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GERALDINE "BABE" KOCH
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
Geraldine "Babe" Koch, 79, of 815 Themis in Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991, at her home. Funeral arrangements at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau are incomplete.
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/15/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John McFall of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:46 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, 1991. Name, Jordan Alexis. Weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. McFall is the former Erika Miller, daughter of Mike Miller and Debbie Miller of Scott City. McFall is the son of John McFall and Ruby McFall of Dexter...
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UNITED WAY, FOOD DRIVE CAN HELP US FEEL GOOD
(Editorial ~ 11/15/91)
People caring about people. That's the secret to the success of such community-minded programs as the Area Wide United Way and Scouting For Food. The local United Way is on its way to a successful campaign thanks to a record-breaking employee donation at Procter & Gamble. Workers at the plant raised an impressive $103,000. Combined with a corporate gift of $46,900, this single donation amounts to about 32 percent of the total community goal of $470,000...
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WALKERS WILL BOOST HEART ASSOCIATION
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
Walkers will take steps Sunday to raise money for the American Heart Association. A HeartWalkers fund-raising walk is planned from 2-4 p.m. at three locations in the city, Cynthia Seabaugh, Southeast Regional Coordinator for the American Heart Association...
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FINS, FUR AND FEATHERS
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
The Missouri duck season at Wappapello Lake will continue to Dec. 8. "Our area is in the middle zone for waterfowl hunting," said Michael McClendon. "The season opened Nov. 9. Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Canada goose season at Wappapello Lake starts Dec. 2 and runs to Jan. 20...
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CUOMO WATCH KEEPS TICKING: WOULD WE HAVE IT OTHERWISE?
(Column ~ 11/15/91)
You know, Mario Cuomo never lets us down. Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and you can't help loving a man so tentative. We are less than a year out from the 1992 president election and the words "Cuomo Watch" have been used so often that people are beginning to think it's a timepiece...
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BE OUR GUEST
(Column ~ 11/15/91)
Morley Swingle is the prosecuting attorney of Cape Girardeau County. He notes that persons wanting more information about the legal career of the remarkable lawyer who defended the Trailor brothers, the book "Prairie Lawyer," by John J. Duff, is available at the Cape Girardeau Public Library...
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SHOULD DEMOCRATS SIT OUT?
(Editorial ~ 11/15/91)
To the Editor: After having functioned many years in the Republican Party and experienced the machinations of the Democratic Party as well, I have become increasingly disappointed with each one. In observing the present scenario ... the intractable problems brought on by the excesses of the '80s, it would seem the better part of wisdom for the Democrats to "sit out" the presidential election and let the Republicans have it for just one more time...
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DONATE FOOD FOR HUNGRY
(Editorial ~ 11/15/91)
To the Editor: My name is Lauren Stephens. I'm in the sixth grade at Charles C. Clippard Elementary school. Our school contributes to a program called FISH. FISH is an organization where you give a little food (canned or boxed) to the needy. I think FISH is a very good organization and since it is going into the holiday season, more people should be aware of this and chip in some food for the those who might be hungry...
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OLIVE PATRICK
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
Olive Patrick, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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EULA LUDWIG
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
JACKSON -- Eula Ludwig, 89, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Aug. 24, 1902, north of Jackson, daughter of Charles A. and Lizzie Lee Goza Abernathy. She married Clarence J. Ludwig, who died Aug. 31, 1977...
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RUFUS J. LEDBETTER
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
SIKESTON -- Rufus Jackson Ledbetter, 87, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 17, 1904, in Wheeler, Miss., son of David and Fannie Horton Ledbetter. He and the former Annie Forrest were married Dec. 1, 1934, at Benton...
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DEWEY L. GIMLIN
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
SIKESTON -- Dewey Lee Gimlin, 57, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born March 17, 1934, at Doniphan, son of Ivan Amos and Vera Clauise King Gimlin. He and the former Vaudean Smith were married Aug. 4, 1956, at Sikeston...
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ADELINE M. VANDE VEN
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
LEOPOLD -- Adeline M. Vande Ven, 71, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991, at the family home. She as born at Glennon on Dec. 5, 1919, daughter of Robert W. and Clara DeBrock Jansen. On April 16, 1941, she married Irvin J. Vende Ven. He survives of Marble Hill...
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MARY E. COWAN
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
CAIRO, ILL. Mary Etta Cowan, 86, of Tullahoma, Tenn., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991, at Life Care Center there. She was formerly of Cairo. She was born Aug. 8, 1905, in Ballard County, Ky., daughter of Frank and Mary Elvina Foss. She married Capt. Ernest O. Cowan, who died March 26, 1986...
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LORENE MYERS
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
RANDLES -- Funeral service for Lorene Myers will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Paul Cagle will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Jack Owens. Burial will be in Kenyon Cemetery near Delta. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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NONA P. DEROUSH
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
SIKESTON -- Nona P. DeRoush, 69, of Radcliff, Ky., died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at North Hardin Convalescent Care Center in Radcliff. She was born July 9, 1922, in Osceola, Ark., daughter of William Bryant and Ethel Lodear Cooper Parks. She married Frank W. DeRoush Sr. May 6, 1942, at Sikeston. He died March 8, 1984...
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FRED W. RODMAN
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
SIKESTON -- Fred W. Rodman, 92, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at Miner Nursing Center. He was born Sept. 7, 1899, in Darlington, Ind., son of Walker and Mary Mohorney Rodman. He and Lillian Kendall were married June 5, 1932. She died Aug. 4, 1989...
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OCIE P. CLARY
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
Ocie Pearl Clary, 66, 226 Edgewood, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991, at the Lutheran Home. She was born May 30, 1925, at Catron, daughter of Lyman E. and Florence E. Hayes Draper. She married Howard A. Clary July 18, 1944, in Corning, Ark. Clary had worked at International Shoe Co., and had been an Avon representative...
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JAMES C. STURM
(Obituary ~ 11/15/91)
SCOTT CITY -- James Cleo Sturm, 56, of St. Louis, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at his home. He was born Feb. 29, 1935, in Leachville, Ark., son of Archie and Emma Lee Bolton Sturm. Sturm was formerly of Scott City, and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was of the Baptist denomination...
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TAXI-COUPON PROGRAM STILL GOING STRONG
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
A decade after the city chose subsidized taxi service as the most efficient way to address public transportation needs, the taxi coupon program continues to serve the city's elderly and handicapped residents. City Manager J. Ronald Fischer said the coupon program has been altered during the past 10 years, but continues to serve a growing number of residents...
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PORT HOPES STATE WILL PAY FOR NASH ROAD EXTENSION
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
SCOTT CITY - The executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority is hoping to convince the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission that it should fund the extension of Nash Road into the port. Port Director Allan Maki testified before a meeting of the commission earlier this month and suggested the state should increase its investment in the port to make it comparable with local funds that have been contributed...
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SOUTHEAST EYES HARD DECISIONS
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
With the defeat of Proposition B and a continued squeeze in state funding, Southeast Missouri State University officials say they will have to make some tough budget decisions in the coming years. After budget cuts and withholdings, Southeast is currently operating with $28.9 million in state funding for the 1992 fiscal year, the lowest its been in several years. ...
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MURI SAYS MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ON SCHEDULE
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
Wayne Muri favors the House-passed highway bill which is currently the subject of negotiations in a House-Senate Conference committee. "The House bill is a good bill for Missouri," Muri, chief engineer of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, said Thursday night. "The House proposal will provide more federal highway money for Missouri than the Senate-passed version. I think we have a shot at a good bill which will help us in the future."...
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UNIVERSITY THEATRE HAS A `FIELD' DAY WITH PLAY AT CHURCH
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
In the second scene of Southeast Missouri State University Theatre's current production, Alden Field delivers a soliloquy so powerful that all the air seems to be sucked out of the room. During a pause in his monologue, you can sense people holding their breath, hanging on for the next words...
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SEMO DISTRICT FAIR POSTS $35,000 PROFIT IN 1991
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
The 1991 SEMO District Fair posted a profit of $53,000, SEMO District Fair Association President Pete Poe said Thursday. But that profit excludes the cost of pre-fair improvements the association paid for at Arena Park, where the fair is held. Poe said the improvements cost approximately $32,000, making for a $21,000 increase in the association's cash position on the year...
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FOUR-CAR CRASH INJURES 3 PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
YOUNT - A four-car accident Thursday afternoon on Route J injured three people, including a Fredericktown woman who suffered serious injuries. The Perry County accident involved a head-on collision between two of the vehicles. The Missouri Highway Patrol at Flat River reported that Melba Filley, 79, was seriously injured and taken to Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. ...
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400 PANELS OF AIDS QUILT ON DISPLAY AT HOUCK THROUGH SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
Those who view panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt this weekend should remember what they will see is a tiny segment of the entire quilt. The 400 panels that are on exhibit now through Sunday in Houck Field House in Cape Girardeau are part of the 14,000-plus panels that make up the international memorial to those who have died of AIDS, says Ronda Herzog, a volunteer quilt display coordinator with the Names Project...
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COLLEGE STUDENTS FORM GROUP TO GIVE VIEWS ON EDUCATION ISSUES
(Local News ~ 11/15/91)
A new organization has been formed to provide student governments at Missouri's public and private colleges and universities with a statewide voice. The new group hopes to become an effective lobbying voice for the state's college students, said K.C. Martin, president of Student Government at Southeast Missouri State University and a leading supporter of the group...
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