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BULLOCK AGAIN WILL TRY FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
In five previous attempts, Thad Bullock has never come close to getting the Democratic nomination for Congress. In fact, he has carried only one county, Dunklin, in 1984. But Bullock is trying again, and this time he is confident things will be different. The anti-incumbency mood sweeping the nation and a struggling economy are among the issues Bullock believes will make 1992 a different year for him...
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`SUPER BOARD': AREA EDUCATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY OPPOSE CONCEPT
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
Education officials in Southeast Missouri oppose legislation to set up a state board of higher education that they say would assume the powers now held by individual governing boards of public colleges and universities. They maintain such a "super board" would make powerless the individual governing boards such as the Board of Regents at Southeast Missouri State University...
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DEBATE: COUNCIL EXAMINES TRASH LAW
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
The Cape Girardeau Public Works Department Monday defended its solid-waste and recycling efforts against criticism launched against the program since its inception last fall. A report on the city's compliance with a Missouri law that limits the amount and types of waste permitted in landfills was included on the agenda for Monday's city council meeting...
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FUND VOTE RESCINDED BY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
The Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday rescinded action it took last month and voted unanimously to forward to the Convention and Visitors Advisory Board eight proposals for use of excess tourism funds. At its Jan. 22 meeting, the council approved a motion directing the city staff to determine if tourism funds could finance the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and construction of a sports complex at Shawnee Park, while allowing a year's Show Me Center bond payment in reserve...
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JACKSON BOARD GETS REPORT ON MAYOR
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
JACKSON -- It's a rare occasion when Jackson Mayor Pro Tem David Ludwig substitutes for Mayor Carlton Meyer. Monday's board of aldermen meeting was one of those occasions. Ludwig told the aldermen Meyer is in the Kansas University Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kan., recovering from major surgery over the weekend...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL APPROVES MEASURE TO HIKE PAY OF POLICEMAN
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council approved "classification increases" for police department employees Monday, which will give most of them pay raises. Five council members voted in favor of the increases, but Councilman Jay Cassout said raises shouldn't be granted in the police department unless they could also be given to other city employees...
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CHAFFEE VOTERS MAY DECIDE ON PARK TAX
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
CHAFFEE -- A 20-cent park tax increase proposal appears headed for the April municipal ballot here. Council members agreed Monday at their regular meeting to hold a special meeting Friday at 6 p.m. to move toward getting the measure on the ballot. The deadline for getting issues on the April 7 ballot is Feb. 11...
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COUNSELORS IN SCHOOLS MARKING SPECIAL WEEK
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
Counselors in local schools are celebrating National School Counseling Week this week. The theme for the celebration is "School Counselors: Exploring Human Potential." Derenda Holland, counselor at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School, said the purpose of the week is to focus on the accomplishments of the counseling program and to recognize the significant contributions of other educators and members of the community...
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NO LAWYER LAWMAKERS? THE IDEA JUST WON'T FLY
(Editorial ~ 02/04/92)
Giving ourselves over to the democratic process, we must first accept that in the broad spectrum of thought, there are good ideas and bad ones. The challenge of representative government is to distinguish between the two. U.S. Rep. Joe Kenton's proposed constitutional amendment to ban lawyers from service in the Missouri legislature should be recognized promptly as a bad idea. ...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/04/92)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Polley of Mound City, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:18 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, 1992. Name, Emily Nicole. Weight, 9 pounds 7 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Polley is the former Vicki Calvin, daughter of Bill and Louise Calvin of Mound City. She is assistant administrator at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. Polley is a grain dryer operator at Bunge Corp. in Cairo...
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LILLIAN MAY REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 02/04/92)
SIKESTON -- Lillian May Reynolds, 88, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Sikeston Route 2, died Sunday at Johnson County Nursing Center in Olathe. She was born Dec. 27, 1903, at Benton, daughter of Luther and Martha Strayhorn Nuckles. She married Willis F. Reynolds March 20, 1932, at Blodgett...
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OPAL VICTORIA CHRONISTER
(Obituary ~ 02/04/92)
Opal Victoria Chronister, 77, 1066 Dorothy, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Feb. 19, 1914, in Obion County, Tenn., daughter of Joel D. and Elizabeth A. Gray Pearson. She married Gilbert "Jack" Chronister May 5, 1931, at Jackson. He died April 11, 1989...
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EVAN MASON STIGALL
(Obituary ~ 02/04/92)
ORAN -- Evan Mason "Bud" Stigall, 78, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Oran, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 1992, at St. Luke's Hospital in San Antonio. He was born April 28, 1913, at Blodgett, son of Charlie W. and Ada Mason Stigall. He and Lucille Graviett were married Dec. 25, 1934, at Oran...
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HAZEL LEE TAYLOR
(Obituary ~ 02/04/92)
MORLEY -- Hazel Lee Taylor, 71, of Morley, died Monday, Feb. 3, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 27, 1920, at Caruthersville, daughter of Clinton and Ida Curtis Hensley. She married C.B. Taylor Sr. March 22, 1940, at Caruthersville...
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TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SEMINAR
(Local News ~ 02/04/92)
Phillip Russell will be guest speaker during a four-hour World Class Selling Seminar to be held Wednesday at Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Tickets for the 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. session are still available by calling Judy Moss, economic developer at the Chamber of Commerce, 335-3312. Tickets will also be available at the door...
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MARVIN M. FOX
(Obituary ~ 02/04/92)
CAIRO - Marvin M. Fox, 95, of Cairo, died Monday Feb. 3, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was a retired manager of a grain elevator in Cairo and a Marine veteran of World War I. Survivors include a daughter, Jewel Fox, and a brother, Fred Fox, both of Cairo...
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