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LETTERS: SUMMERS SUN, CANCER ADVICE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/23/97)
To the editor: This spring marks the American Academy of Dermatology's 13th annual melanoma/skin cancer detection and prevention campaign. Skin cancer, now the most common form of cancer in the United States, is on the rise. One million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year, and one in five Americans can expect to get skin cancer in their lifetime...
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SUMMER TEEN WORK PROGRAM HELPS YOUNGSTERS GET JOBS
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
A few Cape Girardeau youths will get a head start in the world of employment this summer with the help of the East Missouri Action Agency. Youth between the ages of 14 and 21, who meet eligibility guidelines, will have the opportunity to work in area business and non-profit agencies...
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FOSTER PARENTS HONORED AT BANQUET
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
JACKSON -- About 100 people were expected at the annual banquet honoring 48 Cape Girardeau foster parents Thursday night at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. These foster parents take as many as six abused children into their homes when the children have been separated from their biological parents by the state...
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TWO HOSPITALIZED AFTER ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
Two Cape Girardeau women were transported to Southeast Missouri Hospital Thursday morning after a collision with a tractor-trailer rig on Highway 74. The accident occurred at 8:33 a.m. at the traffic light at Highway 74 and South West End Boulevard...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/23/97)
I'M CALLING to express thanks to the people in Cape Girardeau and Jackson who allowed the trash pickers to go through their trash and take out items they could use. My family was one of those families who did that. We appreciate the good items that we picked up, and we always left places cleaner than we found them. ...
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PRIVATE PROGRAM PROVIDES HEALTH CARE FOR NEEDY CHILDREN
(Editorial ~ 05/23/97)
"Everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it." During our typically erratic Missouri springtime, that familiar line rings true, and it applies equally to many social issues, including affordable health care for children. The issue has been debated at all levels of government and is currently on the front burner in Washington, D.C...
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MILITARY-READINESS PLANS RAISE OTHER KEY ISSUES
(Editorial ~ 05/23/97)
In all of the jockeying over balancing the federal budget, most of the attention has been put on the future of welfare programs and entitlements along with some minor tax cuts. Meanwhile, military spending is projected to stay about even with current levels into the next century, and some analysts wonder if that is prudent...
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MARCH FOR JESUS SHOWS COMMUNITY'S SPIRITUALITY
(Editorial ~ 05/23/97)
When more than 300 Christians marched through the streets of Cape Girardeau last weekend in the 1997 March for Jesus, they represented something that is ingrained in the community: Religion and spirituality are the backbone of our people, and there is unity among denominations in standing up for the religious underpinnings of our society...
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COUPLE FINDS RIVER TRIP FROM CUBA CHALLENGING
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
Last November Daryll and Robin Odegard thought "Cuban Adventure" was the name of a sailboat in a magazine ad that caught their attention. Now they believe the phrase was more of a premonition of their sailboat trip back home from Cuba to Rock Creek, Minn...
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GINGRICH TO VISIT CAPE
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
House Speaker Newt Gingrich will visit Cape Girardeau June 27 to raise money for Jo Ann Emerson's re-election campaign. Gingrich, the nation's third-highest-ranking official, will attend an evening fund-raiser at the Cape Girardeau Holiday Inn. Details are still being finalized, but Emerson said the fund-raiser may be one of several events that Gingrich attends that day in Cape Girardeau...
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SOUTH SPRIGG BRIDGE NOW OPEN
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
Cindy Rivero will spend 20 minutes less time commuting to and from her job at Lone Star Industries today than she did on Wednesday. That is because the bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek on South Sprigg Street opened Thursday. Rivero said she no longer has to take Highway 61 south to Sprigg Street and drive north. Now she can go from her home on Bloomfield Road and head straight south on Sprigg to the plant, making the commute in six minutes instead of 16...
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BROADWAY THEATER TO CLOSE FOR SUMMER
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
Cape Girardeau movie-goers will have to settle for first-run movies this summer. That is because Kerasotes Theaters, owner of the Broadway Theater, is shutting down the single-screen movie house for the summer to cut costs. "We won't be booking it starting May 30," said John Miller, general manager of Kerasotes Theater in Springfield, Ill. "We'll be opening again in late August around Labor Day."...
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STATE BUDGET PACT REACHED; WITH SESSION'S CLOSE, CARNAHAN GETS BILL
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
The Missouri Legislature ended its special session Thursday when lawmakers agreed to a budget bill barring abortion-provider Planned Parenthood from receiving state family planning money. Gov. Mel Carnahan, a supporter of abortion rights, said he might veto budget language to keep state money flowing to Planned Parenthood...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: WERE THOSE TWO WOMEN IN THE WAITING ROOM REALLY ANGELS?
(Column ~ 05/23/97)
Just when you think your pain is the worst, along come two women with walkers to set you straight. Waiting rooms make me grumpy, even when I don't have to wait. I'm not at all patient when I'm waiting, which makes me wonder why folks who wait for doctors are called patients...
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TWO-DAY CELEBRATION SET AT THEBES COURTHOUSE
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
THEBES, Ill. -- The Thebes Courthouse was almost new when lawyer Abraham Lincoln first appeared there, first as an attorney, and later as a candidate for president. Although there is no documentary evidence Lincoln held any cases in the courthouse, he was a frequent visitor to the town between 1854 and 1860...
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PARENTS, RECRUITS LEARN MARINE LIFE
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
United States Marine Corps Drill Sgt. Michael Boles shouts, intimidates and embarrasses young men every day -- and he likes it. Boles addressed a group of delayed entry recruits and their parents Thursday at a preparatory seminar at the U.S. Navy Reserve Center in Cape Girardeau. He demonstrated a small portion of an intense series of exercises that recruits are put through to build incentive for training...
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CAPAHAS OPEN '97 SEASON TONIGHT
(College Sports ~ 05/23/97)
A mix of seasoned veterans and talented newcomers has veteran Kohlfeld Capahas' manager Jess Bolen feeling good about the 1997 season. The Capahas -- Cape Girardeau's highest-level summer baseball team -- will kick off another season tonight when Chester (Ill.) comes to town for an 8 o'clock first pitch at Capaha Field...
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KNIGHTS END JHS SEASON
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/97)
Jackson High's baseball team could not have asked for a better start Thursday in the 4A District 1 final against Farmington at Tiger Field. Of course, their ending couldn't have been much worse. Back-to-back home runs in the first inning gave Jackson a three-run lead, but Farmington scored 14 runs in the final four innings for a 14-3 championship win...
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KELLY'S ~`V'-DAY STUNS ND
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Kelly High senior Justin Vetter had some rough sledding on the mound this season, but there was a reason for that. "I had tendinitis in my elbow all year," said Vetter. Thursday afternoon, Vetter felt fine -- but he proved to be a major pain for Notre Dame...
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CENTRAL, JACKSON TO MEET FOR DISTRICT SOCCER TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/97)
FESTUS -- As expected, the championship game of the District 1 Tournament for girls high school soccer teams will feature an all-Southeast Missouri flavor. In Thursday's semifinals, top-seeded Cape Girardeau Central remained undefeated by blanking Poplar Bluff 2-0 while second-seeded Jackson downed host St. Pius 2-1...
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FERN CLARK
(Obituary ~ 05/23/97)
DEXTER -- Fern Clark, 66, of Dexter died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. She was born May 6, 1931, in Bernie, daughter of John and Alice Johnson Hartline. She and Albert H. Clark were married in 1948 in Piggott, Ark. Clark lived in St. Louis and Malden before moving to Dexter in 1958. She formerly worked at Hickory House Restaurant, and retired from Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Essex...
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DOROTHY EVANS
(Obituary ~ 05/23/97)
SIKESTON -- Dorothy Mae Evans, 65, of Sikeston died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 17, 1932, in Lakeland, Fla., daughter of C.L. and Vivian Raymer. She and Emmett Evans were married July 17, 1982. Evans was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ...
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CLARENCE DUNGER
(Obituary ~ 05/23/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Clarence Elmer Dunger, 72, of Taylor, Mich., died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, at the home of a son in Taylor. He was born July 30, 1924, son of William H. and Manda Peetz Dunger. He and Doris Wacker were married May 24, 1947. Dunger lived and worked in Detroit and Ypsilanti, Mich., most of his life. He was a graduate of Fornfelt High School, and had been a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church...
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CLARENCE KELLEY
(Obituary ~ 05/23/97)
CHAFFEE -- Clarence Ray Kelley, 56, Chaffee Route 2, died Thursday, May 22, 1997, at his home. He was born May 12, 1941, in Banner, Ky., son of James Leo and Emila Katherine Jones Kelley. He and Patricia M. Pace Benson were married Nov. 18, 1984. Kelley was a pipefitter and welder with Local 436 in Pascagoula, Miss. He became disabled in December 1986. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church...
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ELMER MOORE
(Obituary ~ 05/23/97)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Elmer E. Moore, 81, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born May 26, 1915, in Neelyville, Mo., son of Ray and Eva Estella Kelley Moore. He and Edith Stone were married July 9, 1978, in Jonesboro...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/23/97)
Son to Bradley James and Stephanie Dawn Willcut, 1933 Carolina, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:39 a.m. Friday, April 4, 1997. Name, Colton James. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Willcut is the former Stephanie Miller, daughter of William and Shirley Miller of Fredericktown. Mr. and Mrs. Willcut are employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone. He is the son of Francis Willcut of Clarkton, and the late Frank Willcut...
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LAWMAKERS SAY RIVERBOAT TAX BILL ACTION DUE
(Local News ~ 05/23/97)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Key lawmakers in the House and Senate said Thursday they plan to take action next week on a bill to raise taxes on lucrative riverboats and to let the state's floating casinos stay docked. "Those are going to be in whatever bill we have," said Rep. Joel Brunsvold, D-Milan, a House assistant majority leader...
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CARL THROOP
(Obituary ~ 05/23/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Carl O. Throop, 82, Scott City Route 1, died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, at his home. He was born June 27, 1914, in Hagerville, Ark., son of Mark and Alma Partin Throop. He and Virgie J. Jones were married Jan. 18, 1941, at Bloomfield. Throop was a repairman at the former Superior Electric Co. in Cape Girardeau. He was a former member of the American Legion in Sikeston. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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