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CONGRESSIONAL REFORM NEEDED MORE THAN EVER
(Editorial ~ 03/19/92)
Given the current national disposition toward dealings in Washington, D.C., calls for the reform of Congress should take no one by surprise. They ascend from time to time, usually when some scandal or other seeps from the corridors of power. As an auspicious by-product of the recent House banking outrage, talk of reform might gain some national attention and popular backing. Braced for the customary letdown, we are nonetheless hopeful...
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SESAME STREET LIVE HEADED TO SIU
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Sesame Street Live will present "Let's Play School" April 10-12 at the SIU Arena, Carbondale. "Let's Play School" is a can't-sit-still show filled with audience participation and familiar Sesame Street songs. Professor Grover will take you singing and dancing through an imaginary day of school on Sesame Street...
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MAN'S BOOK TELLS OF MONSTROUS TORNADO IN 1925
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
"On the evening of March 16, 1925, a deep low-pressure center moved down from Canada into western Montana, bringing welcome rain and welcome relief from a long dry spell. "But at midnight on March 17, things suddenly began to go awry. An unusually powerful surge of unstable, moisture-laden air from the Gulf of Mexico spilled out of the Mississippi Valley onto the High Plains, angling due northwest on a collision course with the deep low-pressure center. ...
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A `CINDERELLA STORY' FOR ALL AGES
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
Children's theatre is back at the Southeast Missouri State University Theater, this time in the form of the classic "Cinderella." Scheduled for performance April 7-11, three performances are open to the public April 10 and 11. Other matinees will be performed for school children...
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KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY WILL PERFORM
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
The tradition of the President's Concert series continues April 14 when the Southeast Missouri Foundation presents President's Concert III featuring the world-renowned Kansas City Symphony. The symphony will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center...
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DANCERS FROM CAPE STUDIO HONORED IN NATIONAL CONTEST
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
Thirty-two dancers from the Royale Ballet School of Performing Arts in Cape Girardeau recently won awards at a national competition and workshop in Nashville, Tenn. Four students were awarded National Dance Scholarships. Winner of a Senior National Scholarship was Leigh Lindley, 20, of Cape Girardeau...
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THREE-RING CIRCUS PLANNED IN CHARLESTON APRIL 24
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
CHARLESTON -- The Kelly-Miller Brothers three-ring circus is coming to Charleston April 24, sponsored by the Charleston Kiwanis Club. Two shows will be held at the Simmons Equipment lot across from the Charleston Junior High School. The Kelly-Miller Brothers Circus last year entertained more than 280,000 people, mostly in small towns. ...
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SCHUNUCKS SUPERMARKET IS NEW TICKET OUTLET FOR SHOW ME CENTER EVENTS
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
Schnucks in Cape Girardeau will become a ticket outlet for all Show Me Center events beginning Wednesday, the Show Me Center announced this week. Schnucks also distributes tickets for Southeast Missouri State University athletic events and has sold tickets for Show Me Center events in the past, said Dennis Marchi, Schnucks manager...
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LITTLE MISS MISSOURI PAGEANT SLATED IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
A preliminary pageant for U.S.A.'s Little Miss Missouri Pageant will be held in Cape Girardeau March 29 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The pageant is for girls up to 15 years old and boys up to 10 years old. There will be winners in 10 age divisions...
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EASTER EGG HUNT AT CAPAHA PARK
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
The annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department will be held April 11 at Capaha Park. The hunt for children 4 and younger begins at 10 a.m. and the hunt for kids age 5-11 begins at 11:30 a.m. The egg hunt is free but kids must bring their own baskets. The event will be held rain or shine...
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BAND CONCERT IS TONIGHT AT CENTRAL
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
The Cape Girardeau and Jackson concert bands will be featured at a festival performance tonight. The bands will play at 7 p.m. at Central High School. Admission is $1.50 for adults. A guest clinician, Dan Presgrave from Washington University, will work with students today and will critique the bands' performances tonight...
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POLITICAL PROTOCOL: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, STRONG FOES
(Column ~ 03/19/92)
Although there are few rules of protocol in politics, it's considered poor form to speak unkindly of an opponent if he's in your presence. Under the same code, it's perfectly permissible to liken your political enemies to members of the John Gotti clan as long as they're out of the room. ...
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CVB BOARD TO SUGGEST UNCHANGED BUREAU FUNDING
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
The Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board will make a budget recommendation for operation of the bureau for the fiscal 1992-93 year during its April meeting. The budget proposal of $303,218 was submitted to the board in February and re-submitted Wednesday in more detail...
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UNION REP AT SEMO; FACULTY HEARS OF BENEFITS WITH MFT
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
Southeast Missouri State University faculty could benefit from joining the Missouri Federation of Teachers, an official of the labor union told a gathering of faculty members Wednesday. E.R. Dalrymple of Springfield, a field representative of the Missouri Federation of Teachers, said the union, affiliated with the AFL-CIO, could aid the faculty in salary negotiations...
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EMERSON DISCUSSES BAD CHECKS
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson stressed Wednesday that he was never notified of six instances where he had written bad checks at the House Bank between January 1989 and last September. And, in a conference phone call from Washington with newspapers in his 8th District Wednesday, the congressman maintained that he first became aware of the bad checks on Monday, when he contacted the House Ethics Committee...
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DELTA SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEEK 61-CENT TAX LEVY HIKE
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
DELTA -- The Delta R-V School District has trimmed its budget and is asking voters to approve a 61-cent tax increase in an effort to keep the school system operating. Superintendent Larry Beshears said voters will decide April 7 about the tax increase issue. The levy requires a simple majority to pass...
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LEPAGE SAYS HE'LL STRESS JOBS IF ELECTED TREASURER
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
Contending that Missouri is "in a financial rut," Cole County Auditor Jim LePage said Wednesday he believes that his financial management skills can help the state create jobs and get its economy moving again. LePage was in Cape Girardeau as part of a two-day, eight-city swing announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer...
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SCOTT CITY: POLICE PROCEDURES COME UNDER OFFICIALS' SCRUTINY
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Procedures in the Scott City Police Department have come under fire from some city officials, especially over the use of reserve officers. But the police chief and reserve chief defend the use of reserve or unpaid officers and say they are more than adequately trained and monitored, and help curb crime in the city...
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TOMMY WEST
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
ZALMA -- Tommy West, 60, Zalma Route 2, died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 2, 1932, at Arab, son of Buford and Stella Ward West. He and Imogene Rice were married Aug. 2, 1952, in Piggott, Ark. West had worked at Mirley Truck Sales in Advance. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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DR. O.E. JOHNSON
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dr. O.E. Johnson, 91, of Anna, died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at Union County Nursing Home. He was born Oct. 17, 1900, at Centerville, Mo., son of Thomas and Alice Mann Johnson. He and Elsie Hartline were married June 15, 1926, at Anna...
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ALVIN A. MOWRY
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
PERRYVILLE -- Alvin A. Mowry, 72, of Perryville, died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. He was born June 27, 1919, at Minnith, son of William and Rosella Lancaster Mowry. He and Mary A. Taylor were married June 28, 1947. Survivors include his wife; a brother, William Mowry of Perryville; six sisters, Bernice Zahner, Josephine Coppaway, Alberta Cissell and Iceal Brewer of Perryville, Pearl Otte of St. Marys, Estelle Dewies of Illinois, and three grandsons...
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MARGARET S. MOSBACHER
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
Funeral service for Margaret S. Mosbacher of Cape Girardeau was held Tuesday at Lawler Funeral Home in Columbia, Ill. Burial was in Evangelical St. Paul Cemetery there. Ford and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements. Mosbacher, 89, died Friday, March 13, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center...
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CLEDIS W. CARRINGTON
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
SIKESTON -- Cledis W. Carrington, 79, of Sikeston, died Monday, March 16, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 27, 1912, in Palmersville, Tenn., son of John R. and Winnie Moore Carrington. He had been a janitor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis...
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GLADYS M. NORTON
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
Funeral service for Gladys M. Norton was held March 15 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler. The Rev. Brent Haworth officiated, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery at Butler. Norton, 87, died Wednesday, March 11, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center...
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MARCUS J. JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
CHARLESTON -- Marcus Jamal Jackson, 10, of Paducah, Ky., died Saturday, March 14, 1992, in Paducah. He was born May 26, 1981, at Charleston, son of Mattie B. Jackson. Jackson was a fourth grade student at Clark Elementary School in Paducah. Prior to moving there he attended Hearnes Elementary School and Mercy Seat Baptist Church here...
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WILLIS L. ERVIN
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
Willis L. Ervin, 83, 918 W. Cape Rock Drive, died Wednesday, March 18, 1992, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Aug. 20, 1908, at Whitewater, son of Ancell and Leona Hargis Ervin. He and Jeanette Givens were married Jan. 14, 1933, at Benton. Ervin owned and operated Ervin Upholstery at Farmington from 1960-84, and later was an upholsterer at Rust and Martin here...
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MILDRED HERCULES
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
Mildred Hercules, 72, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at the Lutheran Home. Survivors include a son, Richard Hercules of Cairo, Ill.; a daughter, Carol Boatwright of Dixon, Ill.; a brother, Edward Stobbs of Burlington, Wis.; two sisters, Doris Lewis of Plano, Texas, Janet Amon of Sebring, Fla., and several grandchildren...
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CARL MYERS
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
CHARLESTON -- Carl "Junior" Myers, 72, of Charleston, died Wednesday, March 18, 1992, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 5, 1920, in Mississippi County, son of Carl and Flossie Skyles Myers Sr. He and Ada Hequembourgh were married Feb. 11, 1940...
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SCOTT COUNTY LOOKS TO UPGRADE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
BENTON -- Scott County officials have abandoned the idea of relocating the sheriff's office to temporary quarters until a more permanent facility can be planned and built. Instead, county commissioners are looking at upgrading the aging sheriff's office, including shoring up its sagging floor. The project would also involve kitchen and shower improvements at the adjacent county jail...
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HAROLD V. BAKER
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
ANNA, Ill. -- Harold Vance "Bud" Baker, 68, of Anna, formerly of Tamms, died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born June 13, 1923, at Dongola, son of Frank and Geneva Hinkle Baker. Baker was a linotype operator 35 years with Memphis Publishing Co. He was a member of Carroll P. Foster VFW Post here, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...
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MELVIN G. BROWN
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Melvin G. Brown, 73, of Route 1, Jonesboro died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Nov. 9, 1918, at White Castle, La., the son of William and Emily LaCroix Brown. On Feb. 22, 1948, he married Clola Mae Rinehart at Whitle Castle. She survives of the home...
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JAMIMA HURT
(Obituary ~ 03/19/92)
ADVANCE - Jamima Hurt of Advance died Wednesday, March 18, 1992 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. No age was provided. Arrangements were incomplete Wednesday from Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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SPECIAL WEEK IS SET AT SEMO; INTERNATIONAL WEEK WILL FEATURE EVENTS
(Local News ~ 03/19/92)
From a fashion show to a trivia contest, a number of events are on tap for International Week, which begins Saturday and runs through March 28. The theme for the week is "A World of Difference." The week of activities is sponsored by the Center for International Studies at Southeast Missouri State University. Most of the activities will be held on the university campus...
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