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GAMESMANSHIP: INDUSTRY ANALYST: GAMBLING CAN BOLSTER STATES, CITIES
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Riverboat gambling can be good for states and cities that exert proper controls over the enterprises, a gaming industry analyst says. "Cities are in a strong position to get a good economic return," Stephen Grogan said Monday. But he cautioned that government must be careful "not to kill the goose that laid the golden egg."...
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COUNCIL TO VIEW FUNDING FOR GROUP
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
The Cape Girardeau City Council Wednesday will consider a contract with the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association for services to solicit business, industry and commerce for the area. The council also will consider first reading of a law appropriating the city's $50,000 annual fee for the services...
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SNOW: FLURRIES HELP CHILL THE REGION
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Light snow blanketed parts of Southeast Missouri Monday, prompting some schools that had not closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to dismiss early. By late Monday, .4 inches of snow had accumulated at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. However, heavier amounts fell to the north of Cape Girardeau...
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TEACHERS SAYS BLACK HISTORY SHOULD BE BROUGHT OUT OF CLOSET
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Black history needs to be brought out of the closet and into the classroom, a Cape Girardeau public school teacher said Monday. Mae Sherwood, a second-grade teacher who is black, said elementary school children need to be exposed to black history. Sherwood has been doing just that for years in her classroom at Washington School. But black history, she said, is not in the district's standard lesson plan...
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SCOTT CITY APPROVES CONTRACT FOR FIRE TRUCK
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Council voted to approve the city's contract with Quality Manufacturing Co., for a new fire truck and related fire-fighting equipment. Scott City Mayor Larry Forhan signed the contract after the council's unanimous decision in favor of accepting the $218,985 bid...
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SAFE HOUSE SERVES 93 WOMEN AND 93 CHILDREN SINCE INCEPTION
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
In November of 1991, a shelter opened its doors in Cape Girardeau to serve as a refuge for abused or battered women and their children. It was designed to be a place where women could retreat from an abusive relationship, to be surrounded by friends with whom they could talk and be protected from their abuser and surrounded by a shield of confidentiality...
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DESEGREGATION EXPENSE STILL RAVAGES MISSOURI
(Editorial ~ 01/19/93)
Missouri's budget for the coming fiscal year, proposed by Gov. Mel Carnahan last week, contains another in a series of annual disappointments, particularly for those trying to keep rural schools afloat. Built into the budget, and lorded over by federal authorities, are expenditures totaling $377.7 million for programs to desegregate schools in St. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: LONGVIEW OWNER THANKS FOR SUCCESS OF CHRISTMAS TOURS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/19/93)
Dear Editor: When the Bicentennial Commission appointed me chairman of the Historic Christmas Tour, I quickly decided to include in the tour my historic ancestral home, Longview, which was built by my great grandfather, Col. G. C. Thilenius, circa 1870-73...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/19/93)
Son to Becky Myers, Fruitland Route 4, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:24 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1993. Name, Wade Allen. Weight, 8 pounds 8 ounces. Miss Myers is the daughter of Linesy and Linda Myers of Zalma. She is employed by Jerry Lipps Inc. Son to Mr. ...
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LUCILE PATTEN
(Obituary ~ 01/19/93)
PATTON -- Lucile Patten, 77, of Patton, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 1993, at Stockhoff Nursing Home in Fredericktown. She was born Oct. 13, 1915, in Statesboro, Ga., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Hood. She and Ralph E. Patten were married Nov. 25, 1948. Patten had been a secretary at the University of Missouri at Rolla...
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LAWRENCE E. ZAHNER
(Obituary ~ 01/19/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Lawrence E. Zahner, 88, of Perryville, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Revs. Edward Wilson and Charles Rice will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6:30-9:45 a.m. today...
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`WOMAN' LUNCHEON SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
"Follow Your Dreams" is the topic of the January Woman to Woman noon luncheon on Thursday in Conference rooms A and B of the St. Francis Health and Education Centre. Mary Prince, vice president of Prince Dental Care, Inc., will be the featured speaker...
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BUTZ TO SPEAK AT EXECUTIVE CLUB
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Earl Butz, formerly U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, will be guest speaker tonight at the Cape Girardeau Executives Club meeting. The gathering will be held at the Drury Lodge, with dinner to start at 7 p.m. Butz was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1971 to 1976. He currently serves as a consultant to businesses and trade organizations...
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CHAMBER DINNER AT SCOTT CITY SET
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
SCOTT CITY - The Scott City Chamber of Commerce will host its annual reorganizational dinner meeting at Henson's Cafe on Main Street at 7 p.m. today. Scott City Mayor Larry Forhan will deliver a State of the City address and new officers and a new board will be elected...
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LOIS J. EVANS
(Obituary ~ 01/19/93)
Lois Jeanne Evans, 66, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 1993, in Sedona, Ariz. She was born July 9, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ruddle B. and Thelma Harwell Stout. She attended Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She married Paul Evans...
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JOSEPH POWELL
(Obituary ~ 01/19/93)
BERTRAND -- Joseph "Buck" Powell, 87, of Radcliff, Ky., died Sunday, Jan. 17, 1993. Powell was a retired mechanic and welder. Survivors include his wife, Minnie; three daughters, Daurice Cato of Radcliff, Norma Moore and Marilyn Cooper of Malden; two sons, Charles and William Powell of Radcliff; four sisters, Trilba Cook of St. ...
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EDWARD R. PARR
(Obituary ~ 01/19/93)
BERTRAND -- Edward R. "Eddie" Parr, 47, of Bertrand, died Monday, Jan. 18, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born May 8, 1945, in Cairo, Ill., son of Willis Edward and Merle O'Guin Parr. He and Linda Jones were married April 7, 1970. Parr was an engineer with Crounse Barge Co. of Paducah, Ky. He served with the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam War...
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GILBERT W. KASSEL
(Obituary ~ 01/19/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Gilbert W. Kassel, 79, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 17, 1992, at Myers Nursing Home in Beardstown, Ill. He was born Feb. 18, 1913, at Frohna, the son of Charles and Martha Lueders Kassel. On April 17, 1938, he married Flora Boehme, who preceded him in death Jan. 18, 1976...
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FACULTY VOICE RECITAL TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
An associate professor of voice and opera at Southeast Missouri State University will present a vocal recital tonight at 7:30 at Old St. Vincent's Church. Louisa Panou-Takahashi will perform music by Paisiello, Satie, Poulenc and Kostantinides, in addition to duets from popular musical theater and operatic songs. ...
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AREA STUDENT QUALIFIES FOR MUSIC CONSERVATORY
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Valerie Holland of Gordonville is a member of the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri at Kansas City's Heritage Chorale which is considered to be one of the premiere collegiate ensembles in America today. Membership in this choir is by highly competitive auditions in which only the most talented people are accepted...
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CAPE STUDENT NAMED TO HOPE COLLEGE DEAN'S LIST
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Brandice J. Russell of Cape Girardeau was named to the 1992-93 dean's list Hope College. Hope College is a four-year, co-education, liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,755 men and women. It is affiliate with the Reformed Church in America. To be eligible for the dean's list a student must have a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average...
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OAK RIDGE STUDENT EARNS SCHOLARSHIP AT SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
OAK RIDGE -- Rebecca Mangels of Oak Ridge has been awarded a Regents' Scholarship and Missouri Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University this fall. The Regents' Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and who score above...
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CAPE STUDENT HONORED FOR ACADEMIC DISTINCTION
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
M.J. "Tony" Paikeday was recently inducted into the Order of Coif by the University of Virginia School of Law. The Order of the Coif is an honorary society recognizing students graduating with academic distinction at select, nationally recognized law schools. A student must graduate in the top 10 percent of his or her class in order to be eligible for selection...
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FINS, FEATHERS AND FURS
(Local News ~ 01/19/93)
Coming up: February 26 Missouri Conservation Commission meeting, Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark. March 13 Illinois Big Buck Expo, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville. Seminars Big Buck contests. March 14 Illinois Big Buck Expo, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville...
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