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A NEW PLAN FOR MISSOURI'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(Editorial ~ 08/10/97)
Folks at the Missouri Department of Economic Development have big plans. Or make that a Big Plan. In the making, that is. Sometime like next June. Well. Said Quentin Wilson, deputy director of the department, "We think government can work, can be run more like a business." Would that it were so. ...
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SPECIAL SESSION FOR ROADS HAS NO STEAM
(Editorial ~ 08/10/97)
Republican lawmakers are overwhelmingly turning thumbs down on Gov. Mel Carnahan's idea of a special session to send to the people a one-cent general sales tax to finance transportation improvements. The Total Transportation Commission, whose members were appointed by the governor, adopted the proposal 27-3. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: DETOUR OR DEAD-END?
(Column ~ 08/10/97)
State government has no greater problem at the moment than resolving the impasse that has developed in meeting Missouri's highway needs well into the next century. Well planned, constructed and maintained roadways are essential to every resident of this state, and the ability of highways to meet a constantly increasing traffic count will literally assist or detract from the entire economy for generations yet unborn...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: A LONG SHOT? SURE, BUT JOHN ASHCROFT COULD BE GOP'S MAN
(Column ~ 08/10/97)
Ten days into the ascent of a trial balloon for the presidential candidacy of Missouri's junior senator, and few are laughing. A longshot? Sure, but who knows? John David Ashcroft just might be able to do it. Besides, the downside risk is minimal for Ashcroft, likely an unbeatable candidate for re-election should a national candidacy falter...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/10/97)
ACCORDING TO a university teacher of rock music history, Elvis Presley should be recognized as one of our nation's most influential civil rights leaders. The professor says Presley's combining of what he calls black and white music does a lot to promote racial integration by making people more aware of cultural diversity. ...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
75 years ago 1922 A new kind of canine has begun to invade these environs-the police dog. The trained police dog is not vicious, as one might infer from his looks, but is a sensitive, highly organized intuitive creature with fine discriminating qualities. This modern manhunter, the worth of which was demonstrated during the World War. The German, French and Belgian armies had a great number of these dogs in use. Several breeders around Jackson are now offering the dogs for sale...
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HOMECOMERS BEGINS TUESDAY: AMERICAN LEGION PREPARES FOR EVENT
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
Above, Jade Sander takes a ride at last year's Homecomers. Right, Jackson's mural unveled last year welcomes Homecomers. Time for preparation for this year's Homecomers is about up, on Tuesday the annual event will begin. It has been 89 years since the first Homecomers in Jackson and Tuesday through Saturday the street in uptown Jackson will once again be crowded with homecomers...
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LUDWIG ELECTED PRESIDENT-ELECT AT CONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
The Missouri Vocational Association/Missouri Business Education Association celebrated their 28th Annual Joint Summer Vocational Workshop and MVA Conference in Springfield. Missouri, July 21-24. Over 3,200 MVA members registered and more than 140 exhibitors brought displays. Approximately 70 MBEA members attended the conference. The North Central Business Education Association Region 3 joined the MBEA conference...
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FROM THE PULPIT: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN JESUS
(Column ~ 08/10/97)
We just completed a week of Vacation Bible School at our church and I was reminded of this wonderful story about a boy who was asked about his family, when he enrolled for Vacation Bible School. The teacher responded with a quizzical, "Oh," after the boy revealed he had no brothers and sisters. To which the youngster piped, "But I've got friends!"...
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WINNERS GET SAUCY FOR REDNECK BARBECUE
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
SIKESTON -- You might be a redneck if you like to chunk chickens, call hogs or make funny faces with your belly. Or you might be a contestant in one of the games held during the 3rd Annual Redneck Barbecue in Sikeston Saturday. Steve McFeeder, president of the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce board of directors, said there was a large turnout of locals and visitors for the event, despite a gray day and afternoon rain. ...
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KINSA CONTEST CLOSES WITH NEARLY 1,500 ENTRIES
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
The last four semi-finalists have been chosen for the 1997 Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Award contest have been chosen. "This was the very final week of the contest," said contest coordinator Joyce Hunter. "We had over 400 entries for the contest for the last week, which is really-record-breaking."...
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BANKROLLING THE I-66 DREAM
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
A coalition of three government subdivisions and private businessess is poised to pay Walt Wildman $35,000 a year to push for a highway that a federal study called not feasible. Wildman, a self-employed consultant, heads an effort to build a coast-to-coast highway that the U.S. Department of Transportation calls the Transamerica Transportation Corridor and Wildman calls Interstate 66...
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JOUR DE FETE OPENS; NEW LEVEE HIGHLIGHTS FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
STE. GENEVIEVE -- Groundbreaking for a $48 million flood control project was the highlight of the 31st Annual Jour de Fete festival in historic Ste. Genevieve Saturday. The city, founded in 1752 and located in the Mississippi River floodplain, contains the most and best preserved historic French Colonial architecture in the United States...
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I-66 FUND PAID FOR EDGAR DONATION
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
In his efforts to lobby for Interstate 66, Walt Wildman paid $50 from an account managed by the city of Cape Girardeau to Citizens for Jim Edgar, the Illinois governor's re-election committee. Wildman spent the money in Springfield, Ill., on April 27 to gain admission to a Lincoln Day Dinner, according to city records...
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FOUR KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED IN ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
Four people were killed and several people were injured in three accidents in Missouri. Parris Williams, 9, of St. Louis was killed and nine others injured as the result of a three-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon near New Madrid. Williams was killed when he was thrown from the 1997 Ford Van driven by Rhonda Reed, 33, also of St. ...
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CAPAHAS `SEAL' SAN FRANCISCO'S FATE; CAPS WIN NBC SERIES GAME 10-4
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/97)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Cape Girardeau's Kohlfeld Capahas are slowly but surely picking up steam in the National Baseball Congress World Series. The Capahas made it two straight victories in the double-elimination event as they rolled past the San Francisco (Calif.) Seals 10-4 Saturday night. The game was stopped in the bottom of the eighth inning on the six-run rule, which goes into effect any time after the seventh...
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FOR MOST OF THE CENTURY: THE BARN (PART 6)
(Column ~ 08/10/97)
Two other buildings necessary to our livelihood were the barn and the cellar. The barn dwarfed all the other buildings. Perhaps it was built when the addition was made to the cabin home. No date of its construction was ever found, although this was a feature of early barns, the date being painted on at the peak of the roof or on the massive crosspiece of the "collar" that arose from the loft floor to support the roof. When we arrived the whole structure was silvery gray and weather-cured...
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THE LATEST LINE: CHAFFEE JR. LEGION TEAM CAME UP BIG IN THE CLUTCH
(Sports Column ~ 08/10/97)
Chaffee's Junior American Legion baseball team, made up of players from several communities, figured to be extremely strong this summer. After all, the squad featured a host of players who had already been varsity starters for various high school teams, which is somewhat unusual considering that Junior Legion teams are made up mostly of players ages 15 and 16 who have just completed either their freshmen or sophomore years of high school...
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IN THE CARDS? BIG LEAGUES MAY BE IN ROBINSON'S FUTURE
(College Sports ~ 08/10/97)
After Kerry Robinson batted just .232 as a Southeast Missouri State University junior in 1994, he could almost see his dreams of some day becoming a major-leaguer going down the drain. Now, barely three years later, Robinson ranks as one of the coveted outfield prospects in the entire St. Louis Cardinals' organization and his hopes of eventually making the big leagues are no longer just a dream, they're a distinct possibility...
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MANAGED DEER HUNT DEADLINE AUG. 15
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Being accepted for a Missouri Department of Conservation managed deer hunt is like winning the lottery, and like the lottery, you can't win if you don't play. In this case, you don't have to buy a lottery ticket to win, but you do have to send your application in on time. Applications for the 1997-1998 managed deer hunts must be postmarked by August 15, 1997 to be eligible to take part in one of 54 special hunts this year...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: IMAGINATION NEEDED TO SEE THE CHANGING STATE OF MISSOURI
(Column ~ 08/10/97)
Our state vaguely resembles the land our forefathers once viewed. The prairies, which commence at the distance of a mile west of the (James) river, are the most extensive, rich, and beautiful, of any which I have ever seen west of the Mississippi river. They are covered by a coarse wild grass, which attains so great a height that it completely hides a man on horseback in riding through it! (1818)...
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AREA BRUEFS: CHS PRACTICES TO BEGIN
(College Sports ~ 08/10/97)
Wednesday is the first day that Missouri high schools are allowed to conduct official practices for the 1997 fall sports season and Cape Central High has announced details regarding its opening workouts. Following is a listing of each fall sport's opening practice schedule (all athletes must have a completed physical and proof of medical insurance before they can participate)...
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LUEDERS' VERSATILITY GRABS ATTENTION OF WILLIAM WOODS
(High School Sports ~ 08/10/97)
Laura Lueders, a 1997 graduate of Cape Central High School, has parlayed her strong athletic and academic accomplishments into a scholarship to William Woods College in Fulton. Lueders will be attending William Woods on a combination softball/soccer/academic scholarship...
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EMERY EDISON NULL
(Obituary ~ 08/10/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Emery Edison Null, 88, of Scott City died Saturday, Aug. 9, 1997, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born June 5, 1909, in Lutesville, son of James and Rada Revelle Null. On Feb. 14, 1942, he married Athel Smith in Benton. He was the owner of City Service Station in Scott City until his retirement. He is survived by his wife. A brother preceded him in death...
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THOMAS T. ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 08/10/97)
Thomas T. Robinson, 535 Boxwood, Apt. 1, died Friday, Aug. 8, 1997, at his home. He was 62. He was born Sept. 24, 1934, in Neshoba, Miss., son of Henry Lee and Eula Amos Robinson. He worked as a furniture maker at Vitro Products Inc. in St. Louis for 18 years...
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ELSIE G. SMARR
(Obituary ~ 08/10/97)
DEXTER -- Elsie G. Smarr, 87, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 1997, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. She was born May 17, 1910, in London, England, daughter of the late Bernard and Hannah Brandl Greenfield. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Dexter, where she lived as a homemaker. On Dec. 27, 1946, she married John (Jack) Smarr in Cape Girardeau. He survives of the home in Dexter...
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FLOYD JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 08/10/97)
ADVANCE -- Floyd W. Johnson, 69, of Advance, formerly of De Soto, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 9, 1997, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. He was born Dec. 21, 1927, in Qulin, the son of Roscoe and Lectie Boyles Johnson. He and Barbara Fredwell were married April 11, 1958, at Kansas City. She survives...
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KANCHAN K. ROHATGI
(Obituary ~ 08/10/97)
Kanchan K. Rohatgi, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 7, 1997, at his home. He was born in Delhi, India, to Krishen Das and Ram Dulari Rohatgi. He and Dr. Reeta Rohatgi were married Jan. 29, 1975, in New Delhi, India. She survives. Rohatgi was a graduate of Jamshedpur College of Engineering in Orissa, India. In 1976 he moved to Chicago, Ill., and worked as a graduate engineer. In 1987 he moved to Cape Girardeau and was employed in the investment business...
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A TASTE OF CAPE GIRARDEAU; MEXICAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, ORIENTAL RESTAURANTS STRIVE FOR AUTHENTICITY
(Local News ~ 08/10/97)
Pad See Eew is one of the items on the menu at Manee. The crunchy deep-fried noodles are covered in a sweet sauce. Phoenicia on Sprigg Street specializes in Middle Eastern food prepared by Lebanese-born chef Emad Salamy. Oriental screen paintings of bonsai trees, brilliantly colored wood carvings of dancing dragons, striped table cloths from Guadalajara and Mexican tunes from the group "Bronco" are some of the sights and sounds that fill local restaurants and take eyes and ears on a trip around the world without leaving Cape Girardeau.. ...
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