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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
What steps do you think the United States should take if Iraq invades Kuwait again? Ron Walter, Cape Girardeau "We should not go in. My brother's in the Air Force, and I don't want him going back. Let them handle their own problems. Mark Dry, Jackson...
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ROBERT "BOBBY" RYAN
(Obituary ~ 10/10/94)
SIKESTON -- Robert "Bobby" Ryan, 61, of Sikeston died Sunday, Oct. 9, 1994, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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CAPE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
401 Independence St. Monday, Oct. 10 5 p.m. Study Session, 7:30 Voting Session Public hearings Request of Richard L. and Joan Eggimann for a special-use permit to build duplexes in Timberlane Subdivision and a tract of land at 2910 Kage Road, all in a C-1, local commercial district...
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158TH DISTRICT CANDIDATES DIFFER LITTLE ON THE ISSUES
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
Republican State Rep. Mary C. Kasten and Democratic challenger Melinda Benton McCulley agreed more than they disagreed at Sunday's candidates' forum at Southeast Missouri State University. They are seeking a two-year term in the Nov. 8 election from Missouri's 158th Legislative District, which comprises most of Cape Girardeau...
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MINUS ONE, CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
Missouri's 8th Congressional District challengers differed on drug laws, taxes, nuclear arms and foreign trade Sunday at a forum at Southeast Missouri State University. Rep. Bill Emerson didn't attend the forum, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County League of Women Voters...
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CAPE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
Cape Girardeau School District Monday, 5 p.m. Board of Education Conference Room -- 61 North Clark. Reading and approval of minutes of last meeting Reports Monthly report of the superintendent - CHS Student Council report - CTA report - NEA report - Community Relations Committee report...
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WILLIE C. "JAKE" WALKER
(Obituary ~ 10/10/94)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Willie C. "Jake" Walker of rural East Prairie will be at 2 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Johnny Bell will officiate, and burial will be in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie. Walker, 87, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
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REV. KELLY C. TOLBERT
(Obituary ~ 10/10/94)
MORLEY -- The Rev. Kelly C. Tolbert, 83, of Morley and formerly of Sikeston, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 1994, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born March 25, 1911, in Knoxall, the son of John A. and Edith Ethridge Tolbert. He was a Church of God minister and ordained a bishop in 1953. He was the pastor at the Trinity Chapel Church of God in Sikeston from 1955 to 1970 and at the Ben Road Church of God in Cape Girardeau from 1970 to 1979...
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BARNEY R. MULLINAX
(Obituary ~ 10/10/94)
JACKSON -- Barney R. Mullinax, 80, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 9, 1994, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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WESLEY DEAN HOTOP
(Obituary ~ 10/10/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Wesley Dean Hotop, 20, of Perryville died Saturday, Oct. 8, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital following an industrial accident. He was born July 17, 1974, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Dale Norbert and Peggy Lane Wood Hotop of Perryville, who survive...
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LETTERS: THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE VOTING FOR THE HANCOCK II AMENDMENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/10/94)
To the editor: People, as a whole, dislike and mistrust politicians. The growing frustration of paying burdensome taxes and feeling powerless as to the use of the money makes one want to seize control by any means. A lot of people distrust the educational establishment -- especially higher education. ...
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CAUSTIC CAMPAIGN CORRUPTION
(Column ~ 10/10/94)
It is regrettable, but true. Today's campaign for the office of U.S. senator from Missouri has become embroiled in caustic charges, irrelevant issues and foolish flotsam that serves not in the least the voting public. Unless there is a dramatic shift in policy, Missouri voters will go to the polls on Nov. 8 with no better view of the candidates than they had at the start of this campaign season...
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BE OUR GUEST: BACKHANDED TAX INCREASE STILL BEFORE THE COURTS
(Column ~ 10/10/94)
"You day gum guv'ment You better pay attention You're sitting up there like a fools convention you sorry so and so's you got your hands in every pocket of my clothes." The song "Guv'ment" from Roger Miller's musical "Big River" Government and taxes. It's the subject of songs, tea parties, and rebellion. In Missouri, it has also been a confusing shell game by the governor, legislators and the courts at the expense of every taxpayers in the state...
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USING JUDGES FOR POLITICS
(Editorial ~ 10/10/94)
Previous editorials of the Southeast Missourian have taken a dim view of Amendment 7, the proposal known as Hancock II, which Missourians will see on the November ballot. Those editorials have supported the right of Missourians to vote on major tax increases and will continue to fight for this right when that simple principle is at stake...
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LET STATES HAVE CONTROL
(Editorial ~ 10/10/94)
Alice Rivlin, who is slated to be the next director of the Office of Management and Budget in President Clinton's administration, has a terrific idea. She wants the federal government to return to the states responsibilities it has been usurping since the 1960s. The proposal came in a book she wrote two years ago just before she joined the Clinton administration...
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LETTERS: GAMBLING FLIES IN THE FACE OF CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP, LIFE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/10/94)
To the editor: Re: Amendment 6/Gambling one more time: Economically, gambling is a parasite industry. It produces nothing nor is it even simply entertainment. It feeds on other systems of economic productivity. In a society and community that presently boasts its conservatism, it severely stretches the imagination to blend such a system of meeting fiscal responsibility as sound government...
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ELKS LODGE HONORS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge 639 recently honored four students as September Students of the Month. Amy Debrock, 17, the daughter of Ivan and JoAnn Debrock of Chaffee, is a senior at Notre Dame High School. She is in volleyball, basketball and softball and has been a member of the National Honor Society, Students Against Driving Drunk, Spanish Club and Publications...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: WHERE IN THE "WORLD" TO INVEST
(Business ~ 10/10/94)
"Cifra" is a familiar name with stock investors. Cifra is Mexico's leading retailer and has been rated in some circles as Latin America's best-run company. Little wonder. Cifra has some guidance from the top retailer in the United States -- Wal-Mart...
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`JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES' REPAIR PEOPLE A RARE BREED
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
If you think finding a vintage 1940s toaster is difficult, try finding someone to repair it. "Jack-of-all-trades" repair people, once a staple of almost every neighborhood, are rare these days. With all of the new discardable electronic gismos and sophisticated equipment that usually comes with the manufacturer's service coverage, the independent home repairman is disappearing from the scene...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 10/10/94)
Darryl Duvall has been named store manager at Lowe's Home Center, 3440 Lowe's Drive. Duvall, a native of Albany, Ky., has been with Lowe's 13 years. He comes to Cape Girardeau from Champaign, Ill., and previously served as manager of a large Lowe's Home Center at Decatur, Ill...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 10/10/94)
Financial statements and reports will be discussed at a two-session workshop -- "Financial Statement Preparation and Analysis for Small Business" -- to be held in Cape Girardeau this month. The seminars, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Small Business Committee and the Small Business Development Center of Southeast Missouri State University, are designed to demonstrate how to interpret financial statements and use the information to improve business decision-making...
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SIX GAMBLING BUSINESSES NAMED TO FORBES' LIST OF 400
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
William Boyd, president of Boyd Gaming Corp., headquartered in Las Vegas, has been named to the "Forbes Four Hundred." Boyd is one of six gambling magnates among The Four Hundred, selected annually by Forbes Magazine. "In America's post-industrial age, gambling is a growth business," writes Frank Wolfe for the Oct. 17 Forbes Magazine. "Today there are 90 publicly traded gambling companies. Five years ago there were only 30."...
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SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORP. CHANGING NAME TO SBC
(Local News ~ 10/10/94)
Southwestern Bell Corp., holding company for the Southwestern Bell telephone company, has changed its name to SBC Communications Inc., effective immediately. The telephone company name remains the same. SBC has become a much more dynamic and multi-faceted company than it was prior to divestiture, said Edward E. Whitacre Jr., chairman and chief executive...
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