Stories from Friday, December 7, 1990

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Service for Marion H. Kemp will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Ford & Sons, Mt. Auburn Chapel, with Rev. S. S. Borum officiating. Burial will be in the Iona Cemetery in Cape County. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home...

Okay, maybe you have a bit of sympathy for Marlin Fitzwater. He's the White House press secretary charged with explaining what President Bush is saying when it sometimes seems President Bush doesn't even know what he's saying. First, no new taxes. Then, new taxes. Next, no more new taxes. Think of all the press briefings in which Fitzwater says, "I know what he said yesterday, but today ...."...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. LeGrand of Springfield, Va., Fair Oaks Hospital, 8:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 1990. Name, Julianna Paige. Weight, 8 pounds 13 ounces. Fifth child, second daughter. Mrs. LeGrand is the former Nancy Dohogne, daughter of Jim and Mary Dohogne of Chaffee Route 1. LeGrand is self-employed with LeGrand Computer Services, and is the son of Robey and Etber LeGrand of Oran Route 1...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Albert H. Keller will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Carl Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Lorberg Funeral Home Friday from 4-8 p.m...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Jewell Perrin of Cape Girardeau will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel with the Rev. Neil Stein officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Jewell Perrin died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1990...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Jackson Garnett Brown of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. today at the United Methodist Church. The Rev. Robert Burke will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home here from 9 a.m. to noon...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Earl Venson of Ft. Collins, Colo., formerly of Scott City, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Assembly of God Church. The Rev. Larie Burdine will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here after 6 p.m. today...

OAK RIDGE -- Funeral service for James C. Green of Oak Ridge will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Chapel in Perryville. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4:30 p.m. today. Green, 50 years old, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1990, in Perry County...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Thomas Jefferson Bailey Jr. of Lake St. Louis will be held at 1 p.m. today at Thomas Mortuary in Granite City, Ill. Billy Davis will officiate, with burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery at Edwardsville, Ill. Announcement courtesy of Morgan Funeral Home in Advance...

FRIEDHEIM -- Funeral service for Miss Florence Tuschhoff of Friedheim will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek. The Rev. John Bolderson will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today. A parish wake service will be held at 7...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Ruby P. Boardman of Fountainbleau Lodge will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Charles E. Buck will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery there. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon until time of service...

LUTESVILLE -- Service for Alice Baker will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Liley Funeral Home in Lutesville, with Rev. Terry Sander officiating. Burial will be in Glen Allen Cemetery. Friends may call today after 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Baker, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 1990 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...

Southeast Missouri State University at one time came under fire for its weak performance in attracting minority students and faculty to campus. Significant strides were made in that regard during the 1980s and are still being made. During a time of budgetary distress, the university is sparing no expense in trying to ensure an environment of ethnic diversity and understanding. We note the efforts here and propose those critics of the university's racial climate take note, too...