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BUSINESS PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
Jeffrey W. Jernigan of Cape Girardeau has joined U.S. Office Products (formerly Craftsman Office Supply) as operating company president of the Cape Girardeau site. Jernigan previously operated his own business, Fine Print, L.L.C. as an independent printing broker and business forms distributor. He has more than 20 years experience in office products sales and management...
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BUSINESS MEMO: FAMILY BUSINESS SEMINARS
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
A three-part seminar on family businesses will be held at Southeast Missouri State University this school year. Sponsored by the Donald L. Harrison College of Business, the series will discuss management, ownership, family harmony, growth and transfer issues...
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BUYER'S GUIDE TO COMPUTERS
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
Buying new computing equipment can seem daunting with all the questions of RAM and ROM, gigabytes and modem speed. But the answers can be a lot easier with a little planning and an honest appraisal of computing skills and needs. -- What are you going to do with that computer?...
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KEEPING FOCUSED ON LONG-TERM GOALS
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
This "Financial Focus" column is prepared by Edward Jones Investments, headquartered in St. Louis. Jones includes branches throughout the nation, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. The Vietnam War changed war forever, because it brought the bloodshed into America's living rooms. ...
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HIGH TECH CORNER: HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOUR COMPUTER WILL DIE JAN 1, 2000
(Column ~ 10/05/98)
With the desire for speed on the Internet growing every day, the FCC has decided to give us a little help. In 1976 the FCC had decided modems could never go above 53K to prevent interference to people's telephone conversations. But a lot has happened with audio and modems since this law was enacted. ...
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NEW BUSINESS: COOPER'S COLLECTIBLES MOVES
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
Cooper's Collectibles and Antiques has moved to larger quarters. Wanda Cooper, who has been in the antique business in Cape Girardeau more than a decade, opened at 18 N. Sprigg recently. The new business is open seven days a week -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 Sunday. The shop offers antique furniture, glass, jewelry, paper Americana, military, toys and other collectibles...
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BUSINESS MEMO: NEW MEMBER OF EASA
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
Moss Electric Co. Inc., state Highway 164, Hornersville, has been elected as an active member of Electrical Apparatus Services Association Inc. EASA, headquartered in St. Louis, an organization for companies that sell, service and repair industrial electric motors, generations, transformers and related electro-mechanical equipment, has more than 2,800 members worldwide...
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BUSINESS MEMO: SMALL FIRM NOMINATIONS
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
Nominations for the 1999 "Small Business of the Year" are being accepted by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. The award, sponsored by the Small Business Committee of the chamber, will be presented during the chamber's annual meeting-dinner dance in January...
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BUSINESS MEMO: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
The Associated Industries of Missouri and the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency will sponsor a number of business and community disaster preparedness seminars, including a Nov. 19 meeting at Cape Girardeau. The program is designed to help businesses and communities be prepared for a disaster...
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BUSINESS MEMO: WESTFIELD EARNINGS
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
Westfield America Inc., a real estate investment trust, has declared a dividend for the third quarter, of 35 cents a share, or $1.42 on annual basis. The dividend rate is up from the $1.40 a share for 1997 and will be payable Oct. 30 to shareholders of record Sept. 30...
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NEW BUSINESS: MAYBERRY MUSIC'S NEW SITE
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Mayberry Music and Sound recently opened in a new location. "We're in new building just off Jonesboro Square," said Paul Mayberry. The new store is at 201 E. Broad in a 2,400-square-foot structure. The business was previously on South Main in Anna...
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NEW BUSINESS: IN NEW OFFICE
(Business ~ 10/05/98)
Investment Management & Research Inc., has moved into new offices at Jackson. The new facilities at 120 E. Washington offers more space, said Steven M. Elefson, of IMR. Elefson, a graduate of Truman State University, has more than 10 years experience in the financial securities business...
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AREA SCHOOL TO BEGIN HIV/AIDS EDUCATION; JACKSON NURSE TEACHES PROGRAM THROUGH GRANT
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
JACKSON -- Tobacco and alcohol use and AIDS prevention can be difficult topics for parents to broach with their children, but Missouri education officials want teachers and nurses to give it a try. So Ruth Lane, a nurse at Jackson High School, will begin teaching an HIV/AIDS prevention course this week to district students. It is part of the comprehensive health education curriculum required by the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP)...
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'THE LYNCHING OF CLEO WRIGHT'
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
In January 1942, just a month after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a 25-year-old black man named Cleo Wright broke into a white woman's house in Sikeston at 1:30 a.m., ostensibly to commit rape. After coming through the window, he was surprised to find that his intended victim, Laverne Sturgeon, was not alone. The first person he encountered was her sister-in-law, Grace Sturgeon, who fought with Wright and was stabbed before he fled...
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AUTHOR STUDIES HISTORY OF LYNCHING
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
Lynching is a term with a broad definition beyond the familiar use of hanging in the Old West. It describes an extralegal mob execution in which a victim has been accused of charges and no effort is made to prove the charges or to provide a jury trial...
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DOLLARS & NONSENSE? COMMISSION SEES LITTLE PUBLIC INTEREST IN SALARY ISSUES
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
A government commission once again has set its sights on drawing up a pay plan for the state's elected officials and judges. But the job has attracted little public attention. Few people have shown up at public hearings this fall conducted by the Missouri Citizens Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials...
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE: CARRY-ON LUGGAGE WON'T HOLD BATTLE OF THE SEXES
(Column ~ 10/05/98)
Jana is going on vacation. She is abandoning her big old house in Bonne Terre for a month to head to the mountains and then the seaside. First the Smoky Mountains, then the beaches of North Carolina. The real problem, says Jana, is packing. Somehow she has to get a month's worth of stuff (and I use that term advisedly, since it includes an assortment of crystals, candles and incense, not to mention all that herb tea) into two bags small enough to carry onto the airplane...
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RALLY SENDS MESSAGE SUPPORTING LIFE
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
Instead of speaking words, they used silence and signs to express their views about abortion. With their heads bowed, others offered prayers asking for an end to abortion. "Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation for Abortions," one sign read. "Abortion Hurts Women," another sign said...
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LETTERS: GOD TAKES CONTROL, HEALS ADDITION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/98)
To the editor: When I was 7 years old, I witnessed God's supernatural power in a personal way. It was then that I first became aware of God's hand on my life. It was 12 years later, after traveling many different roads searching for happiness and peace, that God once again supernaturally intervened in my life. The Lord showed me that peach and joy are found in trusting in him and his Word...
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NEWSPAPERS PROVIDE RECORD OF OUR LIVES
(Editorial ~ 10/05/98)
This week is National Newspaper Week, an annual observance through which newspaper groups around the country promote the importance of local newspapers, such as the one you are reading right now. The Southeast Missourian is proud to join in the observance, whose theme this year is "It all starts with newspapers."...
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LETTERS: INSIDE LOOK AT KEY WWII EVENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/05/98)
To the editor: I think everybody has heard of the great Japanese admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto who lived from 1884 to 1943. He was commander in chief of the Japanese fleet, getting killed in World War II. But few know the particulars. I was a member of the 339th Fighter Squadron, U.S. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
7:30 tonight Study session 5 p.m. Public hearings -- Request to rezone 624 Commercial St. from M-1 light industrial to C-3 central business. The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended a special-use permit for residential use instead of rezoning...
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JACKSON BOARD OF ALDERMEN
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 City Hall Public hearing -- Hearing on amendments to city's zoning regulations. Action items Power and Light Committee -- Appoint Alderman Larry Cunningham to the Industrial Tract Steering Committee. -- Approve agreement with Baer Engineering and Land Surveying of Perryville for engineering services for the city...
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BRIEFLY: JACKSON WINS SOCCER TITLE
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/98)
WEST PLAINS -- Jackson High's boys soccer team easily won the title in Saturday's four-team West Plains Tournament. The Indians beat Sikeston 6-2, Carthage 8-2 and West Plains 7-1 to improve their record to 11-3-1. Nathan Windeknecht led the Indians with five tourney goals. Logan Dirnberger had four and Spencer Knowlan added three...
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BRIEFLY: BRUNE RECEIVES OVC HONOR
(College Sports ~ 10/05/98)
Southeast Missouri State University quarterback Bobby Brune has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. Brune, a redshirt freshman, had a huge second-half performance Saturday as he nearly led the Indians to an upset of Eastern Illinois...
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WILLIAM BAGWELL
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
William Richard Bagwell, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 4, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 13, 1936, at Columbus, Ky., son of John and Rebecca Slayton Bagwell. He and Nita Lankford were married on Sept. 28, 1968. He served in the U.S. Air Force...
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GEORGE REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
SIKESTON -- George Addison "Chick" Reynolds, 80, of Sikeston died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 22, 1918, at Blodgett, son of Rowlett and Lillie Mae Rucker Reynolds. He and Villa P. "Toy" Tidwell on June 28, 1942, at Oran...
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ROSALEE NUSSBAUM
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
WHITEWATER -- RosaLee Nussbaum, 67, of Whitewater died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 7, 1931, at Glen Allen, daughter of Carlos and Rose Klein Burns. She and Rudolf "Ruddy" Nussbaum were married on Aug. 20, 1955...
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DWAIN JOHNS
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
DONGOLA -- Dwain Johns, 68, of Dongola died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998, at Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Marion. He was born Nov. 26, 1929, in Lima, Ohio, son of Ray and Cleta Bowman Johns. He and Jodean Powles were married on Dec. 8, 1956. She died July 15, 1995...
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CHARLES SMIDDY
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Charles Smiddy, 84, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Oct. 4, 1998, at the City Care Center in Anna. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hileman & Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.
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WILLIAM HORNBERGER
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
CAIRO, Ill. -- William G. Hornberger, 83, of Cairo died Sunday, Oct. 4, 1998, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. He was born Oct. 10, 1914, at Cache, son of George and Eva Stricklin Hornberger. He was a member of St. Patrick's Church in Cairo. He owned Hornberger Refrigeration in Cairo for many years...
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LEON DIEBOLD
(Obituary ~ 10/05/98)
ORAN -- Leon M. Diebold, 80, of Oran, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 18, 1918, in Oran, son of Charles George and Louise Felter Diebold. He and Anna M. Schlosser were married April 15, 1944...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 10/05/98)
This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "Who do you think will make it to the World Series?" Steve Patberg, Mount Carmel, Ill. "I think it will be the Yankees and the Braves. I think both have better athletes and pitchers. I think it's going to be the Yankees (to win the World Series). The Yankees are good, and they've got a couple of guys who are really hot right now pitchingwise and hittingwise."...
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