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LETTERS: A LEGITIMATE ROLE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/20/97)
To the editor: Welfare reform is now on the way to what is said to be "the end of welfare as we know it." What and how things will change has yet to be seen. Among attitudes prevailing currently is that government is an interloper in the welfare field that is the rightful domain of the private sector. ...
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RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY RAISES SOME EYEBROWS
(Editorial ~ 06/20/97)
The spread of legalized gambling in the United States has produced a plethora of chance-taking opportunities ranging from lotteries to blackjack to slot machines in almost every state. For most Americans who recall when Nevada was about the only place, once upon a time not so long ago, that you could place a legal bet, the rapid expansion of accessible gambling -- convenience stores with instate lottos, for example -- is bewildering and uncomfortable...
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EMERSON SPEAKS PLAINLY: DON'T PLAY POLITICS
(Editorial ~ 06/20/97)
Republicans in Congress are still nursing black eyes over attempts to use disaster relief as a way to get some other goodies past President Clinton. The ploy failed. Clinton vetoed the legislation, further delaying much-needed assistance for areas of the national stricken by high waters earlier this year...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: THE `SUN AND MOON' THEORIES OF U.S. POLITICS
(Column ~ 06/20/97)
Some scholars of history and politics have proposed the "sun and moon" theories of the waxing and waning fortunes of America's political parties. According to this theory, America's parties go through phases in which one party ("the sun") can be said to be dominant, while the other ("the moon") "orbits" around the dominant, or "sun." To continue the metaphor, the "sun" party is dominant both electorally and as the fount of the most compelling ideas, while the "moon" party reflects light from the "sun," as most of the action and compelling debate occurs within the "sun" party.. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 06/20/97)
MY DAUGHTER is getting ready to go into the sixth grade at Clippard. Of all her classmates, only half began and finished at Clippard. So why should we worry about the kindergarteners who are possibly being shipped to other schools when most of them probably will not end up spending all their years at Clippard? They should just take the lump and go to the school that they're being assigned for kindergarten and come to Clippard at first grade...
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HOLCOMB STUDENTS HEAR ABOUT DIONSAURS
(Local News ~ 06/20/97)
Several summer school students at Nell Holcomb School got the chance to ask questions of a dinosaur expert Thursday. Jeannie Mishu, who teaches fourth grade at Nell Holcomb, asked Matt Forir, a paleontology student at Florissant Valley Community College, to speak at the school. Forir is conducting the only known paleontology dig in Missouri, at the Olie Chronister Homestead near Marble Hill...
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GIRL SCOUTS EARN GOLD AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/20/97)
Twelve Otahki Council Senior Girl Scouts have earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. The young women have completed the requirements and received their awards at the Older Girl Ceremony held at St. Mary's of the Barrens in Perryville. Elks Lodge 639 of Cape Girardeau sponsored the Gold and Silver award pins...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: `FINAL' NOT NECESSARILY ABSOLUTE
(Column ~ 06/20/97)
Strange as it may seem, readers keep doubting I have any intention of dropping these columns. Last week, a caller who didn't identify herself pointed out that with all the advances in technology, "harping" about mistakes in English has become passe...
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BAPTISTS PUT MARRIAGE COUNSELING PLAN ASIDE
(Local News ~ 06/20/97)
Mickey Mouse may have beaten the Rev. Roy Jones this year, but the director of the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association is confident he will eventually come out on top. Jones introduced a proposal to the resolution committee at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas earlier in the week that supported premarital counseling for any members considering church marriage. ...
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BROADWAY PLAN POSED
(Local News ~ 06/20/97)
The latest plans for Broadway call for a slightly wider street with four lanes for traffic from Clark to Perry Avenue, new storm sewer inlets, one new traffic light, upgraded computerized traffic signals and sidewalks. Engineers put the latest design on display Thursday night at the Osage Center, and several dozen business owners showed up to comment. Its estimated cost is just over $1 million...
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PROGRAM HELPS FOREIGN STUDENTS ADJUST; UNIVERSITY'S IEP TEACHES ENGLISH
(Local News ~ 06/20/97)
Millie Turner, right, is a frequent host for a student in the Intensive English Program, including her last guest, Kiyonori Kamahara of Japan. The Intensive English Program at Southeast Missouri State University provides international students with the language and cultural skills necessary to succeed at Southeast or any other American university...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: WHAT DID YOU DO ON VACATION? NOTHING... REALLY... NOTHING
(Column ~ 06/20/97)
If you take vacations to relax, read on, because here are some guaranteed tips. If you can't sit still, don't bother. There is an art to taking a successful vacation, and I only regret that it has taken the better part of my life to figure out how to do it...
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HOPKINS DISMOUNTS; SE GYMANSTICS COACH RESIGNS
(College Sports ~ 06/20/97)
Bill Hopkins, who led the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics program to national prominence in his 18 years here, resigned Wednesday for undisclosed reasons. Southeast athletic director Carroll Williams said Hopkins discussed the possibility of resigning Wednesday morning, then made it official that afternoon...
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LUCILLE LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
Private funeral service for Lucille F. Lewis of Cape Girardeau will be held today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Randy Tochtrop will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Lewis, 92, died Thursday, June 19, 1997, at her home, following a lingering illness...
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MILDRED WILSON
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
SIKESTON -- Mildred Wilson, 80, of Sikeston died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 30, 1917, in Samos, daughter of Ewing Green and Bertha Edna Elder Showmaker. She married Lloyd Wilson, who died July 19, 1995...
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ANNA RUMFELT
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
JACKSON -- Anna Belle Rumfelt, 72, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 15, 1924, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of William Lynn and Alta Ida Hall Allen. She and Benjamin Franklin Rumfelt were married Jan. 1, 1944. He died April 5, 1975...
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NETA RAINES
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
CHAFFEE -- Neta Rowena Raines, 88, of Chaffee died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 14, 1908, at Kelso, daughter of Henry and Mary Roth Peetz. She and Leslie Robert Raines were married June 20, 1931, at Scott City. He died July 14, 1960...
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THELMA BARENKAMP
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
Thelma B. Barenkamp, 88, 1416 Rose, died Thursday, June 19, 1997, at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services. She was born Sept. 8, 1908, in Elkville, Ill., daughter of Julius E. and Grace Crews Bechtlofft. She and Joseph Leo Barenkamp III were married Jan. 16, 1931, in Mound City, Ill. He died June 6, 1950...
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ERNEST WEST
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
ESSEX -- Ernest West, 86, died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at the home of a daughter in Cupertino, Calif. He was born May 24, 1911, in Essex, son of Lawrence and Bessie Baird West. He and Ruby Louisa Crawford were married Jan. 31, 1934, in Essex. She died March 28, 1997...
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HENRY JONES
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
BLOOMFIELD -- Henry Ward Jones, 85, of Bloomfield died Thursday, June 19, 1997, at the Baptist Home in Ironton. He was born May 7, 1912, at Bloomfield, son of William and Eda Bolick Jones. He and Thelma Aslin were married Sept. 28, 1932. Jones worked for the U.S. Postal Service in St. Louis 27 years, retiring in 1977 and moving to Bloomfield. He was a member of First Baptist Church here...
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SCOTT CITY MID-SUMMER FESTIVAL STARTS
(Local News ~ 06/20/97)
SCOTT CITY -- The citywide reunion better known as the annual Mid-Summer Festival is set to start tonight with a parade. The parade starts along Main Street at 5:30 p.m. When it ends at Municipal Park, the fun will begin. Phyllis Spinks, festival chairwoman, said the festival draws a lot of people back year after year. "It's almost like a family reunion," she said. "People come out to see who's all there and probably see people they haven't seen since the last summerfest."...
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LILLIAN MARCH
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
Memorial service for Lillian Fray March of Culver City, Calif., was held Wednesday at Westwood Mortuary Chapel in Westwood, Calif. March, 93, died Friday, June 13, 1997, in a Culver City nursing home. She was born Dec. 2, 1903, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Andrew Frank and Rose Idella Kurre Drum. She and Ernest Hosea March were married April 9, 1925. He died in 1973...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/20/97)
Daughter to David M. and Patricia G. McGaha of Cordova, Tenn., Germantown Methodist Hospital in Germantown, Tenn., 4:48 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 1997. Name, Peyton Caroline. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. McGaha is the former Patricia Reimann, daughter of Ivan and Luona Reimann of Jackson. She is a case manager with Federal Bureau of Prisons. McGaha is the son of Harry and Bea Clemmons of Springerton, Ill. He is a deputy marshal...
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CLARENCE SNIDER
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Clarence Earl Snider, 85, of Scott City died Thursday, June 19, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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PEGGY ODLE
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Peggy Ruth Odle, 70, of Anna died Thursday, June 19, 1997, at her home. She was born April 2, 1927, in Anna, daughter of James H. and Clara Anderson McDonald. She and Arnold E. Odle were married Dec. 3, 1948, in Corinth, Miss. He died June 15, 1994...
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LAVERA BUCHER SCHWARTZ
(Obituary ~ 06/20/97)
CHAFFEE -- LaVera Bucher Schwartz, 73, of Chaffee died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 16, 1924, at Kelso, daughter of Leo Joseph and Dora Emily Goetz Scheeter. She first married Albert "Duckie" Bucher Oct. 1, 1941. He died March 31, 1993. She later married George A. Schwartz June 10, 1995...
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