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A. LOUIS MEISENHEIMER
(Obituary ~ 05/22/92)
A. Louis Meisenheimer, 54, of Olympia Fields, Ill., died Monday, May 18, 1992, at Bernard Mitchell Hospital in Chicago. He was born May 24, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, son of Albert L. and Pat Williams Meisenheimer. He and Penelope "Penny" Holmes were married June 24, 1961, in Cape Girardeau...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: SOCIETAL CHANGES WILL TAK PARTICIPATION OF ALL PEOPLE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/22/92)
To the Editor: The Baha'is of Southeast Missouri ~wish to express their sorrow at the tragic developments in Los Angeles. Ever since its inception almost a century ago, the American Baha'i community, faithful to the teachings of its Founder, has worked for the establishment of race unity. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: REPRESENTATIVE APPLAUDS COVERAGE OF LEGISLATURE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/22/92)
To the Editor: It is gratifying that your newspaper has a reporter who always writes fairly, with understanding, but does not exploit personalities. I speak of Jim Grebing. I appreciate Jim. He is one of the very few who understand the state legislative "workings." He is kind yet astute, thorough but tempered...
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HOSPITAL GROWTH BOOSTS AREA'S ECONOMIC HEALTH
(Editorial ~ 05/22/92)
One doesn't have to look hard to find evidence of Cape Girardeau's thriving medical community. Our city has evolved into the health services hub between St. Louis and Memphis. At the heart of the region's medical boon are two thriving full-service hospitals. With more than 1,000 employees each, St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital are two of the largest employers in town. They anchor and augment many of the city's other medical services...
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BN TO OFFER SAFETY FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
CHAFFEE - Burlington Northern Railroad and its Health and Safety Action Team will sponsor a Safety Awareness Festival Saturday. Charles Rowe, team chairman, said the festival will begin at 10 a.m. at the railroad's Chaffee yard office on East Yoakum...
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LIBRARY OFERS DIRECTORY ON ORGANIZATIONS
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
"The Directory of Agencies and Organizations" in Cape Girardeau and surrounding counties is now available at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. There is a charge of $3 per booklet to cover printing costs. Previously, the library printed separate directories, one containing information about community agencies and the other containing information about service organizations. The new booklet contains both...
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DEADLINE SET TODAY FOR SAND VOLLEYBALL
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is planning two sand volleyball leagues this summer at the new sand courts at Arena Park. A "four-on-four" league will start its eight-week season June 2. Games will be played Tuesday and Thursday evenings...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: `WHAT WE GOT, BESIDES THE SHAFT, IS GOVERNMENT WASTE'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/22/92)
To the Editor: I read with interest that several thousand people were on hand to cheer the safe return of the Endeavour shuttle. I'm glad the astronauts are safe, of course, but I find it disturbing is that so many people haven't yet caught on to what a waste the space program is. If we really understood, nobody but astronauts' families and colleagues would be out there cheering...
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ARTHUR C. CLUBBS
(Obituary ~ 05/22/92)
WYATT -- Arthur Carner Clubbs, 67, of Wyatt, died Thursday, May 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, following an extended illness. He was born June 25, 1924, in Summer County, Tenn., son of Lee and Martha Dobbs Clubbs. He and the former Virginia Mae Williford were married Oct. 24, 1938...
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VIRGINIA A. CLARE
(Obituary ~ 05/22/92)
ORAN -- Virginia Ann Clare, 46, of Long Beach, Calif., formerly of Oran, died Thursday, May 21, 1992, at Memorial Hospital in Long Beach. She was born March 16, 1946, in Denton, Texas, daughter of Horatio "Jim" and Hazel Phillips Clare. She married Isaiah Jan. 3, 1985...
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STELLA M. BAUDENDISTEL
(Obituary ~ 05/22/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Stella M. Baudendistel, 88, of Perryville, died Thursday, May 21, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. She was born May 20, 1903, in Perry County, daughter of William Vincent and Rose M. Zahner Moonier. She married Clarence F. Baudendistel Dec. 31, 1929...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/22/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Criddle, 925 S. Ellis, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:14 a.m. Thursday, May 7, 1992. Name, Cody Sabastian. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. Fourth child, third son. Mrs. Criddle is the former Mary Burns, daughter of Leema Burns of Cape Girardeau and the late George Burns. Criddle is self-employed, and is the son of Marie Criddle of Cape Girardeau...
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HOODING MEASURE ELUSIVE; HANNIBAL HAS NO SPECIFIC ORDINANCE
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
If Cape Girardeau officials want to draft a "de-hooding" ordinance to restrict Ku Klux Klan activities here, they'll need to look to a city other than Hannibal as a standard. At a city council meeting this week, local NAACP president Michael Sterling said Hannibal the site of a Klan rally in 1982 has such an ordinance. He said he was told the law prohibited participants in rallies and parades from concealing their identity by wearing hoods or masks...
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LIMBAUGH SAYS GIVE SUPPORT OR GIVE UP CONTROL
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh gave a sound argument Thursday night for philanthropic contributions to higher education: The alternative is more federal control over a university. Limbaugh was the featured speaker at the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation's Copper Dome Dinner at the Show Me Center...
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NEWSLINE: SNAKES TO BLAME IN POWER OUTAGE
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
A snake was blamed for a major power outage in Cape Girardeau Thursday night after it apparently shorted a breaker at Union Electric Co.'s viaduct substation in the south end of town. A.D. Cox, UE's district superintendent, said a large segment of the city was blacked out from about 10 to 10:15 p.m...
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STATE SUPPORT FOR CRIME LABS WANING
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
State financial support for regional crime laboratories has been waning in recent years, causing some local officials to question whether the Missouri Department of Public Safety wants them to continue operating. "That has always been sort of an allegation down here: that the Highway Patrol wants to have sole control over crime labs," said Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep. ...
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EXOTIC ANIMAL PARK WILL REOPEN; `SAFARI' WILL FEATUE TOURS, PETTING ZOO
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
"Old MacDonald had a farm and on that farm were .... camels." So says 2-year-old Tommi Lantz. That's not surprising when one considers that her father and mother, Todd and Vicki Lantz, are in the exotic animal business. Vicki Lantz said she and her husband next month plan to open Capetown Safari, a drive-through animal park and petting zoo...
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REGION HONORS VETERANS
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
Area residents will join the nation Monday in pausing to honor veterans who have defended the United States in all wars. The 78-hour Memorial Day holiday period, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at midnight, Monday, is the first major holiday of the summer season...
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BAILEY SUGGESTS SIMPLER APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
"We need to legalize work in the state of Missouri," State Treasurer Wendell Bailey declared several times Thursday in remarks to the Rotary Club in Cape Girardeau. "There are so many areas of Missouri law that make it more difficult to work than not to work," he observed...
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PLANS FOR ECONOMIC GROUP HITS FIRST SNAG
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
Get a group of people together to promote a common need and you have a better chance of success. Right? Not necessarily. An effort to form a group to promote economic development in Cape Girardeau County has hit its first snag and the group has yet to hold its first meeting...
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MISSOURI, 43 OTHER STATES AGREE TO COMBAT 900-NUMBER FRAUD
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
JACKSON -- Missouri Attorney General William Webster and his counterparts in 43 states have reached agreements with the nation's three major long-distance carriers to combat 900-number consumer fraud. Webster discussed the agreements briefly prior to a commencement address Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran School in Jackson...
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FINS, FEATHERS AND FUR
(Local News ~ 05/22/92)
LEBANON -- It's difficult to make something as good as fishing better, but the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) accomplishes this seemingly impossible feat each year when it makes fishing not only fun, but free. Free fishing days this year are June 6 and 7. ...
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