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LAWSUITS MOUNTING OVER CUTS
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
Out of frustration over lost state revenue, the Southeast Missouri School Superintendents Association has voted to organize a lawsuit against the state challenging its right to take funds from outstate school districts to pay for desegregation costs in St. Louis and Kansas City...
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VISITORS TO CAPE SCHOOLS NOW ASKED TO CONFORM TO NO-SMOKING POLICIES
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
Visitors at Cape Girardeau Public Schools are being asked not to light up this fall anywhere on school grounds, including outside school buildings. The non-smoking policy for visitors is the last phase in a plan to ban all cigarette smoking on school property by students, staff and anyone else...
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HOSPITALS LOSE TRAUMA TITLE; SERVICES REMAIN
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
New state regulations have left Southeast Missouri without any hospital designated as a trauma center. But administrators at several Southeast Missouri hospitals said that their hospitals would continue to provide care for trauma patients, those suffering life-threatening injuries, even without a trauma-center designation...
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CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS STREET EXTENSION AT MEETING TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
The Cape Girardeau City Council tonight will consider hiring a Jackson engineering firm to handle construction design work for extension of Minnesota Avenue. The council meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, 401 Independence...
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POSHARD SEEKS MORATORIUM; LEGISLATOR WANTS DEBATE ON TIMBER CUTS
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. - While touring recent hardwood timber cuts in the Shawnee National Forest Sunday, U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard called for a one-year moratorium on timber harvesting in the forest. The moratorium is needed, he said, because the environmental and economic "soundness" of timber harvesting in national forests still needs to be debated. Congress is considering legislation that would impose a moratorium on timber harvesting in the Shawnee National Forest...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
The Southeast Missourian asked people who watch MTV what they think about the music television cable channel which, has received criticism recently in the community. William Campbell: "I think MTV is pretty good. I watch it quite a bit, and there have been no adverse effects on me. It's not true that those who watch it are going to turn into drug addicts, as some parents say. I like any type of music, and MTV has variety that I like."...
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VOCATIONAL CLASSES BEGIN WEEK OF SEPT. 23
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School classes start the week of Sept. 23. A few classes, such as the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) classes, a paramedic and construction electrician class, have started, but prospective students for other courses can enroll for classes at the school from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday...
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CAPE MAN EARNS HONORS AT RECENT BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
Paul Gilbert, a Cape Girardeau attorney, was among those winning honors at a recent bridge tournament held in Paducah, Ky. Gilbert and his partner, Tom Dereign of Sikeston, won their section consisting of 13 tables and finished second overall in the field of about 60 tables earlier this month...
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FINDING NATURAL LAW: WHERE DO YOU LOOK FOR HIGHEST COURT
(Column ~ 09/16/91)
Why all of the fuss about Judge Clarence Thomas and his romance with natural law? Of natural law Thomas say, "The natural law background of the Constitution... provides the only firm basis for a just, wise, and constitutional decision." In our nation, we labor under the delusion that somehow our judges are superhumans who make their decisions in an antiseptic, morally neutral environment totally separated from their own personal background and values. ...
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EFFORT TO SAVE CEMETERY MUST INVOLVE COMMUNITY
(Editorial ~ 09/16/91)
Time has not been kind to Old Lorimier Cemetery. A part of Cape Girardeau heritage is crumbling at the hand of vandals and the elements. Action to save this historic cemetery has been slow in coming, but we're happy to see some progress. It was announced at last week's Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Board meeting that a steering committee has been formed to solicit $35,000 to erect a security fence around the cemetery. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: UNIVERSITY, CHURCH DESERVE PRAISE FOR CONCERT OF BAROQUE MUSIC
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/16/91)
Dear Mr. Rust: Last evening a large crowd attended a concert of Baroque music at Old St. Vincent's Church sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Music. We were treated to a delightful evening of 17th century chamber music presented in the 19th century setting of Old St. Vincent's...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/16/91)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sallee Jr. of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:33 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 1991. Name, Devan Charles. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Mrs. Sallee is the former Darla Perry, daughter of James and Wanda Perry of Whitewater. Sallee is the son of Claude Ann Hindman of Sturdivant and Charles Sallee of Oran...
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MARY ETHEL COLLIER
(Obituary ~ 09/16/91)
DEXTER -- Mary Ethel Collier, 88, of Dexter, and formerly of Scopus, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 11, 1903 in Noble, Ill., daughter of John Charles and Mary E. Taylor Mitchell. On July 26, 1922, she married Christopher C. Collier. He died Dec. 12, 1984...
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JAMES "LEFTY" NEWELL
(Obituary ~ 09/16/91)
SPRING BAY, Ill. -- James "Lefty" Newell, 61, of Spring Bay, formerly of Mounds, Ill., died Saturday, Sept. 14, 1991, at his home. He was born Nov. 15, 1929 at Mounds, son of Fred and Eva Jordan Newell. He was a journeyman with the Weber Electrical Co. in the Peoria, Ill., area, and he was a veteran of World War II...
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GIBSON RECOVERY CENTER PLANS OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
(Local News ~ 09/16/91)
The public is invited to an open house at Gibson Recovery Center, 1112 Linden, on Friday from 1-3 p.m. Hugh Stone, executive director, says the opportunity will allow visitors to tour the treatment facility, meet the staff, and ask questions about substance abuse and its treatment and prevention...
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