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HOUSING MARKET IMPROVES; NEW AND EXISTING HOME SALES EXPLAND
(Local News ~ 06/10/91)
The real estate market has taken a turn for the better. After a brief slump, the market has improved significantly in Cape Girardeau over the past three months. "There has been an increase in the sale of homes since the first of March," said Carl Blanchard this week. "People have a tendency to react to certain things, and they're reacting in the home market."...
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ANIMAL WALK A PART OF CIRCUS TRADITION
(Local News ~ 06/10/91)
Cape Girardeau today will bask in a bit of nostalgic Americana with the arrival of "The Greatest Show on Earth," reliving nearly 200 years of tradition. Elephants, camels, llamas, horses and a host of other animals that are part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus will parade along Broadway and Sprigg streets, en route to the Show Me Center. There, the circus will perform four shows Tuesday and Wednesday...
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READING: LIBRARIES AID SCHOOLS WITH SUMMER FUN
(Local News ~ 06/10/91)
Summer means a vacation from school for children, but it doesn't have to mean a vacation from learning. Area libraries offer summer reading programs to help children keep up the skills they learned in school. Terry Risko, director of the Cape Girardeau Public Library, said children lose reading skills over the summer if they don't continue to practice. He added that children need all the help they can get when it comes to reading skills...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 06/10/91)
For Fathers Day, the Southeast Missourian asked fathers to share some thoughts about being a dad. Bob McMillian: "It's quite an accomplishment for me to see my son and daughter and also my four grandchildren grow up and become somebody who I am proud of. Becoming a father made me grow up and to realize I had a responsibility to set an example for them."...
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SUMMER EDUCATIONAL HELP OFFERED
(Local News ~ 06/10/91)
The state of Missouri and the Southeast Missourian newspaper have teamed up to help kids think over the summer. State education officials have created a summer calendar with nearly 100 ideas and suggestions for activities families can do together at little or no cost...
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CITY DEPARTMENT HAS BOOKLET TO AID THOSE WHO'VE HAD FIRES
(Local News ~ 06/10/91)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department has published a book it hopes will never become a best-seller. The 18-page booklet, "After The Fire," provides information on what property owners or tenants should do after a fire in a residential or commercial structure...
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HOW LAWMAKERS POSTPONE PRIORITIES
(Column ~ 06/10/91)
Like Gaul in the time of Julius Caesar, all legislation in the Missouri General Assembly can be divided into three parts. In the political idiom, they might be divided into (1.) Mandatory and emergency; (2.) Needed and essential; and (3.) Desirable and generational. ...
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CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN WITH A GRAND ENTRANCE
(Editorial ~ 06/10/91)
It's called "The Greatest Show on Earth," and local residents are hoping the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus lives up to its reputation. If past performances are any indication, local audiences should not be disappointed. The circus comes to town today in typical show-business style with a grand animal parade through the streets of Cape Girardeau. ...
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CHANDOS I. MCRILL
(Obituary ~ 06/10/91)
SIKESTON -- Chandos I. McRill, 68, of 555 Park Ave., Sikeston, died Sunday, June 9, 1991, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 20, 1922, at Lutesville, the son of the late Samuel Irvin and Alta Ruth Crites McRill. On June 1, 1969, he married Lois Miller at Bertrand. She survives of the home...
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ANN A. DITTLINGER
(Obituary ~ 06/10/91)
Ann A. Dittlinger, 81, of 1124 S. Ellis died Sunday, June 9, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel are incomplete.
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JAMES W. "FAT" CREWS
(Obituary ~ 06/10/91)
BARLOW, Ky. James W. "Fat" Crews of Barlow, Ky., formerly of Mounds, Ill., died Saturday. He is survived by two nephews, Larry Everly of East Prairie, Mo., and Ronnie Everly of Mounds, Ill. Crews was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Everly Heisner, in 1988; and a niece, Sue Stern, in 1989...
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LORETTA A. MENZ
(Obituary ~ 06/10/91)
NEW HAMBURG -- Loretta A. Menz of New Hamburg died Sunday, June 9, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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HENRY R. HENNECKE
(Obituary ~ 06/10/91)
JACKSON - Henry R. Hennecke, 86, of Jackson died Sunday, June 9, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 2, 1905, at Whitewater, the son of Charles and Amanda Penney Hennecke. He married Mabel Grebe on Feb. 21, 1929, at Marble Hill. She survives...
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