Stories from Thursday, September 22, 1994

Allie Christine Rogers, 82, of Mounds, Ill., died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds.

To the editor: Isn't it wonderful that they have suddenly found that dioxin causes lung cancer in thousands of people, and has for years? I'm certain the slanted researchers didn't take this into account in claiming that cigarette smoke is the cause of lung cancer...

One of the cornerstones of the U.S. justice system since the founding of the nation has been the right to a public trial when anyone is accused of a crime. The founding fathers, no doubt, were sensitive to the darker aspects of any government that is allowed to charge, try and convict suspected criminals in secrecy...

Stac Underwood thought her debut country music single was about someone she knew. Two weeks later she found out that "Go West Young Man (And I'll Go East)" could also be applied to her own life. Regardless of who she was singing about, the 24-year-old Cape Girardeau country music artist knew she tapped into the core of a real-life experience. "That's what country music is all about," Underwood said...

The Wonderful World of Horses will make Cape Girardeau one of its stops on its 25th anniversary tour when it converges on the Show Me Center Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. The show features the world renowned Royal Lipizzaner Stallions and emulates the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria. A special presentation titled "Symphony In White" will be performed...

The Midwest Forest Industry Show returns to Cape Girardeau this weekend. The show, to be held Friday and Saturday at the Show Me Center, will feature more than 100 exhibitors of new machinery and equipment used in the forest industry. "Visitors will have an opportunity to talk with manufacturers and distributors of machinery and equipment," said Ken Christgen, executive director of the Missouri Forests Production Association, which sponsors the show. ...

To the editor: I applaud the Southeast Missourian for the health feature on infertility. It was an excellent article and provided information and hope to many infertile couples. There were a few facts not in the article I feel are important and would like to mention them. ...

SIKESTON -- James Robert Maxwell, 76, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 2, 1918, in Mt. Auburn, Ill., son of Evert and Letha Cummins Maxwell. He and Elizabeth June Nidey were married Aug. 7, 1954, in Robinson, Ill...

PERRYVILLE -- Urban Whitson, 71, of St. Louis, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at Landsdowne Manor in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 29, 1922, at Minith, son of Elmer and Birdie L. Robinson Whitson. He and Stella M. McClure were married Sept. 20, 1948, at Jackson...

Daughter to Terry G. and Lori C. Wibbenmeyer, Perryville Route 7, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:58 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, 1994. Name, Logan Marie. Weight, 5 pounds 8 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Mrs. Wibbenmeyer is the former Lori Lappe, daughter of Russell and Carol Lappe of Perryville. She is billing supervisor at Citizens Electric Corp. Wibbenmeyer is used car manager at Keller Motors. He is the son of Marie Wibbenmeyer of Perryville, and the late Wilfred Wibbenmeyer...

Sister Mary Clarence Lanahan, 89, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1994, at Villa Gesu, the retirement and health care center of School Sisters of Notre Dame in St. Louis. She was prinicpal at Notre Dame High School from 1964-70. Lanahan was born in 1905 in Nokomis, Ill. She received a bachelor of arts degree in English and a master of arts degree from St. Louis University...

SCOTT CITY -- Seventy Scott City High School students stood in freshly mowed grass around the flag pole to pray. They prayed for the school, for teachers and for fellow students; they prayed to curb drug use and violence among teen-agers. Wednesday's prayer service offered students a chance to stand up and be counted as Christians, said student leaders Brad Smith and Chad Bles...

At Southeast Missouri State University, there is talk of layoffs and major tuition hikes. School officials are forecasting gloom and doom if Missouri voters in November pass Hancock II, a constitutional amendment that would limit state revenue growth...

A year ago, many Missourians watched as the Mississippi River slowly -- but finally -- receded from their homes. It hit a record flood crest of 48.49 feet on the Cape Girardeau gauge on Aug. 8, 1993. By September, after many homes were destroyed and others heavily damaged, the river fell to around 35 feet on the gauge, barely above flood stage...

Dear Julie, We should be in Cheyenne, Wyo., by now, but I'm in the parking lot of the Energy Inn Motel in Diamondville, Wyo. The manager called to ask about all the ruckus in the room, so I've taken DC's parakeets and finches out for some sun. She and her brother Paul are off on a guided fossil-hunt, this being an area where ghosts of the Jurassic and Triassic periods can be found in, not under, every rock. Real three-toed dinosaur footprints...

JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep and Interim Sheriff Leonard Hines have crossed party lines to endorse Democrat Benny Hinton for sheriff. In so doing, the two have lined up opposite former Sheriff Norman Copeland, who is serving as chairman of the campaign committee of Republican candidate John Jordan...

There are 159 fewer students enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University this fall semester than a year ago, final census figures show. Total undergraduate and graduate headcount stands at 7,925, a decrease of 2 percent from last fall but an increase from last month's first-day enrollment figure. On Aug. 23, enrollment was down by 205 students...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Pulaski County has laid off nine county workers as it faces the prospect of not being able to meet its payroll later this month. County Board Chairman Travis Rose Jr. said a loss in revenue and unforeseen expenses forced the move. But even the layoffs, which will save about $27,000 over the next three months, aren't expected to solve the county's problems...

Members of the Southeast Missouri Continuity of Care chapter are celebrating National Continuity of Care Week this week. The group advocates coordinated discharge planning for hospital patients. The local chapter meets every other month at various places in the Bootheel. The group will sponsor a workshop Nov. 30. For information, call Vicky Holman at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau or Vangie Jones with Allen's Private Duty Nursing in Sikeston...

When a pilot shoots an approach to Twin Cities Industrial Airport, there is a hope that airport personnel aren't mowing the runway at the time. "It's just a small, grass-stripped airport," said Jennings Bond, the manager of the airport at Marble Hill...

Comedian and actor George Wallace is scheduled to appear at Southeast Missouri State Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in Academic Hall. Wallace was most recently seen starring in his own sitcom for CBS-TV titled "Tall Hopes." His other acting credits include the feature films "A Rage in Harlem," "Punchline", "Bert Rigby You're a Fool" and "Working Trash."...

The Southeast Missouri Music Academy will hold a benefit concert featuring faculty members Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. The recital is a fundraiser for the school. Professional musicians will perform works on piano, organ, voice, clarinet, trumpet and low brass ensemble...