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STRICTLY BUSINESS: GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
(Business ~ 02/06/95)
Employment growth has not been an overnight thing. Economic experts say employment in manufacturing, sales and marketing, health care and other fields has been increasing since mid-1992 and the hiring surge is expected to continue into the first half of this year...
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RESUME, INTERVIEW, DRUG TEST: STANDARD EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING IS ON THE RISE ACROSS COUNTRY
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
More than a year ago a small manufacturing company became concerned about substance abuse among some workers in its facility. A number of what appeared to be minor but preventable accidents were recorded. Company officials were concerned. Instead of discussing disciplinary action as punishment, the company initiated a new drug policy -- one which included drug testing...
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
When the League of Women Voters formed Feb. 14, 1920, their main goal was to make the most of women's just-attained suffrage. The freedom to vote would be made official when the 19th Constitutional Amendment passed six months later. The members also wanted to help all voters, men and women, shape better communities, and educate citizens about key community issues...
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COMPANY TAKES BEST SHOT AT CD-ROM SATISFACTION
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
RICHARDSON, Texas -- A Texas computer graphics company with Cape Girardeau roots is making lots of noise in the world of the interactive programs called CD-ROMs. A year ago 7th Level released an interactive cartoon called "Tuneland Starring Howie Mandel," followed last fall by "Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time." The latter is both a game and a trip through a video library of the comedy group's sketches. Both CD-ROMs have been outlandishly successful...
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TAX, STRIP BAR MEASURES ON AGENDA
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
A proposed half-cent state transportation tax, a go-cart track and ordinances dealing with strip bars will be among items discussed at tonight's City Council meeting. Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling III requested the council consider placing a half-cent transportation tax on the ballot in time for a June 6 vote to help pay for road projects...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you feel about the West Park Mall becoming a smoke-free environment?" Ron Buchheit, Perryville, "I think it's great, because I'm a non-smoker myself, and I can't stand to be around people who smoke."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/06/95)
IN RESPONSE to all the holier-than-thou non-smokers patting them selves on the back about the mall smoking ban here's my reply. Choke on your arrogance and suck up the car exhaust fumes as you enter and leave the mall. For you smokers who are being discriminated against and laughed at, don't get mad, get even and spend your money elsewhere. ...
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TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
Scott County Jane Campbell to Robert and Shirley J. Kelly; Millard Brinker et al. to to Herman J. and Doris E. Ressel; Walter S. and Harriet R. Drusch to L.L. Investment. H & T Siding and Remodeling to Duane J. and Gail E. Heisserer; Roscoe L. and Jewell L. Jones to Oliver and Esther Zook; Margaret Oliver et al. to Joe B. and Alma Galemore...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
City Council Agenda Monday, Feb. 6 Public hearings Phase I Facility Plan for the sanitary sewer improvement program, to review and get public comment for proposed improvements to the wastewater collection system. Financing and impact on user charges of the Phase I Facility Plan for the sanitary sewer improvement program...
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ARCHIE FORBEY
(Obituary ~ 02/06/95)
CHARLESTON -- Archie Forbey, 78, of Charleston died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 6, 1916, in Charleston, the son of the late Arch and Ora Locker Forbey. On Oct. 2, 1943, he married Pearl Mae Ervin...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
Public Hearing Hearing to consider rezoning of Annwood Estates Subdivision from C-2 to R-2, all lots except Lot 62, as requested by the Planning and Zoning Board. Action Items Power and Light Committee Award annual contract on electric distribution supplies...
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JUANITA SCHWAB
(Obituary ~ 02/06/95)
DUTCHTOWN -- Juanita Schwab of Dutchtown died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1995, at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Dutchtown, the daughter of John and Minnie Bethe Schwab. She is survived by a sister, Hannah Cowger of Florissant. She was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters...
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FLORENCE IRENE REICHERT
(Obituary ~ 02/06/95)
Grand Chain, Ill. -- Florence Irene Reichert, 80, of Grand Chain died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at Marion Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak.
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HAZEL LEE BIRD RAZOR
(Obituary ~ 02/06/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Hazel Lee Bird Razor, 78, of East Prairie died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1995, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 16, 1916, the daughter of Willie and Delia Baker Stephens at East Prairie. On July 5, 1941, she married Louis Edward "Hop" Bird, who preceded her in death. She later married Manford H. "Ray" Razor, who also preceded her in death. She also was preceded in death by a brother...
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MISSOURI WATCH: IT'S THE STUPIDITY, SMARTY
(Column ~ 02/06/95)
We Americans like our public issues to be simple, and if they become too complex, we have a tendency to let our eyes glaze over and our minds wander to more- interesting subjects, such as the 0. J. Simpson trial. Government can't be that complicated, we reason, and if our politicians would only use a little common horse sense, they could see the solutions as well as the rest of us...
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LIMIT ON LOSSES FOR GAMBLERS STILL MAKES SENSE
(Editorial ~ 02/06/95)
When Missourians voted to allow riverboat gambling, they made their decisions based on some limits and safeguards established both to protect gamblers and to control the scope of gaming activity. For example, casinos are limited to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. ...
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A BOUQUET FOR SKATERS
(Editorial ~ 02/06/95)
Southeast Missouri has a pair of ambassadors who will be in the national spotlight this week. Matt Buttrey and Sarah Booth will be competing in the U.S. Figure Skating National Championships in Rhode Island. This is their second appearance in the nationals. They won a bronze medal in the novice division last year in Detroit. This year they are skating in the junior division...
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JACKSON MCDONALDS AIMS TO OPEN IN APRIL
(Local News ~ 02/06/95)
JACKSON -- After 10 years of business, the McDonalds Restaurant in Jackson was the victim of a flame broiling in December. But company officials expect to be back, frying up a full McMenu by April. A 40-man crew has worked to clean and rebuild the restaurant at 2220 E. Highway 61 for a couple of weeks...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 02/06/95)
David R. Rosener, formerly of Lowes & Drusch, has opened his own law firm. The Rosener Law Firm, L.C., opened Wednesday at 1 N. Spanish St. in downtown Cape Girardeau. Rosener of Farmington came to Cape Girardeau in May 1993, joining the Lowes & Drusch firm...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 02/06/95)
Total construction activity in Missouri was down in December but finished the year ahead of 1993 levels. The F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill, an authority on the construction market, reported total construction for 1994 at $5,468,712,000, up 7 percent from 1993 totals of $5.1 billion...
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