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MAKE LAWMAKERS LIVE BY LAWS
(Editorial ~ 08/17/93)
Citizens across the nation were enraged by the House banking scandal last year, assuming members of Congress held themselves above the laws the rest of us have to live by. In fact, Congress routinely approves laws in which the legislative branch of government is exempt. A bill is pending now that will change that. It is a bill we believe most Americans approve of and that Congress should act on...
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ANNA TEENAGER NAMED WINNER OF SIEC PAGEANT
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
April Poole of Anna was recently named Miss Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative of 1993. She was selected from among 13 other young women in the contest. The 40th annual pageant was conducted during the Southern Illinois Electric's annual meeting...
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WEDNESDAY LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR BBQ CONTEST
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Wednesday is the deadline to register for the BBQ Fest which is being hosted by the Agri-Business Committee of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. The BBQ Fest will be held on Aug. 20 and 21 at Arena Park to promote beef and pork consumption. "The team sheets are still coming it, but we hope to have around 25 to 30 groups participating in the event," said Linda Minner, administrative assistant for the chamber...
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MIDSHIPMAN RECEIVES NAVAL ACADEMY HONORS
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Cape Girardeau native Midshipman Brett Lessmann recently was named to the superintendent's list at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., for the spring semester. He recently spent six weeks aboard the USS A.W. Radford in the Caribbean participating in the United State's Navy's Drug Interdiction Operation...
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NAMES TWO TO DEAN'S LIST
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Tanya Matzat of Cape Girardeau and Brain Eftink of Oran were recently named to the dean's list for academic achievement for the spring semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University is one of America's leading private teaching and research institutions. The more than 11,570 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled there represent all 50 states and more than 70 international locations...
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FORMER NATIVE EARNS LAW DEGREE FROM SAN DIEGO
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Murphysboro, Ill., native John L. Sullivan recently graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law. Sullivan resides in San Diego and he is awaiting the results of the California bar examination. He is one of approximately 10,000 prospective attorneys who take the California bar examination annually...
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CAPE NATIVE NAMED TO NORTHWESTERN DEAN'S LIST
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Lyndea M. Dew of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list for the spring quarter in the C ollege of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Students on the dean's list must attain a grade point average of at least a 3.7. Northwestern University is one of the nation's leading teaching and research institutions, with nearly 17,000 students enrolled in 12 academic divisions at lake front campuses in Evanston and Chicago...
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SCOTT CITY NATIVE NAMED STUDENT OF YEAR BY CLUB
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Nicole Wadlington of Scott City was recently selected as student of the year by the Breakfast Exchange Club of Cape Girardeau. This award spotlights an outstanding senior who excels in l eadership, citizenship and scholarship. Wadlington was chosen from a group of nine Student of the Month winners from Central High, Notre Dame and Scott City High Schools...
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ADULT LEARNING CENTER STAFF ATTENDS TRAINING
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
The teaching staff of the Adult Learning Center, 301 N. Clark Ave., and it satellites recently attended a three-day workshop in Sikeston. The teachers participated in sessions dealing with literacy, volunteers in the ABE Program, tools for improving instruction, the teacher's responsibility for retention and recruitment, group cohesiveness and student progress and testing in Adult Basic Education...
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PEOPLE HAVE NO ENTITLEMENT TO IGNORANCE
(Column ~ 08/17/93)
It was distressing to read a recent news story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch featuring a 64-year-old retired postal employee who, according to the account, had almost single-handedly defeated a proposed tax increase in a suburban school district. It was distressing not because the retiree had exercised his right to oppose any public issue, for that is both his right and privilege, but bec~ause the reasons he cited for marshaling anti-tax sentiment were based on incorrect facts and inaccurate conjecture.. ...
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YOUTH DAY MESSAGE EMBRACED BY THE YOUNG
(Editorial ~ 08/17/93)
The eyes of the nation, and much of the Christian world, turned to Denver in recent days with the presence of Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day, an event held biennially somewhere on the planet, this year in the United States. While the pontiff draws attention wherever he travels, his reception by hundreds of thousands of people in this country was especially noteworthy. ...
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SEMO SET FOR NEW TERM; UNIVERSITY CLASSES WILL BEGIN MONDAY
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
The annual migration is about to begin. Southeast Missouri State University students will begin moving into campus residence halls Thursday in preparation for the start of classes Monday. Students will be greeted by a number of changes on the university campus, perhaps most noticeably the closing of Towers West residence hall and the social science building for renovations...
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CURFEW ENDS IN COUNTY'S FLOOD AREAS
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
JACKSON - A curfew, which prohibited non-residents from entering flooded areas of Cape Girardeau County without a permit, will be lifted at 6 p.m. today. On Monday, the Cape County Commission, which ordered the curfew effective July 10, voted to lift the ban...
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WHEAT TRAVELS STATE ASSESSING CHANCES FOR U.S. SENATE BID
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
After serving three terms in the Missouri House and now in his sixth term in the U.S. House, Congressman Alan Wheat is spending part of his August recess traveling the state to assess a possible run for the U.S. Senate next year. At 41 years of age, the Kansas City Democrat has been identified as a rising young leader in Congress. He is regarded by political leaders as a formidable potential candidate to succeed retiring Sen. John Danforth...
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PILGRIMS BACK, TIRED BUT THRILLED
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
Three buses filled with a euphoric group of sunburned and tired teenagers pulled into the St. Mary's School parking lot at dusk Monday, ending a trip they said they will remember all their lives. The 450 youths and chaperones from Southeast Missouri were among the more than 200,000 people who were in Denver last weekend to see Pope John Paul II on World Youth Day...
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JACKSON ALDERMEN OK HIRING ARCHITECT
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
JACKSON -- The city of Jackson has moved another step closer to a new city hall-library complex. On Monday, the Board of Aldermen authorized architect John D. Dudley of Jackson to evaluate the former Jackson Exchange Bank building at 101 Court Street for remodeling into city hall offices and a public library...
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SCOTT CITY WORRIES ABOUT NASH ROAD REPAIR COSTS
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Mayor Larry Forhan is worried about how much road repairs to Nash Road are going to cost his city. At Monday's Scott City Council meeting, Forhan discussed the state conference he attended Aug. 7 of mayors, councilmen and state lawmakers in Jefferson City. The conference focused on relief packages offered by state and federal agencies...
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MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
VIENNA, Ill. -- A 29-year-old Thebes, Ill., man was killed Monday in a head-on collision on Illinois Rt. 37 about a half-mile south of the West Vienna junction. Phillip L. Dodd was pronounced dead at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. Marilyn E. Wright, 42, of Cyprus, Ill., was also transported to Union County Hospital to be treated for serious injuries...
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JAYCEES FROM ACROSS NATION ASSIST MIDWEST
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
When Hurricane Hugo tore through the Southeastern seaboard of the United States more than two years ago, the Missouri Jaycees sent several truckloads of water and supplies to the residents' aid. Now, in Missouri's time of need, Junior Chamber of Commerce members from chapters in several other states, have worked to raise money and collect donations within their communities to send to flood victims in the Midwest...
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FLOOD VICTIMS RECEIVE BREAK ON TAX DEADLINES
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
If you are a flood victim and haven't filed your 1992 income tax return yet, don't panic. Ralph Shilling, district director of the St. Louis District of the Internal Revenue Service said taxpayers in designated disaster areas of Missouri who are unable to meet their federal tax obligations because of the flood, will be granted amnesty...
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TRI-CON REPLACES TRADITIONAL PICNIC WITH FLOOD FUNDRAISER
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
At the annual company picnic, Tri-Con associates departed from traditional fund-raising activities to sponsor a Sumo wrestling match to benefit flood victims. Associates nominated wrestlers and showed their support with money. Over $1,400 was donated by the Cape Girardeau associates, and associates at Tennessee, Detroit and central Missouri facilities along with several Tri-Con vendors...
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DR. EARL KEISER
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
MARBLE HILL -- Dr. Earl Keiser, 98, of Marble Hill, a retired dentist, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 1993, at El Nathan Inc. in Marble Hill. He was born at Knox, Ind., March 27, 1895, son of Omer and Emiline Van Kirk Keiser. He married Beth Hinckley on Oct. 30, 1915. She preceded him in death April 13, 1985...
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BERTHA M. COOK
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
MARBLE HILL -- Bertha M. Cook, 79, of Marble Hill died Monday, Aug. 16, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born near Hurricane on Dec. 27, 1913, daughter of Adam Lee and Kizzie Langston Cook. She was a housewife. On March 14, 1931, she married Delzie Cook. He survives of Marble Hill...
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HELENE M. COATS
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Helene M. Coats will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Tom Gears will officiate, with burial in Sikeston City Cemetery. Coats, 80, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 1993, in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 27, 1913, in Sikeston, daughter of William A. and Ester Madge Crafton Johnson. She and Horace Coats were married Oct. 7, 1933. He died Aug. 19, 1981...
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WILLIAM H. SIMPSON
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for William H. "Bill" Simpson of Charleston will be held at 11 a.m. today at McMikle Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dariel Hodge will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. today...
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PAT EFTINK
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
ORAN -- Funeral service for Pat Eftink, Oran Route 1, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church. The Rev. Normand Varone will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The parish rosary will be at 7 p.m., and KC prayers at 7:30...
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LEE POSEY OATS SR.
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Lee Posey Oats Sr., 62, died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993, at the V.A. Hospital in Marion, Ill. He was born Nov. 6, 1930, at Cairo, Ill., son of Adam and Lida Oats. He married Catherine Ballentine in 1950. Survivors include his mother of Benton Harbor, Mich.; his wife; two sons, Lee Posey Oats Jr. ...
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JESSE WHITTLEY
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
SIKESTON -- Jesse Whittley, 74, of Sikeston, died Monday, Aug. 16, 1993, at the John J. Pershing Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Sept. 4, 1918, at Bell City, Mo., son of William M. and Emma Elizabeth Arnold Whittley...
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EDGAR J. KOLLER
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
STE. GENEVIEVE Edgar J. Koller, 77, of Ste. Genevieve, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 1993, at Ste. Genevieve County Hospital. He was born July 5, 1961, at Ste. Genevieve, son of Frank and Veronica Naeger Koller. He married Rosella A. Fallert, Jan. 2, 1948...
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PRESTON EUGENE HAMMACK-WEBSTER
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
ANNA, Ill. -- Preston Eugene Hammack-Webster was stillborn, Sunday, Aug. 15, 1993, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill. He was the son of Rick Eugene and Cherry Hammack Webster of Anna, Ill. Survivors include his parents; two sisters, Lisa and Nichole Amber Hammack, both of Anna, Ill.; a half-sister, Kelsey Dallas of Jonesboro, Ill.; a half-brother, Justin Webster of Anna, Ill.; his maternal grandparents, Mr. ...
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ILLINOIS SENATORS HOST FORUMS
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
CAIRO, Ill. -- U.S. Sens. Paul Simon and Carol Moseley-Braun will host community forums in three Southern Illinois communities today. The Illinois Democratic senators will seek the public's questions and comments at the meetings. The first forum will be held at 10 a.m. in the Alexander County Courthouse at Cairo; the second in the Shawnee Community College River Room at Ullin at noon; and the third at the Stinson Memorial Library in Anna at 2:30 p.m...
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ROY EARL HESS
(Obituary ~ 08/17/93)
CHAFFEE Roy Earl Hess, 67, of Delta, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 16, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 21, 1926, at Painton, Mo., son of Roy Clifton and Nannie Irene Jones Hess. He married Aline Marie Baker, May 17, 1946, at Benton...
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PLACEMENT EXAM SLATED
(Local News ~ 08/17/93)
SIKESTON -- Southeast Missouri State University will administer the English Placement Examination today at the Sikeston Area Vocational School. The exam is scheduled for 6 p.m. Anyone planning to enroll in EN 100 English Composition, the beginning English course for undergraduates, must first take this examination...
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