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THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODS IN REGION
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
American Red Cross disaster operations officials said Sunday that several thousand people have been affected or made homeless by last week's flash flooding in Southeast Missouri. But they said few of those impacted by the floodwaters are showing up at Red Cross emergency shelters or requesting emergency assistance from the Red Cross...
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GIRARDEANS REMEMBER DAY KENNEDY WAS SHOT
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Local television broadcaster Don McNeely was at his mother's house for lunch on Nov. 22, 1963, when the shocking news interrupted the soap opera "As The World Turns." President John F. Kennedy had been shot. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas 30 years ago today...
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OFFICERS WHO NABBED OSWALD RELATES ORDEAL
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
As Dallas police officer Maurice "Nick" McDonald crept up the aisle of the Texas Theatre the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, he noticed that Van Heflin was on the screen behind him. The movie was "Cry of Battle." A few moments later, McDonald was in a real life-and-death struggle with the man who 90 minutes earlier had killed the president of the United States...
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PROSECUTOR WITNESSED JFK FUNERAL
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
For Ian Sutherland, it was the funeral of funerals. Standing there some 15 feet from the casket, Sutherland witnessed President John F. Kennedy being laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. "There was a little girl in a blue coat in the Kennedy family. When they played "Taps," she came apart at the seams, and all of a sudden it was really, really sad," recalled Sutherland, who was an Army lieutenant at the time...
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ERROR RESULTS IN SEWER UNDER-BILLING TO MANY
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
A computer error in the city's finance department resulted in a year-long respite for more than a third of Cape Girardeau's 11,000 city sewer customers. But those residents next year will have to make up the $85,000-$100,000 sewer revenue shortfall. Sewer fund revenues total about $1.2 million annually...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
The Southeast Missourian asked people what What they have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. William Hasler, Fruitland: "Most of all, my family. All of them are alive and doing well. I'm thankful we make enough money to live on. There's a lot of things to be thankful for, but most of all you're thankful for your family and being well is the biggest thing in life. From there on you can make it."...
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FLOOD VICTIM'S BODY FOUND BY HUNTER IN CASTOR RIVER NOT FAR FROM HIS CAR
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
MARQUAND -- The body of a 79-year-old Marquand man swept away by flash flooding along the Castor River Nov. 14 was found by a hunter Saturday. The body of Earl C. Storie was found near Trail's End Ranch, not far downstream from the point where his flooded car was found Nov. 14, said a spokeswoman for the Madison County Sheriff's Department...
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SOUTHEAST WILL REAPPLY FOR TALENT SEARCH GRANT
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Officials in Southeast Missouri State University's educational opportunity programs are preparing to reapply for a grant through the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Talent Search Program in the Missouri Bootheel. Harry Schuler, director of Student EOP-retention coordination, said the grant application deadline is Dec. 22...
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TUESDAY WORKSHOP TO ADDRESS DIVORCE
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Workshop on Wheels will present a workshop entitled "Helping Children Cope With Divorce" Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Early Education, 607 William. Dr. Gail Overby will cover divorce as a process, losses associated with divorce, responses to divorce, helping children through the process and long-term effects on children in divorce...
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PROFESSOR EMERITA HELPS EDIT BOOK
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Most history books credit Hernando De Soto with discovering the Mississippi River but say little about his wife, Isabel de Bobadilla, who kept the expedition running from her headquarters in Cuba. Illuminating de Bobadilla's role was one of Frances Crowley's contributions to "The De Soto Chronicles," a new two-volume book that unifies the many personal accounts of the Spanish explorer's expedition to Southeastern North America in the mid-16th century...
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CAPE POLICE OFFICERS SET SIGHTS ON LIFELIKE BIANNUAL FIREARMS TRAINING
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
The suspect's head is peeking over the right shoulder of the silhouette of his hostage. Detective Robert McCoy levels his shiny, stainless steel .10mm Smith & Wesson at the suspect's head and fires -- scoring a direct hit. No, it's not a scene from the latest episode of "Cops;" it's firearms qualification for all officers of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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TWO ATTEND TRAFFIC SAFETY LEGISLATION EVENT
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Stacey Ross and Lynn Ware recently participated in a major effort to set up legislative priorities for traffic safety. They represented the Cape Girardeau Area Heads Up Program and the Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition. A group of health care, insurance, transportation, civic and safety organizations met Nov. ...
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THIRTY YEARS LATER, A NATION STILL WONDERS WHAT HAPPENED
(Editorial ~ 11/22/93)
Thirty years ago today the nation -- indeed the entire world -- was shocked by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. That day, Nov. 22, 1963, ranks among the saddest in the history of this great nation. ...
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TRYING TO PUNISH OUR WAY OUT OF CRIME WILL FAIL
(Column ~ 11/22/93)
As you sit there drinking your Monday coffee, here's how some other Americans are spending the morning. About 500,000 people are sitting in 4,000 local jails today. Los Angeles and New York City each have about 22,000 people confined in their jails. Fifteen years ago, there would have been 160,000 jail confinees. Our jails are operating at 115 percent of capacity...
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD CREST HERE BY TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Unless there is significant additional precipitation later this week, the Mississippi River will drop below flood stage at Cape Girardeau by Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported. Rain and much colder weather are forecast Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day in the Cape Girardeau area, and there's a chance of rain or snow on Friday...
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HAROLD BALSMAN
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
PERRYVILLE -- A funeral Mass for Harold John Balsman, 72, of Perryville will be said at 11 a.m. today at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Perryville. He died Nov. 19, 1993. The Rev. Kevin Fausz, C.M., will officiate. Visitation will be from 6:30-10:45 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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PAULINE PICOLA HARTLE
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
Pauline Picola Hartle, 89, of 22 N. Hanover, died Saturday, Nov. 20, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Cape Girardeau on June 12, 1904, to John F. and Clara Beaudean Meinz. On Sept. 1, 1929, she married Oscar A. Hartle in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death on June 17, 1980...
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STANLEY RAY HOLIFIELD
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
SIKESTON - Stanley Ray Holifield, 40, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Nov. 21, at his home. He was born Dec. 4, 1952, in Sikeston,, to Glen and Virginia Holifield He was a life-long resident of Sikeston, and was employed at Donovan Drug Store in Sikeston...
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GERTRUDE VRANESH
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
Gertrude Vranesh, 76, of 507 Green Acres Drive, died Nov. 21, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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JAMES SAMUEL `JAMIE' LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
MATTHEWS -- James Samuel "Jamie" Lewis, 21, of Matthews died Nov. 20, 1993, as a result of a car-train collision at the railroad crossing on Highway 80 in Matthews. He was born June 10, 1972, in Dexter to the late Mark and Wanda Harbison Lewis. He was a carpenter for Heartland Wood Products Company in Sikeston...
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ROY EDWARD WILDY
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
WARE, Ill. -- Roy Edward Wildy, 81, of Ware died Nov. 21, 1993, at the Union County Nursing Home in Anna, Ill. He was born June 17, 1912, in Jonesboro, Ill., to Frederick and Lily Belcher Wildy. He married Leta Mae Thomas on Aug. 31, 1952. She died Aug. 5, 1971...
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EARL C. STORIE
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
MARQUAND -- Earl C. Storie, 79, of Marquand was found dead Nov. 20, 1993. He had been swept from his car into the Castor River near Marquand on Nov. 14, 1993. He was born at Waynesville, Mo., May 20, 1914, to Joe and Lucy McIntyre Storie. On Jan. 31, 1934, he married Katherine Hudson. She survives...
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CB CLUB TO HOLD BAZAAR AT CHAFFEE
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
CHAFFEE -- The River City CB Club will sponsor its annual Christmas Parade Bazaar on Dec. 11 in Chaffee. A display of arts and crafts will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the club's activity center, 113 and 115 W. Yoakum, next to Mabel's Cafe. For information on booth spaces, call Lucille Halter at 887-6390...
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CHARLES RYAN ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 11/22/93)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Charles Ryan Adams, 2, of East Prairie died Nov. 19, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 3, 1991, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Larry E. and Joyce Edwards Adams. They survive. He also is survived by two half-brothers, James Adams of Jacksonville, N.C., and Toby Adams of Paducah, Ky.; three half-sisters, Penny Deavers of Richland, N.C., Monica Adams of Paducah and Amanda Franklin of the home; two grandparents and several aunts and uncles...
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BIRDIE RADER NOT SORRY SHE SWITCHED CAREERS
(Column ~ 11/22/93)
Birdie Rader switched careers 20 years ago, and she couldn't be happier. Rader, a sales associate at Century 21 Key Realty, was recently inducted into the Century 21 Divisional Hall of Fame, only one of 16 members who have been inducted into the Hall...
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PHONE HOME FROM THE ROAD
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
The cellular telephone business was first switched on in Chicago in October of 1983. That was a decade ago. By the end of 1983, there were only about 8,000 cellular customers in the nation. By the end of this year, there will be about 14 million cellular telephone users in the nation, with almost 10,000 new customers signing up each day...
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MEMOS
(Local News ~ 11/22/93)
Tri-State Hood Cleaning Co. has added a new service -- house washing. "We wash the house and clean out the gutters," said Ted Jones. The company, situated at 130 Pearl in Cape Girardeau, offers cleaning of restaurant and vent hoods as well. "We offer 24-hour service on vent estimates and work," said Jones...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 11/22/93)
Mike Strause of Cape Girardeau has joined Hillco Computer at Jackson as service manager. Strause, who has seven years experience in the computer industry, previously worked at ComputerLand in Cape Girardeau. Beth Shambaugh of Carbondale, Ill., has joined Schnuck's Pharmacy, 19 S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, as a pharmacist...
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