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LYNDELL M. GAGE
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
SIKESTON -- Lyndell M. Gage, 78, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, May 25, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 21, 1915, at Blodgett, son of John and ReEnna Huffstuttler Gage. Gage was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army...
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CRIME: MISSOURI IS TOUGH & SMART
(Column ~ 05/26/94)
The 87th General Assembly grappled with two of the year's most hotly contested issues -- crime and the fear of crime -- and in the final days of the second session, passed noteworthy legislation that provides both immediate and longer lasting reductions in criminal activity. ...
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FIXED BASE OPERATOR IS INTEGRAL TO AIRPORT SUCCESS
(Editorial ~ 05/26/94)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport serves not just as a public transportation facility, but as an ambassador for this community. For many business people, as the frequent and apt description goes, the airport is the front door to Cape Girardeau. At the moment, the airport is an attractive door with a squeaking hinge. ...
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U.S. ATTORNEY MISFIRES ON BAILEY
(Column ~ 05/26/94)
Here is an excerpt from a recent editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Four days after former state Treasurer Wendell Bailey was indicted, the U.S. attorney for western Missouri, Stephen Hill, withdrew the indictment. Mr. Hill's enigmatic explanation was that the charges were being dropped "for court procedural reasons only." Stay tuned, he said in effect...
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WHEAT TO CAMPAIGN IN CAPE SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alan Wheat will be campaigning in Cape Girardeau Sunday as part of a Memorial Day weekend swing through the state. Wheat, serving his sixth term in the U.S. House from the 5th district of Kansas City and its Jackson County suburbs, will meet with local Democrats Sunday at the home of John and Bekki Cook, 1520 Sylvan Lane...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/26/94)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. K. Scott McClanahan, 366 Barberry, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:45 a.m., Tuesday, May 24, 1994. Name, Kinsey Ross. Weight, 9 pounds 10 1/4 ounces. First child. Susan Kinsey McClanahan is the daughter of Duane and Marilyn Kinsey of McClure, Ill. She is the regional director of the American Lung Association. McClanahan is a cabinet maker at Jerry's Custom Cabinets, and is the son of Jerry W. and Barbara McClanahan, 341 Barberry...
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GLADYS GULLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Gladys Gulley, 80, of Longview, Texas, formerly of Anna, died Monday, May 23, 1994, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. She was born April 1, 1914, in Jonesboro, daughter of Fred and Flossie G. Brown Coffman. She and Woodrow W. Gulley were married Oct. 6, 1932...
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EUNICE M. EVANS
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Eunice Mable Evans of Chaffee will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Kenneth Roberts will officiate, with burial in Friend Cemetery at Oran. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. An American Legion Auxiliary service will be held at 7...
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DORIS I. GRAHAM
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
STURDIVANT -- Doris I. Graham, 59, of St. James, died Tuesday, May 24, 1994, at Phelps County Regional Medical Center. She was born Aug. 28, 1934, at Sturdivant, daughter of Carl M. and Dolores Dalton Cox. She and Lester "Gene" Graham were married Aug. 10, 1967, at Sturdivant...
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ROY G. HILEMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
CYPRESS, Ill. -- Roy G. Hileman, 90, of Cypress, Ill., died Wednesday, May 25, 1994, at the Hillview Nursing Home in Vienna, Ill. He was born Dec. 24, 1903, at Mt. Pleasant, Ill., son of Gordon and Emma Granay Hileman. He married Pearl Porterfield, Dec. 22, 1923. She died Dec. 23, 1989...
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ROBERT G. GRUENEBERG SR.
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Robert Gene Grueneberg Sr., 72, of Scott City, died Wednesday, May 25, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 7, 1921, at Cape Girardeau, son of Robert Gustav and Emilia Wilhelmina Sprenger Grueneberg...
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LILLIAN ATKINS
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
ADVANCE -- Lillian Atkins, 87, of Advance, died Wednesday, May 25, 1994, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. The Morgan Funeral Home of Advance is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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LUTRELL M. GRAY
(Obituary ~ 05/26/94)
Funeral services for Lutrell M. Gray have been changed to graveside services at 10 a.m. today at Lorimier Cemetery, with the Rev. John Owen officiating. Burial will follow.
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CASINO WOULD ALTER TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN AREA
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission will recommend to the city council most of the proposals made by Boyd Gaming Corporation to handle increased traffic and the need for additional parking for its casino. However, there will be stipulations that will require further study of traffic on William Street heading northbound onto Sprigg Street and the need to widen William east of Sprigg Street...
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EMERSON: LEAD SINKER BAN DOESN'T FLOAT
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson hopes to drown the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to ban lead fishing sinkers. The EPA's proposal to ban the manufacture, sale and use of lead fishing sinkers doesn't float with Emerson. "This latest EPA gimmick to supposedly save waterfowl is ridiculous," the Cape Girardeau Republican said Wednesday from his Washington office...
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SCOTT CITY OFFICER FIRED, TWO OTHERS RESIGN
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Lt. Bobby Wooten of the Scott City Police Department was fired Tuesday night, prompting the resignation of two other officers. Wooten, a veteran officer with the department, could not be reached for comment Wednesday. Scott City Police Chief Rob Elledge confirmed that Wooten was "terminated," but would not give a reason...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: ENCOUNTERING DISNEY AT EVERY TURN
(Column ~ 05/26/94)
Dear Pat, DC and I are going to the Arcata to Ferndale Cross-Country Kinetic Sculpture Race this weekend. It was started about 25 years ago by two sculptors who wanted to see who could make the fastest work of art. From that goofy sprint down Main Street in the Victorian village of Ferndale, it has grown into a three-day ordeal in which about 100 bizarre-shaped, pedal-powered sculptures traverse 35 miles of city streets and highways, beaches, Humboldt Bay and the Eel River before finally coming to rest in Ferndale.. ...
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HIGH WINDS RATTLE RESIDENTS OF NORTH JACKSON
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
JACKSON -- Charles Fowler was rudely awakened Wednesday afternoon as a storm cell wielding high winds and heavy rains ripped through the mobile home park he lives in north of Jackson. "I was sleeping when I heard this roar," he said. "I looked up to see the screens and blinds being pulled out of the windows...
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AGENCIES GET FUNDING FOR FLOOD FICTIMS' HEALTH CARE
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
The Missouri Coalition for Primary Health Care and the Missouri Department of Health have received federal funding for the provision of primary health-care services to individuals who have been impacted by the floods of 1993 and 1994. The MCPHC has implemented a flood health-services referral line for callers to dial a 1-800 number to obtain information about available primary health-care services in their area. ...
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WORLD WAR I VET TURNS 100
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
A 100th birthday party for E.L. "Hap" Goodman will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Goodman is one of four surviving World War I veterans at the home and one of about 20,000 survivors of that war nationwide. Special guests at the celebration will include the other World War I survivors at the Veterans Home:...
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ALL ABOARD! NO. 5 PASSENGER STEAM TRAIN DELIVERS ENTERTAINMENT
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
JACKSON -- When Mary Strong listens to the familiar hiss of steam, the clickety-clack of wheels and the shrill blast of a train whistle, she feels like she's sampled another slice of heaven. Oh, one other sound makes her heart expand and her ears strain for more of the same : The chatter generated by a packed train during any given weekend run of robberies, murder mysteries, magic acts and the best of Bluegrass...
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AREA PIANISTS CAPTURE GOLD AT JUNIOR MUSIC FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
Piano soloists Julie Eller, Julie Lessmann, Courtney Maguire, Jean Maguire, Kyle Miller and Amanda Wyatt captured the gold at the 1994 Junior Music Festival. Performances, which took place in Brandt Music Hall, included piano duets, a cello trio, violin solos, flute and voice solos and piano solos...
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SUMMER HOLIDAY CONCERT SERIES TO BEGIN ON MEMORIAL DAY
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
The Summer Holiday Concert Series will continue with a tribute to the country's independence by the Missouri Symphony Pops Orchestra. The free family concert will take place at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau's Arena Park at 7 p.m. on holiday Mondays...
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ART EXPERIENCE '94 AT GALLERY 100
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
Watercolors, Intalio, paper-cuts, collage, oil on canvas, pastels, seriographs and more works of fine art have been collected from across the United States for the Art Experience '94 Exhibition at Gallery 100. The artwork in the exhibit is coming from Maine, California, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alaska, Oklahoma, and other states in between...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 05/26/94)
JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Ralph H. Ziegler to Jeffrey Lee Strack and Michelle Lynn Cushman; John E. and Faye W. Stinnett to Christopher A. and Christy M. Hill. Craig M. and Pamela Morgan to the Craig M. Morgan Trust; the Craig M. Morgan Trust to Jerry L. Poston and Jeffrey L. Hahs, doing business as J & J Homes; Gerald E. and Catherine M. Stoverink to Billy L. Riley Jr. and Mary Susan Riley...
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