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LETTERS: CHARACTER COMPARISON
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/96)
To the editor: Bob Dole is reluctant to raise the issue, but character is what the presidential race is all about. With that in mind, let's examine the character of each candidate: Dole's father, Doran, was strict, stoic and strong-willed. His first business venture failed. He then ran an egg and cream station and managed a grain elevator. He and Bina Dole were married 54 years...
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JACKSON FIRE CHIEF LOOKS BACK ON 25 YEARS OF SERVICE
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
Gary Niswonger looks at the gauges on the aerial truck. Gary Niswonger is nearing his 25th anniversary with the Jackson Fire Department and he is also approaching his 20th anniversary as the department's chief. This weekend, Jackson is hosting the 19th annual regional fire school...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/27/96)
PRESIDENT CLINTON, I hope to God you win, Clinton. We need you in there bad. I saw you on TV, and you've been a good president. Please, everybody, vote for Clinton. I WOULD just like to tell Cape Girardeau's school superintendent, Dan Tallent, that you can fool some of the people some of the time. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: ELECTION RESULTS FADE AWAY, BUT THE RECRIMINATIONS LINGER ON
(Column ~ 10/27/96)
The presidential polls late last week read as follows: Clinton up 22 in CBS/NYT; up 19 in CNN/USA Today; up 17 in NBC/WSJ; up 13 in ABC; up 11 in Reuters. It's getting close to the time when candidates all across the country sit down and draft two little speeches: the victory speech and the I-gave-it-my-all speech. On election night, both are close at hand -- just in case...
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MISSOURI WATCH: POLITICAL FLUFF IS PASSING AS CAMPAIGN TALK
(Column ~ 10/27/96)
Participants in this year's Missouri campaigns will not take kindly to these words, and I will no doubt be excoriated at some future time by at least some of the persons now trying to pass themselves off as candidates for state offices. But the awful truth is that much of the verbiage being bandied about by the candidates and many of the feel-good electronic commercials that overrun our countryside are pure rot, worse than useless to 5.3 million Missourians...
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GOVERNOR NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR TAX-INCREASE LIE
(Editorial ~ 10/27/96)
For three and a half years, Missouri Democrats, from Gov. Mel Carnahan down through every member of the General Assembly, have trumpeted the line that "the judge made us do it." "It" is the $310 million tax increase in the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993, rammed through by Carnahan and Democratic leaders. ...
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FISCAL NOTE DESERVES TO BE ON BALLOT
(Editorial ~ 10/27/96)
A ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court week before last has resulted in the removal from the ballot of a crucial warning to voters about the cost of Proposition A. The high court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the Committee on Legislative Research to prepare cost summaries, or fiscal notes, for issues put on the ballot by the initiative petition process...
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LETTERS: IMPATIENCE IS EVERYWHERE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/96)
To the editor: I tend to become a bit impatient for results. There are those moments or even hours in which a so-called patient waits without patience for medical attention or in some other office waits for a signature or some kind of stamp of approval. Some husbands wait impatiently while their wives are shopping, thinking of the time they are wasting when they could be doing something more important, perhaps playing golf...
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LETTERS: GOVERNMENT KEEPS FAILING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/96)
To the editor: It's hard for me to believe that a body of men who are supposedly intelligent can fail at everything they do. Yet our elected officials have done just that. They have supposedly attacked every problem that faces our country and, as yet,have never solved a single one of them...
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SEMO MARKS HOMECOMING; ALEEN VOGEL WEHKING NAMED `FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY'
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
While she had no children of her own, Aleen Vogel Wehking was fond of saying that Southeast Missouri State University was her baby. Wehking, a 1932 graduate of the university, was posthumously honored as "Friend of the University" Saturday morning at the annual Copper Dome Society Breakfast at the Show Me Center. About 400 members and faculty attended the event...
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SMALL SLIP: PIZZA CAN'T STOP PROGRESS AD DIET ADVENTURE GOES ON
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
Crime doesn't pay, especially on Biometrics. With some corporate diet plans, participants weigh in once a week. That means you can weigh in Monday morning, freak out Tuesday and still show a net loss by the following Monday. With Biometrics, we weigh before every workout, which is three times a week. If anything changes, the trainers know right away...
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VOLUNTEERS COME TOGETHER IN SCOTT CITY
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
SCOTT CITY -- Jehovah's Witness volunteers from a 200-mile radius journeyed to Scott City to begin and end construction of a Kingdom Hall over the weekend. Mike Croy, a Jehovah's Witness elder at a Kingdom Hall in St. Charles and one of the weekend volunteers, said they planned to be finished in time to have a service today despite the wet, rainy weather which has been a bit of a set-back...
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`UNNECESSARY': KELLY WANTS TO END VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
State Auditor Margaret Kelly wants to eliminate Missouri's annual vehicle inspections. She says they are an unnecessary regulation. "If people have serious problems with their cars, they'll get them fixed," said the Republican gubernatorial candidate. "They don't need the state telling them how to spend their money."...
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COUNTY CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF; SIX VIE FOR CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY POSTS
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, voters will decide three contested races on the Cape Girardeau County ballot. Cape Girardeau County Commissioner in District 2, sheriff and public administrator are all contested races. The winner of the County Commission Decond District race will be responsible for planning, maintenance and upkeep of the County parks and buildings. ...
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UNION COUNTY CRASH KILLS TEEN-AGER
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
ANNA, Ill. -- A 14-year-old Dongola boy was killed and his 17-year-old brother seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in Union County. Killed was Lucas H. Panici. His brother, Jacob A. Panici, was admitted to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau where he was in critical condition Saturday night...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: VARIETY OF CHOICES PRESENTED TO HUNTERS DURING FALL MONTHS
(Column ~ 10/27/96)
As the month of October draws to an end, I am reminded of the upcoming holiday season. If you hunt in Missouri, you might very well compare this time of year to having dinner in a fancy restaurant. October hunting seasons such as archery deer and turkey, rabbit, grouse, woodcock and fall firearms turkey are merely appetizers for the banquet of hunting seasons that open in the month of November. ...
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SYLVIA COLBERT
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
Sylvia Colbert, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday at Fountainbleau. Funeral plans are incomplete at the Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel.
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DONALD E. ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
A private graveside service for Donald Edward Abernathy, 39, of Jackson was held Saturday at Russell Heights Cemetery. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiated. He died Friday, Oct. 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 7, 1956, at Cape Girardeau, son of Leroy L. and Patsy J. Clingingsmith Abernathy...
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MYRTLE M. TIDWELL
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
CHAFFEE -- Myrtle M. Tidwell, 90, of Chaffee, formerly of Advance, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 2, 1906, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Robert and Altha Wiseman Hitt. She was a homemaker and a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle of Advance...
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ROSEMARY L. FOX
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
GLEN ALLEN -- Rosemary L. Fox, 66, of Glen Allen died Friday, Oct. 25, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 31, 1930, at Glen Allen, daughter of E.M. "Jack" and Emma Jane Cobb. She and Bobby O. Fox were married Nov. 26, 1960. He died Dec. 5, 1991...
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ANNA D. ROBESON
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
CHARLESTON -- Anna D. Robeson, 82, of Charleston died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 16, 1914, at Charleston, daughter of Thomas Wellington and Agnes Kettel Carr. She lived most of her life in Charleston, where she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church...
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PRUDENCE ROSS
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
Prudence Lee Ross, 89, of Puxico died Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1906, at Burfordville, daughter of Fred and Rosa Ates Runnels. She and Dennis Ross were married June 5, 1929, in Cape Girardeau. He died March 8, 1957...
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ELZIE THOMAS WILLIS
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
GLEN ALLEN -- Elzie Thomas Willis, 63, of Glen Allen died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at his home. He was born March 1, 1933, at Joplin, son of Daniel Adair and Eva Ruth Foss Willis. He and Marlee Glover were married March 17, 1968. Willis was a retired boiler maker. He was in the Air Force during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion of Newton, N.C...
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CHARLES F. MIGET
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Charles F. Miget, 75, of Perryville died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at his residence. Miget was born Sept. 7, 1921, at Perryville, son of August F. and Anna Eleanor Moranville Miget. He and Virginia A. Magwitz were married May 5, 1951. He was the owner/operator of Miget Abstract since 1947. ...
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RUBY CHRISTINE HARDESTY
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
ADVANCE -- Ruby Christine Hardesty, 63, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 10, 1933, daughter of Jess and Minnie Jackson Hardesty. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include a brother, Thomas Hardesty of Kennett; five sisters, Irene Stratman and Pearl Crawford, both of Advance, Mae Hayes of Owensboro, Ky., Lillie Wallace of Lowndes and Lila Gribler of Zalma...
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MYRTLE MCNEELY
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
DEXTER -- Myrtle Jane McNeely, 83, of Dexter died Friday, Oct. 25, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. McNeely was born Oct. 27, 1912, in Kennett, daughter of William L. and Eva Schrader Cornelison Chamness. She and Riley McNeely were married Aug. 10, 1929. He died Aug. 8, 1965...
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ELIZABETH ATES
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
MUSKEGON, Mich. -- Elizabeth Beth Ates, 57, of Muskegon died Thursday, Oct. 3, 1996, at Mercy Hospital in Muskegon. She was born March 16, 1939, in Michigan. She and Lewis "L.B." Ates were married Oct. 11, 1977, at Millersville. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Sharon LaCrosse of Muskegon; two stepchildren, Carol Johnson and Tom Ates, both of Muskegon; and six grandchildren...
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CLEM WALKER
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
CHARLESTON -- Funeral service was held Saturday at the Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie for Clem Walker, 99, of Charleston Route 1. The Rev. Ted Wimberley officiated. Burial followed in the Odd Fellows Cemetery near Charleston. Shelby Funeral Home handled the arrangements...
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BESSIE LOUISE PIERCE
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
CHARLESTON -- Bessie Louise Pierce, 60, of Charleston died Friday, Oct. 25, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Shelby Funeral Home in Charleston.
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BLOYSE O. PROPST SR.
(Obituary ~ 10/27/96)
Bloyse O'dean Propst Sr., 73, of 1210 S. Sprigg died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 13, 1923, at Advance, son of Walter and Ella Mae Phillips Propst. He lived most of his life in Cape Girardeau. He worked as a mechanic for McDowell Motors, Heuer Brothers, Wiethop, Tucker Truck Lines and Inman Truck Lines. He retired in 1988. He was of the Baptist denomination...
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REVEALING A DARK SIDE
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
Chris Eastridge's demented butcher alter ego is revealed. Around Halloween, Penny Blandford's dark side catches up to her. Fiends are walking among us. Thinly veiled monsters who look normal enough on the outside but harbor dark sadistic sides to their characters...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: COTILLION OF AUTUMN'S DEPARTURE
(Column ~ 10/27/96)
When we come near to the ending of a good book, we keep fingering the waning thickness of the pages left, half wishing there were more. That's the way it is with the dwindling of summer and fall days. Just another month, we beg, another two weeks, two days...
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MARCHING BAND EARNS RECOGNITION
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
The Marching Tigers of Cape Girardeau Central High School won the third place trophy at the Rebel Invitational Marching Festival in Park Hills Oct. 19. The competed in the blue division, which included 10 bands. In addition to a division second-place trophy, the band received a trophy for outstanding drum major...
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REGIONAL COLLEGE/VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FAIR ON TAP MONDAY
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
High school students and parents wanting to know more about educational opportunities after high school should plan to attend the annual Regional College/Vocational School Fair on Monday at the Show Me Center. The event, which is sponsored each year by area counselors, includes more than 65 colleges, vocational schools and military services. Representatives will be on hand to discuss academic requirements, school programs and financial aid. Applications will also be available at the event...
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY GIVES VIDEOS TO LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
The Cape Girardeau American Legion Auxiliary recently donated one of the nation's most popular learn-to-read video programs to the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The video series, titled "I Want to Read," is used by adults, teens and older children who can't read or want to improve reading and writing skills. It may be checked out at the library...
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COUPLES' GROUP PLANS HARVEST DINNER NOV. 9
(Local News ~ 10/27/96)
The Heartland Stonecroft Couples' Club will sponsor a "Shine on Harvest Moon" dinner party on Saturday, Nov. 9. The event will be held in the University Center Ballroom on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. It will begin at 6:30 p.m...
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