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MARVIN DOYLE CATES
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
BLOOMFIELD -- Marvin Doyle Cates, 91, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born June 16, 1903, in Stoddard County, the son of Henry and Mertie Sitz Cates. On Feb. 26, 1926, he married Lela Opal Harris, who preceded him in death on Aug. 27, 1981...
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CITY CHARTER IDEAS MERIT CONSIDERATION
(Editorial ~ 10/05/94)
For the past 18 months, a council-appointed commission has been reviewing Cape Girardeau's city charter. Commission members found a basically sound document with room for fine-tuning. The result: 11 proposed amendments. Amending the charter isn't a matter to be taken lightly. ...
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AMBULANCE
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
BOLLINGER COUNTY At 8:14 p.m. Sept. 26, Matthew Strong was transported from Marble Hill to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau for a medical emergency. At 10:09 a.m. Sept. 27, Willard Hahn was transported from Marble Hill to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau for a medical emergency...
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LETTER: VOTING RIGHTS CASE IN ILLINOIS TAINTED BY COMPROMISED JUDGES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/94)
To the editor: Imagine playing in a baseball game where the four umpires are drawn from the roster of the opposing team. You would have good reason to question the impartiality of the umpires' judgment. Believe it or not, such a contest did occur, but it was no game. It was an important voting rights case that was heard by the seven justices of the Illinois Supreme Court this past summer...
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CAPE WOMAN KILLED NEAR SIKESTON MONDAY
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
SIKESTON -- A Cape Girardeau woman was fatally injured in a three-vehicle accident near Sikeston Monday. Marjorie Miller, 73, died at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau after being transported from the accident scene by air ambulance. A Murray, Ky., couple were transported to Dexter Memorial Hospital following the crash. Norman Clark, 80, suffered serious injuries, while his wife, Lola, 77, received moderate injuries...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/05/94)
Son to Bob and Angie Porter of Marion, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:57 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1994. Name, Christensen Gere. Weight, 7 pounds 9 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Porter is the former Angela Stotts, daughter of Debbie McCall of Zalma. Mr. and Mrs. Porter are president and vice president, respectively, of P.D.W. Inc. He is the son of Robert and Helen Porter of East Cape Girardeau, Ill...
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QUEEN NELSON
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
CHARLESTON -- Queen Ester Nelson, 85, of Charleston, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994. She was born July 8, 1909, in Sumners, Miss., daughter of Richard and Parrilee Greenwood Banks. She married William H. Nelson, who preceded her in death. Nelson was a member of St. Matthew Baptist Church, former choir member, and served on the Mother Board. She was a member of Queen Esther Chapter 17 Order of Eastern Star...
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JAMES N. FRENTZEL
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
JACKSON -- James N. Frentzel, 46, formerly of Jackson, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 1994, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. He was born Nov. 13, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Charles E. "Jim" and Nathalee Woods Frentzel. Frentzel was a branch manager with Emergency 24 in Southfield, Mich...
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BYRON W. VAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Byron Wayne "Barney" Vaughn of Anna will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home here. Steve Shepherd will officiate. Burial will be in Casper Cemetery, with military graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today, and until service time Thursday...
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MARTHA L. BROWN
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
JACKSON -- Martha Louise Brown, 62, of Jackson, died at Southeast Missouri Hospital Monday, Oct. 3, 1994. She was born Nov. 8, 1931, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Lyman and Ora Switzer Steel. She first married Donald L. Jones in 1947. She later married Chuck Myers Aug. 2, 1961, who preceded her in death in 1983. She then married Earl Brown Oct. 31, 1987, who preceded her in death July 25, 1994...
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RITA ANDERSON
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
CHARLESTON -- Rita Anderson, 77, of Owensboro, Ky., died Monday, Oct. 3, 1994, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She was born Aug. 1, 1917, in Charleston, daughter of William Alamander and Hazel Noble Carr. She and Charles E. Anderson were married June 29, 1946. He died Feb. 10, 1977...
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JEROME A. LUTZ
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
ANNA, Ill. -- Jerome A. Lutz, 83, of Anna, died Monday, Oct. 3, 1994, at his home. He was born Jan. 27, 1911, in Sparta, son of James Howard and Carrie Ratcliff Lutz. He and Kathleen Hill were married in 1934. She died in 1962. He later married Lucille Wahl...
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LUCILLE L. ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 10/05/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Lucille Laura Abernathy, 83, of Perryville, died Monday, Oct. 3, 1994, at her home. She was born Sept. 16, 1911, at Perryville, daughter of James W. and Clara Schulte Lyle. She and Thelburn Abernathy were married April 15, 1930. He died June 21, 1972...
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FIGURES POINT TO INCREASED EXPORTS BECAUSE OF NAFTA
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
The president of Poly Systems Inc. of Steelville, says passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement helped the company land a work contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that will exceed $250 million this year. Lower tariffs due to NAFTA have allowed Poly Systems to obtain piping from Canada at a more affordable price, said the Poly Systems president, Jerry Levingston...
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PUBLICITY DIN LEADS TO NURSE'S RESIGNATION
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
JACKSON -- The Jackson school nurse who was shot and wounded last summer outside the home of her married lover quit her job Tuesday. Cheryl Litzelfelner said she resigned because she needs to spend more time with her children and wants to get her name out of the newspaper...
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RADIO ECHOES EXCLUSIVE MISSOURIAN HOAX STORY
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
Joel Vinson wasn't surprised Tuesday morning when he heard what he thought was a Southeast Missourian news story on the radio. Vinson, a targeted publications writer for the Missourian, said the story aired by KCGQ (Q-99) at 8 a.m. was similar to the newspaper's copyrighted story that hit newsstands the same morning. He said the incident was just the latest in a series of radio rip-offs of Missourian stories...
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BY THE WAY: GETTING A KICK OUT OF VISIT WITH FRIENDS
(Column ~ 10/05/94)
If you can't identify a friend's kid during warmups of a soccer tournament, you know it has been too long between visits. That embarrassing realization left me with a curious game face on an otherwise pleasant Indian summer afternoon Sunday. A friend I grew up with in St. Louis came to Cape Girardeau to watch his son Chad play in the City of Roses Soccer Tournament over the weekend...
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FIREFIGHTERS TO STRESS SAFETY DURING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
Mrs. O'Leary's infamous cow, the one allegedly responsible for The Great Chicago Fire of October 1871, sparked more than a disaster when she kicked over a lantern. The resulting fire made Americans notice how inferno prone their great cities were. Eventually, they established Fire Prevention Week to mark the occasion and keep history from repeating itself...
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CANDIDATE FORUM SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
Candidates for Missouri's 8th Congressional District and state House District 158 will appear at a forum Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Southeast Missouri State University University Center Ballroom. US. Rep. Bill Emerson, a Republican, and his opponents, James L. Thompson, a Democrat, and Greg Tlapek, a Libertarian, were invited to take part in the forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Cape Girardeau County and SEMO's political science department...
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DMDA TO SPONSOR LOCAL DEPRESSION SCREENING
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
Suicidal thoughts. Constant fatigue. Loss of appetite. These signs of clinical depression, alone or combined, spell trouble for the victim. It isn't a simple case of the blues. Just like any other disease, mental illness left untreated will consume one's life, resulting in tragedy...
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GODWIN: TRUTH EMERGES FROM OPEN DISCOURSE
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
Talk show programs have an ethical responsibility to allow all sides of issues to be heard, Dr. Fred Godwin told members of the River City Business and Professional Women Tuesday. Godwin, dean emeritus at the College of Humanities of Southeast Missouri State University, also is teaching a basic speech course this fall...
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ST. LOUIS CONSULTANT DISCUSSES HOSPITAL MERGER
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
While Marc Smith declared the St. Louis hospital consolidation he helped orchestrate a success, he told Cape Girardeau medical and business professionals Tuesday they should develop their own answers to the region's health care questions. The Southeast Missouri Business Group on Health, an organization devoted to studying how local health care impacts business, sponsored the forum at the Drury Lodge...
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WINE AND MARRIAGE PROVE GOOD MIX IN STE. GENEVIEVE
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
Ste. Genevieve -- Wine and marriage have proved a good mix for Hope and Linus Hoffmeister. The Hoffmeisters started out as amateur winemakers. "We made our first batch of wine the first year we were married, in 1960," Hope Hoffmeister said. Ten years ago, they opened a commercial winery, the Sainte Genevieve Winery...
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SERENDIPITY REIGNS SUPREME AT RIVER RIDGE WINERY
(Local News ~ 10/05/94)
COMMERCE -- Serendipity reigns supreme at River Ridge Winery. Serendipity is the name of a dry white wine produced at the winery. It is a blend of three varieties of French hybrid grapes. But serendipity, which denotes a pleasant surprise, also could well describe River Ridge owners Jerry and Joannie Smith...
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LADY BUG: AS WEATHER COOLS, IT'S TIME TO MOVE HOUSE PLANTS BACK INSIDE
(Column ~ 10/05/94)
House plants that have spent the summer outside should be prepared for the trip back indoors now. If they have spent the summer in a decorative spot, now as the nights become cooler, some plants, especially tropical ones, can be damaged if permitted to become too cool. If plants are still in proportion, however, potting is better done in spring before plants are moved out to the outdoors again...
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