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P.L. CARLYLE
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
EAST PRAIRIE -- P.L. Carlyle, 68, of East Prairie died Friday, June 27, 1996, in the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston of an extended illness. He was born Dec. 25, 1927, in Millageville, Tenn., son of Pleasant L. and Hester E. Wyatt Carlyle. He and Bonnie L. Weems were married Oct. 1, 1949...
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NUMEROUS INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTS PLANNED THROUGHOUT AREA
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
From concert bands and mud volleyball tournaments to morning races and craft shows, residents of Cape Girardeau, Jackson and the surrounding area will have a deluge of Independence Day events to choose from. Early risers in the region can begin their Fourth of July celebration with a 5 kilometer run, a 5 kilometer competitive walk, and a one-mile fun run/walk through the Jackson City Park. ...
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BUSINESSES TO CLOSE FOR HOLIDAY
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
Several area businesses will be close Thursday for the Fourth of July holiday. Area banks, including Boatmen's Banks, Union Planters Banks and Commerce Bank in both Cape Girardeau and Jackson will be closed for the entire day on Thursday, but will re-open on Friday...
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JACKSON PD TAKES TO TWO WHEELS
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
JACKSON -- Police are hitting the streets on two wheels these days. For the next six months, bicycle patrols will be utilized in selected neighborhoods and city parks on an experimental basis, said Police Chief Marvin Sides. "We will then look at our results and determine whether or not it's something we want to continue," Sides said...
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VFW AND AUXILIARY AID VETERANS HOME
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
As part of an effort to enhance recreational activities for residents of the Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home, local VFW District 15 Posts and Ladies Auxiallary Units have donated over $2,600 to be used as prizes at a new weekly bingo session. Cape Girardeau VFW Post 3838 presented $1,300 to the home and will send a matching amount later in the year. Members pledged to make it an annual donation...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: BILL EMERSON: FINAL BATTLE IS WON
(Column ~ 06/30/96)
"I have invested too much in a life of faith to be afraid of death now." -- The late Rep. Bill Emerson. In a magnificent eulogy that covered all the bases and was delivered flawlessly Thursday morning, longtime Emerson chief of staff Lloyd Smith quoted these words as our late congressman's response upon being asked, during his terminal illness, whether he feared the approaching end. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: NEGATIVE PRESS HAS BIG IMPACT
(Column ~ 06/30/96)
Now it's the new book by Bob Woodward with Hillary Rodham Clinton having imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt. No big deal here, but just another tiny drop in the drip, drip, drip of negative publicity for the Clintons in the past month. First, there was the legal brief with the notion of the Soldiers and Sailors Act applying to the President. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: CIVILITY: LOOK UNDER LOST AND FOUND
(Column ~ 06/30/96)
The brief e-mail message was waiting for me when I arrived at the office one recent morning. It was a succinct, yet compelling communication that simply read: "Mr. Tru Civility is alive and well, and if you would like to communicate with him, he's hiding in the majestic mountains near the rocks and rills on the fruited plains. Don't tell him I sent you." It was signed simply, "Uncle Sam."...
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EMERSON'S LEGACY
(Editorial ~ 06/30/96)
It isn't every day that the White House chief of staff, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the House minority leader, both U.S. senators and a large delegation of Congress arrives in Cape Girardeau for a funeral. Such was the case Thursday morning, however, for Rep. Bill Emerson's historic services at the First Presbyterian Church...
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GENE PENZEL: QUIET ACHIEVER
(Editorial ~ 06/30/96)
News that Jackson contractor Gene Penzel is the recipient of this year's R.A. Fulenwider Meritorious Community Service Award was welcome for all his many admirers. The name Penzel, for so long synonymous with integrity in contracting -- and more recently in senior triathalon competition -- now gets the recognition rightfully its own for community service, as well...
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4H ALL YOUTH HORSE SHOW RESULTS
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
There were 44 contestants on hand last Sunday at Flickerwood Arena in Fruitland for the SEMO 4H All Youth Horse Show. There were 31 classes at the horse show that lasted from 1 p.m. til 6:30 p.m. The 44 contestants made a total of 181 entries for the show. The winners of each class are as follows:...
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ACCIDENT INJURES ANNA WOMAN
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- An Anna woman was reported in stable condition at Union County Hospital Saturday after she was injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday. Hellen Garner, 77, was injured when the southbound car she was driving was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by Milas Dillow, 71, of Cypress, Ill., state police said. Dillow wasn't injured...
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GERTRUDE MENLEY
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
DEXTER -- Gertrude Menley died Friday, June 28, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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FANNIE L. RHODES
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Fannie L. Rhodes, 90, of Wolf Lake died Saturday, June 20, 1996, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 8, 1905, at Carbondale, Ill., daughter of William R. and Millie I. Harner Land. She and Loren "Dave" Rhodes were married March 14, 1927, at Jonesboro, Ill...
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GLORIA SY CRAMER
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Gloria Sy Cramer, 63, of Greenville died Friday, June 28, 1996, at the Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born Feb. 28, 1933, at Bakersfield, Calif. She and Donald J. Cramer were married Feb. 27, 1954. She was a retired motel manager in California...
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EARL LIZENBEE
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
ADVANCE -- The Rev. Earl Lizenbee, 77, of Advance died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 2, 1918, in Parma, son of Fred and Ella Hoss Lizenbee. He and Ella Hoss Lizenbee were married Oct. 7, 1940, at New Madrid...
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MARIE L. HARRELSTON
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
MATTHEWS -- Marie L. Harrelston, 84, of the Sells Rest Home in Matthews, formerly of St. Louis, died Saturday, June 29, 1996, at the home. She was born March 22, 1912, at Matthews, daughter of Connie and Ella Rainey Bibb. She and James Harrelston were married April 14, 1953, at St. Louis. He died in 1976...
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LETTERS: CONVICTION WAS GENUINE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/30/96)
To the editor: It has been said that you never really know what you have until you lose it. As I attended Congressman Bill Emerson's funeral, I felt the sting of his passing. I felt the sting of a great loss. As those wept for the man who cared so much for others, I realized that a man of strong convictions will be deeply missed. ...
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ROBERT R. COOMER
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
ARBOR -- Robert Rufus Coomer, 81, of Arbor died Saturday, June 29, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 23, 1914, at Randles, son of William G. and Cora E. Hartsey Coomer. He and Alma Wondel were married April 11, 1936, at Jackson...
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RALPH D. HATHWAY
(Obituary ~ 06/30/96)
POPLAR BLUFF -- The Rev. Ralph D. Hathway, 76, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, June 28, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 9, 1920, at Poplar Bluff. He and Martha Casinger were married March 1, 1946, in Butler County. He attended Grace Christian Fellowship Church. He was ordained Oct. 2, 1955, in the Christian Church of God...
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JESS DU JOUR: SHOE HORNS -- AND OTHER OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
(Column ~ 06/30/96)
I am going to college. This statement, in two months, means that I will have a chance to test the knowledge that I have gleaned in 12 years of schooling. This summer, it means that I need to get my hands on as much extra de niro as possible. I considered all kinds of money-making options that would supplement my morning internship work -- bake sales, home craft-making, the sale of various body parts -- but none seemed to be as lucrative as I had orginally planned. ...
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LESS TRASH, MORE CASH
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
First, Cape Girardeau city officials suggested recycling. Then they encouraged it. Now the message is recycle or get hit in the wallet. Monday will mark the beginning of a new rate structure for residential solid waste pickup in the city. Customers will continue paying $12.13 a month for one trash pickup and one recycling pickup per week...
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CAPE BOY HOME WITH NEW HEART
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
Kevin Lossing is young at heart. The Cape Girardeau teen-ager is 13, but his new heart is only 8 years old. Lossing turned 13 on May 20 in St. Louis Children's Hospital where he had been waiting since March 21 for a heart transplant. One month later, on June 20, he received a heart transplant. A week later he was released from the hospital and sent to an outpatient facility...
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SHADY MAILINGS OFFER MUCH, DELIVER LITTLE
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
If Helen Rose of Cape Girardeau gets any mail that promises her a million dollars, she just throws it in the trash. "I never get all excited and think I've really won," she said. "There's no free lunch." Most people do get such mailings with lavish promises of easy money and extravagant prizes...
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WELFARE REFORM CHANGES SYSTEM (SECOND IN A THREE-PART SERIES)
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
JEFFERSON CITY -- When Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson unveiled the final phase of Wisconsin's dramatic welfare reform program, he told the state's citizens: "W-2 means the end of the automatic welfare check. We believe that everyone is capable of some level of work, and W-2 will help participants move directly into work at the earliest possible time. This comprehensive replacement for welfare will demand more of participants, but in the long run it will provide independence and a future."...
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NEW SEMO BOSS TAKES OVER
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
Southeast Missouri State University's new president says the regents shouldn't rush to approve a campus master plan. The school's 16th president, Dr. Dale Nitzschke, officially takes over Monday. He replaces Dr. Bill Atchley, who served as the university's 15th president while a search was under way for a permanent president to replace Dr. Kala Stroup. Stroup resigned last year to take a job as Missouri's commissioner of higher education...
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SEMO WILL LAUNCH MBA PROGRAM FOR FALL SEMESTER
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
Southeast Missouri State University has announced its first course offerings in its new master of business administration (MBA) program being launched on campus this fall. Classes will be held in the new Robert A. Dempster Hall, a 110,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art teaching facility, which will house the Donald L. Harrison College of Business when the building opens in August...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: MISSOURI IN NEED OF FORESTKEEPERS
(Column ~ 06/30/96)
How healthy are your trees? How Healthy are Missouri's forests? To find out volunteers are being recruited to help get that answer. The effort is being sponsored jointly by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Forestry Division and Forest Releaf of Missouri...
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GOSPEL SINGERS TRAVEL DIFFERENT ROAD
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
While up-and-coming country stars compete for record contracts and No. 1 hits, gospel singers leave things to a higher power. At least, that's what Chosen Heart does. The seven-man group from Southern Illinois travels in a van bearing the license plate "GSUS 8." There were eight members until one of the singers learned to play bass guitar...
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CHASING THAT NEON RAINBOW
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
It's a story told time and again. The lead character is a young man or woman who dreams of becoming of country music star. He or she practices constantly, marches into countless record companies, plays in honky tonks and considers quitting several times...
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NATIVE OF ADVANCE EARNS `MASTER EDITOR' AWARD
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
ADVANCE -- Webster Hawkins, was presented the Clyde M. Reed Jr. Master Editor Award at the recent Kansas Press Association's 10th annual Convention and Trade Show. He was recognized for his contribution to the Kansas and national newspaper industry and for his commitment to communitiy service...
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB WILL GATHER ON JULY 8
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
The Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club luncheon and meeting will be July 8 from noon to 2 p.m. at Holiday Inn. The theme is "Designers Salute to Teachers." A special feature will be a style show, and speaker will be Kris Driskell. Special music will be presented by Christie Swinford...
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UNIVERSITY FARM GETS FERTILIZER DONATION
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
David Reinagel, owner of Delta Supply, has donated fertilizer to the Southeast Missouri State University Farm. The fertilizer will be used on Sudan grass for a demonstration project. Sudan grass normally is baled when its moisture content is 20 percent or less, said Dr. William Ellis, agriculture professor...
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COUNTY AARP MEETS MONDAY
(Local News ~ 06/30/96)
The Cape Girardeau County Chapter of American Association of Retired Persons will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church, Caruthers and Broadway. The program will be a slide presentation of the Cathedrals of Europe by Dolly Aubuchon...
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