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ALL IN THE FAMILY
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
Bonnie Miller is president of Day Transfer Co. at 2094 Southern Expressway. When new truck drivers pull into Day Transfer Co. in Cape Girardeau they often do a double-take when they ask for the warehouseman. "That's me," replies Connie Nebel. Nebel, daughter of Bonnie Miller, president of the transfer company at 2094 Southern Expressway, has been involved in the business more than 11 years...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: A `SMART CARD' FOR THOSE SMALL PURCHASES
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
"Carrying cash" is becoming a thing of the past. A new electronic cash card -- they call it "Smart Card" -- could eliminate the necessity of carrying even the smallest amount of cash, for coffee, candy bars, magazines and other items under $20. MasterCard, Visa, Citibank and Chase Manhattan have teamed up to produce the smart cards for small purchases, and a pilot program will be launched this fall...
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STATE FACES MINIMUM WAGE BATTLE
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
Proposals to make Missouri's minimum wage the highest in the nation would spell economic disaster, critics say. "This is outrageous," said Dan Mehan, vice president of governmental affairs for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. While a wage-hike measure in the Missouri Senate may go nowhere this session, the issue could come before voters in the November election...
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AIRPORT TO SPONSOR EVENTS
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
In an effort to increase traffic, the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport will sponsor two open-house events -- one for pilots, the other for airplane-loving folks. The first will be May 4 at the Spring '96 Fly-In, featuring competitions in precision landings, aerial drops and aircraft identification. All will have cash prizes...
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CITY GETS AGGRESSIVE WITH AIRPORT MARKETING
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
When Greg Chenoweth's plane landed at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport a year ago, the candidate for airport manager saw potential. Sure, the airport had its problems. The Federal Aviation Administration was abandoning the control tower. Airport subsidies were being slashed. Trans World Express, the only commuter airline flying out of Cape, was cutting flights...
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RODEO BRINGS THE COWFOLKS ACROSS STATE
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
FRUITLAND -- A high school rodeo athlete's life is different from any other's. A different town every weekend. A never-ending season. Events that practically assure broken bones or amputated fingers. But the teens involved have unusual senses of loyalty to their sports, their animals and their fellow competitors. Many left more traditional sports to join the Missouri High School Rodeo Association...
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SENATE WEIGHS DEATH ROW REFORM
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
A new law proposed in the U.S. Senate might mean killers like Doyle Williams and Jerome Mallett would have been put to death years ago. Williams, 48, of Fulton was executed Wednesday after 14 years on death row. He was convicted in the 1980 slaying of Kerry Brummett, a man who could link Williams to the theft of prescription pads from a physician's office in the mid-Missouri town of Auxvasse. ...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: THE EYES HAVE IT...AND THE LIPS AND THE CHEEKS
(Column ~ 04/15/96)
We got a press packet from the folks at Elizabeth Arden in the mail the other day. It's a very nice press packet. Classy ivory folder with a close-up on a woman's beautiful, and beautifully made-up, eyes, all to publicize the company's new line of eye products...
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MISSOURI WATCH: GOOD INTENTIONS GO AWRY -- AGAIN
(Column ~ 04/15/96)
Once again the Law of Unintended Consequences has kicked in, and once again Missourians will pay a high price for unanticipated results stemming from perfectly legitimate and well-intentioned efforts. In this instance, the unintended consequences spring from the efforts of a great many Missourians, Republican and Democrat alike, to halt the abuses of excessive campaigns. ...
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LETTERS: ABOUT THOSE ENTITLEMENTS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/96)
To the editor: Years ago someone wrote in one of my school yearbooks: "May everything you deserve keep coming your way." That, of course, was a clever way of saying nothing good or bad. In our day we read and hear a lot about entitlements. To what are we entitled? What does one really deserve?...
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TIME TO CLEAN UP
(Editorial ~ 04/15/96)
We urge everyone to participate, whether it be by simply cleaning up a yard and taking advantage of free hauling of trash that the city normally charges extra to pick up or by getting out with other volunteers to pick up litter, pull weeds, or plant flowers or shrubs...
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PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF IN ORAN
(Editorial ~ 04/15/96)
Following the deaths of two more people at the Shelby Street railroad crossing in Oran, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Department has agreed to install warning lights and guards in an effort to stop traffic at the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks when trains are approaching...
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LETTERS: LIMBAUGHS REMEMBERED
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/96)
To the editor: The expression "It takes two to tango" certainly applies to Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. and his beloved wife, Bee, sainted for some time. Many years ago they lived close enough to us to be called neighbors. They would walk past our house very often and always stopped to chat. They were an extremely happy and compatible couple. Bee was vivacious, always had a smile on her face and dealt very much in all community activities. Her husband, Rush, gloried in that fact...
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CITY OF JACKSON MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN REGULAR MEETING
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
April 15, 1996 7:30 p.m. Call to Order Introduction of Guests/Visitors Non-Agenda Citizen Input Adoption of Agenda Public Hearings A. Hearing to consider the rezoning of all of the property addressed as 2519 E. Jackson Blvd. from R-3 (General Residential) to C-2 (General Commercial) as submitted by David Bill...
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JOHN N. SCHOTT
(Obituary ~ 04/15/96)
ORAN -- John Nickolas Schott, 89, of Oran died Sunday, April 14, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 25, 1906, in Oran, the son of Charles and Otillia LeGrand Schott. He married Catherine L. Burger on May 14, 1935. She died Oct. 3, 1991...
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HERMAN E. BRASHEAR
(Obituary ~ 04/15/96)
SIKESTON -- Herman Eugene Brashear, 55, of Sikeston, formerly of Mississippi County, died Saturday, April 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 3, 1940, in Bertrand, to John Finley and Mary Lucy Vanpool Brashear. On July 28, 1959, he married Emma Jane Bolin...
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WILLIAM SMITH CRIDDLE
(Obituary ~ 04/15/96)
Funeral service for William Smith Criddle, 96, of Cape Girardeau will be held at 1:30 p.m. today, with the Rev. Jerry Statler officiating. Criddle died Saturday, April 13, 1996, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
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ERNA PRIEST-STONE
(Obituary ~ 04/15/96)
Erna Louise Stone, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 13, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital after an extended illness. She was born April 19, 1909, in Gordonville, daughter of William C. and Minnie Volkerding Wessel. She and Charles W. Priest were married Oct. 29, 1930. She later married Richard F. Stone May 30, 1958. Both preceded her in death...
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CLEM H. SCHABBING
(Obituary ~ 04/15/96)
Clem Herman Schabbing, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 14, 1996, at the Lutheran Home. He was born July 3, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, to Herman and Mary Volz Schabbing. He married Theresa Schrock on May 4, 1937, in Cape Girardeau. Schabbing was a lifelong dairy farmer in Gordonville. He was a 4-H leader and was a member of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, the Knights of Columbus and the Farm Bureau. He was a member of the St. Mary's Cathedral Parish...
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GERTRUDE DRAKE
(Obituary ~ 04/15/96)
SCOTT CITY -- Visitation for Gertrude E. Drake, 86, of Scott City will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. today. Funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Drake died Saturday, April 13, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
7:30 p.m., Monday, April 15 City Hall Public Hearings -- Hearing regarding rezoning the southwest corner of the southern intersection of Kingshighway and Boulder Crest Drive from multi-family residential and general commercial to a special use permit for a community unit plan...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
Monday, April 15 at 6 p.m. Vocational-Technical School Room 214 New Business -- Personnel employment. Informational Reports -- Educational programs study committee report. Action Items -- Incentive grants. -- Pupil-teacher ratio reduction incentive...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: SALON ADDS TONING TABLES
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
Images Plus, a beauty and tanning salon, has added toning tables to its operation at 1104 Harmony. "The new toning tables complement our other services," said Brenda Strop, who has operated the beauty and tanning salon for more than 10 years. Images Plus moved to its Harmony location two years ago, from Christine Street...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: BEL AIRE BAR AND GRIL UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
The Bel Aire Bar and Grill in downtown Cape Girardeau is under new ownership. The restaurant at 24 S. Spanish, which offers burgers, Jamaican pulled chicken and barbecue, will remain open six days a week -- Mondays through Fridays from 4 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 1 p.m. The grill opens each day at 5 p.m...
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NEW ON THE BUSINESS SCENE: CUSTOM CABINETRY SHOP TO OPEN IN PERRYVILLE
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
PERRYVILLE -- D & C Custom Cabinetry has opened in Perryville. The new company specializes in entertainment centers and custom-built cabinets but offers a complete service in commercial and residential decorating and remodeling. Dennis and Carolyn Hudson, owners of the business recently completed a basement-decoration project in the St. Louis area...
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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
Terry Berry has been named manager of Heilig-Meyers Furniture Co., 210 S. Silver Springs Road. Berry has been with Heilig-Meyers two years, serving as assistant manager at the Festus store before moving to Granite City, Ill., as manager of a new store there eight months ago...
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MEMO: SOUTH EAST BANK INTRODUCES NEW `HOMETOWN HELPLINE'
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
South East Missouri Bank has introduced a new service -- "Hometown Helpline." The service allows customers of the bank to access information 24 hours a day on their savings and checking accounts, loans, CDs and IRAs. Additional information is available at the bank...
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MEMO: SUPERIOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING EARNS AWARD
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
Superior Advertising and Marketing Inc. of Gordonville received the "Best Booth" award during a recent three-day, Promotional Products Association Show at the Frontenac Hilton in St. Louis. Superior manufactures various promotional products, specializing in magnets. The theme of the show, which allowed suppliers to exhibit products, was "Building For The Future."...
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MEMO: UNION PLANTERS BANK EARNS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
Union Planters Bank, formerly Capital Bank of Cape Girardeau County, has received a certificate of appreciation for its participation in the rural Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, in excess of $1 million during Fiscal Year 1995. The loan program, administered by Rural Economic & Community Development, formerly Farmers Home Administration, is a nation-wide program. The Cape County office is at 815 S. Hope in Jackson...
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MEMO: SMALL BUSINESS COUNSELING SESSIONS ON TAP IN REGION
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in four areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available April 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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MEMO: COMING UP
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
Tuesday Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Business Expo '96, Show Me Center. Wednesday Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Business Expo '96 and Business Conference, Show Me Center. Business After Hours, 5-6:30 p.m., Show Me Center. Thursday RCGA annual banquet, Drury Lodge, 6 p.m...
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MEMO: SIKESTON BUSINESS AND EDUCATION EXPO SET MAY 1
(Business ~ 04/15/96)
SIKESTON -- The annual Business/Education Expo '96 will be held at the Sikeston High School Fieldhouse May 1. The one-day, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., event is sponsored by the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce and Sikeston schools. Businesses will display products and services. A number of seminars and workshops will be presented. The extravaganza is open to the public, free of charge...
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MORE THAN 100 BUSINESSES TO EXHIBIT AT EXPO THIS WEEK
(Local News ~ 04/15/96)
Nowadays the big buzz is about the information superhighway, the Internet, the World Wide Web, home pages, downloading, search engines and networks. Nineteen percent of the nation's consumers have already accessed the Internet. Another 12 percent is expected to join that list within a year...
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