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HIGH COURT DELIVERS BLOW TO TERM-LIMIT BRANDING ON BALLOTS
(Editorial ~ 03/05/97)
Editorials of the Southeast Missourian have long championed term limits for elected officials, both at the state and federal levels. But one of the methods being used across the country to attain that goal has never found favor here: Ballot branding of candidates who don't support term limits...
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ELECTRIC UTILITY DEREGULATION IS IN THE WINGS
(Editorial ~ 03/05/97)
For examples of how government deregulation can affect our lives, look at telephone companies or the airline industry. Not too many years ago, both were heavily regulated and operated with strict fares and tariffs set by government agencies. Now the electric utility is being targeted for deregulation. ...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/05/97)
I HEARD that a St. Louis representative was suggesting that Missouri take the $2.9 million it receives from the phone company every year and use this money to give college educations to convicted felons. That's right, convicts. I would just like to suggest to this particular representative that Missouri would do better to protect and help its law-abiding citizens. ...
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RUST COMMENTARY: CLINTON'S BUDGET-BALANCING PLAN IS FULL OF NEW SPENDING
(Column ~ 03/05/97)
No, the era of big government is not over. No, Bill Clinton's budget does not balance the budget by 2002. No, the Clinton budget does not provide tax relief for working families. And no, there is no tooth fairy. Like second marriages, Bill Clinton's $1.7-trillion federal budget is the triumph of hope over experience. ...
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OHIO SETS SIGHTS ON METROPOLIS; CREST SHOULD ARRIVE SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- After more than a week of anxious waiting, riverfront residents are moving to higher ground as the Ohio River heads toward its highest crest in years. State prisoners sandbagged homes and city buildings while Players Casino employees raised a temporary walkway linking the riverboat to a nearby hotel parking lot that is unlikely to flood...
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AUTO AUCTION OWNER SUES STATE PANEL; `SCARE TACTICS' USED AT DEALERS' MEETING, HE SAYS
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
The owner of Cape Girardeau Auto Auction Inc., Stan Lowery, said a letter the Missouri Motor Vehicle Commission intends to send local car dealers warning them not to do business through public auctions is an attempt to put him out of business. At a meeting Monday of the Missouri Dealers Association, Terry Wilsford, an investigator for the Motor Vehicle Commission, said the commission will send letters warning car dealers of the consequences of selling vehicles from a site other than their lots. ...
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TEEN CHALLENGE STARTS DORMITORY CONSTRUCTION
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
A dormitory renovation and expansion project by Mid-America Teen Challenge will have great impact on programming for the international organization. Teen Challenge began construction Tuesday at its facilities on Cape Girardeau County Road 621 that will increase the number of people served locally from 108 to 119 at a time. Jack Smart, executive director of the local program, said a large influx over the weekend resulted in a total of 114 residents but only 108 beds...
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GROWTH DICTATED SITE OF SCHOOL, SAYS TALLENT
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
Cape Girardeau schools superintendent Dan Tallent answered questions about the location of a proposed new elementary school and expanded vocational training at the second of three informational meetings concerning the district's new master plan. About a dozen people attended Tuesday's meeting at Washington Elementary School. The third public meeting is Monday at 7 p.m. at Central Junior High School...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: MILDEW AND SEWAGE: THE SCOURGES OF NEW FLORIDIANS
(Column ~ 03/05/97)
They say bad things come in threes. I'm waiting for my third. Does that give you any idea what life's been like these days? The trouble started a couple of weeks ago when rain began to fall. At first I consoled myself by saying that rain in a good thing: It nourishes Mother Earth, it washed the dust off my car and the ducks in the apartment complex seemed to like it...
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COMMITTEE PASSES BOLLINGER, CAPE LAKE PROPOSAL
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
A Missouri Senate committee approved a bill Tuesday that supporters hope will revive the Cape Girardeau-Bollinger counties lake project. The Local Government and Economic Development Committee passed the bill out of committee on a 5-1 vote. But lake opponents say the bill has a long way to go to become law...
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MOBILE OFFICE TO VISIT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's mobile office will make stops in Jackson and Marble Hill Thursday The mobile office will be at Marble Hill Library from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and at the Jackson Chamber of Commerce office from 2-3 p.m. Mike Chitwood heads up the mobile office. Chitwood will answer questions and pass on constituent concerns to Emerson...
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CHAFFEE MAN DIES IN CRASH
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
CHAFFEE -- A Chaffee man is dead following an automobile accident Monday that injured three others, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol at Poplar Bluff. James Mack, 25, was killed after the car he was driving crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head-on, the patrol said. ...
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SEWER PROJECT KEY TO JACKSON'S GROWTH
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen recently approved a motion relating to sewer and water improvement projects. These improvements, which are critical to our future infrastructure and the continued orderly growth of Jackson, will probably be presented to voters in the form of a bond issue later in 1997. Details of these needed improvements will be explained to our citizens once a priority list has been established and all costs are determined...
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LEND ME YOUR EAR: PART II: `THE ADVENTURES OF VERBIVORE'
(Column ~ 03/05/97)
Last time around, I discovered I had bitten off more than I could chew -- or eschew, as the Richard Lederer, author of "Crazy English," might have punned it. Hence the delay in reviewing his delightful book, "The Adventures of a Verbivore." Most literates are familiar with "Crazy English," but how many elderly women living alone have entertained two handsome young gentlemen at the same time? This was my first thought as I opunned the door to Richard Lederer and Judge Bill Rader. ...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
The Southeast Missourian asked kindergarten pupils at Jackson Primary Annex what they thought about a full-day kindergarten class which will be initiated next year with a pilot program at North Elementary School. Gabe Eggers: "I think they would learn more. Sometimes I wish I could stay longer when it's time to go home."...
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BRODSKY'S FAULKNER COLLECTION DEDICATED
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
A collection that could draw scholars from all over the world to Cape Girardeau was formally dedicated at Kent Library on the Southeast Missouri State University campus Tuesday night. About 100 people, some from as far away as St. Louis, heard Louis Daniel Brodsky talk about how he came to collect one of the four largest collections of books, manuscripts, photographs and memorabilia by and about the Nobel-Prize-winning fiction writer William Faulkner...
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SEMO CONCERT BAND PERFORMS TODAY
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
The Southeast Missouri State University Concert Band will perform at 12:15 p.m. today in the University Center lobby. The band is slated to perform "Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew," "River of Life," "First Suite in E flat," "Strike Up the Band," and "Under the Double Eagle March."...
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PAPER AIRPLANES: LUTHERAN STUDENTS TURN CAPER INTO COMPETITION
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
On any other day, students at Trinity Lutheran School would have been headed to the principal's office after throwing paper airplanes out of a third-floor window. But Tuesday students competed in the first-ever paper airplane competition. The friendly competition was part of the school's celebration of National Lutheran Schools Week...
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CLASS 5A SECTIONAL: CENTRAL BOYS TANGLE WITH RIVERVIEW
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
By all accounts, the Riverview Gardens Rams are one of the more physically talented high school basketball teams in the entire state. The Rams displayed those talents to Cape Girardeau Central just a few weeks ago when they routed the Tigers 83-60 in a Feb. 7 game at the Tiger Field House...
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DOWN THE PIPES: INDIANS FALL TO SPARTAN HURLER 4-2
(College Sports ~ 03/05/97)
Southeast Missouri's Jeremy Johnson grounded out on a Joe Pipes delivery in the third inning of Tuesday's 4-2 loss to Missouri Baptist. Joe Pipes wasn't the pitcher Southeast Missouri State University's struggling offense would have elected to face...
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MDCUFFIE EXPECTED TO LEAVE SE; SOUTHEAST AD IN LINE FOR EIU JOB
(College Sports ~ 03/05/97)
Southeast Missouri Athletic Director Dr. Richard McDuffie is expected to be named the new athletic director at Eastern Illinois University today. Eastern Illinois has announced a press conference for 2 p.m., at which time its new athletic director is expected to be announced and presented in person on the campus in Charleston, Ill...
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CLASS 4A SECTIONAL: LADY INDIANS SET SIGHTS ON MCCLUER
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/97)
Jackson High girls basketball coach Ron Cook believes his team will have a good chance of winning tonight -- but Cook also realizes that the Lady Indians can take nothing for granted. "At this time of the year you can't take anybody for granted," he said. "You have to respect all your opponents."...
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PIRATES, BLUE JAYS TO SQUARE OFF IN CLASSIC 3A SECTIONAL CONTEST
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/97)
The Perryville Pirates basketball team has developed a Rodney Dangerfield-type complex. They don't seem to get any respect. Although the Pirates have had a remarkable season, holding the No. 8 ranking in 3A with a 27-2 record, in the four tournaments they've participated in the Pirates have never received the No. 1 seed...
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ND BOYS DISPOSE OF KELLY
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/97)
BLOOMFIELD -- The start was ominous, but the finish was exactly what Notre Dame's boys basketball team wanted. Fifth-seeded Notre Dame beat No. 4 Kelly 61-52 in an opening-round game Tuesday in the Class 2A, District 2 tournament in Bloomfield. Notre Dame (9-16) trailed Kelly 10-1 in the opening minutes of play, but the Bulldogs reversed the early tide after coach Chris Janet called a timeout. From there Notre Dame outscored the Hawks 60-42...
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FREDERICKTWON GIRLS TRY TO SLOW UP KENNET'S JACKSON
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/97)
The Fredericktown Lady Blackcats will be facing an explosive performer Wednesday night when they face Brandi Jackson and the Kennett Lady Indians in Class 3A Sectional action in Poplar Bluff. Fredericktown (18-5), coming off a District 3 title win Friday over Perryville in Park Hills, will go up against the high-scoring Lady Indians (18-1), who knocked off top-seed New Madrid in overtime for the District 1 title. Game time is scheduled for 6:30 p.m...
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DELTA BOYS UPSET TOP-SEED SCC
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/97)
ORAN -- The fourth-seeded Delta Bobcats provided the upset of the night in district tournament action Tuesday night, knocking off top-seeded Scott County Central 77-75 in the semifinals of the Missouri Class 1A, District 2 boys tournament. The Bobcats (17-10) jumped out to a 24-14 lead after one quarter before the Braves (18-6) battled back to take a 57-53 lead entering the final quarter. But Delta outscored Scott County 24-18 in the final quarter to reach the finals...
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CALEB CLARK
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Caleb Aaron Clark, 4 days, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. David V. Dissen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...
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IMOGENE POWERS
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Imogene Alice Powers, 82, of Mulkeytown, Ill., died Monday, March 3, 1997, at Fair Acres Nursing Home in DuQuoin, Ill. She was born Feb. 7, 1915, in Marion, Ky., daughter of Charles Allen and Anna Pearl Morell Love. She and William Eddie Powers were married Nov. 26, 1939. He died March 11, 1970...
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LUELLA MINNIS
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
Luella Minnis, 92, formerly of St. Louis, died Monday, March 3, 1997, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 8, 1904, in St. Louis, daughter of George and Louise Warner. She married Hugh W. Minnis, who preceded her in death. Minnis was a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church...
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BRANDON MORRIS
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Brandon L. Morris, 1 month, died Saturday, March 1, 1997, at his home. He was born Jan. 29, 1997, in Perryville, son of Larry W. and Carolyn D. Jackson Morris of Perryville. Survivors include his parents; three brothers, Larry Jr., Jerry and Orlando Morris, all of the home; maternal grandparents, Ruby Garrett of Perryville, Mr. ...
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DELIA UTLEY
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
Delia (Leigh) Utley, 84, died Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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RONALD POBST
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
Ronald Pobst, 54, died Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at his home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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ROBERT ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
Robert Eugene Abernathy, 58, 359 Hillcrest, died Monday, March 3, 1997, at Central Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born June 11, 1938, at Fornfelt, son of Charles Leo and Rose May Wright Abernathy. He and Linda Reinke were married Feb. 25, 1961, in Long Beach, Calif...
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JAMES MACK
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
CHAFFEE -- James Mack, 25, of Chaffee died in an automobile accident Monday, March 3, 1997, near Chaffee. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Benton is in charge of arrangements.
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GLADYS STAMP
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
THEBES, Ill. -- Gladys M. Stamp, 72, of Thebes died Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 17, 1925, in Thebes, daughter of Archie and Runa Tucker Guess. She married Delmar H. "Red" Stamp, who died Jan. 20, 1992...
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FRIEDA FLUEGGE
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
Frieda M. Fluegge, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at her home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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LLOYD CARSTENS
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lloyd J. Carstens, 75, of Anna died Monday, March 3, 1997, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 18, 1921, in Peotone, son of Walter and Olga Knickerom Carstens. He and E. Maxine Holcomb were married July 1, 1969. Carstens was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of Amvets, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/05/97)
Son to Mark Douglas and Dawn Lynn McGinnis of Ballwin, St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, 3:44 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1997. Name, Kyle Matthew. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. McGinnis is the former Dawn Knabe, daughter of Charles Knabe and Kathy Tart of Hot Springs, Ark. She is employed by Walgreen. McGinnis is the son of Norman McGinnis of St. Louis and Pat Litwicki of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Nor-Zel Investment Co...
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CHRISTY RICE
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
SIKESTON -- Christy Renee Rice, 31, Sikeston Route 2, died Monday, March 3, 1997, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Nov. 25, 1965, in Terre Haute, Ind., daughter of Glen A. and Christine Wade Rice. She and Russell A. Rice were married June 10, 1989, in Blodgett...
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WES KNOBLOCK
(Obituary ~ 03/05/97)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Wes Knoblock, 57, of Tamms was dead on arrival Monday, March 3, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 20, 1939, in Genesee County, Mich. son of Glenn and Etta Florence Lampin Knoblock. He married the former Bonnie Wheatley...
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UNIVERSITY MUSEUM EXHIBIT OPENS TONIGHT
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
An exhibition titled "Contemporary Artists X" opens tonight on the campus of southeast Missouri State University. The University Museum exhibit features work by members of the St. Louis Women's Caucus for Art, an organization that includes art educators, practicing artists and museum professionals...
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AKC PUTS ON THE DOG FOR ITS TOP 10 LIST
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
Is the Westminster Kennel Club's dog show your idea "must see TV?" Do you sit through the working, non-working and toy breeds just to find out which lucky dog will trot home with the trophy? Then the American Kennel Club has a list for you. Its Top 10 Dogs list includes canine critters large and small, friendly and fierce...
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PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS EVENTS PLANNED TONIGHT, MARCH 15, 20
(Local News ~ 03/05/97)
Parents Without Partners Cape SEMO Chapter 519 has two orientations and an open-to-the-public dance planned in March. The orientations for prospective members will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday and again March 20 at the Community Counseling Center. These meetings are for parents who are widowed, divorced, legally separated or never married...
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