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LETTERS: ORTHODONTICS OBSERVANCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/02/96)
To the editor: We would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for your cooperation in helping us emphasize National Orthodontic Health Month. Don Shrubshell did an outstanding job with the picture that appeared in the Missourian. All of us at the Noffel Feuerhahn Center for Orthodontics send our best regards...
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LETTERS: THANKS TO SCHOOL SECRETARY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/02/96)
To the editor: After hearing about Debra Spradling's departure as secretary at Jefferson Elementary School, I feel I need to express my and my family's regrets along with our thank yous for what we consider a job well done for many years. I have had the pleasure of being a Jefferson school parent for 14 years. Out of those 14 years, Mrs. Spradling has been there 11 years. I have always viewed her as a very professional and caring person toward the staff, parents and students...
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LETTERS: FOR TAX, AGAINST BONDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/02/96)
To the editor: As a member of the City Council, I would like to offer my opinion to the people of Cape Girardeau concerning the one-fourth percent sales tax and the 20-year bond issue for water improvements. These two items will be on the ballot in the election Tuesday...
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PROPOSITION A (MINIMUM-WAGE INCREASE) MUST BE DEFEATED BY VOTERS
(Editorial ~ 11/02/96)
On Tuesday's ballot, Missouri voters will confront six proposed constitutional amendments and an initiative that would increase our state's minimum wage to a highest-in-the-nation $6.75 an hour and continue increasing it annually from there. Proposition A: No. ...
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PROPOSITION A AND THE POLITICS OF COMPASSION
(Editorial ~ 11/02/96)
At their national convention in Chicago, Democrats showcased the new "politics of compassion" in prime time. The message to America is that President Bill Clinton cares while Bob Dole is all but indifferent to the suffering of the less fortunate. If Senator Dole is a cold fish, candidate Clinton exudes empathy. Who among us can refute the president's claim that he feels our pain?...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/02/96)
IN SPEAK Out, the statement has appeared not occasionally that the Republican Congress slashed Medicare. Early this month Paul Greenberg wrote about this on the Opinion page of the Southeast Missourian: Greg Murphy, president of the National Geographic Society: "My mother and father are elderly. ...
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KEMP SCOLDS CLINTON FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
JACKSON -- In front of a banner that read "Character Counts," Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp Friday criticized President Clinton's administration for scandals that included accepting illegal campaign contributions from a drug dealer...
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THEY CAME TO SEE, HEAR FOR THEMSELVES
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
JACKSON -- Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp didn't say anything that the crowd of 800 or so who gathered across the street from the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse didn't expect to hear. But that's not why they came here Friday. "I came to see Jack Kemp," said Lillian Schneider of Jackson. "He is, after all, the next vice president of the United States."...
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NAVIGATING CAPE'S WATER ISSUE; VOTERS DECIDE TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
Until the last few months, most Cape Girardeau residents probably didn't spend much time thinking about the city's water system. They knew the Mississippi River supplies most of the water. They certainly noticed a three-day boil-water order last summer when two intake pumps broke down...
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LONGTIME CITY VOLUNTEER WORKER PATTY MULKEY HONORED
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
A little piece of Cape Girardeau's history is leaving, and several people got together Friday night to say goodbye. More than 40 well-wishers gathered in the home of Charles and Adele Kupchella to honor Patty Mulkey for her work in the Cape Girardeau community...
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SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: EXPERIENCING JOGGING BRINGS SURPRISE MILESTONES
(Column ~ 11/02/96)
I've taken up jogging again. Jogging is such an appropriate term; it seems like every step I take something jogs a little one way then jogs back the other way. I used to run a lot when I was in college and was fairly slim. Once college was over my days of running, and my days of being slim, were left behind...
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FIREBAUGH: COATTAILS COULD BRING HER WIN IN STATE'S 8TH DISTRICT
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
Democrat Emily Firebaugh says the political coattails of President Clinton and Gov. Mel Carnahan could propel her to victory in the 8th District congressional race. Firebaugh spoke at a reception for state Senate candidate Rick Althaus. About 50 local Democrats turned out for the event at a Cape Girardeau restaurant Friday night...
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27TH DISTRICT SENATE SEAT PITS CONSERVATIVE VS. PROFESSOR
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
Missouri's system of public education is among the key issues for candidates seeking the 27th District Missouri Senate seat. The seat is held by Republican Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau. Rick Althaus, a political science professor at Southeast Missouri State University, is seeking the seat on the Democratic ticket...
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THIRD-PARTY HOPEFUL CHALLENGES DEMOCRAT FOR SENATE SEAT
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
Ray Rowland of Dexter is running on the U.S. Taxpayer's Party ballot in the November election. Howard of Dexter is seeking re-election. No Republican is on the ballot. A former state representative, Howard was first elected to the state Senate in 1990. Rowland is making his first run for public office. Rowland said he decided to enter the race after the Republican Party didn't field a candidate...
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TAXES AND BIG GOVERNMENT ISSUES IN STATE REP RACES
(Local News ~ 11/02/96)
Two Republicans and two Democrats face re-election challenges in state representative races in Southeast Missouri where the central issues are taxes and big government. Republican candidates oppose a constitutional amendment on Tuesday's ballot that would create a new department of aging. They argue it will simply add to an already huge state bureaucracy...
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RUBY AHNER
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
Ruby B. Ahner, 69, of Carbondale, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 31, 1996, at Carbondale Memorial Hospital. She was born June 4, 1927, in Neunert, Ill., daughter of Herman and Frieda Darnstaedt Zerbst. She and Milton Ahner were married Sept. 23, 1949, in Neunert. He died March 30, 1973...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/02/96)
Son to Phillip Michael and Myra Gail Bennett, 3002 Aspen, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1996. Name, James Michael. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. Bennett is the former Myra Higgins, daughter of Jim and Mavis Higgins of Kennett. Bennett is the son of Mike and Phyllis Bennett of Greenville...
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LEONARD DOLLMAN
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Leonard R. Dollman, McClure Route 1, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at East Cape Baptist Church. The Revs. Bill Whitener and Raymond Oxford will officiate, with burial in Jonesboro Cemetery. Friends may call at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro from 4-9 p.m. Sunday, and at the church Monday from 11 a.m. to service time...
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MARY HARGAN
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
CHARLESTON -- Mary Adeline Hargan, 90, of Commerce Township, Mich., died Friday, Nov. 1, 1996, at her home. She was born April 9, 1906, in Charleston, daughter of Herman and Mary Chambers Telker. She and William Raymond Hargan were married in July 1928. He died Dec. 3, 1956...
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HERBERT HENCKELL
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Herbert N. Henckell, 79, of Villa Ridge died Thursday, Oct. 31, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 17, 1917, in Cairo, Ill., son of Herbert N. and Josephine Winters Henckell. Henckell was a graduate of the University of Missouri and St. Louis College of Pharmacy...
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FRED MOORE
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- Fred Moore, 69, died Friday, Nov. 1, 1996, at the Bloomfield Nursing Center. He was born Feb. 25, 1927 at Clines Island, son of the late William and Rhoda Stewart Moore. He married Mary Lou Haney on Sept. 26, 1947. Moore was a lifelong resident of the Bloomfield area...
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LOREN ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Loren E. Adams, 83, of Cobden died Friday, Nov. 1, 1996, at Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro. He was born Dec. 19, 1912, in Cobden to Roy Franklin and Martha Brasel Adams. He married Pearl M. Sitter June 12, 1937. He is survived by his wife, a son, R.G. Adams of Dallas, and a nephew...
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FUNERAL SERVICES PLANNED TODAY FOR DUNKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF
(Obituary ~ 11/02/96)
KENNETT -- Funeral arrangments have been announced for Sheriff Jim Elliott, who died at his home in Kennett Thursday morning. Visitation was Friday at the First United Pentecostal Church in Kennett. Funeral services will be conducted at the church today at 2:30 p.m...
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