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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/26/93)
ISN'T THERE SOMETHING the city of Cape Girardeau can do for those people up there in the Red Star area? It seems like to me the city of Cape could do something for them. For instance, they've done something for the city of Cape Girardeau by paying taxes so that they could get that there flood wall and stuff built out there for the Town Plaza and those other people. ...
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COMPANIES GIVE TO FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS; FROM COMPUTERS TO HOT MEALS TO POPSICLES, AREA BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO PITCH IN
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
Whether providing computers or hot meals or Popsicles, area businesses have been making the job on the flood relief lines easier with timely contributions. When the Red Cross began setting up to handle the impending disaster, a few phone calls to the right people quickly put the agency in business...
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COMMUNITY HAD TO WRESTLE WITH ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
Laws mostly an assortment of convoluted words have little effect on persons' lives. But whether and to what extent those laws are enforced can arouse a myriad of emotions and reactions. The most consistent criticism leveled at proponents of a property maintenance code for Cape Girardeau has been based on fears of how the measure will be enforced...
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UNIVERSITY CITY BREAKS GROUND WITH PROPERTY CODE
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
UNIVERSITY CITY -- One of the first cities in the nation to develop a comprehensive program to curb the spread of deteriorated housing was University City, a suburb of St. Louis. Like many suburbs in older metropolitan areas, University City seemed likely to inherit the housing problems of St. Louis as the city dwellers flocked to the suburbs in the 1960s...
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CAIRO'S GATE: NEVER USED, BUT AVAILABLE
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Every day, thousands of people pass under the old iron gate located at the north end of the city here. Visitors must pass through it to enter the southernmost city in the state. But some miss the 60-foot wide, 14-foot-deep gate which stretches high across Highway 51 at the north end of the old Illinois Central Railroad tunnel. Others see it but don't know why it's there...
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PERRY COUNTY LEVEE BREAKS; TOWNS EVACUATED AS RIVER RUSHES IN
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
McBRIDE, Mo. Residents of the tiny community of McBride, located about six miles north of Perryville, scrambled to remove what belongings they could from their homes Sunday afternoon in the wake of an early-morning levee breach about eight miles away...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
The Southeast Missourian asked people how they had participated in helping victims of the Flood of '93 or how they were going to become involved during this crisis? Ron MacCubbin, Red Cross District Services Chairman: "We have mobile feeding units serving 6,600 meals a day to St. Genevieve, to Commerce, to Chester, to Cairo. Both sides of the river are covered. We have nursing staff in the field, local doctors on call and mental health people in full force. Incredible volunteers."...
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HOUSE DROWNS IN FOLLY AS THE FLOODWATERS RISE
(Editorial ~ 07/26/93)
Maybe the U.S. House just can't help itself. Caught in a self-developed and unrestrained pattern of caprice where the appropriation of public money is concerned, leaders in the House grow accustomed to funding pet projects at will, even if it means corrupting worthy legislation. Congress has become the slaughterhouse of good intentions, and legislative inaction last week on a measure to speed relief to flood victims was a national disgrace...
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ADRIAN J. HUNT
(Obituary ~ 07/26/93)
PERRYVILLE -- Adrian J. Hunt, 73, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of Perryville, died Saturday, July 24, 1993, at the Allen-Bennett Hospital in Greenville, S.C. He was born March 5, 1920, at Perryville, son of Charles J. and Eva M. Albrecht Hunt. He was married to Anne Budd, May 15, 1951...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/26/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Basler of St. Louis, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, 10:14 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, 1993. Name, Matthew Steven. Weight, 8 pounds 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Basler is the former Laura Rottmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rottmann of St. Louis. Basler is a corporate accountant with May Department Stores, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Basler of Cape Girardeau...
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GEORGE A. RHODES
(Obituary ~ 07/26/93)
JACKSON -- George A. Rhodes, 60, of Jackson died July 24, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born at Bessville, Mo., April 24, 1933, to the late Joseph A. and Nancy Jane Kirkpatrick Rhodes. He is survived by his mother of Marble Hill; one son, Donald Rhodes of Scott City; six brothers, Elmer Rhodes of Texas, Carl, Raymond, Delzie and Kenny Rhodes of Marble Hill, and Elzie Rhodes of Patton; two sisters, Thelma Dippold of Cape Girardeau and Norma Jean Jarrell of Dexter; and three grandchildren.. ...
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DOROTHY DOWD HOWARD
(Obituary ~ 07/26/93)
CHAFFEE -- Dorothy Dowd Howard, 70, of Palm Desert, Calif., formerly of Chaffee, died Friday, July 23, 1993, at the family home. She was born Oct. 3, 1922, at Hayti, Mo., daughter of Sidney L. and Sarah Rafferty Dowd. She married Calvin Howard in 1965...
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ALMA JANE MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 07/26/93)
Alma Jane Martin, 92, of 1001 Ranney, in Cape Girardeau, died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 13, 1900, in Mayfield, Mo., the daughter of Jacob and Melinda Fulton Mayfield. In August 1918, she married Floyd B. Crites in Sedgewickville; he died Jan. 16, 1971. She later married Marcus Martin; he died in 1975...
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PHONE COMPANY, RETIREES GIVE $45,000
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
About $45,000 has been made available to communities in Southeast Missouri to help with flood cleanup. Telephone Pioneers, a service organization of active and retired employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone and AT&T, donated $30,000, with an additional $15,000 given by Southwestern Bell Telephone...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: SOLAR PRESS MAY FIGURE IN EXPANSION PLAN
(Business ~ 07/26/93)
Plans are under way for construction of a new Solar Press, Inc. facility in 1994, and Perryville could be involved in those plans. "At this point we don't know where the new facility will be," said Vince Adelman, general manager of current Perryville plant, which consists of 160,000 square feet and employs about 300 workers...
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OUTLET CENTERS ARE NEW WAVE FOR SHOPPERS
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
Before 1970 about the only way you could get a coveted fresh-from-the-factory bargain was to "know somebody" or work at the manufacturing company. But then, in 1970, VAF Corp., which makes Vanity Fair and other brands of clothing, started opening its Reading, Pa., factory to the public for a few hours each Saturday...
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: TERRY LANGSTON SUCCEEDS HIS DAD IN PRINT OPERATION
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
Like father, like son. Leonard Langston had a goal for his son. "When Terry (Langston) started work in the printing division of Concord Publishing more than 20 years ago, I was hopeful that some day, he would assume my position," said the elder Langston, who is in charge of web press production...
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BOATMEN'S IS SET TO PURCHASE TEXAS BANK
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
ST. LOUIS Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire a bank holding company in Texas with about $800 million in assets. Boatmen's will exchange .456 shares of its common stock for each share of First Amarillo Bancorporation's about 6.3 million shares outstanding...
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BUSINESS MEMO
(Business ~ 07/26/93)
Southeast Missourian subscribers will be finding something new in the Sunday Missourian, starting in September. "The Missourian has been selected to distribute the News America/FSI (free standing inserts)," said Irvin Landewee, major accounts manager. "The first of the co-op inserts will run Sept. 12."...
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MCCLAIN WILL RETIRE AS MANAGER OF CAPE GIRARDEAU KMART
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
John McClain has announced his retirement as Kmart manager at the Cape Girardeau store, effective Aug. 1. McClain, who started with Kmart in 1955, has been manager at the Cape Girardeau store 17 years. Jerry Zikmund, manager of the Kennett Kmart store, will assume the manager's position here Aug. 1...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 07/26/93)
Ken Kiefer has joined ERA Cape Realty, 2121 Broadway, of Cape Girardeau, as a sales associate. Kiefer, of Perryville, has more than 20 years experience in both outside sales and retail sales. He is in the process of moving to Jackson. Kiefer is a member of the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors, Missouri Association of Realtors, Multi-List Services of Cape Girardeau, National Association of Life Underwriters and Cape Girardeau Association for Life Underwriters...
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PLAYERS EXPANDING RIVERBOAT OPERATIONS
(Local News ~ 07/26/93)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Players International is expanding its riverboat casino operation. "We'll be opening our second operation at Lake Charles, La., in January," said Doug Wise, vice president of sales for the company. "And, we're certainly interested in establishing a riverboat casino at Evansville, Ind."...
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