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GAS TANKER TRUCK SPILLS 8,000 GALLONS
(Local News ~ 12/28/93)
NEW WELLS -- A gasoline tanker truck loaded with 8,500 gallons of gasoline overturned Monday morning on Cape Girardeau County Route C, about one mile south of New Wells. The driver, Robert Snider, 60, of Cape Girardeau, was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital where he was listed in fair condition Monday afternoon...
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ACID SPILL AT LOCAL PLANT INJURES DRIVER
(Local News ~ 12/28/93)
SCOTT CITY -- A St. Louis truck driver was injured Monday in a chemical spill at the Biokyowa plant along Nash Road. The unidentified truck driver was treated and released at St. Francis Medical Center after he inhaled fumes from a hydrochloric acid spill...
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CALMORE STALLINGS
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
CHARLESTON -- Calmore Stallings, 75, of Charleston, died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 22, 1918, in Mississippi County, the son of John Henry and Bessie May Cook Stallings. He married Eva M. Mayo, March 9, 1940...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/28/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Tim McKeon of White Oak, Texas, 12:29 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 1993. Name, Jonathon Edward. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce. Third son. Mrs. McKeon is the former Sherri Short, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Short of St. Peters. McKeon is a chemical engineer with Texas Eastman, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKeon of Cape Girardeau...
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GARY L. UNSBEE
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
Gary Lewis Unsbee, 47, of Waupaca, Wis., died Friday, Dec. 24, 1993, in Waupaca. He was born July 30, 1946, in Pontiac, Ill., son of LaRue R. and Irene Simmons Unsbee. Unsbee was a graduate of Fredericktown High School, and 1973 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He was a former sales representative with Georgia Pacific. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...
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HELEN MONTGOMERY
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
ADVANCE -- Helen Montgomery, 68, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, in a Phoenix hospital. She was born March 20, 1925, in Advance, daughter of Frank and Flora Pixley Mashek. She first married Leo Collins, who preceded her in death. She later married Gene Montgomery...
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MILDRED O. MCCOLLOM
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
CHARLESTON -- Mildred Opal McCollom, 93, of Beech Grove, Ind., died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove. She was born Aug. 25, 1900, in Charleston, daughter of Elige R. and Alice B. Elkins Brooks. She and Allen C. McCollom were married Feb. 28, 1916. He died March 31, 1981...
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ESTHER MAST
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
Esther Mast, 86, of Maryville, Ill., died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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LYNN S. MAYES
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
Lynn Samuel Mayes, 97, of Clearwater, Fla., died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1993, at Manor Care of Dunedin in Dunedin, Fla. He was born March 12, 1896, in Marietta, Ga., son of Newt and Mollie Orr Mayes. He and the former Ezella Prosser were married in 1940 in Ohio. She died Aug. 23, 1989...
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ADA HARRIS HOVIS
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
ORAN -- Graveside service for Ada Harris Hovis will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Friends Cemetery in Oran, with the Rev. Jack Bishop officiating. Sharp Funeral Home of Flint, Mich., is in charge of arrangements. Hovis, 95, of Fenton, Mich., formerly of Oran, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, at McClaren Hospital in Flint...
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JACK A. HALL
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Jack A. Hall, 80, of Cairo, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Marion. He was born Oct. 20, 1913, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., son of Charles C. and Sara A. Brock Hall. Hall was retired from Piggly Wiggly and IGA in Cairo, and a member of First Southern Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
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JO ANN HOWARD
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
Funeral service for Jo Ann Howard of Piedmont will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson, with the Rev. Kevin Kinnard officiating. Howard, 59, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, in Piedmont...
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BUELAH I. MCLAIRD
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
Buelah I. McLaird, 92, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 24, 1901, at Commerce, daughter of William and Augusta Wright Trickey. She and Clarence L. McLaird were married in 1921 at Jackson. He died Feb. 28, 1973...
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LLOYD M. THIELE
(Obituary ~ 12/28/93)
Graveside service for Lloyd M. Thiele of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1 p.m. today at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. The Rev. Raymond Oxford will officiate. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thiele, 78, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center...
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CONFESSIONS OF A LEGISLATIVEPHILE
(Column ~ 12/28/93)
Confession, they say, is good for the soul, so let me start the new year with an admission that will anger some, startle others and give small comfort to only a handful. The confession, if it can be ecclesiastically called that is that some of my favorite people are state legislators. Oh, the shame of it: I'm a known Legislativephile!...
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DISCUSSING CAPITAL ISSUES: ELECTIONS, SCHOOLS AND CRIME
(Editorial ~ 12/28/93)
We applaud Missouri Secretary of State Judith Moriarty, who in her first year of office has discarded one of the dumbest of state election traditions: the biennial Capitol queue of office hopefuls who believe there is an advantage in having their names appear first on a ballot...
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HOMEWORK CENTER A BIG HIT WITH KIDS
(Local News ~ 12/28/93)
Even when there are no children to be found within the tiny Homework and Literacy Center, their presence can be felt. Little tables and chairs in which only the smallest library patrons could fit, bookshelves that are eye-level for people of smaller stature, a chalkboard and colorful posters give the center an air of youth...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: BESSIE BUCK STARTS `NEW JOB' EACH YEAR
(Local News ~ 12/28/93)
GORDONVILLE -- In each of the past 24 years, Bessie Buck has started a "new job" in the fall. Buck has taught 23 years in the Jackson R-2 Schools. She teaches third grade and is the head teacher at the Gordonville Center. "Every new school year is like a new job," Buck said. "No two classrooms of students are the same...
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CAPE UPDATE: NEW YEAR EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
(Column ~ 12/28/93)
As we enter into the new year, perhaps it is appropriate to begin to look at the critical issues which have continued throughout the year 1993 and will certainly maintain their prominence in 1994. These issues, complex and sometimes controversial, will ensure education will continue to be scrutinized by parents, politicians, the American public, and our Cape Girardeau community. It is hoped that in the coming weeks and months many of these issues will be featured in this column...
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LIBRARY SERVICES CATER TO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
(Local News ~ 12/28/93)
The public library is no longer a place just to check out books. "We work to make the library a lifelong learning center," said Cape Girardeau Public Library Director Elizabeth Ader. "Public libraries have always tried to support the interests of the greatest possible number of people."...
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