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ABORTION RULING MATTER OF SAFETY, NOT POLITICS
(Editorial ~ 07/22/92)
Abortion: Just the word is charged with emotion. The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling fanned the fires of debate, and abortion could well become a factor in this year's presidential race. But a ruling last week by Missouri's Board of Healing Arts was not about politics. It was about preserving the public health and welfare...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: TECHNOLOGY MEANT TO BE A SERVANT AND NOT A MASTER
(Column ~ 07/22/92)
Some time ago, a phrasemaker nominated "change" as the buzzword of the season. Seldom has so ordinary a word achieved buzzdom, but everyone the country over is crying for change in everything from government and family values to education. Changes in education have been on our nation's agenda for decades, and never more so than now. ...
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VOTERS NEED TO KNOW CANDIDATES
(Column ~ 07/22/92)
With this election year being publicized as different, the Republicans and Democrats add a chapter of excitement to the presidential conventions held to select nominees for president of the United States. When the 4,288 delegates to last week's Democratic National Convention boarded airplanes for New York, some were happy while others wore a frown. But nothing is perfect...
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MCCLURE TO HOLD HOMECOMING AUG.
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
MCCLURE, Ill. -- The annual homecoming for residents and former classmates of the grade school and high school in McClure will be held Aug. 1. The class of 1942 will be honored. Coffee and donuts will be served from 9 a.m. to noon in the cafeteria at the grade school...
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WARD-STYLE CITY ELECTION PETITION DRIVE SET SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
A petition drive aimed at getting Cape Girardeau to convert from at-large to ward-style elections for the Cape Girardeau City Council will be held Saturday, announced Bruce Melvin, a member of a group that is promoting the change. The drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Shelter 1 in Arena Park, said Melvin, an organizer of the group, Citizens Action Group for Responsive Government...
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CENTRAL'S CLASS OF '67 WILL HOLD REUNION
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
The Central High School class of 1967 will holding its 25th class reunion on Aug. 7-8 at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. Wimpy's will cater the meal and an opening program will be presented on Aug. 7. A tour of the high school will be given at 1 p.m. the next day. A program will be provided that evening, along with entertainment...
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FREEDOM FORUM OFFERS REGION'S TEENS A LOOK AT GOVERNMENT
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
High school students from around the state will meet in Cape Girardeau next week to discuss American politics and economics. The Missouri Freedom Forum begins Sunday and will attract between 150 and 200 students. Cape Girardeau's Freedom Forum is one of just two such programs in the state. The other Missouri Freedom Forum is held in Mexico in June...
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AIDS AWARENESS STRESSED CLOSE TO HOME
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
The international AIDS conference in Amsterdam is focusing public attention on the global epidemic and sounding alarm bells about the disease, two officials of a local AIDS consortium said Tuesday. "Hopefully, it will ring an alarm bell in some people and help people realize how widespread the disease is becoming," said Bob Beodeker, chairman-elect of the Southeast Missouri Regional Consortium on AIDS...
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MRS. BLUNT CAMPAIGNS FOR HER HUSBAND
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
If she becomes the next First Lady of Missouri, Roseann Blunt says she would focus her efforts on being an advocate for families in the state. Since May 15, when she ended her third year working as a parent educator for the Parents as Teachers program with the Jefferson City schools, Blunt has been traveling the state on behalf of her husband, Secretary of State Roy Blunt...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
KIM FUJIMOTO Occupation: Office manager, Michelson Jewelry Birthplace: St. Louis Pet peeve: "People who are never on time." The best part of my job is: "Knowing that I helped a customer in making a decision for a special occasion." I've always looked up to: "My mother because she's always been there for me whenever I needed her."...
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CARPENTER, FRENZEL BATTLE IN CORONER RACE
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
John Carpenter has found the job of Cape Girardeau County coroner to be satisfying and a worthwhile act of public service. He is hoping voters will give him another term. Edward A. Frenzel believes the coroner should be more aggressive in its investigations, particularly in deaths involving the elderly and young children. He is challenging Carpenter for the Republican nomination in the Aug. 4 primary...
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INDIAN EVENT PONDERED AS PART OF SCENIC DRIVE
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
An Indian Pow-Wow would be a natural for the Trails of Tears State Park and the area, says a park official and a history professor at Southeast Missouri State University. "Some type of Indian activities dancing, crafts, food could be of benefit to everyone involved," said Hershel Price, Trails of Tears superintendent. "I think it would be an enjoyable situation and would complement our park."...
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FRED R. STIEF
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
PERRYVILLE - Fred R. Stief of Perryville died Tuesday, July 21, 1992 at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. He was 63. He was born Nov. 24, 1928 in St. Louis to Charles and Thelma Gross Stief. On Jan. 17, 1953, he married A. Maurine Scott in St. Louis. She survives...
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ROBERT G. JONES
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
ZALMA -- Memorial service for Robert Glenn Jones of Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Balch Church near Zalma. Beyers Funeral Home of Leesburg, Fla., is in charge of arrangements. Announcement courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home...
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HARVEY J. BEHRLE
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Harvey J. Behrle, 64, of Perryville, died Monday, July 20, 1992, at his home. He was born Nov. 11, 1927, at Millheim, son of Louis and Frances T. Hennemann Behrle. Behrle was a retired commercial carpenter with Sides Construction Co. He was a member of American Legion Post 133 and Carpenters Local 1795. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...
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LETA JOLLIFF
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
SIKESTON -- Graveside service for Leta Jolliff of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Oak Grove Cemetery, with the Rev. Jim Guffie officiating. Friends may call at Crews-Welsh and Ponder Funeral Home from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jolliff, 63, died Monday, July 20, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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RUTH A. SUMMERS
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
SIKESTON -- Ruth Ann Summers, 86, of Eaton Park, Fla., formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Fla. She was born June 11, 1906, in Ava, Ill., daughter of Lewis and Sara Melissa Vanover McBride. She married Albert Franklin "Abe" Summers in May 1921, at New Madrid. He preceded her in death...
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ROBERT H. WORTHY
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Robert H. Worthy, 56, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., following an extended illness. He was born June 2, 1936, at Wolf Island, son of Arthur and Lula Belle Frazier Worthy. Worthy was a construction worker with Laborers Local 1104 in Cape Girardeau. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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EMMA ARMSTRONG
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Emma Armstrong, 101, of Naperville, died Monday, July 20, 1992, at Edward Hospital in Naperville. She was born July 10, 1891, in Mounds, daughter of John and Mary Spangler Pletscher. She married Leonard Armstrong, who died in 1960. Armstrong was a member of Congregational Church in Mounds...
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RUTH HOWELL
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
ORAN -- Ruth Howell, 87, of Oran, died Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 20, 1904, in Ullin, Ill., daughter of Thomas and Minnie Emerson Handley. She married Ulmont Howell Aug. 13, 1924. He died Aug. 19, 1962. Howell was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church...
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ARTHUR F. STEIMLE
(Obituary ~ 07/22/92)
Arthur F. Steimle, 73, Cape Girardeau Route 3, died Monday, July 20, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 16, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph and Frances Job Steimle. He and Edna Graden were married May 2, 1953, in Cape Girardeau...
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DIVING CAMP SCHEDULED FOR CENTRAL POOL
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
A diving camp for children in grades 5-12 will be held Monday through July 31 at Cape Girardeau Central Municipal Pool. The camp will include instruction for grades 5-8 each day from 9-11 a.m., and high school instruction from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The cost is $20 per person and includes a T-shirt...
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SCOTT CITY TO GET TOUGH WITH ITS TAX DELINQUENTS
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
SCOTT CITY -- City officials in Scott City say they intend to start cracking down on people who haven't paid city taxes. Roadblocks are planned to catch people who haven't bought a city sticker, because to purchase one requires proof that personal property taxes have been paid...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/22/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Wade, 1821 Delwin, Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, 3:42 p.m. Monday, July 6, 1992. Name, Christopher Owen. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Wade is the former Karen Merideth, daughter of Dorothy Merideth of Sikeston and the late Owen Merideth. She is media director of Media Consultants in Sikeston. Wade is an engineer at T.G. USA in Perryville, and is the son of Bill and Lelia Wade of Arlington, Ky...
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STUDENT TRAINING SLATED
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
A Core Team Training Session for the Student Assistance Program will be held in Cape Girardeau. The program was planned by the Board of Directors of the Missouri Masonic Foundation for the Prevention of Substance Abuse, Inc., representing the nearly 70,000 masons in the state of Missouri, and the Missouri School Counselors Association...
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AREA RESIDENTS RACKING UP TOP HONORS AT STATE HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
The sport of competing in state racking horse shows has become a popular phenomenon among area residents, some of whom have brought home numerous awards. Theresa Dormeyer of Cape Girardeau and her registered racking horse, Threat's Misty Dew, rode away with a number of awards at the Kentucky State Show last month...
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RED CROSS HOSTS COMMUNITY DRIVE HERE ON JULY 29
(Local News ~ 07/22/92)
The American Red Cross blood services will hold its community drive on July 29 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. Many accidents occur during the summer months which require blood transfusions for the victims. The blood supply needs to be up and ready for whenever the need arises...
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