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JOUR DE FETE
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
STE. GENEVIEVE -- Jour de Fete, only a small art show 30 years ago, has flowered into the largest arts and crafts fair in Missouri. The reason, says Jour de Fete Inc. President Jack Trapp, is that the organizers have insisted on maintaining the arts and crafts atmosphere...
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ZIMMER BROADCASTING BUYS TWO CAPE STATIONS
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
Zimmer Broadcasting has completed negotiations to purchase two additional Cape Girardeau radio stations, KCGQ-99.3 FM and KGIR-1220 AM. The purchase gives Zimmer Broadcasting four stations in Cape Girardeau, where it is headquartered. The company owns of 16 radio stations in Missouri and Illinois, including KZIM-960 AM and KEZS-102.9 FM in Cape Girardeau...
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BOOTHEEL RODEO BIG BOOST TO ECONOMY; 40,000 EXPECTED IN SIKESTON
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
Scooter Graham, left, and Roy Robert, both of the Scott County sheriff's posse, waited for the cue to ride in at the start of the 44th annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo in Sikeston Wednesday night. The rodeo runs through Saturday night. SIKESTON -- It's usually hot instead of snowing. There are plenty of horses but no reindeer. And the only sleighs have wheels on them and are called stagecoaches. But in Sikeston, the second weekend in August seems like Christmas...
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AREA SCHOOL PROJECTS TAKE SHAPE
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
PATTON -- Most school districts in the region spend the summer sprucing up their buildings and grounds, but two Bollinger County districts are getting a completely new look. The Meadow Heights School District at Patton is in the midst of a renovation project while Woodland, a neighboring district, is concluding a similar project...
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SALE OF SEMINARY SET FOR SEPT. 5; LOAN WOULD BAIL OUT FOUNDATION
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
St. Vincent's Seminary will be sold on the courthouse steps if Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation doesn't pay its loan. Foundation members have tried to raise money to clear the property's title since April 1995. It was then that the Vincentian Fathers of St. Louis, who own the seminary and grounds, granted the foundation a short-term loan...
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YELL NEWSPAPER SALES FOR AGENCIES TO BE SEPT. 10
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
Karen Green sells YELL newspapers for lots of reasons, but concern for her children's educations is probably the most important. "Most of us who volunteer are parents," Green said. "We are concerned for our children's education and want to be involved, but we feel guilty because we work. This gets us actively doing something to help the kids."...
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CAR OVERTURNS AFTER BEING FORCED OFF I-55
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
A Park Hills woman was injured Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer forced her car off Interstate 55, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The patrol said Janice Holloway, 40, was 12 miles north of Jackson when the accident occurred. She was south-bound in the passing lane when a tractor-trailer moved into her lane. She was forced onto the median and overturned...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED YEARS
(Column ~ 08/08/96)
Aug. 8, 1996 Dear Pat, One summer many many years ago I was going to band camp, trying to learn how to wiggle my fingers on a saxophone in such a way that the sound wasn't offensive. Fortunately, when you're in the fifth grade everybody's trying to accomplish the same feat...
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FISHERMAN FALLS, DROWNS
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
MOREHOUSE -- A Southeast Missouri man drowned after falling off a railroad bridge while fishing. Howard W. Davis, 33, of Morehouse, was with a friend when the accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Stoddard County, authorities said. The two were fishing in an irrigation ditch used to keep farmland from flooding...
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FORMER ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR IN CAPE COUNTY GETS HOUSE BID
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
Kenny Hulshof went from defeat to victory in a matter of hours early Wednesday. The Columbia man, whose roots are in Southeast Missouri, narrowly won the 9th District GOP primary. He will oppose incumbent Democrat Harold Volkmer for the Northeast Missouri congressional seat in November...
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DOLE'S TAX CUT
(Editorial ~ 08/08/96)
In announcing a bold tax-cutting agenda, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole chose Monday to "side with the optimists," as The Wall Street Journal phrased the matter this week. Finally, what has been up to now a lackluster contest has at its center an issue worthy of a great presidential campaign. The issue is joined between a GOP challenger pledging Reaganesque tax relief for working Americans and an incumbent who warns against "returning to the failed policies of the 1980s."...
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BAILEY BID IS A REMINDER
(Editorial ~ 08/08/96)
Tuesday's Missouri primary saw the defeat of a familiar name in Show Me State politics: Former State Treasurer Wendell Bailey. The colorful Bailey was attempting a comeback in a vacant state senate seat in Southwest Missouri. Bailey, who also served one term in Congress in the early 1980s, was the subject of a two-year long federal criminal investigation. ...
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LETTERS: RADER AND MUELLER ARE TWO OF THE BEST JUDGES
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/08/96)
To the editor: If my next column appears later than usual, it may be because I've been too busy basking in reflected glory. Congratulations to the editors of The Best Years for recognizing two of the best, most beloved judges who ever graced our community and state. ...
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LETTERS: WOMEN'S PAY NEEDS TO BE EQUAL TO MEN'S
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/08/96)
To the editor: I find the current threat to poor women's and children's welfare appalling. Change that to cruel. A July 30 article in the Southeast Missourian, "Women's wages still lagging," pointed out that "American women receive an average of 68-70 percent of men's pay."...
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KLINE BEATS DURNELL IN 8TH BY 518 VOTES
(Local News ~ 08/08/96)
Richard Kline's prayers came true with a nudge from the voters. "Thank you, Jesus," the 56-year-old Gipsy Republican said after narrowly defeating Cabool cattle farmer Earl Durnell in Tuesday's 8th District congressional primary. It wasn't until early Wednesday that the final votes were tallied...
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T.J. LINHART
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
T.J. Linhart, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1996, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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LORETTA ISAACS
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
Loretta Isaacs, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1996, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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FREDDIE DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Funeral service for Freddie L. "Fred" Davis of Irving, Texas, was held Aug. 1 at Chism-Smith Funeral Home in Irving. Capt. Mike Grubbs officiated, with burial in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. Davis, 78, died Monday, July 29, 1996...
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PEARL STORTZ
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Pearl Elizabeth Stortz, 89, died Monday, Aug. 5, 1996, at Bethesda West Nursing Center in Ellisville. She was born July 9, 1907, at Silver Lake, daughter of August and Irene Robinson Geile. She and John Stortz were married Nov. 25, 1924, at Silver Lake. He died Oct. 21, 1981...
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DELBERT KINGSBURY
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
Funeral service for Delbert Clark Kingsbury, 1827 Westwood, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Jack Cathcart will officiate, with entombment in Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/08/96)
Daughter to Timothy Wade and Jamie Sue Birkman of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:58 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, 1996. Name, Rachel Elizabeth. Weight, 8 pounds. First child. Mrs. Birkman is the former Jamie Floyd, daughter of Charles and Jean Floyd of Leopold. She is a secretary at Southeast Missouri State University. Birkman is the son of William and Margaret Birkman Jr. of Advance. He is a salesman with Strack Equipment Inc...
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GERTRUDE LEGRAND
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
KELSO -- Gertrude Grace LeGrand, 69, of Kelso, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1996, at her home. She was born Oct. 11, 1926, at Kelso, daughter of Peter and Coletta Burger Scherer. She and Ervin S. LeGrand were married Aug. 7, 1945, at Kelso. LeGrand had been a sales associate at Famous-Barr in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church and St. Ann's Sodality, Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 6407 and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary 6420 in Scott City...
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LULA HOLSCHEN
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
Lula L. Holschen, 99, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1996, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 21, 1896, at Wittenberg, daughter of Charles and Pauline Winter Fassel. She and Albert Holschen were married in April 1926. He died in September 1965...
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JOHN KNOWLES JR.
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
PATTON -- John Vernon Knowles Jr., 76, of Patton, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1996, at his home, following an illness. He was born Jan. 30, 1920, at Patton, son of John Vernon and Emma Dean O'Kelly Knowles. He and Luella Schell were married April 20, 1940...
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RAYMOND STRICKER
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
CHARLESTON -- Raymond Stricker of Charleston died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1996, at his home. McMikle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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RICKY DAVIS
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
MOREHOUSE -- Howard Willis "Ricky" Davis Jr., 33, of Morehouse, drowned Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1996, in a ditch on Highway 114 west of Morehouse. He was born March 16, 1963, in Sikeston, son of Howard Willis and Sue Pearson Davis Sr. He and LaDonna Joyce Greer were married Dec. 1, 1980, at Benton...
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IMOGENE MASSEY
(Obituary ~ 08/08/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- Imogene Massey, 58, formerly of Anna, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1996, at her home in Centralia, Ill. She was born Feb. 7, 1938, at Grantsburg, Ill., daughter of Isaac Zee and Rachale Pollard Baity. She and Delmar L. Massey were married Dec. 4, 1958, at Anna...
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