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LETTERS: THOUGHTS ON CONFEDERACY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/97)
To the editor: I would like to address these Confederate issues that have been expressed in the paper lately. The reason why the southern states left the Union was the South didn't feel it was being duly represented in the federal government. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution gave the states the right to leave the Union if a state did not feel it was being duly represented. ...
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CHICKEN POX CASES ON RISE IN MISSISSIPPI CO.
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
CHARLESTON -- The Mississippi County Health Department has seen a rash of chicken pox cases this month. The number of cases reported to the health department jumped from three in March to 17 in April. Rachel Troutwine, a community health nurse at the health department, said a sudden increase is not that unusual...
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APARTMENT FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHILD WITH MATCHES
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
A fire that damaged five apartments on South Lorimier Wednesday afternoon was probably caused by a child playing with matches, authorities say. It was a frightening moment for the 5-year-old when the fire ignited in his bedroom. His mother said she was roused from a nap as he fled screaming from their apartment...
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WILLIAM TRAFFIC REDUCED TO ONE LANE
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
William Street for one block from Hanover to Park has been reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction to accommodate work on sewer improvements. City Engineer Mark Lester said motorists should expect the work to continue until May 15. The work is part of the College-Henderson south combined sewer overflow project, which is separating sanitary sewers from storm sewers...
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ON-LINE: MISSOURI EXPRESS OFFERS INFORMATION
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
It could be easier for area residents to get on the Internet and for area governments to provide information on-line as a result of a statewide program called Missouri Express. The Missouri General Assembly appropriated $6 million in capital improvement funds for Missouri Express to use to build community information networks. It has started by announcing that nine local programs will get help, including Show-Me Net based at the Riverside Regional Library in Jackson...
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`ANNIE GET YOUR GUN': GOOD SHOOTIN', SINGIN' AT NOTRE DAME (PLAY REVIEW)
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Jessica Hency's performance in the title role of "Annie Get Your Gun" is far from the only good one, but you could put the Notre Dame junior on stage at Southeast Missouri State University or maybe even Julliard and she still would stand out. Fortunately for local playgoers, Hency and company will perform the musical for us at Notre Dame High School beginning tonight and continuing through Sunday (see related story, Page 10B)...
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GRIEF TOPIC OF EXTENSION TELECONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Extension Office in Jackson held its annual teleconference on grief Wednesday. The program, produced by the Hospice Foundation of America, focused on dealing with grief during and after a long-term illness. Teressa Meier of the Extension office said people from the area joined over 150,000 hospice workers, nurses, social workers, counselors, physicians, clergy members, funeral directors and others to watch the program nationwide. ...
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LETTERS: CUT OUR TAXES FAIRLY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/97)
To the editor: Again with the cute tax cuts for special interests -- Jo Ann Emerson's $1,600 savings on a home mortgage sounds good, but we are not all homeowners. Why not a $1,600 savings for all who own or rent? Congress does not have the will to balance its budget. It cannot, because our economy is based on debt...
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THAT'S SHOW BIZ
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
When the first production of "Annie Get Your Gun" was being mounted in 1946, the need arose for some incidental music to carry the set change between the first two scenes. So composer Irving Berlin returned to the piano and wrote "There's No Business Like Show Business," which became the musical's signature song...
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CAPE NATIVE PUTS BEAT IN AUDIO ADRENALINE
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Most parents cringe at the thought of their son joining a rock 'n' roll band. But when Cape Girardeau native Ben Cissell told his parents he was going to be the drummer for the Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline, they couldn't have been prouder. "If you didn't know what the lyrics to their songs were you'd think they were a rock band," Sherry Cissell, Ben's mother, said. "When he came home one time he said they were just really good Christian guys and their hearts were in the right place...
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SIGNS OF LIFE TOUR STOPS AT SIU FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Canadian Christian-pop singer Carolyn Arends' Signs of Life Tour nears the end of an 80-city swing through the U.S. with a stop in Carbondale, Ill., Friday night. The concert will open at 7:30 p.m. at the SIU Arena with Audio Adrenaline, a Nashville, Tenn., alternative rock-Christian band...
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STRONGER SEAT BELT LAW SHOULDN'T CUT OTHER SAFETY MEASURES
(Editorial ~ 04/17/97)
The legislative effort to tighten Missouri's seat belt law took a series of turns recently before the House rejected the a plan that would have expanded seat belt requirements on the one hand, while eliminating some current safeguards on the other hand...
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CONGRATULATIONS, CAPT. SCOTT ALTENTHAL
(Editorial ~ 04/17/97)
For several years now, Cape Girardeau firefighters have received training for emergency medical situations. On the job, many firefighters have had occasion to use this training to save countless lives. It was an instinctive response, therefore, when Capt. Scott Altenthal -- while off duty -- saw a motorist in trouble in January. Going to the aid of the motorist, Altenthal used his training to make sure the motorist was able to breathe...
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LETTERS: MUST-CARRY STILL NEEDED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/17/97)
To the editor: This is in response to your editorial April 8 concerning the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the must-carry rule. I have a real problem with your premise that the must-carry rule is not good because it inhibits a local cable operator's ability to place popular programming on. That premise assumes there is competition that would make the cable operator want to meet its customer's needs...
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BUSINESS CONSULTANT: CUSTOMER SERVICE IS PARAMOUNT
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Margie Johnson loves what she does: As coordinator, writer and speaker for extensive training programs on business topics, she said she can feel the energy from those she lectures to. Johnson, a retailer with over 30 years experience and one of the country's top business consultants and lecturers, spoke Wednesday during the "Serving The Future ... A New Way of Thinking" business conference at Southeast Missouri State University's Robert A. Dempster Hall...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/17/97)
THIS IS to the callers who have been calling in on smoking. Some of the callers say they want to smoke -- where they want to do it. I'll tell you what, the only way we're ever going to get rid of the tobacco problem is to make the tobacco plant illegal, just like marijuana. And while they're at it, I think they should make alcohol illegal too. Just think what a wonderful place it would be if both those things were out of the way...
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P&G ANNOUNCES $350 MILLION PLANT; PROJECT WILL ADD 350 JOBS
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Procter & Gamble Co. announced Wednesday it will build a $350 million addition to its Cape Girardeau County plant to enable an increase in production of tissues and towels. The expansion, which will be among the top-three industrial projects in Missouri over the past decade, will result in 350 more jobs...
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BUILDING EXPANSION BRINGS `GREAT DAY' TO AREA
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Local and state officials involved in efforts and negotiations to get Procter & Gamble Co. to expand its tissue and towel manufacturing operations in Cape Girardeau County are happy. The Fortune 500 company headquartered in Cincinnati on Wednesday announced a $350 million project that is expected to create more than 350 new jobs...
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REGION WILL BENEFIT, SAY OFFICIALS
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
The new Procter and Gamble tissue and paper-towel plant slated for Cape Girardeau County won't manufacture a revenue windfall for the Jackson School District. Under state law, the increase in local tax revenue for the school system would be offset by a corresponding reduction in state aid, said Terry Gibbons, assistant superintendent for the Jackson School District...
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CITY'S FREEDOM CORNER RENOVATION UNDER WAY
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Four eagles were removed Wednesday from their perches on top of the four brick pillars at Capaha Park's Freedom Corner. Taking down the eagles was the first step in a reconstruction project undertaken by the Cape Girardeau American Legion post. The columns, built in 1942, are in danger of being lost because of damage from weather and time. ...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: DISCOVERING YOU'VE MARRIED CLAUS VON BULOW
(Column ~ 04/17/97)
April 17, 1997 Dear Julie, Tax Day 1997 passed eventfully, with many last-minute conversations with our very understanding accountant, the checking of records to ferret out why we owe thousands of dollars more in taxes than we thought we would, the filling out of IRS extension forms so that we can solve the mystery...
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CAPE SCHOOL BONDS SOLD; CONSTRUCTION FUND TO BE SET UP
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Consummating the wishes of an overwhelming number of voters, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education Tuesday approved a contract with A.G. Edwards and Sons Inc. for the sale of nearly $14 million in bonds for school improvements. Proceeds from the sale will go toward a new elementary building, additions to Jefferson Elementary School, renovations to existing school buildings, and construction of a vocational-technical school...
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ATHLETIC REVIEW CONTINUES AT SEMO
(College Sports ~ 04/17/97)
Southeast Missouri State University interim athletic director Carroll Williams says a review of the school's men's basketball program is not yet finished but is coming to a close. "It's drawing to a conclusion, but in order to be accurate, it's a very slow process," said Williams. "It's much more time consuming than anybody would realize."...
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INDIANS FALL IN 11 FRAMES
(College Sports ~ 04/17/97)
Southeast Missouri State University baseball coach Mark Hogan was extremely disappointed that his team lost Wednesday. But Hogan certainly wasn't upset with the way the Indians performed during a thrilling 4-3, 11-inning loss to Arkansas State's Indians on a chilly night at Capaha Park...
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MULES PACK WIN OVER TIGERS
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/97)
After watching the Cape Central baseball team lose its fifth game in a row Wednesday at Tiger Field, Tiger fans must be thinking it can't get much worse for their baseball team. Judging from Central's 15-7 loss to Poplar Bluff, the Tigers certainly hope so...
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JACKSON GOLFERS SHOOT DOWN FOES
(High School Sports ~ 04/17/97)
JACKSON -- Jackson's golf squad remained undefeated on the season, defeating Notre Dame and Malden in a triangular match at Bent Creek on Wednesday. Jackson (10-0), which saw three of its players share medalist honors, finished with 155, followed by Notre Dame (164) and Malden (206)...
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SOUTHEAST SOFTBALL TO UTILIZE JACKSON'S LILEY NEXT SEASON
(College Sports ~ 04/17/97)
Fans of Southeast Missouri State athletics know the name Liley very well. Starting next year, they'll get a chance to become a little more familiar with it. Alisha Liley, sister of former record-setting Southeast quarterback Jason Liley, last week signed a letter of intent to play softball for the Otahkians...
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G. PEGGY CARTWRIGHT
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- G. Peggy Cartwright, 72, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, in the East Prairie Nursing Center in East Prairie. She was born Oct. 12, 1924, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of Richard Cripps and Lula M. Chapman Ainsworth. She married Earl Stanley Cartwright on Sept. 23, 1939, and he preceded her in death on Oct. 31, 1995...
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CLIFTON EUGENE ROACH
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
SIKESTON -- Clifton Eugene Roach, 73, of Sikeston, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 12, 1924, in Mississippi County, son of John and Rosie Evans Roach. He had lived in Sikeston for the past seven years and had retired from the Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II...
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GERRIE PALMER
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Gerrie Palmer, 63, of Cobden, formerly of Dongola, Ill., died Wednesday, April 16, 1997, at her home. She was born Sept. 14, 1933, in Tunnel Hill, Ill., daughter of Allen and Katherine Brooks Schierbaum. She married William Henry Riggs. He preceded her in death. She later married Franklin Delano Palmer. He also preceded her in death...
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LOUISE FORD
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
DEXTER -- Julia Louise Ford, 76, of Dexter died at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at the Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in Dexter. She was born Oct. 16, 1920, at Herculaneum, daughter of William and Lydia Jackson Neal. She married Waldo Ford April 9, 1938, at Essex. He preceded her in death. She and her husband had owned and operated the Ford Coal & Limestone Company in Morehouse for many years...
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JEFFERSON S. RENDLEMAN
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Jefferson S. Rendleman, 80, of Dongola, formerly of Wolf Lake, died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at the City Care Center in Anna. He was born April 16, 1916, at Reynoldsville, Ill., son of Henry and Maude Colp Rendleman. He married Maxine G. Rowley Aug. 17, 1940, in Jackson, Mo...
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IRENE ROSS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
MARBLE HILL -- Irene F. Ross, 88, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at Heritage Gardens Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Aug. 25, 1908, in Bollinger County, daughter of Greene L. and Blanch Steele Myers. She married Guss Ross Aug. 14, 1944, in Mobile, Ala. He preceded her in death. She had worked as a secretary until retirement...
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ARCHIE ALLISTON
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
SIKESTON -- Wylie Archie Alliston Jr., 70, of Murray, Ky., formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at the Murray Calloway County Hospital in Murray. He was born May 6, 1926 in Sikeston to Wylie Archie and Ada Jane Till Alliston. He married Linda S. James on April 15, 1977, in Sikeston, and she survives...
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ERNEST HAHS
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
Ernest E. Hahs, 61, of 1112 Bloomfield Road died Monday, April 14, 1997, at Missouri Delta Hospital in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 25, 1936, in Sedgewickville, son of Archie and Cecelia Russler Hahs. He worked as a boxer for VIP Industries in Cape Girardeau...
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PAULINE CROY KIGHT
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
DELTA -- Pauline Croy Kight, 76, of Delta died Wednesday, April 16, 1997, at the home of her son in Whitewater. She was born April 20, 1920, in Advance, daughter of Fred and Minnie Taylor Croy. She married John U. Kight on Feb. 20, 1937, in Bloomfield. He preceded her in death on Sept. 9, 1987...
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PERCY BOLLMAN
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
OAK RIDGE -- Percy Edgar Bollman, 87, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 15, 1910, in Illinois, son of Louis and Emily Bircher Bollman. He married Clara Nolan Aug. 4, 1940. He was employed as a chemical operator and experimental plant farmer for Monsanto...
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HAROLD LIVINGSTON
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Harold Lee Livingston, 78, of Scott City died Wednesday, April 16, 1997, at Beverly Health Care and Rehabilitation in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 25, 1918, in Blodgett, son of James and Ella Masters Livingston. He married Jueldeen Palmer on Oct. 26, 1940, in Bloomfield, and she survives...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/17/97)
Daughter to James Thomas and Susan Carol Frakes, Portageville Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 1997. Name, Molly Susannah. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Frakes is the former Susan Hayes, daughter of Jerry and Carolyn Hayes of Marston. ...
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PAULINE MARSHALL
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
Pauline Ann Marshall, 89, of Indianapolis, Ind., and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, April 13, 1997, at Community Hospital East in Indianapolis. She was born Jan. 26, 1908, in Allenville, the daughter of Robert and Martha Renfro Mayham. She married Russell Marshall on Nov. 15, 1958, in Hannibal. He preceded her in death in 1967...
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LUTHER RHYMER
(Obituary ~ 04/17/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Luther Earl Rhymer, 69, of Scott City died Tuesday, April 15, at his home. He was born Oct. 2, 1927, in McClure, Ill., son of James Rollie and Nancy Elizabeth Knupp Rhymer. He married Hazel Lawson May 31, 1960, in Jackson. He was a security guard with West Lake Quarry. He also was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church...
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FOLK SINGER, BROADCAST HOST TOM MAY TO PLAY
(Local News ~ 04/17/97)
Folk singer Tom May, host of the nationally syndicated radio/TV show "River City Folk," will perform at 8:30 tonight at the River City Yacht Club. The free concert is presented by KRCU, which carries "River City Folk" at 8 p.m. Saturdays. Donations will be accepted to support KRCU's programming...
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