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ALBERT L. BRAZEAL
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
MARBLE HILL -- Albert L. Brazeal, 29, of Lancaster, Calif., died Sunday, April 24, 1994, following a motorcycle accident at Lancaster. He was born at Advance Feb. 8, 1965, son of Amos Leroy and Betty Bollinger Brazeal. He was an aircraft electrician with Northrup Corp. and was of the United Methodist faith...
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UNIVERSITY SOLVES POTENTIALLY COSTLY WAGE DISPUTE: KUDOS TO SOUTHEAST FOR QUICK ACTION
(Editorial ~ 04/29/94)
A prevailing wage dispute over Southeast Missouri State University's Towers renovation project, which was resolved expeditiously without major additional costs to the school, exemplifies progress despite adversity. Something like this could have caused major delays in construction and run up the cost of the $13 million renovation considerably. ...
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UNIVERSITY SOLVES POTENTIALLY COSTLY WAGE DISPUTE: TOMMY HILFIGER COMES TO CAPE
(Editorial ~ 04/29/94)
Noted clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger of New York brought some good news to Cape Girardeau last week: He announced an agreement between Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A. Inc. and Hartmarx for the manufacture of Hilfiger's popular clothing line at Hartmarx's subsidiary the Thorngate Ltd. plant in Cape Girardeau...
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HUNGRY BEARS CAN CAUSE SPRING PROBLEMS
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
WEST PLAINS -- How many times have you heard someone describe a particularly troubling problem as a real "bear." The word, "bear," often evokes a picture of a big, stubborn, potentially dangerous situation, bat the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reverses the usual order, urging people not to let bears become real "problems."...
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FINS, FEATHERS, FUR
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
WILLOW SPRINGS -- The Scenic Rivers Stream Team Association will conduct a river clean-up on the Jacks Fork River Saturday. The association will provide sack lunches for participants, which include several community groups. Additional information is available by calling Mary Ann Carr (417) 469-4869 between 4 and 8 p.m. today...
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COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENTS ON NEW HUNTING REGULATIONS
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Conservation Commission approved several regulation changes affecting hunters at the Commission's April meeting in Jefferson City. The changes will become effective January 1, 1995, after Missourians have had an opportunity to comment and the proposed regulations have cleared all the procedural hurdles...
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UNIVERSITY SOLVES POTENTIALLY COSTLY WAGE DISPUTE: LET THE PASSENGERS PAY FOR METROLINK
(Editorial ~ 04/29/94)
It was reported Tuesday that passengers on MetroLink, the light rail system that runs through St. Louis, were lining up at double the rate originally projected. According to Jack Leary Jr., head of the Bi-State Development Agency, 23,000 riders a day are boarding the train...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/29/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Scott of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:59 a.m. Thursday, April 21, 1994. Name, Destiney Mickelhia. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Scott is the former Leigh Dudley, daughter of Gary and Cindy Dudley of Jackson. Scott is employed at Havco Wood Products, and is the son of Mike and Mary Scott of Jackson...
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ANNIE MCADOO
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
BERTRAND -- Annie McAdoo, 88, of Bertrand, died Thursday, April 28, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 11, 1906, in Bertrand, daughter of John Clinton and Sarah Louisa Presson. McAdoo retired from Brown Shoe Co., and was a member of Bridges United Methodist Church...
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IDA A. NOTHDURFT
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
CHAFFEE -- Ida Augusta Nothdurft, 89, of Chaffee, died Thursday, April 28, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 25, 1904, near Jackson, daughter of August and Minnie Zickfield Rust. She and Henry Nothdurft were married Dec. 24, 1942. He died July 23, 1993...
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DANIEL O. GUILING
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
ORAN -- Daniel Odis Guiling, 32, of Hollywood, Calif., died Tuesday, April 26, 1994, in a Los Angeles hospital. He was born Oct. 5, 1961, in San Antonio, Texas, son of James A. and Shirley Stigall Guiling. Guiling was a computer operator at the University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center...
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STACY LEE JONES
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
PATTON -- Stacy Lee Jones, 17, of Jackson, died Thursday, April 28, in an automobile accident. She was born April 4, 1977 in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Eddie and Kathy Slinkard Jones. She was a junior at Meadow Heights High School. Survivors include father Eddie Jones of Sedgewickville, and mother, Kathy Jones, of Jackson, along with brother Dustin of Jackson...
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STEPHEN C. JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
THEBES, Ill. -- Funeral service for Stephen Coy Jackson of Thebes will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Jackson, 67, died Wednesday, April 27, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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RITA URHAHN SCHEFFER
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
CHARLESTON -- Rita Urhahn Scheffer, Charleston Route 2, died Thursday, April 28, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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HAZEL WITHROW
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Hazel Withrow, Sikeston Route 2, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Blodgett Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lee Fansler officiating. Burial will be in Blodgett Cemetery. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Withrow, 79, died Wednesday, April 27, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...
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OCY I. NYE
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
Ocy Irene Nye, 85, of Summersville, died Monday, April 25, 1994, at her home. She was born June 20, 1908, at Horton, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mable Bloodworth Miller. She and the Rev. Vernon Wesley Nye were married March 20, 1933, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa...
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KENNETH H. CLINE
(Obituary ~ 04/29/94)
SIKESTON -- Kenneth Harold "Pete" Cline, 62, Sikeston Route 5, died Wednesday, April 27, 1994, at his home. He was born May 3, 1931, son of Gazwell H. and Bertha J. Klinole Cline. He and Dorothy Hodgkiss were married July 26, 1983, in Sikeston. Cline was a retired maintenance worker at Miner Nursing Center...
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FOR SECOND DAY IN A ROW, STORMS BATTER THE REGION
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
For the second day in a row, severe thunderstorms packing high winds, hail, and heavy rain lashed parts of Southeast Missouri Wednesday afternoon and evening, causing property damage and power outages. A tornado watch was in effect until 2 p.m., Thursday, for the entire Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois area. No severe weather occurred in the Cape area at the time the watch expired. But severe storms developed again Thursday evening...
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DRAINAGE DISTRICT BACKS CHANNEL BOAT
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
The executive vice president of Little River Drainage District says his group is not opposed to having a gambling boat on the Diversion Channel, as long as the project would not damage a levee designed to protect more than a half million acres of land...
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BOYD STILL COMMITTED TO BUILDING CASINO
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
Boyd Gaming Corporation Senior Vice President Maunty Collins has a message for Cape Girardeau: Out of sight doesn't translate into out of mind. Collins said Thursday that even if there is no riverboat gambling vote to bring games of chance into Missouri casinos in the near future, Boyd Gaming will proceed with its original plan for a floating casino in Cape Girardeau...
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TEEN IS KILLED IN ONE-CAR ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
MILLERSVILLE -- Stacy Jones, 17, of Jackson, was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 72 in Millersvile at 7:45 a.m. Thursday. Jones was driving her 1983 Chevrolet westbound when she lost control rounding a curve. The car struck a culvert and went airborne before hitting a tree. She sustained trauma to the head and chest and was pronounced dead at Southeast Missouri Hospital by Cape County Coroner John Carpenter at 8:48 a.m...
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SEMO PRESIDENT WILL URGE 3 PERCENT RAISES
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
Southeast Missouri State University faculty would get a 3 percent across-the-board pay raise for the next fiscal year under a proposal that has the backing of school administrators. In addition, another $500 would be added to the salary of each faculty member who qualifies for "extraordinary merit" pay, said Terry Sutton, Faculty Senate chairman...
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POLITICS OF PRODUCE, VENERATION OF VEGETABLES
(Column ~ 04/29/94)
Every dog, it is said, has its day. So, too, do vegetables. Broccoli took a nasty lick a few years back when then-President Bush, exercising executive prerogative, held forth on his aversion for the vegetable. He was made to eat broccoli as a child, Mr. Bush pointed out. As president, he would not be made to do what he didn't want to do and eat what he didn't want to eat. He would not, he emphasized, eat broccoli. He would not serve it at White House dinners. He banished it from Air Force One...
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REVIEW: OPERA WORKSHOP COMIC WORKS SET FOR WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
Lots of folks are "put off" by the mention of opera because they think it's just a bunch of unintelligible screeching and yowling, with much gesticulating, in Italian. Not to worry. This weekend, when Southeast Missouri State University's Opera Workshop presents two bright, brash, in English! comic operas, "The Reluctant Dragon" and "Gianni Schicchi" -- go ahead, enjoy! The latter really is pronounceable, and even if it were not, you'll so quickly be chuckling at the old guy's sly ways that his name won't matter.. ...
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CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE TO BEGIN SOON
(Local News ~ 04/29/94)
Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling III and officials of Cape Girardeau Properties, L.P., have discussed ground-breaking for Heritage Manor, a 44-unit housing project for elderly and disabled people. More than $1.9 million of the $2.2-million project comes from the federal HOME program administered by the Missouri Housing Development Commission...
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