Stories from Friday, July 24, 1992

There's little doubt about it: A lot of people are frustrated and just plain mad about politics and politicians. While the anger is understandable, it's not time to throw in the towel. The system on which this country was built can still work. That's why it is important to continue to involve young people in the political process...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Pond or lake owners who wonder why they catch only scrawny largemouth bass instead of three-pounders they used to catch can stop scratching their heads. The likely reason is too many bass, according to fisheries biologists with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Deer hunters with disabilities and those who use muzzle-loading firearms will benefit from some of the regulation changes recently approved by the Missouri Conservation Commission. Muzzleloader hunters will get a chance to take part in an antlerless-only deer hunt on designated portions of Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge Jan. ...

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce backyard amateur barbecue cookoff scheduled for Aug. 8 has been postponed until May. Linda Minner, administrative assistant for the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, said there wasn't enough time to complete planning for the barbecue...

The Missouri Conservation Commission will hold its August meeting in Cape Girardeau. The Aug. 28 session will get under way at 8:30 a.m. Officers of the commission include Jay G. Henges, St. Louis, chairman; Jerry Paul Combs, Kennett, vice chairman; and John Powell, Rolla, secretary...

The following is part of the speech delivered by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on June 17, 1992. For many years our two countries were the two poles, the two opposites. They wanted to make us implacable enemies. That affected the destinies of the world in a most tragic way...

Parents ordered to pay child support in Cape Girardeau County are making payments in less than half of the county's child support cases. The figure, at 48.8 percent, is slightly less than the state's overall figure of 49.8 percent. All this is according to information released this week by the Missouri Division of Child Support Enforcement. The information for the county covers fiscal year 1992, from June 30, 1991, to July 1, division spokespersons reported...

The second phase of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act banning job discrimination, which goes into effect Sunday, is again raising questions about what businesses must do. The hiring and employment part of the law, effective Sunday, covers firms with 25 or more employees. The law will include those firms with 15 or more employees in July 1994...

School superintendents and contract school bus operators in the area said Thursday a voluntary recall of some Navistar International school buses should not affect them at this time. But a spokesman for Navistar International headquarters in Chicago said it was possible the recall may be expanded to include additional buses that are in use in this area...

The pilot and a passenger in a twin-engine airplane were killed Thursday when the plane crashed in south-central Pennsylvania. The plane belonged to a Jackson motorcycle wholesaler. As of late Thursday night, authorities had not identified the two victims...

Lightning was blamed for a three-hour TCI Cablevision outage in Cape Girardeau Thursday evening. Roger Harms, manager of TCI's Cape Girardeau and Jackson offices, said lightning struck a tree near the Missouri Veteran's Home in the west end of the city at about 4:50 p.m. Thursday...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mel Carnahan Thursday called for the creation of a strategic plan for economic development in Missouri. He said the plan would get the state back on track providing jobs to citizens. "Missouri government has been sitting on its hands during this recession," said Carnahan during an airport news conference here to announce his economic development plan...

CAIRO, Ill. -- George Robert Vowels, 90, of Cairo died Thursday, July 23, 1992, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was married to Anna Hornberger Vowels, who preceded him in death in 1948. He also was preceded in death by a daughter. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo...

SIKESTON -- Della Van Arsdale, 93, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 14, 1898, in Saline County, daughter of William Letcher and Dora Watt Odell. She married G.P. Van Arsdale, who died May 4, 1968...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Milton C. "Sammy" Grogan of Dorena will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ed Jolly will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Grogan, 38, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, from injuries received in a car accident...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Robert B. Hutchings of Jackson will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Chapel, with Msgr. Edward Eftink officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery at Fredericktown, with the Rev. Joseph Gosche officiating...

Funeral service for Richard L. Stoll of Joplin was held Monday in Joplin. Burial was in Osborne Memorial Cemetery there, with Parker Brothers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Stoll, 43, died Friday, July 17, 1992. He was born March 8, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, son of C.L. and Laura Daume Stoll...

PERRYVILLE -- Sophia M. Bert, 91, of Perryville, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 28, 1900, at Crosstown, daughter of John G. and Nancy Voteau Klobe. She and Comiel J. Bert were married June 20, 1925. He died Dec. 8, 1955...

Alma L. McIntyre, 81, Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 2, 1910, at Laflin, daughter of John and Rose Devore Leggett. She married August Thiele, who preceded her in death. She later married Jimmy McIntyre, who also preceded her in death...

JACKSON -- Frieda Schneider, 85, of Jackson, died Thursday, July 23, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Lutheran Church. The Rev. Lawrence Eatherton will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE -- Thomas M. Hudson, 88, of Perryville, died Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Jan. 1, 1904, in Perry County, son of Robert H. and Mary Louise Erwin Hudson. Hudson was a retired farmer, and member of the Masonic Lodge...

PERRYVILLE -- Gilbert W. "Gib" Baer, 72, of Perryville, died Thursday, July 23, 1992, at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital in Festus. He was born March 27, 1920 in Biehle, son of Joseph Henry and Anna Meyer Baer. He was a farmer. On May 30, 1944, he married Ruth Unverferth in Perryville. She survives...

PERRYVILLE -- Fred R. Stief, 63, of Perryville, died Tuesday, July 21, 1992, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 24, 1928 in St. Louis, son of Charles and Thelma Groff Stief. He had been a truck driver with Hermann Brothers in Clarksville...

Henry A. Loberg, 90, of Perryville, died Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at American Care Center. He was born April 5, 1902, at Yount, son of Ernest DeWitt and Sophia Herron Loberg. Loberg was a retired farmer. Survivors include a son, Dewey Loberg of Godfrey, Ill.; a daughter, Janet Brickhaus of Valdosta, Ga.; a stepson, William Deimund of Bloomsdale; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren, and seven great-stepgrandchildren...

Cape Girardeau public schools Superintendent Neyland Clark's employment contract has been extended for an additional year. The Board of Education recently approved the extension following an evaluation and review of Clark's first year with the district...

JEFFERSON CITY - Even though consumers can return purchases or cancel contracts in some situations, Missouri Attorney General William L. Webster warned that Missourians could lose money if they are not aware of what type of sales allow a "cooling-off period."...