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FOSTER WILL LEAVE HIS MARK ON THE UNIVERSITY
(Editorial ~ 01/03/92)
In the past quarter century, Southeast Missouri State University has progressed from a teachers college to a comprehensive university. An integral player in that transition has been Robert W. Foster. This week, the 61-year-old Foster officially retired from the university. His entire 24-year career at Southeast was spent in administration, including a stint as the university's 13th president from 1989-1990. Foster's head for figures and eye for progress will be sorely missed...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 01/03/92)
If everyone keeps all the New Year's resolutions that have been made, 1992 is going to be the dullest year in the history of mankind. --- When a politician says he'll let history remember his record, what he really means is he hopes history will lose its memory...
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NEWTON'S LAW: RAT INFESTATION AT PENTAGON PUTS BUREAUCRACY INTO ACTION
(Column ~ 01/03/92)
Saddam Hussein was a real pest for the U.S. military. Oh, right. Libya continues to be a terrorist threat. Come on, get serious. Every sovereign nation with a lunatic in its executive office seems to be developing nuclear weapons. Welcome to the real world...
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SHIFT OF COUNTY OFFICES SHOULD BE FINISHED BY END OF JANUARY
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
JACKSON - A shift of some Cape Girardeau County offices to new locations is continuing into the new year but should be finished by the end of January, Associate Commissioner E.C. Younghouse said Thursday. Younghouse, who oversees buildings for the commission, is overseeing the moving process...
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REGISTRATION STARTS FOR UNIVERSITY'S ADULT PIANO CLASSES
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
Adult piano classes are being offered this semester on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Registration continues through Jan. 14. The group classes are available through the Music Preparatory Program, a non-profit organization offering music instruction to precollege and adult students...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/03/92)
Daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Gary Riddle of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 1991. Name, Alanna Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Riddle is the former Beth McPhee, daughter of Mike and Bev McPhee of Romulus, Mich. Riddle is a dentist, and is the son of Mary Riddle of Williamsville and Charles Riddle of Dexter...
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CITY TIGHTENS ITS BELT: MAJOR PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
At the start of 1991, Cape Girardeau City Manager J. Ronald Fischer was optimistic that a strong retail sales base in Cape Girardeau would lead to new industrial and residential growth. But he also warned that if the economy receded, the city's long-term planning efforts of the past few years likely would reach only partial fruition...
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PROFESSORS ANTICIPATE TOUGH WINTER
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
The new Commonwealth of Independent States faces rough going this winter in contending with food shortages made worse by a poor transportation system, say two political science professors. Within the past three years, Southeast Missouri State University professors Peter Yaremko and Rick Althaus separately have visited the former Soviet Union...
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PRODUCE: QUANTITY AND PRICES SHOULD REMAIN STEADY
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
ST. LOUIS Fears that a critical shortage of fresh produce might develop later this month because of a whitefly infestation in California and Arizona were discounted this week by a St. Louis produce distributor. In fact, produce brokers and distributors now say supplies and quality of produce in area food stores should improve as prices return to near-normal winter levels...
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SCOTT CITY FACES MANY CHANGES, GROWTH IN '92
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
SCOTT CITY -- In 1992, residents of Scott City will elect a new mayor, possibly see progress on a second exit to Interstate 55 and be one year closer to the implementation of a 911 emergency telephone system. And Mayor Shirley Young hopes the year will be one of growth in the city's industrial park...
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MEDICAL CARE: CHAMBERS, HOSPITALS PROPOSE REFORM PLAN
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
The presidents of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Missouri Hospital Association will hold a series of news conferences next week to unveil a package of health care reform proposals they want the state legislature to consider this year. The package was drafted by the Missouri Health Care Forum, which has representatives of various groups in the state hoping to reach a compromise on how to deal with the rising costs of health care and health insurance in Missouri...
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TIME CAPSULE WILL BE OPENED SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
The Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Commission will open a time capsule buried during the city's sesquicentennial celebration in 1956 on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Common Pleas Courthouse Park. The public is invited to attend the ceremony. A special invitation is extended to community members who worked on the various committees that organized the sesquicentennial...
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MARBLE HILL FILINGS BEGIN
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
MARBLE HILL -- The filing period for candidates for city offices in Marble Hill opens Tuesday. City officials whose terms expire in April include Mayor Shirley Cooper, City Collector Loveta Long and three members of the Board of Aldermen. According to City Clerk Pauline Clubb, the terms of aldermen F.X. Peters, Ward 1, Fred Thomas, Ward 2, and Mildred Shell, Ward 2, will expire...
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SUSIE WHITNEY
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
CHARLESTON -- Susie Whitney of Wilson City died Thursday, Jan. 2, 1992, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements, being made through Sparks Funeral Home, are incomplete.
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OTHA LEE SINKS
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
CHARLESTON -- Otha Lee Sinks, 39, of Charleston died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 11, 1952, in Charleston. He is survived by his mother, Myretta Sinks of Charleston; one brother, James Sinks Jr. of Charleston; and four sisters, Barbara Moore, Earnesthene Woods, Dorothy Sinks and Katharine Sinks, all of Charleston...
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GENEVA HURLEY
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
CHARLESTON -- Geneva Hurley, 72, of Charleston died Thursday, Jan. 2, 1992, at her residence. She was born Sept. 17, 1919 in Diehlstadt, the daughter of Harvey and Linnie Elkins Eldridge. She lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the Assembly of God Church...
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FRED NEWELL
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Fred Newell, 71, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at Southwest Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. He was born June 26, 1920, in Mounds, son of Fred and Eva Jordan Newell. Newell was a first sergeant and administrative technician with Illinois National Guard 1244th Transportation Co. here, retiring in 1988. He was a member of Illinois Guard Association. Newell served with the U.S. Army during World War II, and received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart...
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DELBERT HENRY BASINGER
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
CANALOU -- Delbert Henry Basinger, 80, of Canalou, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 5, 1911, at Parma, son of James Albert and Francis Willis Basinger. He and his wife, Ida Ellen, were married Dec. 4, 1933, in Pocahontas, Ark. She preceded him in death...
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ROLAND W. SMITH
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
SIKESTON -- Roland W. Smith, 73, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Nov. 11, 1918, in Batesville, Miss., son of William Frank and Blanche Ester Hawkins Smith. He and Motell Beck were married May 13, 1940...
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CATHERINE MOSBY
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
Catherine Mosby, 77, of Fremont, Calif., died Dec. 18, 1991, in a convalescent home there. She was born Sept. 30, 1914, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Olive Kembal LeMay. She and Kenneth Mosby were married March 9, 1936, in Illinois. While living in Cape Girardeau she worked at International Shoe Co. After moving to California she was a book binder, and member of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fremont...
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FERN MARIE TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Fern Marie Taylor, 85, of Mounds, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at her home. She was born Oct. 22, 1906, at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., daughter of Leslie and Jennie Graham McNeill. She married J. Curtis Taylor, who died in 1968. He was a former mayor of Mounds...
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ANNA RUTH REVELLE
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
ADVANCE -- Anna Ruth Revelle, 68, of Corinth, Miss., formerly of Advance, died Monday, Dec. 30, 1991, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born May 18, 1923, in Twinton, Tenn., daughter of Benjamin and Dovie Jane Sells Harrison. She married Lesley George Revelle Sept. 23, 1946, in Chicago. He died Nov. 7, 1990...
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MARGIE R. BIERSCHWAL
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
Margie R. Bierschwal, 73, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 2, 1918, at Jackson, daughter of Charles and Emma Howard Webb. She and Cecil W. Bierschwal were married Feb. 29, 1936, in Cape Girardeau. He died April 24, 1983...
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RUTH GROSS
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
WHITEWATER -- Ruth Gross, 81, Whitewater Route 1, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 28, 1910, at Crump, daughter of Daniel and Alice Simpson Stroder. She married Leo Gross Sept. 17, 1928, at Jackson. Gross was a lifelong member of Whitewater Methodist Church, and member of Ladies Missionary Society...
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OPAL CORBIN HODGE
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
ZALMA -- Opal Corbin Hodge, 86, of Zalma, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 13, 1905, at Zalma, daughter of Leo and Ida Mae Eaker Slinkard. She married Ail H. Corbin in 1923, who preceded her in death. She and Aaron Hodge were married in 1971. He died in July 1987...
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JACK L. GAITHER
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
Jack L. Gaither, 59, 430 Sheridan, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 2, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, son of Lloyd and Ruth Lindsay Gaither. Gaither was a member of Red Star Baptist Church. Survivors include his father of Cape Girardeau; three brothers, Jerry and David Gaither of Cape Girardeau, and Tom Gaither of Harper, Texas...
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CLIFFORD HAZELWOOD
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
ELCO, Ill. -- Clifford Hazelwood, 80, of Elco, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 11, 1911, at Elco, son of Sam and Ivo Provo Hazelwood. He was a member of the Elco Methodist Church, the Happy Hour Senior Citizens and the Kitchen Band. He was retired from the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. He was also a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers...
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LORIN VAUGHN SR.
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
SIKESTON -- Lorin Vaughn Sr., 84, of West Plains, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1991, at West Vue Home in West Plains. He was born Sept. 23, 1907, at Sikeston, son of Spence and Dora Ellen Rudloff Vaughn. He and Bertha May Harlan were married Sept. 23, 1933, at Sikeston...
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MILLIE MAY THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
ADVANCE -- Millie May Thomas, 101, of Ferguson, formerly of the Advance area, died Monday, Dec. 30, 1991, at Ferguson. She was born Nov. 14, 1890, in Metropolis, Ill., daughter of Garett and Alice Dean Henley. She married Frank M. Thomas, who preceded her in death...
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ALICE MARIE GARNER
(Obituary ~ 01/03/92)
Alice Marie Garner, 67, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 23, 1924, at Daisy, daughter of Joseph W. and Artie Mann Deckey. She married Otto Garner, who died June 14, 1981. Garner was a member of Third Street United Methodist Church...
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FINS, FEATHERS, FUR
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
WARE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois Canada goose count is over the half-million mark. "The latest survey, conducted Dec. 24, revealed 583,800 geese," said a spokesman from Union County Wildlife Refuge near here. "All were in Southern Illinois except 38,000 which were counted at the Ballard County Refuge across the Ohio River in West Kentucky."...
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NEW TROUT RULES FOR ELEVEN POINT RIVER
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
ALTON, Mo. Missouri trout anglers now have a greater diversity of fishing opportunities on the longest trout stream in the state. New trout regulations on a 5.5-mile stretch of the Eleven Point River in Oregon County went into effect Jan. 1. From the Greer Branch to Turner Mill Access, all trout less than 18 inches long have to be released unharmed immediately after being caught. ...
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DOGS FROM FOUR STATES PARTICIPATE IN FIELD TRIALS
(Local News ~ 01/03/92)
Peaches, a female pointer owned by Dempsey Williams of Waco, Texas, was a big "double" winner during the Southeast Missouri Quail Unlimited & Bird Dog Association trials held recently at Meier Hunting Club near Jackson. Peaches captured first in the Jerry Kilgore Amateur Puppy Stake, and the Ray W. Grace Amateur Derby Stake...
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