Stories from Thursday, April 4, 1996

New regulations proposed for the burning of hazardous waste could have the effect of leaving a lot of contamination to be disposed of in other ways. In keeping with its smokestack-seeker mentality, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new, stricter standards for controlling air pollutants generated by burning hazardous waste...

On another regulatory front, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond has spearheaded efforts in Congress to pull back federal regulations on small businesses, the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. The Missouri senator, chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business, sponsored the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fair Act which forces federal agencies to consider the impact of their regulations on small businesses. ...

THE LAW that says a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime is in itself a miscarriage of justice. That law must be changed. When new evidence arises after the first trial, we should be able to follow it through and retry the accused. Such as O.J. Simpson, It's now too late. We know more about what really happened. That law protects both the criminal and his defense attorneys. And we all know that is not right. That is not a good law...

Jason Buterin poured a cup of the Raven's specialty coffee. All flavors and types of coffee bean concoctions are available. With mismatched couches, chairs, recliners and an occasional bean bag chair scattered around the dimly-lit room, the furniture at The Raven looks like it came from the "Early American Garage Sale" period, but the atmosphere is definitely "Modern Comfort."...

Cox is a professor emeritus at Southeast Missouri State University who taught graphic arts courses for 27 years. This is the first photography exhibit he has jurored. A total of 94 photographic artworks were received for the show, including screen prints, black and white photography, color photography, iris prints, cibachrome and infrared photography, lithographs, color reversal prints and mixed media...

No one filed for several races in Scott County, but workers in the county clerk's office were busy Wednesday tallying write-in votes. Chaffee In Ward 2, Bob Sullivan won a seat on the board of aldermen with 55 votes. Janice Martin came in second with 38 votes and Shirley Childer third with 33 votes...

To commemorate National Public Health Week, the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center will sponsor a walk-in immunization clinic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. No appointments are necessary for today's clinic, said Charlotte Craig, administrator of the health center, and free transportation is available to and from the health center at 1121 Linden in Cape Girardeau...

Voters in the Woodland School District chose three board members to serve three-year terms and a board member to finish an uncompleted term during Tuesday's elections. Myra Underwood, Gary L. Roberts and Jo Ann Shrum were elected to the three-year terms receiving 404, 384 and 357 votes...

There were so many write-in races in Cape Girardeau County that the ballots were still being counted Wednesday afternoon. Cape County election officials said they expected results to be available Thursday morning. No candidates appeared on the ballot for Tuesday's election in several communities...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The number of zebra mussels is decreasing in the Illinois River, but experts have found more of the pesky shellfish along the Mississippi. The tiny parasitic mollusks wreak havoc on water intake pipes and on native freshwater mussels, which are exported to Japan where they are used as the seed to produce cultured pearls in oysters...

Southeast Missouri State University should try to enroll more minority students, presidential candidate William C. Merwin said Wednesday. Merwin said the university's strategic plan should put a greater emphasis on diversity. Merwin, the president of State University of New York College at Potsdam, is the first of three finalists to visit the campus...

BIEHLE -- Voters here elected three generations of the Buchheit family to two-year terms on the Biehle Board of Trustees Tuesday. Most of those who voted -- all seven of them -- also were family members who reside in this town 27 miles north of Cape Girardeau off I-55...

April 4, 1996 Dear Pat, Here we go. That time of year when people suddenly reacquire a taste for hardboiled eggs, like them or not. Family is pouring in from Neosho and Nashville and Cincinnati. DC has a bunking party planned for the girls. There'll be egg-dyeing and -hiding and -seeking, and pretty girls in spring dresses all in a row...

Son to Bradley Wayne and Paula Rae Beal of McClure, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:54 a.m. Monday, March 25, 1996. Name, Zachary Wayne. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Beal is the former Paula Brown, daughter of Dale and Betty Brown of McClure. She is a teller at Union Planters Bank. Beal is the son of Melvin and Nancy Beal of Oran. He is employed by Pavco Construction...

JACKSON -- John P. Dalton, 70, of Jackson, died Tuesday, April 2, 1996, at his home. He was born July 21, 1925, at Essex, son of Harve and Dollie Howart Dalton. He and Janet Taylor VanAmburg were married Sept. 23, 1963. Dalton was an electrical technician at the former Superior Electric Co. in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post 158 in Jackson. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

JACKSON -- William Arthur Slinkard, 89, of Jackson, died Wednesday, April 3, 1996, at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. He was born May 30, 1906, in Jackson, son of William Mathew and Ella Randol Slinkard. He and Eula N. Walker were married Aug. 17, 1929. She died May 15, 1994...

Memorial service for James Carl Estes of Oklahoma City, Okla., formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 10 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Okla. The Rev. Dale Depew will officiate. Estes, 63, died Tuesday, April 2, 1996, at his home...

LILBOURN -- Funeral service for G.S. "Smith" Campbell of Lilbourn will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Lilbourn. The Rev. Jeffrey Militti will officiate, with burial in Mounds Park Cemetery near here. Campbell, 88, died Tuesday, April 2, 1996, at New Madrid Nursing Center in New Madrid...