone company has bamboozled us into buying. Caller I-D is a wonderful attachment when used properly, but why do people return phone calls to numbers they've never seen before?...
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LETTERS: A STRONG INFLUENCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/28/96)
To the editor: Not until this week did I receive the sad news of the death of Betty Sue Palsgrove last month. After reading the lovely tribute to her written by my friend, Mary Jo Kaempfer, in your paper, I feel compelled to add my own personal thoughts about Suzy...
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ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL PAIRS UP WITH CIVIC CENTER
(Editorial ~ 12/28/96)
The Cape Girardeau School District hasn't taken the dropout problem lightly. The district has worked to provide alternative learning environments for high school dropouts. For example, the Adult Basic Education program, where students can work toward a G.E.D. diploma, has long been successful at the vocational-technical school...
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PLANS FOR VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL FACILITIES ARE PROGRESSING
(Editorial ~ 12/28/96)
Two vocational-technical education projects in Cape Girardeau are progressing. Both Southeast Missouri State University and the Cape Girardeau School District hope to build centers by 1999 designed to help students tap into technology and vocational training...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 12/28/96)
IF THE school district builds a new vo-tech building, what will happen to the building that's being used now? It looks like much too good a building to tear it down. Can this not be remodeled? REPLY: The district has plans to use the current vo-tech building for administrative and school board offices...
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RAYMOND J. BOOS SR.
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
Raymond J. Boos Sr., 75, of rural Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 27, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Cape Girardeau Nov. 24, 1921, son of August and Emma Griffin Boos. He fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a Navy Seebee, carpenter's mate first class, from 1942 until 1945. He returned to Cape Girardeau and married Lee Hitt June 28, 1947...
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ZITA E. HERFORTH
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Zita E. Emmendorfer Herforth, 94, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Dec. 27, 1996, at Clay West House Nursing Home in St. Charles. She was born April 13, 1902, at Highland, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Moll Emmendorfer. She married John G. Herforth. He preceded her in death...
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DELLICE E. WAGNER
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
Dellice E. Wagner, 83, of Jackson died Friday, Dec. 27, 1996, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 14, 1913 at Brownwood, son of Seth Wagner and Amy Wilson Wagner. He married Martha Pobst May 2, 1935, at Oran. She survives...
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NORMA LEE HUMPHREY
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
CHARLESTON -- Norma Lee Humphrey, 81, of Charleston died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 18, 1915, in Mississippi County to Jess and Dixie Baker Douglas. She lived her entire life in Mississippi County and was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Charleston...
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ZELMA LELA MCCOY
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
CHAFFEE -- Zelma Lela McCoy, 88, of Adrian, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, in the Bates County Memorial Hospital at Butler. She was born Dec. 22, 1908, in Jerusalem, Ark., daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Jones McKinzey. On Sept. 8, 1928, she married Marvin McCoy in Jerusalem. He died June 16, 1958...
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EMILY CAROLINE ISBELL
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
Emily Caroline Isbell, 87, of 1106 Themis died Friday, Dec. 27, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 8, 1909, near Delta, daughter of Dallas H. and Sarah Ella Waddle Zimmerman. She and the Rev. J. Edgar Isbell were married on April 28, 1931, at Oran. He died Aug. 1, 1990...
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CECIL MONTGOMERY
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
SIKESTON -- Cecil E. Montgomery, 85, of Memphis, Tenn., died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at his home. He was born Jan. 27, 1911, at Ellington, son of Richard Henley and Effie Elizabeth Brawley Montgomery. He and Ruth H. Lanning were married on March 11, 1942, at Elkton, Md. She died Feb. 22, 1980...
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DOUGLAS PAUL MILLER
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
SCOTT CITY -- -- Douglas Paul Miller, 36, of Scott City Route 1, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 23, 1960, at Cape Girardeau, son of Maurice Paul and Connie Fay Payne Miller. He graduated from Scott City High School in 1979. He was a butcher with Fruitland Dressed Meats. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Scott City and the Elk's Lodge 2652 of Jackson...
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DARRELL L. SCHENIMANN
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
SCOTT CITY -- -- Darrell Leslie Schenimann, 39, of Scott City died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 3, 1957, at Hayti, son of Leslie Gordon and Lauretta Lee Dailey Schenimann. He and Tammy Ann Blattel were married on Aug. 9, 1980, at Kelso...
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CLAUDE R. SMITH
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
PUXICO -- Claude R. "Smitty" Smith, 59, died at the Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996. He was born Nov. 28, 1937, at Deventer, Mo., son of William and Beulah Smith. He had been a resident of Conroe, Texas, and the Houston area with his wife Louise Brooks Smith since 1970. ...
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LOUIS GRIFFITH
(Obituary ~ 12/28/96)
Louis Albert Griffith, 91, of 1567 Grandview, died Friday, Dec. 27, 1996, at his home. He was born Dec. 12, 1905, in St. Louis, son of Robert and Mary Zugmaier Griffith. His first marriage was to Flora Lohman on Oct. 1, 1927, in Chester, Ill. She died June 24, 1975. He married Mary McRaven in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 7, 1976...
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