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THOMAS LEONARD SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
Thomas Leonard Seabaugh, 49, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 13, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, son of Luther B. and Lillian Jacobs Seabaugh. He married Dianna Welker Nov. 17, 1968, in Jackson. He later married Bettie Jean Carter Skaggs May 28, 1989, in Cape Girardeau...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: IN OKLAHOMA, WORK OF THE DAMNED
(Column ~ 04/21/95)
Terrorism strikes in the United States as it has never struck before. This is a time for anger. It is a time for emergency assistance. It is a time for meticulous investigation. It is a time for comforting. It is, as President Clinton has said, a time for prayer...
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BOARD TELLS BELL: COLLECT TOLL FOR 911
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
PERRYVILLE -- The Perry County Commission has authorized Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. to start collecting the 15 percent surcharge on basic phone bills for the Enhanced 911 System. Perry County Clerk Randy Taylor was to mail the paperwork Thursday to Southwestern Bell, which has 30 days from receiving the letter to start the collection...
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MOTORAMA BEGINS TODAY AT SHOW ME CENTER
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
Motorama '95, sponsored by KFVS-12 and Auto Tire And Parts begins this afternoon at 4 inside the Show Me Center. Sponsors tout Motorama '95 as the broadest public motor sports event ever seen in Cape Girardeau. Among the attractions will be the Ford Aeromax Concept Truck display, featuring three of Ford's hottest concept trucks. There also will be an opportunity to experience racing a Ford Thunderbird in Ford's NASCAR simulator...
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DOWN TO THE WIRE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SERVE SCHOOLS
(Editorial ~ 04/21/95)
The search is on for a few good women and men. The jobs are three vacancies on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education. The openings are immediate. The application deadline: This afternoon at 4:30. The Cape Girardeau County Commission has shown appropriate urgency and remarkable openness in its search for three new board members. ...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 04/21/95)
Son to David and Shannon Chasteen, 206 Oaklane, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:52 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, 1995. Name, Davis Andrew. Weight, 8 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Chasteen is the former Shannon Mock, daughter of Ron and Brenda Wiggs and Charles and Mary Mock, all of Dexter. She is a teacher at Chaffee High School. Chasteen is assistant superintendent at Cape Girardeau Country Club. He is the son of Gary and Carol Chasteen of Dexter...
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DALE MARKS
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
JACKSON -- Dale Marks, 61, of Jackson, died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 26, 1933, in Delaware, Ohio, son of Herbert and Lura Patrick Marks. He and Maxine Trimble were married Sept. 14, 1956. Marks moved to Jackson in 1968 from Cheboygan, Mich. He was employed at Procter & Gamble 32 years, retiring in 1988 from the inventory control department...
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JAMES L. WINDING
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- James L. "Pete" Winding, 77, of Villa Ridge, died Thursday, April 20, 1995, at Meridian Manor in Mounds. He was born July 12, 1917, in Sikeston, son of Louie and Carrie Carter Winding. He and Lorene E. Edwards were married in 1935. She died April 29, 1981...
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ROBERT W. NIEMEYER
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Robert W. Niemeyer, 80, formerly of Perryville, died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, in Crockett, Texas. He was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Percy, Ill., son of William and Mary Harris Niemeyer. He married the former Ida Lee. Niemeyer was a construction worker. He was a member of Knights of Columbus in Crockett, and Construction Local 100 in East St. Louis, Ill...
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ALVIN E. MCGHEE
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Alvin E. McGhee of Sullivan will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Reed's Funeral Home in Sullivan. The Rev. Wayne Turner will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-7 p.m. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Cobden Cemetery, with military graveside rites by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455...
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NORMA L. HARBIN
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
PUXICO -- Graveside service for Norma Lucille Harbin of Puxico will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Puxico Cemetery, with the Rev. Wiley McGhee officiating. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico after 9:30 a.m. Harbin, 65, died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at Puxico Nursing Center...
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CHARLES WILSON SHORT
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
JACKSON -- Charles Wilson Short, 90, of Jackson died Thursday, April 20, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born March 29, 1905, in Jackson, son of Charles Lucius and Jeffie Slack Short. He married Viola Windeknecht Aug. 29, 1934, in Jackson...
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ELMER `DOC' KOEBERL
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
POCAHONTAS -- Elmer "Doc" Koeberl, 74, of Pocahontas died Thursday, April 20, 1995, at his home. Arrangements were incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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MARILYN L. THORPE
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
Memorial service for Marilyn L. Thorpe, 3120 Independence, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. Dr. Neil Stein will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Sun City, Ariz. Thorpe, 78, died Monday, April 17, 1995, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center...
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LOUISE A. BAST
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
JACKSON -- Graveside service for Louise A. Bast of Phoenix, Ariz., will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jackson City Cemetery. The Rev. Otto Steinhaus will officiate. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Bast, 94, died Friday, March 31, 1995, in Phoenix...
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THOMAS H. PHIPPS
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
SIKESTON -- Thomas H. Phipps, 65, of Wentzville, died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at his home. He was formerly of Sikeston. He was born Jan. 21, 1930, in Morrilton, Ark., son of Claud and Myra Holyfield Phipps. He and Marita J. King were married Feb. 9, 1951, in Piggott, Ark...
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ROBERT H. WALLACE
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
Graveside service for Robert H. Wallace of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Fairmount Cemetery. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate. There is no visitation. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Wallace, 82, died Thursday, April 20, 1995, at the Lutheran Home...
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CORDIA DENTON
(Obituary ~ 04/21/95)
CHAFFEE -- Cordia Denton, 85, of Ortonville, Mich., died Wednesday, April 19, 1995, in Ortonville. She was born Aug. 17, 1909, at Puxico, daughter of Victor and Pearl Glenn Shrum. She married Howard Denton in St. Louis. He died in 1989. Denton lived in Chaffee 20 years, moving to Ortonville six months ago. She was a member of the Christian Church in Chaffee...
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GRAPHIC: `EATING HUMBLE PIE'
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
1. New 4-lane highways. 2. Additional Lanes for existing highways. 3. New or improved 3-lane highways. 4. Bridge replacement and rehabilitation. 5. Resurfacing. Under the new plan, the following will be complete by Dec. 31, 1998: 300 miles of new 4-lane highways; 100 miles of additional lanes; 75 miles of new or improved 2-lane highways; 100 replaced or rebuilt bridges; and 3,300 miles of resurfacing...
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CITY'S NEED CITED AT TRANSPORTATION HEARING
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
When a Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission member mentioned the city's transportation needs are greater than its budget, it drew a murmur o~f "What's new?" at a meeting of about 20 people Thursday night. The problems seem many: It takes too long to travel Broadway, there is no outer route around the city, Bloomfield Road needs improving...
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LIST OF HOPEFULS FOR SCHOOL BOARD AT BAKER'S DOZEN
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
The pool of potential Cape Girardeau school board candidates, which reached 13 Thursday, is expected to grow even larger before today's 4:30 p.m. deadline. People who want to be considered for one of three spots on the school board must deliver a resume and letter to the Cape Girardeau County Commission today...
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SHERIFF'S WORKERS TO GET BACK PAY
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
Employees of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department who worked overtime in 1993 and 1994 will get an extra paycheck ranging from $3 to $1,433. The department violated federal fair labor standards when it compensated employees for overtime. If employees worked 10 hours overtime, they got 10 hours compensatory time. They should have gotten 15 hours...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: LIFE IN A SALES STAND BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
(Column ~ 04/21/95)
The newspaper photograph showed two young Cape Girardeau girls engaged in a business enterprise. They were selling flowers at a sidewalk stand. The spring blossoms had been harvested from the yard. Many of the key ingredients of a successful retail operation were evident: attractive merchandise display, high-traffic location, easy-to-read pricing information, helpful sales personnel and handy access with curbside parking available...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 04/21/95)
MY COMMENT has to do with the article in today's Missourian and the legislation sponsored by Sen. Kinder making it easy for cities to acquire farm ground for airports. This farm ground is used to raise food, and I think it's time that people like Sen. Kinder understand that farmland cannot be replaced. If they need a place for a new airport, they just need to go back and put it in the cities and knock down some of the fancy houses...
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JACKSON NEWSPAPER BEGINS 125TH YEAR
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
JACKSON -- Newspaper content changed a lot during the past century. In the old days, editors ran poetry on the front page, and if someone called someone else a scalawag, there it was in black and white. There weren't so many lawsuits then. Nobody in Cape Girardeau County knows newspaper history like the staff of The Cash-Book Journal, a weekly paper in Jackson. Their office basement is filled with copies from as far back as the late 1800s...
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GUN ACTIVIST RECEIVES CITIZEN OF YEAR AWARD
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
The Citizen Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced that Rodney W. Gaskill of Jackson was selected to receive a Citizen of Year Award. Gaskill was selected for the award because of his dedication to the efforts to preserve the right of the people to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the Constitution, committee officials said...
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ELK'S CLUB NAMES TWO STUDENTS OF MONTH
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
Ashlee S. Hale, a senior at Notre Dame High School, and Aimee Bittle, a senior at Cape Central High School, have been named April Students of the Month. Hale, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hale of Cairo, Ill. She has been active in cheerleading, Student Council, Spanish Club, Pep Club and Students Against Drunk Drivers. She is an ice skating instructor at The Ice in the Plaza Galleria...
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AREA SCHOOLS KEEP CLOSE TABS ON USE OF INTERNET
(Local News ~ 04/21/95)
Students trying to use the Internet to find material deemed objectionable by school administrators would have to clear plenty of hurdles to accomplish their mission. That is the word from administrators and educators at area schools connected to the Internet through a program called MOREnet...
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