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RSVP VOLUNTEERS KEEP GOING AND GOING AND....
(Editorial ~ 11/21/96)
When some 500 volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program from Scott and Cape Girardeau counties were recently honored at a reception, the sizable contribution of older residents in the area was boldly emphasized. These volunteers are 55 years old or older. Many have had highly successful careers in a variety of fields. And, while they may be retired, they still have much to contribute...
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MOTHER OF DISABLED SON HOPES FOR HELP
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
JACKSON -- The Lewis household was a peaceful one on Wednesday. Candles were lit all over the room. A refreshing breeze blew through an open window. Julie Andrews crooned in the background, singing a song from "The Sound of Music." And in a corner sat 5-year-old Taylor Lewis, the reason for it all...
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CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STATES `WAIT UNTIL DARK'
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
Central high drama teacher Cynthia Wyatt thought she'd find some thing different for this year's fall play, a change from the comedies that are high school theater's meat and potatoes. The choice was the thriller "Wait Until Dark," a play that made being afraid of the dark quite understandable...
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BETTIE KNOLL KNOWS ANGELS
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
Bettie Knoll can talk to the angels anytime she wants. After all, she created them. Knoll, a special officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, started making angels for friends and family a year ago. They encouraged her to go public and sell her creations at craft fairs...
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FOUR ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOWS THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
The River Valley Craft Club annual crafts show will fill the Holiday Inn Convention Center and the A.C. Brase Arena Building Saturday and Sunday. This will be the 20th year for that show. Admission is charged and doors open at 10 a.m. both days. James Watkins of Oak Ridge will hold his second annual Christmas at the Armory crafts show, featuring some 60 booths. The event is held at the National Guard Armory. Admission is free and doors open at 9 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/21/96)
THERE YOU go. Clinton has spent your hard-earned money on a vacation for himself to Hawaii. This is what we voted for him another four years for? I'M NOT a Democrat or a liberal, but I think the election went great just because of the simple reason that Bill Clinton did find the end of welfare as we know it...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: GEPHARDT OFFERS TWISTED LOGIC ON FIGHTER DECISION
(Column ~ 11/21/96)
McDonnell-Douglas has long been Missouri's largest employer, its fate linked inextricably with the economy of our state. Founded in 1940 by the legendary James "Mr. Mac" McDonnell, the company put the Show Me State on the map through its world-class leadership in advanced fighter aircraft and through the Mercury and Gemini programs of the 1960s...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 11/21/96)
Elections would be more fun if they weren't viewed as the only time every four years Americans didn't feel they were powerless. Candidates who were defeated at the polls on Nov. 5 can take consolation from the St. Louis Rams. Even loser occasionally win...
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TRANSPORTATION HEARING TODAY SEEKS IDEAS ABOUT ISSUES
(Editorial ~ 11/21/96)
Southeast Missouri residents will have an opportunity today to talk about transportation issues. The state's Total Transportation Commission will be at Drury Lodge from 1 to 7 o'clock to listen to what taxpayers, elected officials and representatives from chambers of commerce and economic development organizations have to say...
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AGENCY NEEDS HOLIDAY FOOD; SALVATION ARMY TO FEED HUNDREDS THANKSGIVING
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
The annual Thanksgiving Day meal at Cape Girardeau's Salvation Army has become something of a tradition in the community. Each year about 600 people turn out to enjoy a traditional holiday meal of roast turkey and all the trimmings. In addition, diners share fellowship on a day when many would be eating alone...
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ASHCROFT EXPLAINS VIRTUAL OFFICE; STUDENTS GIVEN INSIGHT TO WEB
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
With a click of a computer mouse, U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft ushered seventh-grade students at Louis J. Schultz School into his virtual office Wednesday. The virtual office comes equipped with everything from a desk to a wall photo of the senator. Ashcroft announced plans to chat on-line once a month with Missouri school children beginning next year as part of his Leading by Learning program...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: HOW DOES IT FEEL, AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
(Column ~ 11/21/96)
Nov. 21, 1996 Dear Julie, At the beginning of the '70s, Bob Dylan performed in St. Louis at a huge hall containing 10,000 awestruck people. He spit commentaries on the state of things in grateful faces. The lights went on for "Like a Rolling Stone" at the end. Ten thousand people on their own, complete unknowns, asked each other "How does it feel?" It felt like the beginning of something...
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EMERGENCY AGENCIES GIVEN PHONES, PAGERS
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
NEW MADRID -- Emergency management associations in 10 Southeast Missouri counties, including Cape Girardeau, will receive cellular phones, pagers and free air time to provide improved communications during disaster recoveries. Ameritech Cellular and Paging will provide 24 cellular phones and 20 pagers to emergency agencies surrounding the New Madrid fault line...
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BUSINESSES CAN HELP MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
There's a new judge in town, and she's accusing local business owners of supporting the Campaign for Healthier Babies. Kim Groves, an administrator at St. Francis Medical Center, is the court judge issuing warrants for the March of Dimes Phantom Jail and Bail fund-raiser. Groves said she got involved because the agency helped her during her last pregnancy...
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ORAN BOY HURT
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
MORLEY -- A 9-year-old Oran boy was in surgery Tuesday night at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after a bicycle accident in Morley. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Lerone Segers was attempting to cross Highway 61 two miles south of Morley at approximately 3:30 p.m. when his bicycle struck a 1990 Mercury driven by Angela McCann, 17, of Morley...
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TWO SERIOUSLY HURT IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 11/21/96)
ALTO PASS, Ill. -- Two people were seriously injured when their vehicle struck a tree in rural Union County near Alto Pass, Ill., Tuesday. Billy J. Doughty, 56, of Alto Pass was driving east on Bald Knob Road near Mulligan Road at approximately 2:50 p.m. when he swerved to avoid an oncoming car at a sharp curve, Illinois State Police. The vehicle slid off the road and struck a tree...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/21/96)
Son to John and Catina Sloan of Marble Hill, Scott Air Force Base Hospital in O'Fallon, Ill., 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996. Name, Darian Eugene. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Mrs. Sloan is the former Catina Brown, daughter of Kenneth and Kaye Brown of Marble Hill. Sloan is the son of Calvin and Kay Sloan of Tallahassee, Fla. His tour of duty ended in September...
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JESSE GAINES
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
WYATT -- Jesse K. Gaines, 77, of Wyatt died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 14, 1919, at Dexter, son of William Ezra and Gladys Douglas Gaines. Gaines lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He was manager of Conn Oil Company at Wyatt until retiring in 1993...
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DALE CRAVENS
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
DEXTER -- Dale M. Cravens, 77, of Dexter died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1919, at Hartville, son of Lewis and Roxie Ward Cravens. He and Margaret Walker were married Sept. 27, 1944, in Piggott, Ark. Cravens lived in Parma 51 years, moving to Dexter in 1973. He owned and operated a service station at Parma many years. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Parma, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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HELEN MIGET
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Helen W. Miget will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Fred Beck will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:30 a.m. to service time...
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CLINEN COX
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
SIKESTON -- Clinen Cox, 89, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Dec. 21, 1906, in Norris, Ill., son of Horace Otis and Ollie Bea Finley Cox. He and Zella Mae Davis were married Sept. 28, 1927, in Greenway, Ark. She died March 26, 1991...
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IVAN OLIVER
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
Ivan Lee Oliver, 78, 1400 Perryville Road, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born June 22, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph Frank and Minnie Osburn Oliver. He and Geneva Davenport were married June 27, 1943, in Cape Girardeau...
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FRANKLIN EMMENDORFER
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Franklin G. Emmendorfer, 78, of Perryville died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, at his home. He was born March 15, 1918, at Cedar Fork, son of John and Albertine Bergmann Emmendorfer. He and Helen Marie Buckholtz were married June 9, 1978. Emmendorfer had been a jet engine mechanic at Sabreliner Corp. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church and Holy Name Society...
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WILLIAM HAYDEN
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
SIKESTON -- William D. Hayden, 89, of Little Rock, Ark., died Monday, Nov. 18, 1996, at Riley's Oak Hill Manor in Little Rock. He was born Dec. 27, 1906, in Kuttawa, Ky., son of James Henry and Emma A. Krone Hayden. He and Hilda Imogene McKinney were married April 8, 1927. She died Dec. 29, 1973...
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OPAL SLINKARD
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
Opal Slinkard, 87, formerly of Gravel Hill, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1909, at Whitewater, daughter of George and Edith Schultz Rhodes. She and Arbon Slinkard were married May 16, 1927. He died April 22, 1982...
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PERNECIA HAUPT
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
CHAFFEE -- Pernecia C. Haupt, 86, of Sacramento, Calif., died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1996, at Elk Grove Convalescent Center in Elk Grove, Calif. She was born March 20, 1910, in Mayfield. She and Lawrence E. Haupt were married March 30, 1930. He died Oct. 27, 1991...
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CHARLES BESAND
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Charles Melvin Besand, 86, of Perryville died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, at Chester Memorial Hospital in Chester, Ill. He was born March 18, 1910, in Perry County, son of Emil S. and Anna Tiehes Besand. He and Doris M. Weber were married Nov. 8, 1947, at Highland...
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JAMES MARTIN
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
James Marion Martin, 62, 504 Terry Lane, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1996, in Detroit, Mich. He was born Nov. 25, 1933, in Harrogate, Tenn., son of Doyle and Lola Woodard Martin. He and Ruth Niswonger were married Nov. 15, 1989, in Wickliffe, Ky. Martin was a driver for Jim Charles Trucking in McClure, Ill., 10 years...
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GERALDINE SPRENGER
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
COMMERCE -- Geraldine Sprenger, 71, Scott City Route 1, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 14, 1925, at Benton, daughter of Louis "Boots" and Myress Agne Petry Kraft. She and Alfred Sprenger were married Feb. 2, 1946...
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GEORGE M. REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 11/21/96)
BLOOMFIELD -- George M. Reynolds, 90, a resident of Bloomfield for many years, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, in Austin, Texas. He was born Feb. 20, 1906, in Rosedale, Kan., son of the late Willis and Emma Reynolds. He married Lillian Barham in 1932 and she preceded him in death on Dec. 15, 1991...
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