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ALL VETERANS DESERVE TRIBUTE ON THIS HOLIDAY
(Editorial ~ 07/03/91)
This Fourth of July will be different. The celebrations will go beyond the routine fireworks displays and picnics. In large cities and small townships, the nation will honor the men and women who served in Operation Desert Storm. America will welcome our troops home with all the pomp and ceremony they richly deserve...
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NEWTON'S LAW: HARDBALL POLITICS GOES PUBLIC...OR PERHAPS JUST QUICKSAND
(Column ~ 07/03/91)
In those old, black-and-white ~jungle adventures, the bad news for people caught in quicksand got worse. The more they struggled, one hapless soul would remind the other, the quicker they would sink. Quicksand was always the most vague - hence, the most threatening ~- of movie dangers. The thought of sinking slowly into a bottomless pit of ooze was enough to make you steer clear of jungles outside the screaming distance of Tarzan...
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AREA PREPARED TO CELEBRATE JULY 4 WITH ASSORTMENT OF ACTIVITIES
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Mother Nature may provide some aerial fireworks of her own Thursday as area residents celebrate the Fourth of July. The National Weather Service says there is a chance of thunderstorms, but it is unlikely the holiday will be a total washout since the storms will be scattered...
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ORAN KC SET TO HOLD FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
ORAN -- Horseshoe pitching, bingo playing, music, dancing and fireworks are all planned for the annual Oran Fourth of July picnic Thursday. The picnic is sponsored by Knights of Columbus 4311. Gerald Landewee, advertising chairman, said events begin Thursday with a family-style dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner will be served again from 4-7:30 p.m...
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FIRED JAILER WANTS APOLOGY FROM CITY
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Former Cape Girardeau jailer Norman Farrar says the city of Cape Girardeau owes him an apology and compensation for what he called an unjust investigation of him four years ago. "It should seem like the city should take it on themselves and give me something for what they put me through," Farrar said. "And they didn't find nothing," he said with emphasis...
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STACY FACES A NEW SET OF BUDGET WOES
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Budget cuts are nothing new to Bill Stacy. As president of Southeast Missouri State University for 10 years, Stacy had to deal with a number of state funding cuts. Now, as president of the emerging California State University at San Marcos near San Diego, Stacy is once again fighting the budget battle...
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FAMILY GAINS SUPPORT FOR STREET WORK
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Two months ago Paul and Patricia Brown faced the bleak prospect of being new property owners of a lot they were unable to build on. But thanks to the cooperation of abutting property owners, who joined the Browns' efforts to secure access to the neighborhood, the Cape Girardeau City Council Monday authorized engineering work for a new street in front of the Browns' lot...
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TCI SAYS ENCORE PROMOTION SUCCESSFUL
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
About three-fourths of TCI Cablevision's local subscribers have opted to add Encore, a new movie channel, to their cable lineup. TCI manager Roger Harms said the new channel has proved "very successful" despite early controversy. Encore was offered to TCI viewers free in June. The channel then cost $1 a month for a year...
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MOVE TO NATURE CENTER LIKELY IN TWO WEEKS
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Construction of a Missouri Department of Conservation regional headquarters and nature center should be finished by the end of next week, clearing the way for department personnel to move into the facility. David Hurlbut, assistant director of the department, said Tuesday things are moving well on the project being constructed in the Cape County North Park. Completion was delayed slightly because of problems with a sewage lagoon that had to be corrected...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
TOM KIEFNER Occupation: General contractor Birthplace: Perryville Current home: Cape Girardeau What do you do in your spare time? "Fish and hunt when possible, but mostly just spend time outdoors with my family." The book I'd recommend is: "The entire Time Life Series `The Old West.'"...
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NEW TRENDS PROGRAM IS CHAMBER COFFEE TOPIC
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
The "New Trends in Agriculture" program, to be held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus July 17-18, will be discussed at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee Friday. Taylor Bahn, chairman of the New Trends program, will be guest speaker at the 7:30 a.m. session, to be held at the Drury Lodge...
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SEPARATE I-55 CRASHES RESULT IN NINE INJURIES
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Nine people were injured, one seriously, in two separate but related motor vehicle accidents that occurred early Tuesday afternoon in the northbound lane of Interstate 55. The accidents occurred between the Diversion Channel bridge and the Highway 74/Dutchtown exit, at the south edge of Cape Girardeau...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/03/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Martin, Sikeston Route 4, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:15 a.m. Monday, June 24, 1991. Name, Jacob Richard. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Martin is the former Suzanna Harrison, daughter of Dick and Janey Harrison of Cape Girardeau and Betty Harrison of Tyler, Texas. ...
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ARNOLD W. BUCHHEIT
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Arnold W. Buchheit, 73, of Perryville, died Monday, July 1, 1991, at Perry County Hospital. He was born May 21, 1918, at Longtown, son of Antone E. and Mary Meyer Buchheit. He and Bernice Henderson were married May 4, 1940. Buchheit worked on the assembly line at Bilt Best. He was a member of Christ the Savior Church at Brewer, VFW and American Legion. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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RAYMOND J. REDFERING
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Raymond James Redfering, East Prairie Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Raymond Hannah will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery near here. Redfering, 75, died Monday, July 1, 1991, at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis...
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LETHA M. HARWELL
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
PATTON -- Letha M. Harwell, 73, of Patton, died Monday, July 1, 1991, at Doctors' Regional Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born April 9, 1918, at Belleview, daughter of John and Virgie Jaycox Enders. She married Harold Harwell Nov. 16, 1938. The Harwells moved to this area in 1978 from St. Louis. She was a member and organist at Liberty Congregational Methodist Church near Marquand...
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JESSE REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
Jesse McNally Reynolds, 75, of Warrenton, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, July 1, 1991, at her home. She was born March 8, 1916. She first married Lawrence Nickelson, who preceded her in death. She later married Francis Reynolds. Survivors include a half sister, Carrie Phillips, and a sister-in-law, Irene Brazer, both of Cape Girardeau...
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RAYE MARIE DAVIDSON
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Raye Marie Davidson, 79, of Scott City, died Tuesday, July 2, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 28, 1911, in Sapulpa, Okla., daughter of William and Cleo Esther Evans Ryan. On July 16, 1932, she married Ralph C. Davidson, Sr. He died May 10, 1980...
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VIRLON MAE COOKSEY
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
MATTHEWS -- Virlon Mae Cooksey, 78, of Matthews, died Tuesday, July 2, 1991, a the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 30, 1912, in Selmer, Tenn., daughter of John Edward and Annie Pearl Jones Wyatt. She married Hubert F.M. Cooksey on March 23, 1935 in Selmer. He preceded her in death...
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CHESTER S. MACK
(Obituary ~ 07/03/91)
BENTON -- Chester S. Mack, 81, of Benton, died Monday, July 1, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born July 1, 1910, at Bloomfield, son of John and Gertrude Brookshire Mack. He and the former Pauline Hefflin were married April 21, 1932, at Benton...
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IN NEW POSITION
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
PORTAGEVILLE, Ill. -- J. D. McNutt has been named director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Extension, and will be headquartered here. McNutt, who comes to Missouri from Oklahoma where he served as Southwest district rural Development specialist for Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension, will provide program and administrative leadership in a 16-county area...
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SOYBEAN ACREAGE
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Soybean acreage in Missouri may be the largest in the past five years. A total of 5.5 million acres this year is up about seven percent over 1990 totals. Soybean growers in the U.S. planted, or intend to plant, 59.8 million acres, three percent above 1990 plantings...
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RICE RESEARCH CENTER DEDICATED FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Charles E. Kruse, Missouri Department of Agriculture director, will be keynote speaker during the grand opening ceremony, scheduled to get under way at 9 a.m. Friday. The new research farm opened this year in the Bootheel area, near the Glennonville community, located between Malden and Qulin. It is located a mile south and two miles east of Glennonville, on the north side of Highway J...
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COOK-OFF WINNER
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Carrie Murray of Marble Hill is the winner of the 1991 Missouri Beef Cook-off. Murray won a $500 prize and an expense-paid trip to the National Beef Cook-off in Colorado Springs, Colo. later this year. Murray's winning entry was a "Pizza Steak" recipe...
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CORN PLANTING
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Missouri corn plantings for 1991 are up from plantings of a year ago but still rank as the second lowest acreage over the past six years. Farmers have planted an estimated 2.2 million acres for 1991, five percent more than the 2.05 million acres of a year ago...
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RESEARCH FUNDS
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
WASHINGTON -- Congress has increased its financial support toward soybean cyst nematode (SCN) research at the University of Missouri Delta Center at Portageville. "Missouri has been known for its leadership in the research of this yield-robbing pest," said Missouri Soybean Association president David Madison. "The House Committee on Appropriation has increased our SCN research fund to $385,000."...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU'S MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE IS RICH IN HISTORY
(Column ~ 07/03/91)
Individuals fuss and fume trying to amass facts and figures about the mighty Mississippi and often what is unearthed is not altogether correct. The river is constantly changing depending upon the season of the year, and the climate. The given length from Lake Itaska, in Minn., to the outflow at the gulf is 2,340 miles, and that length remains fairly constant. But the width of the river varies depending upon rainfall and melting of ice in the spring...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: WE TRY TO BE FAIR
(Column ~ 07/03/91)
While we are still pondering the meaning of "politically correct" and doing our best to avoid discussions about "affirmative action", trend setters are thinking up new buzz words. At this writing, "fairness" appears to be winning the popularity contest. Experts have announced that "fairness" will solve all the problems of the free and not-so-free world...
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CARING COUNCIL SHARES IDEAS WITH OTHERS IN STATE
(Local News ~ 07/03/91)
Representatives of the Community Caring Council, organized in Cape Girardeau to improve coordination between agencies providing services to children and families, will be sharing information this week with people from throughout the state to help them develop interagency teams...
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