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DISCUSSING RACISM VITAL AND DIFFICULT
(Column ~ 06/19/92)
There was a headline on a guest column in Wednesday's Southeast Missourian that was unfortunate because it distorted the emphasis of a strongly-written and important editorial. The headline was, "Racism should not be used as an excuse for mediocrity."...
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DISCUSSING RACISM VITAL AND DIFFICULT
(Column ~ 06/19/92)
There was a headline on a guest column in Wednesday's Southeast Missourian that was unfortunate because it distorted the emphasis of a strongly-written and important editorial. The headline was, "Racism should not be used as an excuse for mediocrity."...
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WOMAN OUTRAGED BY `RAPE OF TREES' AT WEDEKIND PARK
(Editorial ~ 06/19/92)
Dear Editor: When I drove south from Jackson yesterday and came upon the rape of trees at Wedekind Park, I could not conceive what had happened. My mind screamed "NO!" to such blatant disregard for the lessons environmental scientist are teaching us about how to save our planet...
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MMAT SCORES ARE JUST ONE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
(Editorial ~ 06/19/92)
Missouri Mastery and Achievement Test (MMAT) is a statewide examination that evaluates students' knowledge of specific skills. It measures mastery in reading, English, math, science and social studies. And while statewide comparisons are needed, schools and parents should keep the MMAT results in perspective...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: PEROT MAY BE CATALYST TO ALTER THINKING TO PRESENT REALITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/19/92)
Dear Editor: With financial bankruptcy facing our country, there is still more serious bankruptcy facing us. It is intellectual bankruptcy ... and it may be a root cause of the former. Many, if not most, "would be" leaders persist in casting virtually every idea, every group and every person simplistically as "conservative" or "liberal."...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: PARK THANKS NEWSPAPER FOR COVERAGE OF ITS ANNIVERSARY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/19/92)
Dear Editor: We at Trail of Tears State Park would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the media in the area for their outstanding coverage of our 35th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the state park system. We were particularly delighted with the Missourian's multiple feature stories and the favorable editorial afforded to us and the rest of the state park system. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: READER PUZZLED BY POINTS MADE IN COLUMN ABOUT RACISM
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/19/92)
Dear Editor: Regarding the June 17 "Be Our Guest" column, the following observations: First, I must admit to some puzzlement regarding the title of the article: "Racism Should Not Be Used As Excuse For Mediocrity." The subsequent article contained virtually no excerpts from anyone from the NAACP attempting to use racism as an excuse for anything. ...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL BABIES NOW MAY STAY WITH MOMS
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
Visitors who stop to view newborns at Southeast Missouri Hospital's nursery may find the place nearly empty. A new "rooming-in" policy began Monday at the hospital. Nursing officials said almost all the mothers have chosen to keep their babies close by...
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CHILD-SUPPORT UNIT WOULD PROFIT EVEN IF RETIRMENT PAID
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
JACKSON - Members of the Cape Girardeau County Commission were advised Thursday that the child-support enforcement unit of the prosecutor's office would turn a profit even if the commission decides to pay $6,500 into a retirement fund for prosecuting attorneys...
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CITY FEES, TAXES TO INCREASE 7% IN JULY
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
A typical Cape Girardeau property owner will pay an additional $50.55 in property taxes and city utility charges under new fees adopted this week as part of the fiscal year 1992 city budget. The new fiscal year begins July 1. In the subsequent 12 months, the typical household with property valued at $70,000 and which uses an average of 700 cubic feet of water per month will pay a total of $786.80 in property tax and sewer and solid-waste fees...
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VETERANS COMMISSION NEEDS SIGN FUNDING
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
Efforts to place two signs along I-55 near its junction with Highway 61 to direct visitors to the Cape Girardeau Veterans Home have been stymied by the state's tight financial crunch, a state official said Thursday. Robert R. Bucker, executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission, said the commission has received permission from the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department to place the informational signs along the interstate at Cape Girardeau and near its three other veterans homes at Mexico, Mo., Mount Vernon and St. ...
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TEACHERS AT SC GET PAY HIKE; SCHOOL BOARD OKs ABOUT $1,000 RAISES
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Teachers who "bit the bullet" due to a salary freeze last year will be rewarded with almost a 7 percent raise this year in the Scott City School District. In addition, the starting teacher's salary in the district was raised to $19,500, $100 more than the beginning teacher's salary in the Cape Girardeau School District...
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BANK TELLER RUSHES FROM JOB TO BURNING HOUSE TO RESCUE FAMILY
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
When a customer told tellers at AmeriFirst Bank of smoke coming out of a nearby house Tuesday, head teller Carol Littleton reacted quickly. Hearing that there might be a child in the house, she ran out the back door of the bank at 3060 William and raced up the hill to the white house at 3305 Gordonville Road...
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SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
The Depressive and Manic Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri will hold its regular meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Francis Medical Center's conference room B. Allen Ramsey, coordinator of the Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center, will discuss how to deal with depressive behaviors and medication...
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LOIS HENLEY
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
DEXTER -- Lois Henley, 73, of Dexter, formerly of Scottsdale, Ariz., died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at her home. She was born Feb. 12, 1919, at Puxico, daughter of A.R. and Hester Andrews. She married Gordon Henley in June 1959. He died in 1982. Henley had lived in Scottsdale 25 years...
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ED THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
JACKSON -- Ed Thompson, 67, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 26, 1925, in Benton, the son of Sam and Maggie Brown Thompson. On May 8, 1948, he married Gladys Blattel, who survives of the home...
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PEARL B. OWENS
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
ADVANCE -- Pearl B. Owens, 80, of Advance, died Thursday, June 18, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 19, 1911, the daughter of Benjamin Herrell and Flora Boyd Herrell. She married James Ervin Owens, who preceded her in death on July 28, 1986...
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ANNA B. WINTERS
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
Anna B. Winters, 101, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Lutesville, died June 17, 1992 at Cape La Croix Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 5, 1891 at Desoto, the daughter of Alfred M. Myers and Bell Peters Myers. She married Arthur S. Winters, Nov. 21, 1909. He died Jan. 18, 1966. She moved to Cape Girardeau in 1983...
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NELL G. SHELBY
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
MATTHEWS -- Nell G. Shelby, 89, of Matthews, died Tuesday, June 16, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Sept. 9, 1902, in Kentucky, daughter of J.W. and Cora Belle Scott Rather. She and Charlie Shelby were married Dec. 10, 1918, at Matthews. He died Dec. 15, 1963...
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JASPER N. PARKS
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Jasper Newton Parks, 80, of Scott City, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1911, in Cobden, Ill., son of James and Lieu McDonald Parks. He had been a presser at Ely Walker Manufacturing. Survivors include a son, Jack Parks of St. Peters...
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JAMES HUNTER
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
CHAFFEE -- James (Willie) Hunter, 71, of Chaffee, died Thursday, June 18, 1992, at his home. He was born Sept. 25, 1920, at Whitewater, son of Homer and Rebecca Hampton Hunter. He and Mary Martin were married July 27, 1940. She died Jan. 11, 1980. Hunter was a clerk and fireman with Frisco and Burlington Northern Railroad Co., retiring in September 1980...
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EUGENE W. `BLUE' HAMPTON
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
SIKESTON -- Eugene W. "Blue" Hampton, 67, of Sikeston, died at 2:19 p.m. Thursday, June 18, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 27, 1925, in Campbell, son of Charles and Vinie Vincent Hampton. On Feb. 2, 1946, he married Pearline S. Couch, who died June 8, 1992...
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ERVIN L. DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Funeral service for Ervin Lane Davis of Olmsted will be held at 10 a.m. today at Zion Traveler Missionary Baptist Church in Mound City. The Revs. Carlton Berry and J.L. Posey will officiate, with burial in National Cemetery at Mound City...
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LOUISE LUEKER
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
Louise Lueker, 81, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at Lucy Lee Hospital there. She was born May 12, 1911, in Cape Girardeau County. She and Wilbert P. Lueker were married Dec. 11, 1938, at Purdy. He died in 1983. She had been active in 4-H and University Extension in New Madrid County. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Poplar Bluff...
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ROBERT L. GARNER
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
SIKESTON -- Robert Lee Garner, 76, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at his home. He was born Sept. 15, 1915, in Columbia, S.C., son of Walter and Mary Jane Gainey Garner. He and Lola B. Leavitt were married April 14, 1950, in Boise, Idaho...
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T.E. CAMPBELL
(Obituary ~ 06/19/92)
SIKESTON -- T.E. "Sonny" Campbell, 64, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 17, 1992, at his farm in Bell City. He was born Aug. 14, 1927, in Hoffman, Okla., son of Harry B. and LaRue G. Townsend Campbell. He and Evelyn White were married Dec. 2, 1951, at Elsberry...
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COMMISSION ESTABLISHES MINIMUM AGE FOR DEER AND TURKEY HUNTERS
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Conservation Commission has banned deer and turkey hunting to persons under 11 years of age. Rule changes approved recently by the Commission limit deer and turkey hunting to persons 11 years and older. Commission members have also tightened the requirement that persons under age 16 complete hunter education courses before purchasing hunting permits...
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MISSOURI DEER DATES SET
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
SALEM -- The Missouri deer season has been established by the Missouri Conservation Commission. The modern firearms season wil run from Nov. 14 through Nov. 22 and the muzzle-loading firearms deer season will run from Nov. 14 through Nov. 22 and from Dec. 5 through Dec. 13. The archery deer and turkey season will be from Oct. 1 through Nov. 13 and from Nov. 23 through Dec. 31...
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NINE-BEARD TURKEY IN RECORD BOOKS
(Local News ~ 06/19/92)
HUMANSVILLE -- A Missouri gobbler with an amazing total of nine beards has made its way into the records of the National Wild Turkey Federation, according to Federation spokesman Jay Langston. Langston said a 22-pound gobbler killed by Mark Koehler, Humansville, scored 178.5 points. That is the third-highest score ever certified by the Federation, which is headquartered in Edgefield, S.C...
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