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CLOSE LOOPHOLE FOR UNDERAGE DRINKERS WHO DRIVE
(Editorial ~ 02/14/97)
Meanwhile, there is another state law that probably deserves some attention from state legislators. A new law that aims at zero tolerance for underage drinkers who get behind the wheel has a problem. Anyone under the legal drinking age of 21 who drives is subject to losing his driver's license, regardless of blood-level content...
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SEAT BELTS ARE GOOD IDEA, BUT PROPOSED LAW GOES TOO FAR
(Editorial ~ 02/14/97)
Efforts in the Missouri General Assembly to give police the authority to stop and ticket motorists who aren't wearing seat belts go too far. Opponents are right to worry about the reach of government control in our daily lives. The state would serve its residents better by educating them rather than spending tax dollars to chase them down and penalize them for choosing not to wear a seat belt...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 02/14/97)
Aliens from another planet might have received the impression that all those cheering members of Congress at the State of the Union address actually liked Bill Clinton. More Republicans named Gen. Colin Powell their favorite candidate for president in 2000 than anyone else, an honor won only last year by Sen. Phil Gramm...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/14/97)
SINCE I am a Missouri basketball season ticket holder, I drive up to Columbia many times during the year. However, I know to watch big-time basketball you have to go the limit. It's worth it when you see the University of Missouri Tigers beat No. 1 Kansas. After the Missouri Tigers, there's nothing left if you enjoy basketball...
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TAX BOARD ERRED, SAYS THOMASON IN INDEX ISSUE
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
The state Tax Commission has erred in its handling of reassessment, a state lawmaker says. State Rep. Larry Thomason, D-Kennett, said the Tax Commission shouldn't have imposed a statewide minimum cost index for real estate assessments. Assessments should be based solely on the fair market value of property within each county...
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STUDENTS LEARN FINE POINTS OF BALLET
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
About 30 Southeast Missouri State University students learned to point their toes, lift their chins and carry themselves almost like true ballet dancers Thursday night, and they learned it from one of the areas best teachers. Ludmila Dokovdovsky, co-artistic director for the St. Louis Ballet, put two of Marc Strauss' dance classes through some professional ballet paces at the university's dance studio. Dokovdovsky often takes time to teach ballet workshops when her ballet company tours...
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LOVE IS FOREVER: MARRIAGE SAVERS HOPES TO CATCH PROBLEMS FIRST
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
Today is Darren and Aimee Rasche's four-month-and-10-day anniversary. And yes, the Cape Girardeau newlyweds still consider each day of their marriage Valentine's Day. But with divorce statistics on the rise, the Rasches aren't taking any chances. Before they were married, Darren, 26, and Aimee, 24, took part in premarital counseling on the advice of their pastor...
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SCHOOLS MUST SECOND-GUESS MOTHER NATURE
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature, but school administrators must sometimes try. Fearing heavy snow, all public schools in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau and Scott counties dismissed early Thursday, only to be surprised by the worst weather hitting to the south. Only about an inch of snow fell here...
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LAKE: BACKERS OUTLINE PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
JACKSON -- Supporters of a Cape Girardeau-Bollinger counties recreational lake outlined their plans before the Cape Girardeau County Commission Thursday. The commission voiced neither support for nor opposition to a lake project. Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones, reading a statement on behalf of the commission, pledged the commission will keep an open mind concerning the proposal and listen to people on all sides of the issue...
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DOW INDUSTRIALS SET 7,000-PLUS RECORD
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
It took the Dow Jones industrial average almost a year to go from 5,000 to 6,000, but less than four months for it to soar past the 7,000 barrier. Financial analysts say the Wall Street bull is on the run as the nation's stock market reaches lofty heights. Some Wall Street experts forecast it will reach 10,000 by 2000...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: FLOWERS SPEAK THE WORDS OFTEN LEFT UNSAID
(Column ~ 02/14/97)
On Valentine's Day, a man's thoughts turn to ready-made bouquets. A woman likes to think he actually made a choice. It's hard to tell if plants have brains, but somehow the poinsettia that has graced the kitchen island since before Christmas understood that Lent started this week. After weeks of lush beauty, the bright red foliage began to scatter on the tile floor, leaving playthings for the cat whose store-bought toys are of no interest whatsoever...
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TICKETS ON SALE FOR BILL COSBY
(Local News ~ 02/14/97)
Orders are now being taken for tickets to Bill Cosby's show April 12 at the Show Me Center. Tickets may be ordered with a credit card by phoning 651-5000, or paid for at the Show Me Center box office. David Ross, the Show Me Center director, said orders will be put in line and mailed out when the tickets arrive...
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LADY INDIANS REFUSE CHARITY, ACCEPT VICTORY; JACKSON DEFEATS CAPE CENTRAL 39-35
(High School Sports ~ 02/14/97)
It was perhaps the biggest shot of the game, and Michele Millham didn't even get to see it go in. With the game tied 31-31 a couple minutes into the fourth quarter of Jackson High's game against Cape Central Thursday, Millham drove inside, was hit, and flung the ball toward the goal before her back slammed the floor...
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PERRYVILLE GIRLS CLAIM CONFERENCE
(High School Sports ~ 02/14/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Perryville's girls basketball team clinched at least a share of the Jefferson County Conference crown Thursday night with a 57-28 victory over Herculaneum. Perryville improved to 17-7 overall and 8-1 in conference play. "I'm happy after stumbling and losing a game early in the season to come back and win the conference," said Perryville coach Steve Wunderlich. "That was one of our goals at the beginning of the season."...
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LOU TUCKER
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Lou Ella Tucker, 78, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 3, 1918, in Wheatley, Ark., daughter of Kellar and Alice Appleberry Harris. She and John Lee Tucker were married Aug. 23, 1936. He died May 28, 1975...
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ALBERT LOOS
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
Albert Loos, 91, of The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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DWIGHT GIBBONS
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Dwight David Gibbons of Pasadena, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Revs. William Marshall and Earl Fish will officiate, with burial in Kenyon Cemetery at Delta. Friends may call at the chapel after 4 p.m. Saturday...
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FRANK JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Frank Walter Johnson, 75, of St. Louis died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997, at his home. He was born Aug. 25, 1921, in East Prairie, son of Frank W. and Stella Perry Johnson. He and Bernita Pierce were married Dec. 30, 1948, at Charleston...
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MILTON POHLMANN
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
Milton R. Pohlmann, 63, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997, at his home. He was born July 3, 1933, at Friedheim, son of Christian and Meta Zoellner Pohlmann. He and Ruth Ehlers were married July 31, 1954. Pohlmann retired from Sewing's Service Station in 1996, and had also farmed. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church at Friedheim and its Men's Club, and American Legion Post 133. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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DR. CHARLES HERBERT SR.
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
Dr. Charles Thomas Herbert Sr., 87, of Tallahassee, Fla., died suddenly Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997, at his home. He was born Dec. 18, 1909, in Sarah, Miss., son of Charles and Agnes Diffee Herbert. He and Elizabeth Wight were married Sept. 23, 1969, in Memphis, Tenn...
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CHARLES TRIPP
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Charles Dugan Tripp, 77, of Anna died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997, at Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro. He was born Nov. 11, 1919, in Union County, son of Dugan and Agnes Highland Tripp. He and Mary Elvie Parker were married Sept. 8, 1939, in Jackson, Mo...
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LUCILLE PONDER
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Lucille Mary Ponder, 87, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 25, 1909, in Perry County, daughter of Charles and Victoria Julia Winkler Ponder. Ponder was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Apple Creek, and its Ladies Sodality...
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BUD ERVIN
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
Wilbert Albert "Bud" Ervin, 77, 2554 Masters, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1920, at Jackson, son of Albert Wilson and Grace Marie Mullins Ervin. He and Margie T. Brennan were married June 30, 1939, in Cape Girardeau...
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EARL LIPE
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Earl Lipe, 84, of Olive Branch died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997, at his home. He was born Nov. 21, 1912, in Olive Branch, son of David Oscar and Rosa Hannah Kelley Lipe. He and Ruby Bledsoe were married July 21, 1934. Lipe was a retired carpenter and farmer. He was a member of Trinity Assembly of God Church, and Carpenters Local 812...
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ETHEL TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
SIKESTON -- Ethel J. Taylor, 92, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born July 12, 1904, at Sikeston, daughter of John T. and Willie Ann Flowers Ward. Taylor attended Tanner Street Church of God. She was a past member of VFW Auxiliary. She was formerly of Marble Hill...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/14/97)
Son to January Lynn Schenimann of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:04 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, 1997. Name, Jerrin Levi. Weight, 8 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Miss Schenimann is the daughter of Lynn and Paula Schenimann of Jackson. Son to Terry and Christa Borgfield of Porter, Texas, Kingwood Hospital in Houston, Texas, 4:17 a.m. ...
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RANDY JOE SHADOWENS
(Obituary ~ 02/14/97)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Randy Joe Shadowens, 38, of Murphysboro, Ill., formerly of Cobden, Ill., died Wednesday Feb. 12, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 3, 1958, in Carbondale, Ill. He was a bricklayer and member of the Local 8 of Murphysboro...
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