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TRAVEL: LOCAL AGENCIES NOTICE EFFECTS OF WAR, ECONOMY
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Vacationers and business travelers nationwide appear to be avoiding trips abroad in light of the war in the Persian Gulf and an impending economic recession. Some local travel agents also report sagging international and domestic flights...
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COUNCIL: RESIDENTS PETITION FOR STREET PARKING
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The City Council tonight will consider a petition by residents of Kage Hills Drive asking that a new no-parking law for that street be amended. Also on the agenda for tonight's council study session is a revision of the City Code as it applies to posting address numbers on buildings...
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WORK ON FINAL PORTION OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 3 PLANNED
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
THEBES, Ill Work on the final 2.77 miles of relocated Highway 3, from Gale to Thebes, won't resume until the threat of flooding from the Mississippi River ends early this summer, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation said last week...
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MAKE-UP DAYS SET AT SCHOOLS; JACKSON AMONG THOSE HIT HARDEST
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - While school districts north of Cape Girardeau have been hit hard by Mother Nature this winter, others report missing only one or two days of school because of weather. Many schools elected to close two days in early December because of Dr. Iben Browning's advisory of a possible earthquake during the first four days of the month...
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CONTRACTS FOR AREA ROAD WORK APPROVED
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has awarded contracts to resurface several routes in Southeast Missouri. The contracts call for a one-inch asphalt overlay of existing pavements this summer. A contract for five of the projects, totalling $408,553, was awarded to Girardeau Contractors Inc. of Cape Girardeau. The projects are scheduled to be completed by Oct. 1...
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GULF MAILBAG
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
PFC ANDREW HAZARD U.S. ARMY Pfc. Hazard was deployed to Saudi Arabia from Friedbert, West Germany, in early January. He is the son of Nancy Joiner of Jackson and Dr. Patrick B. Hazard of Memphis, Tenn. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hughes of Jackson...
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CAR WRECK RESULTS IN POWER CUT
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - About 300 residents who live on Perryville Road probably missed the better part of "60 Minutes" or their favorite 6-7 p.m. television show Sunday evening. Cape Girardeau Police said a hit-and-run driver struck a utility pole at 1913 Perryville Road at about 5:50 p.m., causing the pole guy wire to snap back into the energized power lines...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 02/04/91)
The Southeast Missourian asked people, "If Iraq withdraws from Kuwait, should the United States continue fighting to force Saddam Hussein from power?" Frank Terry: "At this point, I think Saddam Hussein should be taken from power. If we let him go now, there's no telling what he might do in the future with his military apparently intact. We should go ahead and take him out and eliminate his military capability."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/04/91)
THIS IS IN response to those callers in Tuesday's Speak Out who complained about the use of yellow ribbons to honor our military. Our son finally got a call through to us from Saudi Arabia on Monday. The thing he was most concerned about was how the people here felt about them having been called upon to do for all of us. ...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 02/04/91)
Trying to figure out a madman like Saddam Hussein is like following a motrist who's had too much to drink. Only difference is the driver will be sober the next day. --- State officials are taking extra precautions to prevent terrorism in Jefferson City. So far members of the General Assembly have had free access to the city...
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HELPED BY COOPERATION
(Editorial ~ 02/04/91)
Economic development can be a complicated business. In doing it the right way, certain physical requisites must be in place property, access, infrastructure and so on. Other aspects of this endeavor are more difficult to quantify but sometimes just as important. People make a difference and a willingness to work toward a common goal can make all the difference where economic progress is involved...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: READER HAS PRAISE FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/91)
To Gary Rust: Thank you for your column focusing on Catholic Schools. We at St. Vincent de Paul Parish are very proud of our school and its students, and appreciate your kind words, especially now as we celebrate Catholic Schools week. Here is some additional cost/benefit information for Saint Vincent de Paul Grade School. ...
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NARVEL LYNN WILFONG
(Obituary ~ 02/04/91)
LUTESVILLE - Funeral services will be held here Tuesday for Narvel Lynn Wilfong, who died Friday, Feb. 1, 1991, at his home in Barnhart, Mo. He was 51. He was born March 12, 1939, in Hiram, Mo., the son of Elva Cornelius Wilfong and Louise Stewart Wilfong. He married Sue Southard, who survives...
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MARIE MCLARD
(Obituary ~ 02/04/91)
JACKSON - Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Marie McLard, Rt. 1, Jackson. She died at St. Francis Medical Center Saturday, Feb. 2, 1991. She was 96. She was born Jan. 26, 1895, near Jackson, the daughter of Robert Anderson and Martha Ella Russell. She married Cross McLard on Dec. 14, 1922. He died Feb. 12, 1987...
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PATRICIA SAUCEDA
(Obituary ~ 02/04/91)
ORAN - Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Patricia Sauceda of Oran, who died Saturday, Feb. 2, 1991. She was 27. She was born in Advance on June 22, 1963, the daughter of Judy Henson of Bell City. She had moved to Oran a year and a half ago from Sikeston. She married Danny Sauceda on Dec. 14, 1990...
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GEORGE F. HOLTKAMP
(Obituary ~ 02/04/91)
JACKSON - George F. Holtkamp, Sr., 86, of Route 2 Jackson, died at 4:20 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in Breeze, Ill. on April 15, 1904, to the late George and Ann Winters Holtkamp. On April 25, 1928 he married Frances Dirker, who preceded him in death on Nov. 17, 1978. On June 16, 1982 he married Viola B. Thomas, who survives...
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PROPOSED CHANGES OUTLINED DURING SEMINAR
(High School Sports ~ 02/04/91)
I was recently able to attend an informative seminar put on by the A.B.C., W.I.B.C., Y.A.B.A., and the B.P.A.A. was invited to sit in also. The purpose of the seminar was to inform association directors, officers, proprietors and league officials of the `proposed' changes that the A.B.C. certification committee has come up with to be presented at the spring A.B.C. and W.I.B.C. conventions...
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