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PLANNING COMMISSION HIRES WASTE PLANNER
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
PERRYVILLE -- The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission has hired Tim Morgan as its solid waste management planner. Morgan will work with the seven-county Southeast Missouri Solid Waste Management District to prepare a solid waste management plan for the region, as mandated by Missouri's solid waste law...
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CLINTONS TO VISIT PADUCAH AIRPORT TONIGHT FOR RALLY
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
Gov. Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary will make one of the final stops of the 1992 campaign today at Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah. The rally will begin at 6 p.m. Public parking and shuttle service will be available from the Kentucky Oaks Mall to the event and back to the mall after it concludes. Shuttle service will begin at 3 p.m. near the Sears store...
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GRIFFITH DISCUSSES HUNTING ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
Dr. S. Kent Griffith will discuss hunting accidents on Thursday's "Ask the Doctor" TV show on Cable Channel 13. It begins at 8 p.m. The one-on-one medical show allows viewers to call in their questions to local doctors. The program is sponsored each week by St. Francis Medical Center, Southeast Missouri Hospital, and the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society. Hosts are Martha Muench and Dr. Jean Chapman...
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OPENS BRIDGE OFFICE THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department this week will open a Cape Girardeau office to deal specifically with right-of-way acquisition for a new Mississippi River bridge route here. The office will be situated at 550 S. Sprigg, near the corner of Sprigg and College...
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REQUEST TO ANNEX BEFORE COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
The Cape Girardeau City Council tonight will consider two resolutions related to the annexation of Twin Lakes subdivision, situated west of Interstate 55 off Hopper Road. Also on the agenda is a contentious record plat for a subdivision that borders Lexington Avenue...
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BROTHER OF PRESIDENT VISITS CAPE; ASHCROFT MAKES 11TH HOUR APPEAL
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
William H.T. Bush and Missouri Governor John Ashcroft were in Cape Girardeau Sunday with an eleventh-hour appeal to voters to support President George Bush in Tuesday's election. The campaigners met with about 25 supporters at a news conference at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport...
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VETS PLAN PARADE, PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
A retired veteran of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars will be the featured speaker Sunday at this year's Veteran's Day program in Cape Girardeau. The program will begin at 3:15 p.m. at Freedom Corner in Capaha Park. Tom Giles, adjutant for the American Legion's 14th district, will be master of ceremonies and introduce the featured speaker, Lt. Col. Jack P. Grisham of Cape Girardeau...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about the political polls this election year. Dave Buechler: "I think that the polls are not done right, because there is too much variation from one poll to another. It seems like the media is trying to use the polls to sway the public. They can ask questions in certain ways to get the results that they want."...
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THREE ARE INJURED SUNDAY NEAR SIKESTON
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
SIKESTON -- A woman and two children sustained moderate injures Sunday afternoon when their car collided with a pickup truck on U.S. 61 one mile north of Sikeston. The injured were Sherry Riley, 27, Ernest Riley, 6, and Benjamin Riley, an infant. They were taken to Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston. All three were wearing seat belts...
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REV. EDWARD PUTZ
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
JACKSON -- The Rev. Edward Putz, Route 4, Jackson, died Nov. 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was 69. He was born Jan. 9, 1923, near Leeman, Mo., the son of Frank and Jessie Stanley Putz. He married Lavon Parrish Feb. 10, 1961. She survives...
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LOWERY B. MILLER
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
Lowery B. Miller, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 13, 1908 at Springerton, Ill., the son of Sylvester G. and Ella Seifried Miller. On Oct. 10, 1946, he married Flora Pensel at Sikeston. She survives of the home...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/02/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dalaviras, 2403 Sunny Lane, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:38 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 1992. Name, Eric Michael. Weight, 6 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Dalaviras is the former Christin Comer, daughter of Paul and Laurie Comer of Nashville, Ill. Dalaviras is employed at North Scott County News and KZIM Radio. He is the son of Ken and Bev Dalaviras of Imperial...
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MARIE ELIZABETH SMITH
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
Marie Elizabeth Smith, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 1, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born May 28, 1910, in St. Louis, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Gelven Meier. On Aug. 2, 1929, she married Louis J. Smith in Jackson, who preceded her in death Jan. 4, 1985...
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ROY DAVAULT
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
MARBLE HILL -- Roy Davault, 87, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Nov. 1, 1992, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. He was born Oct. 4, 1905, at Marble Hill, the son of George and Ruth Aldridge Davault. On Sept. 14, 1917, he married Grace Nanney, who preceded him in death Jan. 10, 1992...
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REGINA MARY THELE
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
MARBLE HILL -- Regina Mary Thele, 91, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1992, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born Oct. 23, 1901, in Bollinger County, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Hosenfeldt Koenig. She was married to Joe VanGennip, who preceded her in death. She then married Joseph Thele on Oct. 11, 1927. He preceded her in death Sept. 28, 1964...
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HAZEL KELLEY WILLYERD
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Hazel Kelley Willyerd, 75, of Waynesboro, Penn., formerly of Union County, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1992, in Waynesboro, Penn. She was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Union County, Ill. Her parents were Edward and Augusta Winn Kelley. She worked in the food service field for state of California...
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LILLIE R. DUNCAN
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
BENTON -- Lillie R. Duncan, 93, formerly of Route 1, Benton, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1992, at the Hillhaven Convalescence Center in Cordova, Tenn. She was born Sept. 4, 1899, at Whipple, Ark. the daughter of the late Johnnie M. and Lucy Ann Johnson Mahan...
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MYRTLE GOCKEL BENNETT
(Obituary ~ 11/02/92)
Myrtle Gockel Bennett, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 1, 1992, at the Chateau Health Center, where she was a patient for 11 years. She was born Sept. 30, 1903, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of August and Ella Gockel. She married Arthur Bennett in 1927, and he preceded her in death in 1956...
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ILLNOISANS INJURED IN SEPARATE CRASHES
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
ANNA -- Teenagers from Ullin and young adults from Tamms were injured in separate single-vehicle accidents Sunday morning on Interstate 57 and the Elco Grapevine Trail Road. William Miller, Jesse Wyatt and Michael Thomas, all 16 of Ullin, sustained major injuries when their vehicle left Interstate 57 near Anna about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, rolled over and caught fire...
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TRAIN KILLS 24-YEAR-OLD MAN LYING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
BERNIE -- A Southern Pacific train struck and killed a 24-year-old Bernie man early Sunday morning at the town's northern city limits. James Barron Carter was lying across the railroad tracks when hit by the train headed from St. Louis to Pine Bluff, Ark., authorities said...
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LIGHT AT LEXINGTON ACTIVATED BY TRAFFIC
(Local News ~ 11/02/92)
The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department says there is no problem with the new traffic signals at intersection of the North Kingshighway, Mt. Auburn and Lexington. The problem actually rests with the motorists. Since the traffic-activated signals were turned on earlier this month, the highway department and Cape Girardeau Police have received numerous calls from motorists who say the signals are not working properly because they cannot get a left turn green signal to turn off Mt. ...
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BE OUR GUEST: IF HEALTH CARE BASIC RIGHT, WE MUST ALL BEAR COST TO PROVIDE IT
(Column ~ 11/02/92)
Richard B. Hansen holds a doctorate degree from the University of Nebraska. He has taught at the university level for 16 years, and is in his fifth year as an associate professor in the department of economics at Southeast Missouri State University. He currently teaches a course on health economics...
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DAYS DWINDLE TO ONE; POLITICAL SEASON WAS PAINFULLY LONG
(Column ~ 11/02/92)
The days dwindle down to a precious one. Campaign `92 has been a season of political evanescence. A once unbeatable incumbent with an 80% favorable rating struggles to get approval of 40% of the electorate. The press-blessed challengers stumbles from front-runner and rises from the near dead as the "Come Back Kid." A quixotic outsider first captivates, then quits and then returns only to derail his second climb in the polls with his weird conspiratorial ramblings...
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PEROT PAID COMMERCIAL WORTH WATCHING TONIGHT
(Editorial ~ 11/02/92)
If you missed the Ross Perot 30 minute paid commercial Sunday night, we encourage you to see the repeat of the show tonight (7 p.m. on KFVS and 9 p.m. on WPSD). It's a must! As one of his supporters commented, "It's the best two minute offense (to win the Presidency) of all time, engineered by the greatest quarterback of all ... Ross Perot."...
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RECAP OF ENDORSEMENTS
(Editorial ~ 11/02/92)
We urge Cape Girardeans to vote down the attempt to change the charter and adopt zone representation. It is unnecessary, and will actually limit your choice for representation. And instead of promoting unity and cooperation, this measure has the potential to spawn divisiveness and provincial attitudes. Vote "No" on the Zone Representation question...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: CITIZENS NOT WASTING VOTES IF THEY CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR PEROT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/02/92)
Dear Editor: As a child, I was brought up to believe that I could make a difference in this country. My parents and teachers instilled in me an unwavering faith that this country belonged to the people, for the people, and by the people. I took pride in believing that the USA was the best country in the world, and I was certain that because I was an American, I could accomplish anything. ...
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