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EMERSON STRONG ADVOCATE OF CONGRESSIONAL REFORM
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
Congress is preparing to assess how it operates with an eye toward getting its own house in order. It's a goal strongly favored by U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau. "I am a very strong advocate of the need for Congress to reform the manner in which it does business," he said in a telephone interview from his Washington office Monday...
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CAPE COOLER THAN ALASKA ON MONDAY; SUMMER OFFICIALLY ARRIVES IN DATE ONLY
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
Sunday was the first day of summer, according to the sun and the calendar, but not according to the thermometer. Record low temperatures were set or tied Sunday, and again Monday morning, as a strong outbreak of cold Canadian air plunged deep into the nation's mid-section...
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RISKO RESIGNS AS DIRECTGOR OF CAPE PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
After 18 months, Terry Risko Monday resigned as director of the Cape Girardeau Public Library in what library directors are calling an "amicable separation." Risko said Monday night that circumstances during the past four months led to his departure. "It's been a very difficult four months," he said...
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HIVES TOPIC OF `ASK DOCTOR'
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
Jean A. Chapman, M.D., will discuss hives on this week's Ask Your Doctor program, Thursday at 8 p.m. on cable channel 13. Ask Your Doctors features local doctors answering questions from viewers. Chapman, along with Martha Muench, serve as hosts of the program...
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FORMER BLOOMFIELD MAN DIES IN MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
BLOOMFIELD -- A former Bloomfield area man was among seven Navy fliers who were killed Friday when the helicopter they were in exploded and crashed in Lynnhaven Bay at Virginia Beach, Va. The man was identified as Randall L. "Randy" Vandiver, 36, of Virginia Beach...
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CHAMBER HONORS BUSINESSMAN; FULENWIDER AWARD GIVEN TO BRUENING
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
JACKSON -- A retired Jackson businessman is the 1992 recipient of the R. A. Fulenwider Meritorious Community Service Award. Paul Henry Bruening, 83, was cited for his involvement in business, civic, church and community affairs during the Jackson Chamber of Commerce 1992-93 Installation Banquet...
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LOCAL JOB SERVICE OFFICE WILL MOVE TO NEW FACILITY FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
Friday is moving day for the Missouri Division of Employment Security office. "Our office at 1219 N. Kingshighway will close following business hours Thursday," said Jackie Cecil, manager of the local Job Service office. "The office will be closed for moving Friday and will reopen Monday at 6 Girardeau Court, just off Independence."...
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`NONE OF THE ABOVE' IS NO WAY TO RUN A NATION
(Editorial ~ 06/23/92)
Voters are frustrated. "None of the above" became a reflection of that dissatisfaction during the primaries. Then came H. Ross Perot. A non-politician, this Texas businessman seemed the answer for this growing disillusionment. He embodied the protest vote - a way for voters to thumb their collective noses at Washington D.C...
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SHOULD ALL MISSOURI SCHOOLS SUFFER FOR URBAN EDUCATION?
(Column ~ 06/23/92)
Most Missourians are concerned about the fact that federal judges have ordered us to fund the two most expensive desegregation cases in the United States in St. Louis and Kansas City. If it could be demonstrated that the $1.4 billion we have transferred to the two urban school districts had brought them quality education, that would be one thing. ...
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ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR, FIDDLER GUESTS WITH CAPE MUNY BAND
(Local News ~ 06/23/92)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will present its fourth concert of the summer Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the band shell in Capaha Park. Steve Schaffner, orchestra instructor for Cape Girardeau Public Schools, will be guest performer. Schaffner spent three years touring with the Narvel Felts Band, during which time he fronted for country music stars like George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Ronnie Milsap and others...
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ALMA L. GARRIS
(Obituary ~ 06/23/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Alma L. Garris, 70, of Anna, died Sunday, June 21, 1992, in a hospital in Vincennes, Ind. She was born April 4, 1922, in Wolf Lake, daughter of DeWitt T. and Augusta M. Kimmel Gregory. She married Beckford Garris in 1945 in Carbondale. He preceded her in death...
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KATHLEEN MCCAIN
(Obituary ~ 06/23/92)
THEBES, Ill. -- Kathleen McCain, 60, of Thebes, died Monday, June 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Nov. 6, 1931, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of John P. and Ruby Goolsby Sater. She married Robert McCain Dec. 15, 1956...
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CLYDE S. WILSON
(Obituary ~ 06/23/92)
SIKESTON -- Clyde S. Wilson, 66, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 22, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 7, 1925, at Portageville, son of Clyde S. and Vesta Pearl Smith Wilson. He and Nellie Miller were married Dec. 15, 1942, at Portageville...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 06/23/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Darrell L. Kester of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:45 a.m. Monday, June 15, 1992. Name, Joshua Kieth. Weight, 7 pounds. Third child, second son. Mrs. Kester is the former Jessie Hudson, daughter of Zella Bollinger and Joseph Bollinger of Fredericktown. Kester is employed by Wahl-Co, and is the son of Shirley Kester of Jackson and the late Lloyd Kester...
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RUBY MATHIS LEEK
(Obituary ~ 06/23/92)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Former Cairo rewsident Ruby Mathis Leek, of Rockford, died Sunday at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford. She was 55. She was born in Clinton, Ky., April 9, 1937 in Edward and Opal Rushing Mathis. She married James Leek Oct. 13, 1956. He survives...
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BRANDON "BUDDY" MCCOY
(Obituary ~ 06/23/92)
Brandon "Buddy" McCoy, 5, of Parma, formerly of St. Louis, died Sunday, June 21, 1992, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1986 in Biloxi, Miss., son of Rodney T. McCoy of Sikeston and Sandra J. McCoy of Parma, who both survive. Also surviving is one brother, Rhyne Thomas McCoy of Sikeston; two sisters, Rebecca Jeananne McCoy and LaTasha Rochelle Willis, both of Parma; maternal grandparents, Charles and Betty Freeman of Parma; maternal great-grandmother, Edna Freeman of Matthews; maternal great-grandparents, Buddy and Hester Gaskins of Pascola; paternal grandparents, Ray and Doris Abernathy of Morley; paternal grandfather, Rodney McCoy of Morehouse; paternal great-grandparents, Leroy and Betty Abernathy of Morley; and two paternal great-grandmothers, Clara Lingle of Sikeston and Lela McCoy of Morley.. ...
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BOBBI CHRISTINA JONES
(Obituary ~ 06/23/92)
JACKSON -- Bobbi Christina Jones, 13, of 1402 Bel-Air in Jackson, died Monday, June 22, 1992. She was born June 15, 1979 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., the daughter of Linda Jones and Paul Jones. She was a seventh grade student at R.O. Hawkins Junior High School in Jackson...
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