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LETTERS: COPELAND RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/16/98)
To the editor: In November 1996 I was elected to my 19th consecutive term as a state representative from my home district in Southeast Missouri by a substantial majority. Beginning on Election Day and continuing thereafter, an official of the Republican Party, David Barklage, assisted by Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson and Republican House candidate Lanie Black, charged that I won the election by buying votes. ...
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THE TAX WOES OF THE NEW RUSSIA
(Editorial ~ 07/16/98)
For the struggling Russian government, every day seems to be April 15. That's because some of the biggest taxpayers aren't paying their tax bills, and Moscow is in a bear of a money crunch as a result. So the Russian bureaucracy has started a crackdown on the worst tax cheats. ...
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IMMIGRATION COST DEPENDS ON WILL TO WORK
(Editorial ~ 07/16/98)
A study suggests that immigrants to this country contributed $133 billion in federal, state and local taxes last year, far more than the cost of various government programs that assist aliens who aren't yet U.S. citizens -- and perhaps never intend to be...
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LIFE IS A CABARET: ROBYN HOSP AND MIKE DUMEY PUTTING ON A SHOW AT GALLERIA GRILL
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
The first rule for a cabaret performer is an easy rule to repeat but a difficult one to master: Know how to sell a song to an audience. Mike Dumey and Robyn Hosp are selling with enthusiasm. Dumey and Hosp opened their cabaret act at the Galleria Grill in the Plaza Galleria Friday and Saturday to packed houses. The duo will perform again for the next two weekends at the Grill...
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LISA JONG-SOON GOODLIN OVERCOMES FEARS; PHOTOGRAPHER'S SHOW AT GALLERY 100 THROUGH JULY
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
This untitled photo by Lisa Jong-Soon Goodlin is on display at Gallery 100. For Lisa Jong-Soon Goodlin, her first solo gallery show represents overcoming a fear. Goodlin gave up photography many times out of fear of being judged and rejected. "Probably the thing I was most afraid of was the fear of not being good enough," she says...
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SUMMER THEATER WORKSHOP TO BE HELD
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
The 1998 Children's Summer Theatre workshop will be held July 27 through 31 for children interested in learning acting basics and understanding live theater as an art of communication. The workshop is sponsored by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri and will take place in the Kent Library Little Theater at Southeast Missouri State University...
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SONIC MAY OPEN AT WILLIAM AND BROADVIEW
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend granting a special use permit to let a drive-through fast food restaurant open at the corner of William and Broadview. The commission held a special meeting Wednesday night to hear the request from Jerry and Sandy McClane and D&G Properties Inc., to open a Sonic restaurant at the intersection...
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GOP WANTS POLLS WATCHED; BOOTHEEL AREA WOULD BE TARGET
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
The Missouri Republican Party wants the federal Justice Department to monitor November elections in the Missouri Bootheel as well as the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. Republican Party leaders said they are concerned about potential election fraud...
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TICKET SALES BRISK FOR FAIR ENTERTAINMENT
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
Kay Davidson of Cape Girardeau loves Willie Nelson. She's not alone. Dozens of people lined up early Wednesday morning to get first choice of seats for Willie Nelson's concert at the SEMO District Fair. He performs Sept. 17. The 143th annual fair runs Sept. 13 to 19 in Cape Girardeau's Arena Park...
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PULASKI COURTHOUSE GETS GRANT
(Local News ~ 07/16/98)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Holding a trial in the Mound City firehouse isn't common, but it happens. "We've conducted trials at the firehouse and in a number of offices on the first floor of the courthouse," said Trucy Clark of the Pulaski County clerk's office...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: TAKING ROLL CALL 30 YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
(Column ~ 07/16/98)
July 16, 1998 Dear Julie Five years ago, DC and I sat on a darkened park bench outside a K.C. hall while inside the people we graduated from high school with were reunited. DC and I were just talking, reacquainting ourselves, though we already knew we wanted enough privacy not to be interrupted by old classmates with recollections of the old hangout called Wimpy's or the requisite briefing on kids and jobs and marital status...
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SE INKS 5 TRACK STARS
(College Sports ~ 07/16/98)
Southeast Missouri State University announced the signing of five athletes for the upcoming fall season. Perryville High graduate Tyson Brown and Ste. Genevieve's Chris Donze highlight the list, which also includes sprinters Jason Campbell (Summit of St. Louis) and Jarod Rybacki (Nashville, Ill.) and shot/discus thrower Brandon Myer (Broken Bow, Neb.)...
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FOUR ERRORS COST CAPS IN 8-4 LOSS
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/98)
SAUGET, Ill -- Four errors proved costly to the McDowell Capahas in an 8-4 loss on the road Wednesday night. The Capahas outhit Sauget 10-9, but still fell to 20-8 on the season. Lance Craft and Steve Kress led the Capahas with three hits each. Kress drove home all of McDowell's runs with a solo home run in the first and a three-run shot in the third. Shawn Pemberton added two hits...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/16/98)
Twin son and daughter to Robert Henry and Mary Elizabeth Fusillo of Houston, Texas, St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Tuesday, July 7, 1998. William Henry was born at 11 p.m. and weighed 4 pounds 15 ounces. Catherine Elizabeth was born at 11:01 p.m. and weighed 6 pounds. Mrs. Fusillo is the former Mary Moritz, daughter of Bill and Jane Sanders Moritz of Houston, formerly of Cape Girardeau. Fusillo is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fusillo of Norwalk, Conn...
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ALVIN HANSELMANN
(Obituary ~ 07/16/98)
JACKSON -- Alvin Hanselmann, 82, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 15, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 23, 1916, near Fruitland, son of August and Annie Nagel Hanselmann. He and Linda Friedrich were married Oct. 22, 1939. She died July 28, 1951. He later married Emma Dambach Jan. 17, 1954. She died Nov. 15, 1962...
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VICTOR WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 07/16/98)
Funeral for E. Victor Williams of Fenton was held July 11 at Chapel Hill Mortuary in High Ridge. Pastor Gail Robbins officiated, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Louis. Williams, 59, died Monday, July 6, 1998, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska...
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LUCILLE WERNER
(Obituary ~ 07/16/98)
Funeral for Lucille Mary Werner of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 5-8 p.m. today. Werner, 84, died Monday, July 13, 1998, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center...
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