Stories from Thursday, July 22, 1993

You can't please all the people all the time. President Bill Clinton is finding out that it is possible to displease all the people. His policy regarding the service of homosexuals in the American military struck a chord of discord in all sides involved, and the president's catering to a targeted special-interest group failed to pacify even those supporters. This is policy-making at its worst...

John Danforth is a U.S. senator from Missouri. Soaking up the red ink in the federal budget means lower spending or more taxes, or a combination of the two. In my view, the responsible way to cut the deficit is by limiting spending, with taxes used only as a last resort and as a small part of the plan...

In this age of the constant quest for more revenue by governments at all levels, the average taxpayer, which includes the vast majority of us, must occasionally feel as if he is the victim of never-ending holdups by a wide assortment of masked gunmen...

A movie film company is looking to Cape Girardeau for some rural scenarios. "They want a farm area, an old road with shrubbery on either side, and a road with a lake at the end of it," said Cathy Crites, a member of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau...

On Wednesday morning the National Weather Service reported the Mississippi River gauge at Cape Girardeau was at 46.7 feet, with the river on its way to a crest of 47.2 feet on Saturday. But the actual depth of the river at midstream, well out from floodwall, was 65 feet from the surface to the river bed...

Like the floodwaters edging up at Cape Girardeau, the costs of fighting back the Mississippi River are rising. Direct costs incurred by Cape Girardeau city government and levee districts, as of Tuesday, topped $100,000. As of Tuesday, approximately 120 residential structures and 275 people had been affected by floodwaters. A dozen commercial properties are closed and an additional 10 seriously affected...

Phone lines were laid and tables were brought into the basement of the Centenary Methodist Church Wednesday in preparation for the opening Friday of the FEMA disaster application center. Marcella Bennett, disaster application center coordinator for FEMA, will arrive in Cape Girardeau today to oversee the center's completion. The church is located at 300 N. Ellis St...

About 30 Red Star District residents who have been forced out of their homes by rising floodwaters had the chance Wednesday to get answers to some of their questions about how to get back on their feet. The meeting, held at the Red Star Baptist Church Activity Center, was also an opportunity for representatives from Community Counseling and the American Red Cross to tell residents about the disaster services available to them...

State Rep. Mary Kasten and Sen. Jerry Howard will be among state legislators and other state officials gathering at the Missouri Capitol today to begin assessing the impact of flooding on the state's budget. Kasten, a Cape Girardeau Republican, serves on the budget committee of the Missouri House, and Howard, a Dexter Democrat, serves on the appropriations committee of the Senate...

Time-management seminars aimed at "sane housekeeping" will be held here Wednesday. A pair of two-hour seminars, featuring home management expert Deniece Schofield, will be held at the Victorian Inn. The times are 10 a.m.-noon and 7-9 p.m. The cost of a seminar is $20, payable at the door. No reservations are required...

The Jackson Municipal Band will hold its weekly concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the band shell located in City Park. Entrance to the shell parking lot is off Route D. Special guest for the concert will be Daron Nall. He comes from a strong musical background; his father, Ron Nall, is director of bands at Cape Girardeau Central High School, and his brother plays trumpet professionally in the Branson area...

SIKESTON -- Clifford Ray Flippo, 48, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, July 21, 1993, at his home. He was born May 5, 1945, in Corinth, Miss., son of Thomas Jefferson and Mable Flippo. He and Barbara Schaefer were married Sept. 17, 1966, in Scott City. Flippo was self-employed in concrete construction, and was a member of Emanuel Baptist Church...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Huffman of Thebes, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:32 a.m. Friday, July 9, 1993. Name, Joel Dean. Weight, 9 pounds 11 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Huffman is the former Daphene McRaven, daughter of Don and Bernice McRaven of Jonesboro, Ill. She is employed at Lone Star Alternate Fuels. Huffman is employed at SEMO Molding, and is the son of Nelson and Melba Huffman of McClure, Ill...

State Rep. Mary Kasten of Cape Girardeau recently participated in another in a series of meetings by a national task force reviewing issues related to transportation. Kasten has served on the task force for several years, which is sponsored by the American Legislative Exchange. The most recent meeting was in Washington, D.C., and the panel will meet again in August when the exchange holds its annual meeting in Michigan...

Lona E. Harmon Steinhoff, 86, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 20, 1993, at Meadowbrook Manor there. She was born Feb. 6, 1907, at Rising Star, Texas, daughter of Bill and Annie Dawson. She married L.A. Harmon in Cape Girardeau. He died in 1953. She later married Milton Steinhoff in Cape Girardeau, who died in 1969...

ST. MARY'S Everett Skaggs Layton of St. Mary's, Mo., died July 21, 1993 in Chester, Ill. He was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Perry County. He was 70. He was a heavy equipment operator at Lime Kiln. He also was a farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, James O. and Lula Skaggs Layton...

PERRYVILLE Keith R. Murray of Perryville died July 21, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 5, 1952, in Cape Girardeau County. He was 40. He was an industrial maintenance electrician at Gilster Mary Lee. He is survived by his parents, Donald Murray of Cape Girardeau and Doris Mueller Brockmann of Altenburg...

Beth Adele Cody, 63, of Cape Girardeau, died at her home Wednesday, July 21, 1993. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.