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GOLDIA DURBIN
(Obituary ~ 07/09/94)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Goldia Durbin, 94, of East Prairie, died Thursday, July 7, 1994, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1899, in Marble Hill, daughter of Bea and Erma Petty Yount. She and Wallace Durbin were married in 1920 at Charleston. He died Nov. 14, 1973...
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POLITICAL DECEIT
(Column ~ 07/09/94)
The American electoral system would be much better off if Congress and the Missouri General Assembly would simply enact a very brief law stating: "No candidate for public office in any jurisdiction shall utter, while seeking election, the following phrases, 'And if I am elected, I will vote to cut taxes' and/or 'If you will elect me, I will run the government like a business' and/or 'I will install a degree of common sense in government if I am elected.' Any candidate for any public office heard uttering any of these phrases shall automatically forfeit the right to be considered a sensible candidate and shall be ineligible to seek any other public office without first satisfactorily completing a remedial class in political science.". ...
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COHERENT FOREIGN POLICY CONTINUES TO ELUDE CLINTON
(Editorial ~ 07/09/94)
The White House continues to fumble on Haiti, showing an administration in increasing foreign policy disarray. Lacking any guiding principle, the administration lurches from position to position daily, drying up U.S. credibility and compounding an already messy situation...
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HIV TESTING: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
Requests for testing for the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has increased annually for the last three years at two local centers that offer public screenings. Annual increases at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center in the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tests administered reflects the public's growing understanding of the health threat, department administrator Charlotte Craig believes...
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APE DOCTOR LECTURES IN ITALY ON LYME DISEASE
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
Dr. Ed Masters of Family Physicians Group in Cape Girardeau recently lectured in Italy about a study on Lyme disease and the bacteria that causes it. Masters spoke at the VI International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis in Bologna, Italy. Co-authors of the study included Dr. ...
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ST. FRANCIS CENTER FOR RECOVERY PLANS MOVE
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
The St. Francis Center for Recovery, an alcohol and chemical dependency treatment program at St. Francis Medical Center, will move outpatient services to the Medical Arts Building, 937 Broadway. No date has been set for the move. In the interim all inpatient and outpatient programs and services will continue to be provided at St. Francis Medical Center. After the move, inpatient services will remain at the medical center...
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PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS CHAPTER PLANS A DANCE
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
The Cape Girardeau chapter of Parents Without Partners is sponsoring a Summer Sizzler Dance from 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. on July 16 at the VFW Hall on North Kingshighway. The public is invited. The music will be provided by the "Loos Enz" Live Band. There will be a $5 donation at the door. Soda will be available and door prizes will be offered...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: WHO WAS O.J. SIMPSON?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/09/94)
Dear editor, Whatever else one might think of "The Juice," at the very least he was a great entertainer: former football great, pop-up artist in commercials, heroic nightclubber, savior to the young, walk-on guest, cameo actor in forgettable films, sports commentator, an icon sleeping in board rooms. And who will ever forget O.J. leading the cops in a triumphal parade down the freeways of Los Angeles at a slow gallop?...
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MINNIE M. MAINER
(Obituary ~ 07/09/94)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Minnie Marie Mainer, 93, of McClure, died Thursday, July 7, 1994, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born March 5, 1901, in Union County, daughter of James and Mary Ellen Wallace Caviness. She and Lloyd H. Mainer were married in August 1924 in Jonesboro. He died in 1983...
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DOROTHY L. LOCKERBY
(Obituary ~ 07/09/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dorothy Leona Lockerby, 90, of Bloomington, formerly of Anna, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at Scotchwood Health Care Center in Bloomington. She was born Sept. 1, 1903, in Vienna, daughter of William Marshall and Mary Ellen Dunn File. She and Roy Orval Lockerby were married Aug. 18, 1919, in Paris, Tenn. He died July 20, 1974...
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AIRPORT MANAGER TO RESIGN
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
Cape Girardeau Airport Manager Randy Holdman will resign July 31 to take a position with Drury Southwest Inc. of Cape Girardeau, a commercial development company. "It's a career-broadening opportunity for me, and an opportunity for me and my family to remain in Cape Girardeau," Holdman, a retired Air Force squadron commander and fighter pilot, said Friday. ...
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DEA AGENT URGES TEENS TO EXCEL IN LIFE
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
Shirley Armstead believes if she can make it in life, anyone can. Armstead told about 100 young people attending the National Youth Sports Program at Southeast Missouri State University Friday that she was one of 10 children in a family where each of her parents worked two jobs to feed the children...
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COUNTRY FLAIR FEATURED AT 139TH SEMO DISTRICT FAIR
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
Restless Heart, Aaron Tippin and Janie Fricke will lend a decidedly country flavor to musical entertainment at the 139th SEMO District Fair Sept. 11-17 at Arena Park. The carnival midway will open early this year on Saturday, Sept. 10, making the SEMO District Fair an eight-day event...
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WHERE AR MY SOAPS? ASK SOME
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
For the past 40 years, Inatha Mansker has tuned into CBS every weekday to watch her favorite soap operas. But now, when she turns on her television, she finds the O.J. Simpson hearing instead of her soaps. "I wish they'd put my soaps back on," said Mansker. "They haven't been taken off for this long since Watergate."...
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LOCAL ANGLES: AMERICA NEEDS A RENAISSANCE IN APOLOGETICS
(Column ~ 07/09/94)
Apologetics, the branch of theology concerned with the defense or proof of Christianity, has suffered from neglect in the past few decades. In an era when art is dominated by impressionist paintings that resemble a 2-year-old's place mat after an enthusiastic meal of spaghetti, peas and lime jello, homo-erotic photographs and performance artists who make political statements by standing on a stage, their bodies covered with anything but clothing, it should come as no surprise that apologetics is a lost art.. ...
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LUNCHEONS PLANNED IN JACKSON, SCOTT CITY TO PREPARE FOR YELL
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
Representatives from community organizations, clubs and businesses in Scott City and Jackson are needed to participate in this year's YELL for Newspapers campaign. Luncheons are planned next week to provide information about the event and how people can get involved, said Kim McDowell, YELL committee chairman for the Area Wide United Way...
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JACKSON WOMAN TO HOLD ART EXHIBIT AT ORAN
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
A collection of 32 oil paintings of portraits, still life and landscapes by Jackson artist Connie Blattner will be on exhibit at the Cleda Curtis Art Studio, 133 W. Railroad St., in Oran during July. An opening reception for the public will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the art studio...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/09/94)
Son to Carrie Sample of Kelso, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:45 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 1994. Name, Dustin Robert. Weight, 8 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Miss Sample is the daughter of Janet and Roger Felty, and Joan and Robert Sample, all of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Sears...
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SUMMERFEST PAGEANT SCHEDULED FOR JULY 16
(Local News ~ 07/09/94)
A Summerfest Pageant will be held at 2 p.m. July 16 in the activity room of Country Gardens in Cape Girardeau. There will be eight divisions from "Baby" to "Miss." The first four divisions will compete in party dress only and all other age divisions will compete in sportswear and evening gown. There will be prizes in each age division for the winners and alternates...
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