Stories from Monday, April 22, 1991

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Cape Girardeau nurse administrator has received statewide recognition for her contributions to the field of nursing. Marcia Southard-Ritter, vice president of patient care at St. Francis Medical Center, was one of five registered nurses from across the state to be honored at the second annual "Tribute to Missouri Nurses," held Saturday evening in St. Louis...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Dwight Gates said there is a surprising number of people wanting to dive from an airplane two miles high and fall 120 miles an hour halfway back to terra firma until, it is hoped, a parachute slows the drop. Gates has begun a service that allows people to skydive without undergoing hours of training required for solo parachuting. Using a special parachute rig, he jumps with the customer, with both of them strapped together for the two-mile descent...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - Despite many years of planning and three years of unsuccessful efforts to get funding in the state budget, supporters of a veterinary diagnostic laboratory for Cape Girardeau have never given up. A committee has worked with the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Southeast Missouri State University, and livestock associations to raise local funds, attempt to expand its base of support for the laboratory, and get ready for the day when state funds might become available...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Students like Pam McCarron feel a campus day-care facility is needed at Southeast Missouri State University. McCarron, a single parent, and the Non-Traditional Student Association that she heads are pushing for establishment of such a facility...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- To live on one's own. It's a concept the Regency House has given Steve Vogelsang after 38 years of living with his parents. "It's the first time I've ever been on my own," he said Sunday, sitting amid fellow tenants and administrators of the home. "I like it. (It's) a place to live."...

The Southeast Missourian asked people, "With the world as it is today, do you feel that Americans take life more seriously or less so than they used to?" Charles Pecaut: "I think it is taken more seriously, because the world is going at a faster pace. It's more competitive now, and you're in the fast lane. It used to be that you had more leisure time with your family than you do now. It takes more today just to keep up."...

The generals may win the war, but the statesmen can bungle the peace. In World War I, Germany, France and Britain fought to a bloody stalemate. The late entry of fresh American troops under General John Pershing's command tipped the balance in the Allies' favor. President Woodrow Wilson assumed heroic status and unparalleled popularity in European capitals. Wilson "le Juste," tens of thousands shouted as he entered Paris. He was the hope of humanity...

The Persian Gulf War affirmed a great many things about America's military capabilities. One of things it proved beyond doubt is that National Guard and military reserve units provide an outstanding service for this county. Outside the structure of the regular military, men and women serving in these units showed the ability to deploy quickly and perform admirably in an international emergency. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Allen Smith of Jackson Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:17 p.m. Friday, April 12, 1991. Name, Shelby LeeAnn. Weight, 6 pounds 3 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Smith is the former JeanAnn Jennings, daughter of Sandy Lyke of Port Royal, S.C., and Jimmie Leo Miller of Cape Girardeau. Smith is stationed with the U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and is the son of Virginia L. Smith of Hayti and the late Gustie M. Smith...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Eugene R. Poe, 75, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, April 20, 1991 at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1915 at Egypt Mills to Charles and Anna Heuer Poe. He was a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and served in World War II and the Korean War...

DUQUOIN Ill. Louise Fern Rushing, 70, of DuQuoin, died Saturday, April 20, 1991, at her home. She was born July 19, 1920, in Oak Wood, Ill., to the late William and Irene Miller Sapp. She was a retired sales clerk at Freedmam's clothing in Duquoin and a member of the First Baptist Church in DuQuoin...

KELSO - A vehicle overturned Saturday evening two miles east of Kelso, injuring two area men. Bill Crites, 22, of Oran, sustained serious injuries, and Eric Welter, 22, was also hurt in the accident, said a spokesperson with the Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Clyde F. Mulcahy, 87 years old, of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., formerly of Cairo, died Sunday morning, April 21, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 5, 1904 in Miller City, Ill., son of Henry and Minnie Byrd Mulcahy...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Charles Eric McReynolds, 67, of Largo, Md., formerly of Pulaski, Ill., died Saturday, April 20, 1991 at Prince Georges Hospital in Cheverly, Md. He was born July 28, 1923, in Barlow, Ky., to Charles and Goldie Moore McReynolds. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War...