Stories from Tuesday, June 25, 1991

Many cities and consumer groups are critical of a new Federal Communications Commission ruling that will allow some local governments to regulate cable television prices. Cape Girardeau officials have called the new cable TV rules "encouraging" because they will allow the city to regulate basic cable subscription rates...

The start of construction on the Cape LaCroix/Walker Branch Flood Control project has been delayed because of changes in the prevailing labor rates, an Army Corps of Engineers official said Monday. The delay prompted concern from Cape Girardeau City Manager J. Ronald Fischer, who said city officials want to see construction begin as soon as possible on the long-awaited project...

BELL CITY -- Sunday's train derailment and chemical spill meant a boon for some Bell City businesses Monday as more than 100 clean-up workers cleared the track. Ron Lacy, owner of the Bell City Cafe, said the chemical spill had residual benefits for his business...

BELL CITY -- The railroad tracks through Bell City were scheduled to open early today following a train derailment Sunday that caused a chemical spill and prompted an evacuation. The 500 residents of Bell City who were evacuated were back home by Monday afternoon as work to repair the tracks was under way...

MARBLE HILL -- A plan that will guide the growth of Marble Hill is 95 percent complete, city officials said Monday. The 20-year, comprehensive plan is just one more step in an effort to finally bring the towns of Marble Hill and Lutesville together, operating as one community, according to F.X. Peters, president of the town's Board of Aldermen...

JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County Associate Commissioner Leonard F. Sander is the recipient of this year's R.A. Fulenwider Meritorious Community Service Award. The award was presented during the annual Jackson Chamber of Commerce officer's installation banquet Monday night...

MARBLE HILL -- Three Marble Hill residents remain hospitalized Monday, one in critical condition, the result of a one-vehicle accident Sunday. A spokesperson for the Missouri Highway Patrol said the accident occurred when the driver of the vehicle, Eric Maurer, lost control, causing the vehicle to strike a tree and overturn...

I AGREE 100 percent with the Letter to the editor from W.K. Zellmer of Cape Girardeau entitled, "Does America have to accept world's AIDS carriers?" I think everybody is getting sick and tired of the money being spent for welfare AIDS people. Thank you...

It's been 25 years since the historic Miranda decision, which forever changed the way law officers make arrests. The Supreme Court ruling changed the focus to the rights of the accused, instead of focusing solely on the rights of the victim. Under the ruling, authorities must advise suspects of their right to remain silent. ...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Moser, 1434 Bessie, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:39 a.m. Friday, June 7, 1991. Name, Martin Lee Jr. Weight, 5 pounds 8 ounces. Mrs. Moser is the former Michelle Bednarek, daughter of Dee Bednarek of Cape Girardeau, and is employed at Kwik Pantry. Moser is stationed with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS T. Roosevelt, and is the son of Marcia Sneath of Thornton, Colo...

CAIRO, Ill. -- John M. Maddox, 77, of Cairo, died Monday, June 24, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He retired as superintendent of mail at Cairo post office. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, Cairo Elks 651 and Cairo VFW Post 6249. He was a veteran of World War II and received the Purple Heart...

CHARLESTON -- James Herbert Moore, 54, of Charleston, died Monday, June 24, 1991, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Feb. 27, 1937, in Catron, son of James Herbert and Florence Reugger Moore Sr. He and Dorothy Bihr were married Dec. 26, 1981...

ANNISTON -- Clifford Henry Counts, 81, of Anniston, died Monday, June 24, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness. He was born Dec. 24, 1909, in Missouri, son of John Tucker and Mary Burton Counts. He married the former Hazel Simmerman Chandler...

JACKSON -- Roy A. McClard, 77, of Jackson, died Monday, June 24, 1991, at Jackson Manor. He was born May 30, 1914, at Pocahontas, son of Albert and Ora Unger McClard. He and O'Dean W. Craft were married Dec. 9, 1939. She died Jan. 9, 1990. McClard was a machinist at a tool and die shop in Rockford, Ill., many years. He was a member of Shawnee Hills Baptist Church here...

Martin E. Mantz, 80, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 23, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born Sept. 8, 1910, at Jackson, son of William and Christine Puchbauer Mantz. He and the former Lucille Parker were married in 1948 in Cape Girardeau. She died in 1958...

SIKESTON -- Paul Q. Heckemeyer, 76, of Sikeston, died Sunday, June 23, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center, following a heart attack. He was born Sept. 5, 1914, in St. Louis, son of Benjamin and Tess Whyte Heckemeyer. Heckemeyer was a retired cattleman. He moved to Sikeston in 1935 from St. Louis. He traded livestock at The Wagon Yard in Sikeston. He built the Heckemeyer sale barn, which later became the P and M Cattle Co...

GLEN ALLEN -- Ruth Evelyn Fields, 76, of Glen Allen, formerly of Kennett, died Saturday, June 22, 1991, at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born Jan. 8, 1915, at Iconium, daughter of Walter William and Edith Gardner Smith. In 1929 she married J. Ovid Jelks. He preceded her in death...