Stories from Friday, October 2, 1992

To the Editor: God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. What happened to the days of character, integrity, and faith? How can a candidate run for president, support abortion on demand at taxpayers' expense, have a national gay-rights legislative agenda, and still call himself a Christian? No smalltown, midwestern Christian can conscientiously endorse any candidate who supports such an immoral political platform...

To the Editor: The fundamental problem before the citizens of Cape Girardeau is how to secure the public "good" and citizens' private rights against the power cartel interests and at the same time preserve the spirit and form of popular government. There are 1,834 leading citizens who believe the public "good" and citizens' rights can best be secured through a change in the city charter whereby council members would be selected from equal zones and citizens would "elect a neighbor" to represent them at the city council meetings.. ...

To the Editor: All of us in Southeast Missouri, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois should take a minute to thank our members of Congress (Senate and House) for their recent vote in support of S.12, the Cable TV Consumer Protection and Competition Act. It's interesting that every member of Congress from our entire tri-state area voted for the bill protecting their constituents, we the consumers!...

The Mississippi River Bridge at Cape Girardeau, due for replacement this decade, has been judged structurally sound but functionally obsolete. At least two recent incidents have spawned for us an increased understanding of this latter description. A double-fatality accident and another near-fatal mishap have occurred on the bridge within the last nine days. ...

ADVANCE -- The American Red Cross and Advance High School Beta Club will hold a blood drive Oct. 16 from 2-6 p.m. at the Advance elementary school multi-purpose room. To be eligible to give blood, you must weigh at least 110 pounds and be at least 17 years old. You may donate every 56 days or about every eight weeks...

A Cape Girardeau business that has been providing news, printing and other services to the community for more than a quarter-century had its turn in the headlines Thursday night. Concord Publishing House, Inc., headquartered in Cape Girardeau, was recognized as the industry of the year at the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Industrial Appreciation Dinner...

The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Tuesday will consider hiring a private cleaning service to manage the institution's custodial operations. The regents will meet at 10:30 a.m. in the University Center Ballroom. Ken Dobbins, vice president for finance and administration, said in June that university officials were considering such a move in an effort to increase efficiency and save money...

Quayle will make three appearances here, including one at the airport when he arrives. The vice president is not scheduled to speak at the airport; however, that is subject to change, a staff member said Thursday. The airport arrival is the only event that is completely open to the public. Quayle will spend a few minutes greeting people before departing around 2 p.m. for a tour of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port near Scott City...

Plans made more than two years ago to construct a new Cape Girardeau County Private Ambulance Service facility apparently will proceed this fall. In August 1990, the ambulance service announced plans to build a new facility at its present site at 1458 N. Kingshighway...

SIKESTON - Republican state Senate candidate Peter Kinder Thursday signed a "Citizen Legislature Pledge" sponsored by Missourians for Limited Terms. Kinder signed the pledge in Sikeston and agreed to support both term-limitation amendments on the general election ballot. He also promised to work toward implementation of limits on legislative terms at the state and national levels...

The Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Commission unveiled its official Cape Girardeau Bicentennial T-shirt Thursday, during a brief ceremony held on the front porch of the historic Glenn House in downtown Cape Girardeau. The unveiling kicks off a sales campaign of the T-shirts, which commission chairman Martha Bender said will finance all of the bicentennial commission's activities and events during the coming year...

SCOTT CITY -- Betty J. Moit, 64, of Scott City, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 28, 1928, at Delta, daughter of Arthur and Trulie Ikerman Lape. She and George B. Moit Sr. were married March 14, 1945. Survivors include her husband; a son, George Moit Jr. ...

OAK RIDGE -- Funeral service for Elois McLane of Oak Ridge will be held at 11 a.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Michael Woods will officiate, with burial in New Salem Cemetery at Daisy. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8:30-11 a.m. today...

JACKSON -- Henry C.W. Maintz, 92, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 12, 1900, at Oak Ridge, son of John and Augusta Haupt Maintz. He married Lena Seabaugh May 10, 1927. Maintz retired in 1976 and moved to Jackson from a farm near Oak Ridge. He was a member of Old Salem Methodist Church...

PERRYVILLE -- Edwin J. Layton, 96, of Perryville, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 1992, in Perryville. He was born Jan. 21, 1896, in Perry County, son of Joseph and Mary Nesslein Layton. He married Alice Lukefahr in 1922, who died Nov. 15, 1963. He later married Lois Batjer Gahan in February 1966...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Dennis Eugene LaCroix Jr. of Englewood, Colo., formerly of Scott City, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Revs. Maurice Eagan and Bill Dickey will officiate, with burial in Union Park Cemetery...

ADVANCE -- Dorothy Lenora Mullins, 63, of Portageville, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at her home. She was born April 10, 1929, at Boekerton, daughter of Shaw A. and Henrietta Adams Hardin. She and Richard R. Mullins Jr. were married April 20, 1946, at Concord...

Hundreds of people in the region will join a nationwide effort against abortion Sunday. From 2-3 p.m., individuals will hold placards with pro-life statements and create a "Life Chain." Gatherings are planned at Capaha Park; near Scott City at exit 91 south of the Rhodes Truck Stop on the outer road; and in downtown Sikeston on Malone Avenue and Main Street...

The Cape Girardeau Jaycees won a number of awards, including a top-10 finish for overall chapter projects, at the summer state convention held recently. The chapter placed 10th in the competition, called Parade of Chapters, based on a point system which judges every chapter project...

POPLAR BLUFF - Arkansas State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher and Missouri Lt. Gov. Mel Carnahan will be featured speakers tonight at the 27th annual Truman Day Rally in Poplar Bluff. Fisher will attend the rally as a designated representative of the Clinton-Gore campaign and will bring a personal greeting from Gov. Bill Clinton. For several months she has been active in the campaign, traveling around the country...

CRUMP -- Lake Girardeau's fish population was recently increased. "We put four muskies and three flathead catfish in the lake," said Mark Boone, a fisheries biologists with the Missouri Department of Conservation's regional office at Cape Girardeau...