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PATRICIA ANN TALLEY
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
Patricia Ann Talley, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.
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JACKSON CONSTRUCTING THIRD WATER TOWER
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
JACKSON -- Even with Jackson's third water tower under construction, City Administrator Steve Wilson said the city will have to continue looking into improving its water supply. The concrete was poured three weeks ago for a 190-foot-high, 300,000-gallon water tank near the junction of Highway 61 and Interstate 55 on Old Appleton Road. The tower should be in operation by Oct. 31, Public Works Director Tom Morris estimated, although painting will continue after that...
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CAROLINE'S CORNER: FREEDOM FROM FAMILY VALUES
(Column ~ 08/06/95)
The politically correct term to use today is "family values." Just by using the phrase, you will get the vote of most electors, be in the good graces of most grandmothers and be the choice of your girlfriend's father for his little girl's mate for life...
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WELCOME INSTA PRINT
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Insta Print officially opened July 27 in Jackson at 108 S. Hope with a ribbon cutting ceremony. From left are Patty Reisenbichler, executive secretary of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce; Jackson Mayor Paul Sander; Shari McClain, account representative; Angela Francis, assistant manager; Cheryl Sullivan, manager; Jeanna Hull, customer service; Jackson City Administator Steve Wilson, and Larry Hall, president of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
William T. Weber William T. Weber, the son of William and Katherine Weber of Jackson, recently enlisted in the United States Navy. A 1995 Jackson High School graduate, Weber joined under the Navy's Delayed entry program. This program alloys men and women to enlist up to a year before their actual entry into active duty...
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CAR COLLISIONS CRUCIAL TO JACKSON CLUB
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Terry Hadley starts up his '76 Chevy to demonstrate how loud an engine can get. Hadley got complaints from his neighbors when the club was located in Cape, so they moved it to Jackson. The Tag Team Motor Sports Club works hard to try and repair a battered car. (Photos courtesy Tag Team Motor Sports Club)...
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LASER DISC TECHNOLOGY ONLY WAY TO VIEW MOVIES, SAYS COLLECTOR
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Many laser disc movies come with video supplementary material such as interviews with the director, theatrical trailers, out-takes, story boards and shooting scripts. Most laser discs sell for between $30 and $40. Special editions can cost over $100. Rodney Bollinger reads about the making of 'Robocop.'...
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NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL MEANS MORE ROOM, MORE LEARNING
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
The middle school cost Jackson taxpayers $4.7 million, but provides more classrooms, two new science labs and an industrial technology lab. Sixth- and seventh-graders in the Jackson school district will have more to look forward to this fall than a new school year, new friends, new classes, new lockers and new challenges. In addition to these, they'll also be attending a brand new school all together...
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ROCK YOUR WORLD
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: EDUCATION `REFORM' SUPPORTERS DON'T LIKE CRITICISM
(Column ~ 08/06/95)
A friend living in a distant part of Missouri recently sent me a copy of a letter he received from a school board official. The school boarder complained that my friend, by criticizing Senate Bill 380, the 1993 education "reform" bill, was guilty of "politicizing the issue of the improvement of public education in our state." My friend solicited my thoughts, and I have prepared a lengthy -- you don't want to know how lengthy! -- reply. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: DREARY POLITICS, DISCONTENTED NATION
(Column ~ 08/06/95)
We are in the spring training phase of the 1996 presidential campaign season. This is the year when candidates test their strategies and their techniques. For President Bill Clinton the objectives are: to discourage any primary opponent from entering the race; to discourage Jesse Jackson from running as an independent candidate; to encourage Ross Perot to do so once again; and to figure out how to put together 270 votes in the Electoral College...
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MISSOURI WATCH: LONGER PRISON TERMS ARE THE WRONG PREVENTION ANSWER
(Column ~ 08/06/95)
Governments, like the individuals they serve, make mistakes, sometimes monumental ones. Unlike the judgment errors we citizens make, governments often escape the penalties, passing them on to the next set of officials who must try to remedy them. The history of Missouri government has been marked on occasion by classic mistakes, some of which have lingered to haunt future generations for decades. ...
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SALES-TAX PLAN IS CHANCE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR FUTURE
(Editorial ~ 08/06/95)
A proposed half-cent sales tax for streets and bridges in Cape Girardeau offers an opportunity for the city to make some significant and needed improvements. The sales-tax election Tuesday also is a test of voters' resolve to support future development and growth. A yes vote would demonstrate the community's determination to have streets that serve the needs of today and allow for the expansion of tomorrow...
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LETTER: AGAINST THE SALES-TAX PLAN
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/06/95)
To the editor: I have listened to and read everything I could find concerning the proposed transportation sales tax. I have also considered the sunset clause which is part of the proposal. In my opinion, although the proposal is well-crafted, it is unneeded...
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BICYCLIST RIDES ACROSS COUNTRY FOR MS DONATIONS
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Thomas Beasley has been pedaling his bicycle back and forth across the country for the past 4 1/2 years. He has traveled about 73,400 miles and is on his 30th trip across the states. Beasley, 27, will be in Cape Girardeau until Monday raising money for multiple sclerosis and to further his trek...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/06/95)
Son to Darrell and Tanya Heuring, Chaffee Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:39 a.m. Saturday, July 29, 1995. Name, Alexander Charles. Weight, 5 pounds 4 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Heuring is the former Tanya Azinger, daughter of Tom and Donna Crites of Cape Girardeau and Erline Babcock of Murray, Ky. Heuring is employed at Dana Corp. He is the son of Sylvester and Dorothy Heuring of New Hamburg...
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RAYMOND D. CATES JR.
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Raymond D. Cates Jr., 69, of Anna died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 25, 1925, in Anna, son of Raymond D. and Clara Ann Houseman Cates. He married Shirley J. Boyd Dec. 9, 1944, in Anna. She preceded him in death July 23, 1989...
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MARGARET MANLEY
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
SIKESTON -- Margaret Ann Manley, 58, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 5, 1937, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Howard Manley and Hazel Dozier Manley, who survives in Sikeston...
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CHARLES BINGAMAN
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Charles Bingaman, 73, of Ullin died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Jan. 12, 1922, in East Moline, Ill., son of Charles and Bernice Olson Bingaman. He was married to Rossie Hodges on Nov. 10, 1951. She survives...
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POLICE IDENTIFY CARBONDALE COUPLE KILLED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
The Illinois State Police released the identity of a Carbondale, Ill., couple killed Friday afternoon in a one-car accident near Alto Pass. Elmo C. Kirk and his wife, Mary, both 70, were killed when their vehicle left Route 127, careened down an embankment and overturned...
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MARY AGNES WATKINS KIRK
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Mary Agnes Watkins Kirk, 71, of Carbondale Route 4 died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, in an automobile accident south of Alto Pass. Her husband, Elmo Kirk, was also killed in the accident. She was born May 7, 1924, in Cobden, daughter of Otis and Mary Fitzgerald Watkins...
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WILLIS W. FLEMING
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Willis W. Fleming, 84, of Cairo died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 9, 1911, in Poplar Bluff to John and Bertha Kraft Fleming. He is survived by his wife, Lillie Mae Fleming of Cairo; a daughter, Vicki Cochran of Wickliffe, Ky.; three sons, Willis "Butch" Fleming of Murphysboro, Ill., John Fleming of Barlow, Ky., and Lawrence Edward Fleming of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Marie Pfeiffer of Cory, Ark., and Evelyn Perkins of Eldorado, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.. ...
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MARY LENORA `NORIE' BRANDON
(Obituary ~ 08/06/95)
Mary Lenora Brandon, 73, of 812 S. Sprigg died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1921, in Scott City, the daughter of William Henry and Mary Cook Brandon. She was employed as a tracer with Florsheim Shoe Factory for more than 30 years. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Mary's Council of Catholic Woman. She also was a member of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union and the Girl Scouts as an assistant leader...
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SOME CAPE VOTERS UNDECIDED ON TAX (TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX; ON THE ROADS AGAIN; LAST IN A SERIES)
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Cape Girardeau voters who live on or near roads that would be affected by the transportation sales tax are still undecided on the measure. "I just got my letter from the city explaining what it's about, but I haven't made up my mind yet," said Emily Schmidt, who lives on Independence. Independence is one of several streets city officials have designated for improvements if the transportation tax passes...
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CAPE MAN POW WHEN BOMB FELL
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
For Charles Branum, a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II, Aug. 6, 1945, was like most days at his prison camp nine miles from Hiroshima. Branum, on a work detail, was welding a ship's mast in the dry dock on an island just off the mainland, where the prison camp was situated...
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TAX OPPONENENT NOW IS A PROPONENT
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Ernest Beussink opposed a transportation sales tax in 1987. This time, he favors it. The reasons: The money will go into a trust fund that can only be used for roads, bridges and sidewalks, and the city has better projects to fund. "I think it is good for the city the way they have it laid out," said Beussink, who is actively backing the tax plan...
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SWEET ADELINES TO BE FEATURED AT CAPE MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
The Sweet Adelines will be the featured entertainment when the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band performs at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Capaha Park Band Shell. This week's celebrity guest conductor will be Doug Groesbeck, Union Electric district manager. The concert will have a European or Old Country theme. ...
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RAIN FAILS TO WASH OUT KELSO SOMMERFEST
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
KELSO -- Rains from the remnants of Hurricane Erin dampened the spirits of the Kelso Jaycees and residents only slightly this weekend during the Kelso Sommerfest, the 19th year for the event. Some of the Jaycees remember the early years of the Sommerfest when it was held on the city park's tennis courts. The last several years though, the event has dominated the city park...
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KIDS WEARING LIFE JACKETS IN BOATS A MUST
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Millions of parents take their children boating each summer. For the safety of the children -- and for the piece of mind of the parents -- kids wearing life jackets should be a must. "Just having them on board isn't good enough. Life jackets on a boat are like seat belts in the car -- they don't save lives if they aren't worn," said Jim Ellis, safety director for BOAT/U.S. (Boat Owners Association of the United States), the nation's largest organization of recreational boaters...
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FISHING REPORT
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
RIVERS: Big Niangua (above the Bennett Springs State Park): Slightly up, clearing; all fishing fair. Castor (above Zalma): Clear, low; sunfish good on crickets and ultralight crankbaits; catfish good at night on worms and minnows; black bass good on live bait and topwater lures...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: FISHING SMALL WATERS A BIG TREAT
(Column ~ 08/06/95)
There's a special attraction about water in linear form that speaks. Lakes, ponds and big rivers all have their own allure. Small creeks are something else again. Like baby animals, their upstream adolescence makes them cute. Toy waters. A creek that's far enough on the headwaters end of things to offer defined pools and riffles has an intimate character that its more mature, downstream brethren lack, especially if it talks...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: A DAY TO FRAME, HANG
(Column ~ 08/06/95)
Some days are so fine one wants to put a frame around them and hang. I suppose on the walls of the mind. Such a fine day came along recently. It started with a morning cool enough to resume having breakfast on the porch. While the coffee perked its familiar tune, I stepped out to the porch to greet whatever was up and about. There was a cricket fiddling in the autumn clematis being answered by another one somewhere in the thicket of phlox. They'd been up all night, I supposed...
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GAMBLING FEVER; SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMPETE FOR GAMBLING DOLLARS
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Las Vegas has come to the heartland. The glitter and glitz that is Vegas is being recreated on a smaller scale in communities in no fewer than 26 states, including Missouri and Illinois. And, the biggest dice throw in the industry's history -- moving inland with gaming -- appears to be a winner...
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PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS PLANS HAWAIIAN DANCE
(Local News ~ 08/06/95)
Parents Without Partners Cape SEMO Chapter 519 will sponsor a Blue Hawaii Laua Dance on Saturday. The dance is open to the public. It will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the V.F.W. Hall on N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. The music will be provided by Brice's Variety sound system. Admission is a $5 donation...
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