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NEWSLINE: TAX RETURN HELP AVAILABLE TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Personnel with the Missouri Department of Revenue will be on hand at the Cape Girardeau Post Office tonight from 5 to 8 to distribute forms and answer basic questions about state income tax returns. State Revenue Director Duane Benton said: "We're glad to help taxpayers better understand their 1990 state income tax return. ...
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NAVAL FLEET PERSONNEL BACK FROM MIDEAST
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Police sirens wailed Sunday as a procession of squad cars and family sedans welcomed Dale Ratliff, a Cape Girardeau police officer, home from his tour of duty in the Persian Gulf War. A member of the Naval Reserve, Ratliff arrived in Chicago Saturday morning, having left Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf, on Friday. He was among 91 members of the Naval fleet hospital who arrived stateside on a flight for home...
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58 STUDENTS EARN GOVERNOR'S SCHOLARSHIPS; UNIVERSITY GIVES CREDIT TO `BEST OF THE BEST'
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Students receiving Southeast Missouri State University's top academic honor, the Governor's Scholarship, were told Sunday they represent the "best of the best" at the university. A reception for Governor's Scholars and their parents was held Sunday. At the reception each of the students signed letters of intent to attend Southeast...
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DRAINAGE STUDY GOES TO COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The City Council tonight will consider a resolution that would authorize the final phase of U.S. Geological Survey work to monitor Cape Girardeau's storm-water systems. The $36,000 1991 project would culminate four years of USGS work in the city. The geological survey this year would conclude its data-gathering stage and begin analyzing its information for final watershed recommendations...
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BAR PANEL TO HOLD HEARING
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - A special Missouri Bar committee reviewing certification of specialists in the legal profession will hold a public hearing in Cape Girardeau Thursday. The hearing is being held for the commission to receive input on the subject. It is one of four that are being held across the state...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
A U.S. Department of Agriculture rule-change proposal, if adopted, would raise the viscosity levels in all three grades of tomato ketchup to make it thicker. The Southeast Missourian asked people about their preference for the condiment. Teresa Blankenship: "I like thick ketchup. I think it should be thicker because it doesn't stay on the French fries. Even the thick ketchup falls off."...
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE FEATURE IS ENDING
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
Effective today, the Southeast Missourian is discontinuing the daily feature Wheel of Fortune. Because answers to previously published puzzles appear each day, following are unpublished answers to the two latest puzzles. To puzzle No. 91, which was published Friday and Sunday, the answer is "Hold The Bag." To puzzle No. 92, which was published Sunday, the answer is "Accident Victims."...
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PLIGHT OF KURDS: ARE THEY LEFT OUT TO DRY?
(Column ~ 04/15/91)
These tragic Kurds who are they? How did they get in this bind? They are not Arabs, but rather of Indo-European descent. They have their own history, language and culture. Look at the map and see where Turkey, the Soviet Union (Armenia), Syria, Iran and Iraq converge and you will find this scattered, tribal group. They are mostly Sunni Moslem, speak a derivative of Persian and are held in disdain by every country in which they are found...
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REGION WELCOMES STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HERE
(Editorial ~ 04/15/91)
When the Missouri Board of Education holds its two-day meeting in Cape Girardeau this week, it will mark the first time the state board has convened in this city. And we hope it will not be the last. The board meets monthly, primarily in Jefferson City. But, to its credit, the board, which has a limited budget, tries to meet at least once a year in a non-state capital setting...
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TEACHER NAMED
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
MARBLE HILL -- Bruce Slinkard, formerly of Marble Hill, was recently named Missouri Industrial Technology Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the Southeast district. Slinkard has taught industrial technology for 20 years at Farmington R-7 School District...
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MAN HURT IN SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Cape Girardeau man was cited Saturday for allegedly driving while intoxicated following an accident in which he was injured, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. Charles Richardson, 42, Cape Girardeau Route 1, was treated at St. Francis Medical Center and was released...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/15/91)
Son to Sherry Chapman of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:43 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 1991. Name, Christopher Daniel. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Ms. Chapman is the daughter of Kaye F. Lee of Cape Girardeau and the late Henry Lee...
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STANLEY L. GRUBBS
(Obituary ~ 04/15/91)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Graveside service for Stanley Lloyd Grubbs, infant son of Richard Kevin and Christie Ann Schmucker Grubbs, 135 S. Spanish, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park. The Rev. Emory Hill will officiate, Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation...
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