Stories from Sunday, January 16, 1994

CHAFFEE -- Eula Cehn, 97, of Chaffee died Saturday, Jan. 15, 1994, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

The good news this week is that Gov. Carnahan included in his budget proposal the full requested amount of $12.681 million for a new business building for Southeast Missouri State University. We didn't make the Governor's budget last year, and so were playing catch-up all session in trying to get this item approved...

We live in a confusing age. Missourians have approved shorter terms for politicians, who in turn went longer terms for Missourians elected to prison duty. The largest organization supporting longer terms in the state is the Missouri High School and College Football and Basketball Coaches Association...

Gov. Mel Carnahan's second State of the State address to Missouri legislators last week proved to be one of high ambition, a characteristic we can't fault in any American. However, Mr. Carnahan's prowess as a leader won't be demonstrated until he turns these lofty goals into achievements that rupture neither the state treasury nor the state taxpayers. Proving his political talents is what the next four months will be about...

The leaders of NATO met in Brussels last week and tried to decide what to do with the Atlantic alliance. Over four decades ago, NATO was created for one purpose only: to counter the potential threat of a Warsaw Pact invasion of Western Europe. That's the reason it was invented; that's the reason it endured; that's the reason it was deemed an overwhelming success as the Berlin Wall crumbled and Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe. NATO outlasted the Communist threat that was its raison d'etre...

MOUNDS, Ill - Nota Mae Miller, 94, of Mounds, died Friday, Jan. 14, at the Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds. Miller was born Nov. 7 1899, in Mound City, to E. Otto and Coral Leischner Edwards. She married Ray Miller, who preceded her in death in 1962...

CACHE, Ill. - Woodrow "Woody" Thrower, 79, of Cache, died Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. Thrower was born Dec. 28, 1914, in Charleston, Mo. to James and Bertha Thrower. He married Betty Nichols. She survives, along with one son, Dick Black of Chicago; two daughters, Karen Bosecker of Villa Ridge and Jeannie Toler of Dongola; one brother, Donald Thrower of Olive Branch. Six grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive...

BENTON - Dorothy S. Klueppel, 91, of Benton, Rt. 1, died Saturday, Jan. 15, at her home. She was born Sept. 26, 1902, in Benton, to Theophil and Mary M. Glastetter Scherer. On May 5, 1931, she married Frank V. Klueppel, Sr. He preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 1992...

Wilton H. "Witt" Suedekum, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 14, 1994, at the Lutheran Home of Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 14, 1914, at Cape Girardeau, the son of Judge William F. and Laura Keller Suedekum. On April 12, 1936, he married Flora Goehring, who survives of Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Fred Broom, 86, of Old Cape Road in Jackson died Saturday at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

H. Wayne McCulley, 59, of 204 Franks Lane in Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 14, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 3, 1935, at Bell City, the son of Harrison and Ida Jane Drew McCulley. On May 28, 1955, he married Betty Atkinson, who survives of the home...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Rosie May England, 80, of East Prairie died Saturday, Jan. 15, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 24, 1913, at East Prairie, the daughter of Clint and Jinnie Cranford Thomas. On May 24, 1928, she married Valca Wallace Shelby, who preceded her in death on March 23, 1937. On May 25, 1946, she married Issac H. England, who preceded her in death June 15, 1959. She also was preceded in death by a son and a daughter...

She is survived by her parents; a brother, Bryan McCormick of the home; paternal grandmother, Esther McCormick of Caraway, Ark.; maternal grandparents, John and Jackie Ronnebeck of Cairo; and maternal great-grandmother, Ruby Elliott. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Monday at the Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, where funeral service will be at 1 p.m. The Rev. Ernest Brown will officiate, and burial will be in the Olive Branch Cemetery...

Chaplain Henry F. Gerecke ministered to the 21 Nazi leaders during the Nuremberg trails. At left, he stands in the tiny chapel improvised from two cells with a wall knocked out. The chair farthers to the right was the one always occupied by Hermann Goering. Above, chaplain Gerecke bears a striking resemblance to his son, Henry H. Gerecke of Cape Girardeau...

A large dome of bitterly cold Arctic air sent temperatures falling into the single-digits in the Cape Girardeau area on Friday and Saturday. It also sent many residents reaching for the telephone on Saturday, as they discovered dead batteries or frozen gas lines...

JACKSON -- In an effort to reduce discipline problems and increase safety, the Jackson School District is the latest of area school to equip school buses with "black boxes" concealing cameras. The boxes can be used to enclose an 8mm camcorder with a one-way mirror to record on videotape everything that goes in inside the bus...

JACKSON -- A two-term incumbent and former president of the Jackson School Board, Jack H. Knowlan Jr., has filed for a third, three-year term on the board. In addition, newcomer Rodney Ladreiter has filed for the Ward 4 seat now held by retiring alderman LeRoy Brown...

Clothes may make the man, but the type of tie he wears usually says a lot about his personality. Most men were baptized into neckties at a young age, as tiny hands struggled to knot the requisite neck wear on Sunday morning, while a patient parent assured the tie was straight, even and the knot tied correctly...

I find it incongruous that although I love big places such as high mountains, wide prairies, the great vaults of the starry heavens, I find such comfort and coziness in small places. Yet, like most everyone else, I seem destined to spend most of my time in what I call the middle-sized places, from the porch to the garage, from the garage to the grocery store, to town to keep some appointment, or to some other not-very-far-away point then home to the middle-sized again. ...

The Central Junior High PTA will hold an informational meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. for the parents of students currently enrolled in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. The meeting will be held in the Central Junior High School cafeteria. Parents will have an opportunity to gather information and ask questions regarding curriculum, courses, electives, graduation requirements and career opportunities...

SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Chamber of Commerce monthly dinner meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Henson's Cafe. Scott City Mayor Larry Forhan will install new officers and committee members of the Chamber at the close of dinner. The mayor will also deliver his annual State of the City address...

ROLLA -- Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to hold that office, will speak Feb. 7 at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Thatcher will deliver her lecture at 8 p.m. at the school's Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. Tickets, two per person, will be available to the general public beginning Wednesday at the university's ticket window in the University Center-West. ...

BENTON -- Persons not receiving their 1995 Scott County personal property tax assessment lists are urged to contact officials. "The assessment lists have been mailed," said Teresa Houchin of the tax assessor's office. "Anyone who does not receive the list should call 471-9447 or 545-3536, or stop by the assessor's office in the courthouse at Benton."...