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LETTERS: CAPTIALISM IS A BUST IN FORMER SOVIET UNION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/17/96)
To the editor: The smugness which impels U.S. editorial writers, such as the one who write the July 10 editorials, "Russian elections," to diss the former Soviet Union for the purpose of hastening its change from a superpower to a third-rate nation is simply breathtaking. ...
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TIME FOR CUTOFF
(Editorial ~ 07/17/96)
Nearly two decades and $3.6 billion later, Missouri is working to end court-ordered integration of public schools. For the past 15 years, the state has spent about 10 percent of its education budget on integrating schools in St. Louis and Kansas City. The result has been gold-plated schools in inner cities that don't attract white students...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/17/96)
THE RIGHT to worship is a God-granted right, but worship is in the heart. Therefore, leg irons and handcuffs would not have compromised the personal worship of Mr. Bucklew, who escaped from the Cape Girardeau County Jail. Leg irons and handcuffs would have left the people of the area feeling much more secure...
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SCOTT CITY COUNCIL ENACTS RESTRICTIONS
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
SCOTT CITY -- The City Council voted Monday night to restrict parking and outdoor advertisement along the part of Nash Road that is within the city limits as part of an agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Department. The highways department will soon begin the third phase of the Nash Road improvement project, which involves paving and widening the road from Interstate 55 east one mile. ...
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FUND-RAISER FOR PROJECT CHARLIE TAKES CASUAL FORM
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
The Excelsior Springs Optimist Club has taken over Cape Girardeau's Project CHARLIE program, part of a nationwide effort to educate children about drugs and alcohol. Janah Jateff of the Excelsior Springs Optimist Club said that the club's goal is to "raise some funds and to renew some interest in Project CHARLIE."...
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MASTER PLAN AGAIN BEFORE REGENTS; BOARD WILL MEET WITH CONSULTANT TO DISCUSS PROPOSAL IT TABLED
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
The Board of Regents will get what it wants later this month: A chance to thoroughly review a proposed master plan that would transform the campus. The regents will hold a study session, tentatively scheduled for July 25 or 26. The regents will meet with a consultant who helped draft the plan...
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CHAFFEE POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
CHAFFEE -- Police Chief James Haney resigned Monday night at the Chaffee City Council meeting and former chief of police Jerry Bledsoe was at his old post Tuesday until a replacement can be found. Haney had only been police chief in Chaffee since March when Bledsoe left after four years in the job to take a position as a deputy with the Scott County Sheriff's Department...
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1,200 TO ATTEND AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTIONS HERE
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
As many as 1,200 people are expected in Cape Girardeau for the American Legion Legionnaires and Auxiliary conventions Thursday through Sunday. "Attendance at the state conventions usually average about 400 to 500 for the Auxiliary and about twice that amount for the Legionnaires," said Alice E. Messmer of the Missouri American Legion Auxiliary Department of Public Relations...
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CHURCHES BACK FROM MISSIONS
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
Although the church groups traveled to different parts of the world, they all had one thing in common -- a mission to serve. Youths and adult church members from Mount Auburn Christian Church, St. Vincent's and St. Mary's Catholic churches and Lynwood Baptist Church recently returned from mission trips to Mexico, Arizona and Tennessee, respectively...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: NOBODY EVER WILL MAKE IT LIKE MOM USED TO
(Column ~ 07/17/96)
Husbands have no idea how many simple phrases can devastate their wives. "Should you be eating that?" and "Would this happen to be your cleaning day?" are among them. But The Other Half lately picked up one that is the end-all, be-all of devastating phrases, and it's usually uttered in public. Brace yourselves, ladies:...
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FISH FRY IN MORLEY
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
MORLEY -- The Morley Masonic Lodge No. 184 will host its annual fish fry Sunday, July 21. All-you-can-eat chicken and pond-raised catfish are available. The meal begins at 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Morley Masonic Lodge in Morley. Adult tickets are $6 and children's tickets are $3. Children age five and under eat free...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
The Southeast Missourian asked people about their favorite summertime activities. Jessica Venable: "I like to go swimming in the summer. I go about four times a week. I also like softball and bicycling." Isaac Venable: "I like to play basketball. Our neighbor has a basketball goal. I also like to ride by bike and play baseball."...
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CHURCH NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR CRISIS HOT LINE
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
JACKSON -- When Carol Rohlfs was a teacher and school librarian, students often talked to her about their problems. Now Rohlfs is one of 11 volunteer caregivers in the Stephen Ministry program at New McKendree United Methodist Church. The volunteers is is to talk with people about their problems...
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BAND CONCERT THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
JACKSON -- Singer Julie Walker will be the special guest performer at Thursday's Jackson Municipal Band Concert. The free concert starts at 8 p.m. in the band shell at Jackson City Park. Walker, a 1980 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and a teacher in the Jackson R-2 School District, will accompany herself on guitar and perform several folk songs and some original compositions...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
Monday, July 15 Power and Light Committee "--" Approved the Semi-Annual Financial Statement ending June 30, 1996 and to publish it in the local newspaper. "--" Set the date of the annual City Christmas Party for Dec. 13. "--" Instructed the city engineer to complete contract documents and acquire necessary easements for the completion of Phase I of the water and sewer extension plans...
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SOUTHEAST SUSPENDS HEAD TRAINER
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
Southeast Missouri State University's head athletic trainer has been placed on suspension after an investigation by the school revealed that he illegally used medication on five athletes. The university, through a statement released Tuesday, said trainer David Grossman was suspended for using "animal DMSO" -- an unapproved topical medication -- on five Southeast football players in the fall of 1995. DMSO was neither prescribed nor approved by university physicians, the school said...
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ROBERT STERLING
(Obituary ~ 07/17/96)
MOREHOUSE -- Robert Lee Sterling, 48, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, July 16, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 11, 1948, in East Prairie, son of Guy and Birdie Woods Sterling. Formerly of East Prairie, he had lived in Morehouse two years. He was operator of the Water Treatment Plant in Neosho, and member of Full Gospel Church in East Prairie. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...
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HANNAH DORRIS
(Obituary ~ 07/17/96)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Hannah Lynn Dorris, 2 months, daughter of Michael Ray and Laryssa Lynn Busby Dorris of East Prairie, died Monday, July 15, 1996, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. She was born May 6, 1996, in Poplar Bluff. Survivors include her parents; two sisters, Jamee and Lacey Dorris of the home; paternal grandparents, Mr. ...
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CAREL BEYATTE JR.
(Obituary ~ 07/17/96)
MCGEE -- Funeral service for Carel "Butch" Beyatte Jr. of McGee will be held at 1 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Codus James will officiate, with burial in New Hope-McGee Cemetery. Beyatte, 42, died Monday, July 15, 1996, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...
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EDMUND SCHUESSLER
(Obituary ~ 07/17/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Edmund H. "Red" Schuessler, 82, of Perryville, died Tuesday, July 6, 1996, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1913, son of Rudolph and Martha Lohmann Schuessler. He and Wilma L. Kasten were married May 3, 1941. Schuessler had been a meat inspector with the federal government, was a former county surveyor, postal worker and farmer. ...
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JOHN HOWARD
(Obituary ~ 07/17/96)
CHARLESTON -- John Henry Howard, 78, of Charleston, died Saturday, July 13, 1996, at Charleston Manor. He was born Feb. 2, 1918, in Hughes, Ark., son of H. and Freddie Whitmore Howard. He married the former Pearlene Anderson. Howard was a retired farm laborer, and had lived in Missouri more than 70 years...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/17/96)
Daughter to Michael Dean and Michelle Marie Elam, 3246 Chateau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:12 a.m. Sunday, July 7, 1996. Name, McKenzie Michelle. Weight, 5 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Elam is the former Michelle Womble, daughter of Louie and Sharon Womble of Bismarck. Elam is the son of Carolyn Elam of Bismarck. He is a Cat Scan supervisor at Southeast Hospital...
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JUDY LANKHEIT
(Obituary ~ 07/17/96)
SIKESTON -- Judith D. Lankheit, 48, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, July 16, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 5, 1947, in Poplar Bluff to the Late J.D. Harper and Marie Bulger Harper, who survives. She was a 1965 graduate of Sikeston High School and was a member of the St. ...
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YARD ART ADDS PERSONAL TOUCH
(Local News ~ 07/17/96)
The Bridges of Cape Girardeau built their fish pond five years ago. The pond contains a variety of aquatic plants and fish, including Japanese Koi fish. Pat Haenni's yard along Thilenius Street in Cape Girardeau has been decorated with a variety of flowers, plants and yard furniture...
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