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MELVIN L CRAVER
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Melvin L. "Dutch" Craver, 84, of Cairo died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at Community Health Services in Cairo. He was born in Dongola, Ill., on Jan. 7, 1911, to Samuel and Cleta Reinhart Craver. He was a gas foreman for the Cairo Public Utility Commission, where he worked for 30 years before retirement. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Craver, in 1986...
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THE MICK: `DON'T BE LIKE ME'
(Editorial ~ 08/24/95)
Mickey Mantle's recent death from cancer was faced by baseball fans with profound sadness. It wasn't only that one of the games greats had passed way. It was sadness stemming from the realization that another link to baseball's heyday was severed. The Mick was a larger-than-life hero from a time when baseball was still played for fun by athletes who loved the game instead of the money. ...
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PROGRAM KEEPS PROBLEM YOUTHS IN EDUCATION LOOP
(Editorial ~ 08/24/95)
The circuit court in Butler County and the Poplar Bluff School District have pooled their resources to come up with an efficient and effective way to deal with juvenile crime. William G. Hentz School in Poplar Bluff is a day-treatment program to keep students in trouble from becoming mired in more intensive and expensive juvenile delinquency programs. The school is a sort of middle stop for youths who have discipline problems in school but haven't yet been placed in the juvenile courts system...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: BIPARTISAN CONSERVATIVES TRADE IDEAS
(Column ~ 08/24/95)
I recently attended, along with Rep. Mary Kasten and dozens of other colleagues, a terrific meeting of conservative state lawmakers from all 50 states. The bipartisan organization that brings us together for a few days in early August is called the American Legislative Exchange Council. ...
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THE UNEASY WORLD OF KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
"Family Portrait with Punch & Shallaballa" by Kathleen Shanahan "Witnessing the Toad Immortal" by Kathleen Shanahan WICHITA, Kan. -- Kathleen Shanahan's paintings are mysterious, combining elements not ordinarily found together. "I'm not out to dupe anybody but I like that paradox," she says. "I have a lot of unanswered conflicts in my own thinking. There's always a flip side."...
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GRAND OLE OPRY INVITES FORMER LOCAL SINGER
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ten years ago, Lisa Lauryn was fronting a country band at the old Hitchin' Post bar in Cape Girardeau. Tuesday afternoon, she takes the stage at the Grand Ole Opry. Actually, this won't be the former Lutesville resident's first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. At age 20 she finished second to the Sweethearts of the Rodeo in a talent contest held there...
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LETTER: PROPERTY-RIGHTS REALITY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/24/95)
To the editor: Readers of your recent extremist editorials and columns might be forgiven for thinking that the property-rights movement is composed of helpless homeowner and average Americans defending their property against a marauding federal government whose regulations are preventing landowners from doing what they wish with their land. It is not...
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ANNA PUBLISHER, CIVIC LEADER SEEKS SEAT WHEN STATE SEN. DUNN RETIRES
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Jerry L. Reppert, an Anna businessman and publisher of the Gazette-Democrat and other publications, is a candidate to fill the remainder of the term of state Sen. Ralph Dunn, who plans to retire from the post before his term expires in December 1996...
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HUBERT D. BISHOP
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
BURFORDVILLE -- Hubert Dewitt Bishop, 89, of Burfordville, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.
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STANLEY A. BAY
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
SIKESTON -- Stanley Alexander Warfield Bay, 35, of St. Louis, died suddenly Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995. He was born Nov. 23, 1959, in Chicago, son of James and Sammie Yarber Warfield. Bay was a graduate of Soldan High School in St. Louis. He was employed by Wehrenberg Theaters in St. Louis...
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ROSE JONES
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Rose Jones of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home. The Rev. Johnny Seabaugh will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Jones, 70, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Jackson Manor, following an extended illness...
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RUBY M. HOSEA
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
Ruby M. Hosea, 85, of 816 Sharon Lane died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 24, 1910, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of John and Minnie Thompson Carmack. She and Elvin Hosea were married in 1947. He preceded her in death in 1990...
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EVELYN SUE JENKINS BOOKER
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Evelyn Sue Jenkins Booker, 53, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at her home following an extended illness. She was born June 18, 1942, at Morehouse, daughter of Clarence Layton and Lola Beatrice Berry Jenkins. She and Thomas Cleveland Booker were married in March 1971 at Ripley, Tenn...
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MARTHA C. ELLIS
(Obituary ~ 08/24/95)
SIKESTON -- Martha C. Ellis, 87, Sikeston Route 3, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at her home. She was born July 5, 1908, in East Prairie, daughter of Jim and Jenny Harris Stockman. She and Everett Ellis were married Nov. 25, 1928, in East Prairie. Ellis moved here 23 years ago from St. Louis...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/24/95)
Daughter to Eric Simpson and Lorie Barlow of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:21 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995. Name, Brittany Kristine. Weight, 6 pounds 5 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Miss Barlow is the daughter of Peggy Barlow of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Shell D-Mart. Simpson is employed at SEMO Box Co. He is the son of Jack and Barb Simpson of Chaffee...
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CITY, UNIVERSITY TO CONSIDER PLACING INFORMATIONAL SIGNS
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
If Mary Miller has her way, motorists won't have to ask for directions to key places in Cape Girardeau. They will just read trail signs to find their way to Southeast Missouri State University, the Show Me Center, city parks and the downtown. "I am excited about it," said Miller, who directs city's convention and visitors bureau. She began planning for the project two years ago...
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GOVERNOR PROMOTES CRIME UNIT
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
The new Violent Crime Support Unit of the Missouri Highway Patrol will "put more advanced crime-fighting technologies and expertise at the fingertips of local lay enforcement officers" during investigations of major crimes, according to Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan...
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SCHOOLS TO OPEN HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
PERRYVILLE -- A college education will be closer to home when the Perry County Higher Education Center opens next month. The center is housed in a former kindergarten school at Sereno, five miles north of Perryville on Highway 51. Southeast Missouri State University, Mineral Area College at Park Hills and the Perryville School District have teamed up to offer a handful of entry-level classes this fall...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: LUCKY LIL AND A COUPLE OF HUCKLEBERRY FRIENDS
(Column ~ 08/24/95)
Aug. 24, 1995 To whom it may concern: I am writing in support of the adoption application submitted to you by my friends David ---- and Chris ---. They will make attentive, loving and resourceful parents. Any child of theirs will have the best of opportunities to thrive...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/24/95)
THANK YOU, Peter Kinder, for your eloquent and factual thanks to World War II vets in your Aug. 17 column. My father is a veteran of that war in the South Pacific, and I'm a veteran of a later generation and proud of us both. I'm sick and tired of cowardly, know-nothing liberal whiners, revisionists, and welfare blubbering against folks like you and Jay Eastlick. ...
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RUSSIAN INTERPRETER GIVES NELL HOLCOMB STUDENTS INSIGHT OF COUNTRY
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
When Natalia Mamedova visited Nell Holcomb School Wednesday, the children asked her typical fourth-grade questions: Do children in Russia listen to Michael Jackson's music? Is there a McDonald's in Russia? When does the school day end there? Mamedova, the mother of a fourth-grader herself, answered the questions calmly, explaining that children in Russia love Michael Jackson, there are three McDonald's in Moscow and school lets out at 1:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., depending on the shift...
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ASHCROFT AIDE BRIEFS CHAMBER PANEL ON HEALTH-CARE LEGISLATION
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
Pending health-care legislation in the U.S. Senate was discussed Wednesday morning during a Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Health Committee meeting. Sen. John Ashcroft's legislative assistant, Annie Billings, told about a dozen people at the meeting that legislation leaving a senate subcommittee would provide health-care reform in the areas of health insurance and Medicare and Medicaid...
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CAPE SCHOOLS READY FOR OPENING
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
Faculty and staff of Cape Girardeau public schools were back at school Wednesday in preparation for the first day of classes Monday. During an all-school faculty meeting Wednesday, Superintendent Neyland Clark and Board of Education President Bob Fox solicited support from the staff for the coming school year...
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BENTON PLANS TWO NEIGHBOR DAYS, SEPT. 1, 2
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
BENTON -- The 27th annual Benton Neighbor Day will be Sept. 1 and 2 at the city park. Some lucky Benton residents could win $5 just for saying, "Howdy, neighbor" to a selected member of the Benton Chamber of Commerce. Activities begin at 5 p.m. Friday with registration for prizes. Sky divers will appear at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday...
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COMPTON HEIGHTS BAND HERE LABOR DAY
(Local News ~ 08/24/95)
ST. LOUIS -- The Compton Heights Concert Band will return to Cape Girardeau's Capaha Park on Labor Day to play its third consecutive free holiday concert. The 7 p.m. concert at the band shell on Monday, Sept. 4, will feature the 50-piece band along with the powerful baritone voice of Robert Ellison and the nimble fingers of Jan Gippo, piccoloist for the St. Louis Symphony...
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