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LETTERS: HOME TOWN IS CHANGING WITH SLOT MACHINES AND NUDE DANCING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/20/95)
To the editor: What in the world has happened to my home town? Slot machines and nude dancing. What price growth? ANNE LIMBAUGH Cape Girardeau
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BOYZ II MEN COMING TO SIU FEB. 18
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The best-selling singing group Boyz II Men will perform Saturday, Feb. 18 at the SIU Arena. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday beginning at 7 a.m. at the Arena South Lobby Box Office. Tickets also will be available at the usual SIU Arena outlets. Disc Jockey Records in the West Park Mall is the Cape Girardeau outlet...
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SCOTT COUNTY BUDGETS EXTRA PROSECUTOR FUNDS
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
BENTON -- The Scott County Commission has allocated an additional $18,000 in the 1995 budget for the prosecuting attorney to hire another assistant prosecutor. The money will give Prosecutor Cristy Baker-Neel more help in meeting a growing caseload, Presiding Commissioner Bob Kielhofner said...
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450 GUARDSMEN FROM REGION TO VISIT PANAMA FOR TRAINING
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
About 450 members of the Missouri Army National Guard are headed for Panama in March and April to build roads, refurbish schools and medical clinics, and rehabilitate water wells. Maj. Randy McFarland, executive officer of the guard's 1140th Battalion, said the first group should leave March 4 for the training exercise...
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PRO-LIFE GROUP TO SPONSOR WEEKLY PRAYER MEETINGS
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
The Semo-Lifesavers chapter of Missouri Right to Life will sponsor weekly rosaries at the pro-life crosses on the outer road along Interstate 55, south of Drury Suites. The first will be Sunday at 3 p.m. and Bishop John Leibrecht of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Catholic Diocese will bless the crosses...
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CIVIC CENTER WORK GOES ON WITHOUT CHIEF
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
In July, when Cape Civic Center director Calvin Bird left his job to start his own business, the center's 14-member board thought about hiring a replacement. But the money wasn't there. After six months of doing without, however, board President Ed Slaughter said center leaders learned early on that they could keep programs going without a director. The search for one was called off indefinitely...
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PANEL MAY RECOMMEND CENTRAL COMMENCEMENT POLICY NEXT MONTH
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
A committee is looking at graduation procedures at Cape Girardeau Central High School. A recommendation could come as soon as next month. Last year, commencement brought a public outcry when a long-standing practice was changed at the last minute. Students who hadn't completed all graduation requirements were allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony. The decision was made by Superintendent Neyland Clark and endorsed by school board members...
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STATE GOBBLES UP REVENUE GROWTH AND COST SAVINGS
(Editorial ~ 01/20/95)
In response to the popular notion that criminals should be punished by serving longer sentences, Gov. Carnahan said in his State of the State message Wednesday that he wants to spend $272 million on more prisons. At the same time, the governor wants to spend more on public schools and $59 million on construction projects at the state's colleges and universities. That is the good news in what most observers are calling a conservative blueprint for the state's next fiscal year...
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LETTERS: STRIP BAR ISSUE IS ONE OF MORALITY: WILL CITY CONDONE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/20/95)
To the editor: Events within the past year have done much to remind me of the comparison of our city to a child's reaching puberty. Most recently the issue of a strip bar has challenged all logic and wisdom as we try to prove to our forefathers that with all their old-fashioned talk about morality, they really didn't know that they were talking about. Throwing all caution to the wind, we set out to prove that we're old enough to handle it...
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UNITED WAY AGENCIES FIRST AID IN DISASTERS
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
When Richard Gross' sons asked what would happen if an earthquake like the one in Japan hit Southeast Missouri, Gross answered that United Way agencies would be on the scene to help. Gross, the 1995 president of the Area Wide United Way, spoke Thursday at the United Way's annual meeting, bringing the 1994 campaign to a close and announcing plans for the 1995 campaign...
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FORMER CAPE RESIDENT OK AFTER QUAKE
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
Gary Rust Jr. and his family live just 40 miles from Kobe, Japan, the city devastated by an earthquake this week. In a telephone interview Thursday, Rust, formerly of Cape Girardeau, said he and his family are fine, but destruction isn't hard to find...
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MAUPIN: LIFE PHOTO ANCIENT PAST
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
JACKSON -- Wayne Maupin doesn't like to talk about his days in the Marines, particularly the special assignment that landed him on the cover of the March 20, 1964, issue of Life magazine. He says it's ancient history and nobody wants to hear a 30-year-old story...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: SPECIAL REPORT: GOVERNOR SERVES DANDY LUNCH
(Column ~ 01/20/95)
Whenever you have lunch with the governor -- how do you like that for name-dropping? -- you feel a certain responsibility to issue a report to taxpaying readers. Here goes: There is no quick or easy way to get to Jefferson City from here. There are a couple of highway improvements worth noting, however. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/20/95)
I JUST wanted to say that I'm very disappointed in Southeast University in bringing Anita Hill to Cape Girardeau. Miss Hill has no qualifications to speak on race and gender issues. The only thing that she has done for society is make false accusations against a Supreme Court Justice. I don't think she is a very good example for blacks in Cape Girardeau or the nation as a whole...
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OLGA H. KASTEN
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
Olga H. Kasten, 87, formerly of 227 Camellia, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 20, 1907, at Burfordville, daughter of Herman C. and Mollie Siebert Sperling. She and Edward Ernest Kasten were married July 22, 1928, in Cape Girardeau. He died April 14, 1992...
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LOIS V. LACY
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
SIKESTON -- Lois Vernel Lacy, 73, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at Summerford Nursing Home in Falkville, Ala. She was born Oct. 2, 1921, in Missouri. She married Woodrow C. Lacy, who died Oct. 30, 1975. Lacy was a former member of Jaycee Wives and Community Singers in Sikeston, and member of Central Christian Church in Hartselle, Ala...
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IRENE J. MOORE
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
Irene J. Moore, 83, 329 N. Main, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1911, in Egypt Mills, daughter of Karl and Dorena H. Hengst Meyer. She and Virgil Moore were married July 3, 1953, in Cape Girardeau. He died Sept. 15, 1992...
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AXEL P. JACOBSEN
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
PUXICO -- Axel Peter Jacobsen, 89, of Royal Oak, Mich., died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1995, at Cambridge Care Center North in Clawson, Mich. He was born Oct. 27, 1905, in Langeland, Denmark. He and Velva Ligon were married Oct. 14, 1947. She died March 16, 1988...
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MATTIE L. JACO
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
JACKSON -- Graveside service for Mattie Lela Jaco of Douglas, Ga., was held Jan. 15 at Douglas City Cemetery, with the Rev. Glenn Taylor officiating. Sims Funeral Home in Douglas was in charge of arrangements. Jaco, 73, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995, at Coffee Regional Hospital in Douglas, following an extended illness...
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CHARLOTTE A. BOONE
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
Charlotte A. Boone, 49, 616 Boxwood, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 22, 1945, in Granite City, Ill., and was reared by Charles and Violet Ellis Pinkston. Boone had worked at Cal Crest Jacket Factory in Murphysboro, Ill., and later was a certified nurse aide at the Lutheran Home. She was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cape Girardeau...
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EVALYN M. NUNLEY
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
Evalyn M. Nunley, 94, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born June 25, 1900, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William A. and Bertha Hirsch Moore. She and S. David Nunley were married Jan. 17, 1920, in Cape Girardeau. He died Aug. 22, 1989...
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THOMAS LEAVELLE
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
Thomas LeaVelle, 74, of Advance, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 29, 1920, in Scotland, Ark., son of John Irvin and Ossie Brents LeaVelle. He and Dorothy Rogers were married Nov. 10, 1960, at Bloomfield...
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LILLIAN M. SWINNEY
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
SIKESTON -- Lillian M. Swinney, 66, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Feb. 17, 1928, in Akron, Ohio, daughter of John H. and Gertrude Weatherspoon Myers. She and Charles J. Swinney were married Dec. 5, 1944, in East Prairie. He died June 28, 1983...
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WILLIS C. BREMER
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
FROHNA -- Willis Carl Bremer, 70, of Frohna, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born May 12, 1924, at Frohna, son of Fred and Lydia C. Gerharter Bremer. He and Ruth M. Grebing were married Sept. 1, 1945. Bremer was a retired dairy farmer. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church and its Men's Club...
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GERALDINE FORD
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
SIKESTON -- Geraldine Ford, 86, Sikeston Route 2, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1995, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born May 30, 1908, in Marquand, daughter of William and Emma Davis Salyers. She and Clyde Ford were married Feb. 27, 1930, in Scott County. He died Aug. 20, 1971...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/20/95)
Daughter to Mark and Wendy Diamond, 2028 Cambridge, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995. Name, Rachel Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounce. First child. Mrs. Diamond is the former Wendy VanWinkle, daughter of Connie and Allen VanWinkle of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Diamond is an engineer with Procter & Gamble, and is the son of Mike and Mary Jo Diamond of Carbondale, Ill...
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GEORGIA SITZES
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Georgia Sitzes, 78, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1995, in Jackson. She was born Sept. 4, 1916, in Oran, daughter of George and Rilda Banks Finley. She and Robert Carl Pickens were married Oct. 7, 1936. He died March 18, 1947. She and John E. Sitzes were married Aug. 13, 1949. He died May 28, 1983...
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SCOTT SCHOOL EXTENDS FOOD SERVICE PACT
(Local News ~ 01/20/95)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City School Board has extended its food service contract with Opaa Food Management Inc. for the next school year, Superintendent Doug Berry said Thursday. Berry also reminded the school board during its monthly meeting that the students' breakfast program will begin Monday, Feb. 6, under Opaa's direction...
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CLIFFORD NEEDHAM
(Obituary ~ 01/20/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Clifford E. Needham, 88, of Anna, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 1995, at City Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete with Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.
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