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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: LET US GRIEVE FOR O.J. WHILE NOT GIVING UP ALL HEROES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/16/94)
Dear Editor, The letter to the editor July 9 concerning O.J. Simpson paints too broadly a picture with an inadequate brush! The gentleman writes not only as a critic of life and a cynic, but as one who seemingly has made judgments without weighing all the evidence...
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FARM BUREAU ENDORSES REP. EMERSON
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Farm Bureau's Southeast Missouri political action committee has announced the unanimous endorsement of Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson for an eighth term. Trustees representing 26 counties in the 8th District voted to again endorse Emerson this year after interviewing candidates running for the office...
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DONATIONS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS SOUGHT
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
The Cape Girardeau Salvation Army is collecting cleaning supplies for flood victims in Georgia. A trailer will be parked on the Schnucks parking lot through Sunday. Individuals or groups may drop off items. Cleaning supplies needed: paper goods, bleach, Pine-Sol, buckets, mops, brooms, shovels, rakes, cleanser, soap powder, sponges, spray cleaners, disinfectant, rubber gloves, hoses, bathroom cleaners and glass cleaner...
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CHADD ORGANIZATION PLANS MEETING MONDAY
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Diane D. Marr will discuss "collaborative interventions" at the Monday meeting of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders). The meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Harrison room of Southeast Missouri Hospital. Marr, assistant professor of counseling at Southeast Missouri State University, will discuss skills parents can use to help children at home and at school...
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BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD IS FINED BY THE STATE
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Inc. of Missouri, headquartered in St. Louis, has been fined almost $150,000 for violating consumer-complaint and claims-processing laws. The fine is the largest ever levied in the state against an insurance company for problems in internal operations, the Missouri Department of Insurance said...
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BEING SUN SAFE: HOW TO ENJOY THE SUN WITHOUT GETTING HURT
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Eyes closed, those tingling sensations are surely the sun's rays eliciting a golden tan long equated with glamour and fitness. Yet, for many, instead of the desired hue, what results is an itchy red skin tone that encourages glances of pity rather than admiration...
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ARMY DUPLICITY AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TESTING
(Editorial ~ 07/16/94)
Americans have been barraged with information about government deception in the past couple of decades. Yet it still comes as a shock to learn that 12 midwestern cities, including St. Louis, were sites of biological warfare testing during the hysterical genesis of the Cold War...
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THE SPECTACLE OF THE MEDIA, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND O.J. SIMPSON
(Editorial ~ 07/16/94)
There are two camps in the aftermath of O.J. Simpson's arrest for the murder of his former wife and another man. One camp includes the millions of television viewers and newspaper and magazine readers who can't get enough of the story. The other camp is easily recognized by its gagging every time a headline or TV special report mentions the bizarre case...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: GOOOOOOOOAL! RIGHT DECISION! WRONG JUSTIFICATION!
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/16/94)
Dear Editor, If the Southeast Missourian reporter accurately quoted Cape Girardeau School Superintendent, Neyland Clark, in the Thursday, July 14 story, he concurs with the school board's decision to start a girls high school soccer team in the '95'96 school year. However, his justification seems to be out of default, saying: "We felt it would be less expensive to provide the program, than to defend in court why we didn't have the program."...
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BIG CROWD AT RIVER CONCERT
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Paul Tracey has seen the heart of America from its very heart: the nation's waterways. Tracey, a songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, comic actor and folklorist, is a native South African who loves to write songs about communities visited by the American Wind Symphony,...
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COUNTY CLERKS MUST VERIFY PETITIONS
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Election authorities around the state will receive copies of petitions for up to three proposed ballot issues next week, and will be responsible for verifying that petition signers are registered voters. Since the July 8 deadline for petitions to be filed for the Nov. 8 general election, staff of the secretary of state's office have been busy making copies of approximately 65,000 pages of signatures for the three ballot issues...
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CITIZENS FORM WATCH GROUP TO PROTECT CAPE ROCK PARK
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Jane O'Connell and other residents along East Cape Rock Drive want to keep the flag flying high at Cape Rock Park. This week, several residents formed the Ward 1 Neighborhood Association. Several flags and flag poles have fallen victim to vandals in recent weeks, leaving the American Legion aghast and area residents up in arms. The most recent attack came Wednesday when one flag pole was bent and another pulled out of the ground...
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LOCAL ANGLES: GOP MODERATES THREATEN THE PARTY'S SOUL
(Column ~ 07/16/94)
California Gov. Pete Wilson and New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman have joined the list of Republican moderates vowing to strip the anti-abortion plank from the GOP's national platform. If they succeed, we will watch the Republican Party self destruct...
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FAMILY PANEL WARNS OFFENDERS OF DANGERS OF DRUNKEN DRIVING
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
Cathy A. Wilson had something special she wanted to tell her mother but insisted she wait until the evening of Nov. 5, 1988, to hear the news. Loretta Wilson never discovered what that something special was. Her daughter was killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver about four miles from her home that morning. She was on her way to school when her life ended...
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AIRCRAFT TO BE ON DISPLAY AT AIRPORT
(Local News ~ 07/16/94)
A number of military and civilian aircraft will be on display July 23 during the three-day hot-air Balloon Tour of America at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. More than 40 hot-air balloons and their pilots will compete in balloon "hound-and-hare" flights during the July 22-24 event. In addition, there will be tethered balloon rides and a post-sunset balloon glow...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/16/94)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bradshaw of Gordonville, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:16 a.m. Friday, July 8, 1994. Name, McKenzie Jean. Weight, 7 pounds 11 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Bradshaw is the former Karen Buck, daughter of Kenneth and Bessie Buck of Gordonville. She is an elementary teacher at Chaffee Public Schools. Bradshaw is data processing manager at Supervalu Scott City Division, and is the son of Jerome and Letty Bradshaw, Chaffee Route 1...
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THOMAS STATLER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
JACKSON -- Thomas Statler, 86, of Jackson, died Friday, July 15, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 18, 1907, in Perryville, son of Dempsa and Emma Biri Statler. He and Ruth Frank were married Feb. 17, 1962. He died Aug. 20, 1982...
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DR. ROVELLE C. CHOATE
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Dr. Rovelle C. Choate of Tucson, Ariz., will be held at 1 p.m. today at First Christian Church in Anna. John E. Ligon will officiate, with burial in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home here after noon today...
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H. GARWOOD SHARP JR.
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
SIKESTON -- H. Garwood Sharp Jr., 80, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 25, 1914, in New Madrid, son of Harry G. and Madge Mitchell Sharp Sr. He and Ruth Inez Felker were married April 21, 1935, in Sikeston...
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VIRGIE M. WORLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
SIKESTON -- Virgie M. Worley, 90, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 25, 1903, in Waterloo, Ala., daughter of Andy and Doty Isley Deshazier. She and Tony Andrew Worley were married in December 1917 in Savannah, Tenn. He died in March 1970...
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FRANK E. PARRISH
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
SIKESTON -- Frank E. Parrish, 75, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, in the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 7, 1919, in Morehouse, son of John and Ida R. Goodwin Parrish. He and Velva Smith Brown were married Aug. 2, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...
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WILLIE L. STANBERRY
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
BELL CITY -- Funeral service for Willie Levi Stanberry of Chicago, Ill., will be held at 4 p.m. today at Bell City Church of God in Christ. Elder David Pullen will officiate, with burial in J.C. Pullen Memorial Garden. Friends may call at the church from 2 p.m. to service time...
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OPAL H. HOUSTON
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Opal Hazel Houston, 82, of Kaufman, Texas, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at her home. She was born April 30, 1912, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of J.A. and Dora West Gearing. She and D.W. "Sam" Houston were married Jan. 5, 1940, at Wellston. He died Oct. 13, 1981...
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MARTHA URY
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Martha Ury of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Eddie Dodson will officiate, with burial in Lindsey Cemetery at McClure, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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ORPA L. PARKER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Orpa Lee Parker of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. Burl Britt will officiate, with burial in Anniston Cemetery. Parker, 87, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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REV. PAUL H. DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Rev. Paul Herman Davis, 71, of Glen Allen, died Wednesday, July 13, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 10, 1923, at Parma, son of Claude and Grace Snider Davis. He and Rita Lubeck were married Dec. 27, 1991...
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JAMES D. MOODY
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
ZALMA -- James Dale Moody, 18, of Zalma, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Oct. 16, 1975, at Dexter, son of Jimmy Dale and Carolyn Sue Pittman Moody. Moody was a 1994 graduate of Zalma High School, and had received many art awards...
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GOLDA A. EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Golda A. Edwards, 86, of Danville, formerly of Mound City, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at United Samaritan Medical Center in Danville. Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City is in charge of arrangements.
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BEULAH E. DOVER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Beulah Edna Dover, 92, of Mound City, died Friday, July 15, 1994, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds. She was born March 1, 1902, in Bardwell, Ky. She and Clifford Dover were married April 22, 1973. Dover was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Mounds...
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INA A. HITT
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
JACKSON -- Ina Agnes Hitt, 88, of Jackson, died Thursday, July 14, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 20, 1905, in Advance, daughter of James and Jennie Beck Rainey. She and Harry C. Hitt were married April 28, 1927. He died Dec. 2, 1971...
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WILLIAM "BILL" THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 07/16/94)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- William "Bill" Thomas, 77, Route 1, Jonesboro, Ill., died Friday, July 15, 1994, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home at Anna.
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