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LETTERS: THE LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/96)
To the editor: In the past month three letters to the editor have shown very clearly how completely bankrupt the liberal perspective is. One letter made the ridiculous claim that Mr. Clinton was doing a "magnificent job as president." Does "magnificent" refer to the Whitewater coverup, the FBI files scandal, the "magnificent" but failed attempt to socialize the nation's medical system, he "magnificent" vetoes of welfare reform and balanced budgets or his "magnificent" example of failed moral leadership in vetoing the ban on unspeakable horrible partial-birth abortions? I admit his "magnificence" at making a lie sound like truth and convincing many Americans that he is no longer a liberal-socialist Democrat.. ...
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FLUEGGE FAMILY REUNION AUG. 18
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
TILSIT -- The descendants of Wilhelm and Caroline Wedekind Fluegge will have a family reunion Aug. 18 at Immanuel Lutheran Church Parish Hall. A basket dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. Drinks and table service will be provided. Family members are encouraged to bring old family photographs and family history. A visit is planned to an old family homestead, weather permitting...
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LUTHERAN HOME ADDS SERVICES
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
The Lutheran Home has added home health services to its long-term health care. The Lutheran Home is a retirement center with short- and long-term health-care and residential-care facilities. The home, 2825 Bloomfield Road, recently received its home health license from the Heath Care Financing Administration...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 08/11/96)
I WOULD like to address the problem of arrogant smokers. I have asthma. I'm wondering if they can't charged with aggravated battery or attempted murder should I have a bad asthma attack. There should be something that could be done legally to people who ignore no-smoking signs and force me to have health problems because they smoke in my space. ...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THE NEW CONTRACT WITH THE POOR
(Column ~ 08/11/96)
Let's address the fact, right at the outset, that providing for the needs of a diverse low-income population is not an exact science. Pretending that an answer to the multiplicity of problems facing as many as one American in five can be found in one plan, proposal or law is sheer nonsense...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: WELFARE REFOM ON THE CHEAP?
(Column ~ 08/11/96)
It was one of his first speaking engagements in Missouri. In 1987, a somewhat obscure governor from a somewhat obscure state came to a small college in Kansas City to speak on welfare reform. Without a note or prop of any kind, Governor Bill Clinton mesmerized his small audience on the subject of welfare reform. He described our public assistance program as one that trapped tens of thousands into a way of life from which there was no escape...
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GOVERNMENT COSTS
(Editorial ~ 08/11/96)
Cost of Government Day (COGD) n. the date of the calendar year, counting from January 1, on which the average American has earned enough in gross income to pay off all his direct and hidden taxes (total federal, state and local government spending plus the cost of regulation)...
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THE BATTLES OVER LANGUAGE
(Editorial ~ 08/11/96)
News that language police have returned with a vengeance in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec should serve as a wake-up call for citizens north and south of the world's longest undefended border. Quebec's English-speaking minority was rattled last fall when separatists won 49.5 percent of the vote for their referendum to split from Canada. Vowing to try again in two or three years, the separatists are creating uncertainty that is harming Quebec's economy...
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CRUSIN' USA; OFFICIALS: IT'S A NUISANCE
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
All the kids are doing it. They jump in a car -- their own or someone else's -- and begin that never-ending driving pattern America calls cruising. It usually happens on Fridays and Saturdays, but any summer night is perfect for it. With the windows down and stereos blasting, young people drive up and down a preset path known to all. They usually stop in a parking lot for a while to talk and watch passing traffic...
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FIRE DAMAGES CARPET STORE
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
A fire at Sample's Floor Covering destroyed the shop's entire stock and put a family out of the carpet business. Doyle and Cora Lee Sample, owners of Sample's Floor Covering and Bob's Pizza next door, said they might put another business in the 401 N. Clark building after it is remodeled...
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SCIENCE FICTION APPROACHES FACT WITH MARS DISCOVERY
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
Life on Mars! It is an idea that has pricked imaginations since long before Orson Welles scared America silly with the Halloween 1938 radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds." Now, science fiction approaches fact with the revelation last week that orange-colored particles found inside a meteorite may be evidence of bacteria-type organisms that lived on Mars 3.6 billion years ago...
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MARK MY WORD: LIFE ON MARS? ONLY IN NASA SCIENTISTS' MINDS
(Column ~ 08/11/96)
As anyone with an ounce of intelligence knows, including those noisy TV frogs of beer commercial fame, life can't exist without beer. The folks at NASA have suggested that a meteorite harbors evidence of past life on Mars. They say they've discovered evidence that a primitive form of life may have existed on Mars billions of years ago...
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CRUISIN' U.S.A.; TEENS: NOTHING ELSE TO DO
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
Friday was the perfect summer night for a cruise. It was warm and breezy, and the stars shone brightly. People from all over Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois descended upon Broadway in Cape Girardeau, joining the endless line of traffic. Most of them say they are there for the same reason -- to meet people. And most of them claim that there's "nothing to do" in Cape Girardeau, or in Oran, or in Anna, Ill., or wherever they came from...
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DEMOCRATS VISIT CITY TO DRUM UP SUPPORT; CARNAHAN EXPECTS 8TH DISTRICT VOTE
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
Gov. Mel Carnahan said Saturday he still hasn't reached a decision on whether to schedule a special election for Missouri's 8th Congressional District seat. But Carnahan said it is very likely that an election will be held and an announcement probably will be made next week...
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WEATHER, LOW RIVER GIVE JOUR DE FETE LIFT
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
STE. GENEVIEVE -- Saturday's beautiful weather meant the Jour De Fete celebration in Ste. Genevieve was a great success. Jour De Fete, an art show and musical jamboree that dominates the historic section of the town, has been closely tied to the weather for the past few years. This year's Fete could be the true rebirth of the celebration since it was canceled in 1993 because of the Mississippi River flood...
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SCIENTISTS FIND LIFE IN SPACE RISKY BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
Announcing last week that evidence of life on Mars may have been found was a risky step for the scientists involved, says Dr. Peter Roopnarine, a member of the biology faculty at Southeast Missouri State University. "It's sticking your neck out and saying, `I've discovered something that's going to change the world...
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`QUAKE RATTLES CFL
(College Sports ~ 08/11/96)
Former Southeast Missouri State University standout Kelvin "Earthquake" Anderson began the 1996 Canadian Football League season simply wanting to establish himself as a solid player for the Calgary Stampeders. Little did Anderson realize then that he would be one of the hottest items in the CFL through one-third of the league's 18-game regular season...
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THE LATEST LINE: MICHAEL'S MAD DASHES STOLE SHOW AT OLYMPICS
(Sports Column ~ 08/11/96)
I can't say I'm an unconditional fan of the Olympic Games, because there are some events -- and why they are televised I have absolutely no idea -- that totally bore me. Show-jumping -- is that what they call it? -- comes to mind. You know, the sport (?) where people riding horses jump over barriers...
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BRIEFLY: HUFFMAN ROOFING TEAM WINS STATE TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/96)
The Huffman Roofing men's slow pitch team captured the Missouri ASA Class C state championship over a field of 52 teams. Huffman Roofing was 8-1 during the tournament, which began with an 11-4 win over Shur Shine. Huffman Roofing beat Lamar Softball Club (14-7), Osage Vans (14-8), lost to Mailboxes (15-3), then rolled off wins over Red Wings (5-0), Cal Construction (8-3), Mammas Boys (19-6) and -- in the championship games -- Mailboxes (13-4, 14-12)...
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DEPT. OF CONSERVATION TO DEDICATE LAKE
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
KENNETT -- The Missouri Department of Conservation will host a dedication ceremony for a 150-acre lake that was recently constructed near Kennett. The new lake bears the name of Jerry P. Combs, a former conservation commissioner instrumental in the department's purchase of property and construction of facilities on the 1,066-acre Little River Conservation Area. The ceremony begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, August 15, at the main parking lot four miles east of Kennett off Highway 84...
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READY TO BEGIN; AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS SET TO OPEN PRACTICE WEDNESDAY MORNING
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/96)
It hardly seems possible. Has it really been a full year since area high school football players were gearing up for the 1995 season? You bet it has. Which can only mean one thing: local gridiron hopefuls are now getting ready for the start of workouts in anticipation of the 1996 season...
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AUBREY HICKAM
(Obituary ~ 08/11/96)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Aubrey Allen Hickam, 86, of Alto Pass Route 1, died Friday, Aug. 9, 1996, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Dec. 20, 1909, in Union County, son of George A. and Meda McKinney Hickam. He married Lydia L. Berry Nov. 25, 1933, in Murphysboro. She died Jan. 16, 1989...
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CECIL HITT
(Obituary ~ 08/11/96)
Cecil Matthew Hitt, 80, of 720 William died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 25, 1916, in Whitewater, son of Grover B. and Esther E. Snider Hitt. He married Leona Steele on Jan. 9, 1959, in Benton. Hitt was a retired farmer and an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau and H.O. Grauel Masonic Lodge 672 in Cape Girardeau...
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HENRY HELMS
(Obituary ~ 08/11/96)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Henry Helms, 96, of East Prairie died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston after an extended illness. He was born Oct. 22, 1989, in Sassafrass Ridge, Mo., in New Madrid County, son of Walter Samuel and Mary Ella Mitchell Helms...
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VIRGINIA FEEZOR
(Obituary ~ 08/11/96)
SIKESTON -- Virginia Pauline Feezor, 76, of Sikeston, formerly of Mississippi County, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 28, 1920 in Stuttgart, Ark., daughter of Walter and Rozella Swank Shively...
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AREA MAN HURT
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
A Marble Hill man was seriously injured Saturday morning when he failed to negotiate a turn and his vehicle overturned on an embankment. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Charles Hicks, 44, of Marble Hill, was flown to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after his car overturned at 12:05 a.m. on Route H five miles north of Zalma...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
Cape Girardeau County July 29-Aug. 1 Deborah E. Graham to Devin S. Spears and Susan H. Spears; Thomas McWhirter and Jeanette McWhirter to the Thomas McWhirter Trust and The Jeanette McWhirter Trust; A.C. Mercier II and Jane Mercier to Marcia Mercier Wagner; Deborah Mercier Stoner and Patrick Stoner to Marcia Mercier Wagner; Donna Mercier Davis and Michael Davis to Marcia Mercier Wagner;...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: STAYING AFLOAT, SO TO SPEAK
(Column ~ 08/11/96)
There are these words in E.B. White's 1971 acceptance speech for the National Medal of Literature: " ... Today with so much of life damaged and endangered ... dispiriting or joyless ... despair is no good ... only hope and faith can keep us afloat. ..."...
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APPLE CREEK ON THE FIRING LINE
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
NEW WELLS -- One of the most noticeable aspects of Apple Creek State Forest is its peace and tranquility. Although that peace is interrupted every couple of minutes with the sound of small weapons fire, it doesn't detract from the scenic setting. Located in northeast Cape Girardeau County, the 2,082-acre state forest offers outdoors enthusiasts opportunities for everything from hiking to fishing to horseback riding...
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FALL FESTIVAL HELP NEEDED
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
MORLEY -- Volunteers are needed to help with the planning and organization of the Morley Fall Festival. The festival is sponsored by the Morley Community Betterment club. The festival will be held Sept. 6-7 at Morley. Activities begin Friday at 5 p.m. with a parade Saturday morning. An auction is planned for the evening...
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KINDER, ALTHAUS TO HOLD SERIES OF DEBATES
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
State Sen. Peter Kinder and Democratic challenger Rick Althaus will debate each other six times, beginning Tuesday. There will a debate in each of the six counties that make up the 27th Senate District. Those counties are Cape Girardeau, Scott, Bollinger, Perry, Mississippi and Madison...
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VIETNAM MOVING WALL COMING TO FARMINGTON
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
FARMINGTON -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall will make a stop in Farmington Sept. 19-25. The wall, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be located near the Farmington Civic Center. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall Committee will meet Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at Farmington to finalize details...
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GROUP COMPILES BOOK ON STODDARD COUNTY CEMETERIES
(Local News ~ 08/11/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Volunteers with the Stoddard County Historical Society spent the last four years visiting the dead. The visits were compiled into an 800-page book about the cemeteries of Stoddard County. The book should be available this fall. More than 120 cemeteries in the county are included in the book. Volunteers collected data by starting at one corner of the cemetery and moving row by row to identify family members buried together...
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