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VIRGINIA WADE
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
HOWARDVILLE -- Virginia Wade, 66, of Howardville, died Saturday, May 2, 1992, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness. She was born April 10, 1926, at New Madrid, daughter of Buddy and Lena Wade. Survivors include a sister, Lucille Edwards of Sikeston...
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NEWTON'S LAW: IT'S NOT EASY BEING A TRUCK? HEY, TRY BEING THIS SENSITIVE
(Column ~ 05/06/92)
So much for the negative impact of television. So much for the manipulative aspects of tube hucksterism. Watch commercials with some degree of earnestness or, at least, repetition and maybe you'll learn something. I know I've had my eyes opened. In a moment of couch potato revelation, new vistas of understanding and sensitivity came to me. I will never look at a mud flap the same way again...
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VETS URGE PET OWNERS TO HAVE ANIMALS VACCIDNATED AT CLINIC
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
An outbreak of rabies this spring in eastern Kansas has Missouri veterinarians concerned that the deadly virus may spread to this state, causing another rabies epidemic. At a recent meeting of the Southeast Missouri Veterinary Medical Association, Dr. ...
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SIX GIRLS FROM AREA WILL ATTEND AMERICAN LEGION GIRLS STATE
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Six local girls will attend the 51st American Legion Auxiliary Girls State June 14-20 in Fulton. They will be among 600 girls from throughout the state attending the program designed to educate youth about duties, rights, privileges and responsibilities of American citizens...
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BABY CARE PROGRAM WILL SAVE LIVES AND DOLLARS
(Editorial ~ 05/06/92)
The state of Missouri is telling mothers to baby their babies. Gov. John Ashcroft announced this week a program aimed at increasing maternal and child health services. It's an issue that deserves statewide attention. Last year, 13,000 Missouri mothers either did not have a checkup until after their fourth month of pregnancy or did not have a sufficient number of exams before delivering their babies. ...
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WPA PROJECTS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO CAPE GIRARDEAU, NATION
(Column ~ 05/06/92)
Today, May 6, is the 57th anniversary of the establishment of the Works Progress Administration, better known as the WPA. The agency was established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt not long after he was elected. The country was suffering from a depression and massive unemployment. The agency, a brain child of Franklin's, was to assist in putting able-bodied men to work without breeding a dole system...
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JENNIFER COCHRAN
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
Jennifer Cochran, 37, 2452 Brookwood, died Tuesday, May 5, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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HUBERT E. LORENZ
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
FARRAR -- Hubert E. Lorenz, 74, of Farrar, died Monday, May 4, 1992, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 23, 1918, in Perry County, son of Theodore and Clara Kassel Lorenz. He and Meta Versemann were married May 4, 1941. She died Aug. 31, 1976...
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VIOLA M. OZMENT
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Viola Marie Ozment, 82, of Mounds, died Tuesday, May 5, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1910, in Kevil, Ky., daughter of J.T. "Judge" and Eula Odoley Thompson. Ozment was a retired retail clerk, and member of First Baptist Church in Mounds...
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HELEN BROWN
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
Helen Brown, 88, 1213 Sailer Circle, died Tuesday, May 5, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 10, 1904, in Eldora, Iowa, daughter of Charles and Hattie Simpson Stauffer. She married Dr. Richard C. Brown Feb. 26, 1932, in Eldora. He died Sept. 13, 1976...
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ARCHIE A. WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
DEXTER -- Graveside service for Archie A. Williams of Dexter will be held at 10 a.m. today at Zion Cemetery near Bloomfield. Dale Grissom will officiate, with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home at Bloomfield in charge of arrangements. Williams, 85, died Monday, May 4, 1992, at Crowley Ridge Care Center here...
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LORENE LEWIS
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Lorene Lewis, Advance Route 3, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel in Bloomfield. Burial will be in Bloomfield Cemetery. Lewis, 74, died Monday, May 4, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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BESSIE HARMON
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Bessie Harmon, 94, of the Bertrand Retirement Home, died Monday, May 4, 1992, following an extended illness. She was formerly of East Prairie. She was born Aug. 18, 1897, in Idalia, daughter of Jess and Josephine Lowery. She is survived by nieces and nephews, including Della Payne of Sikeston...
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RUBIE M. MORRILL
(Obituary ~ 05/06/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Rubie Mae Morrill, 80, Scott City Route 2, died Tuesday, May 5, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 23, 1912, at Illmo, daughter of Rome Calvin and Cynthia Bommer Pate. She married Benjamin Joseph Leist Aug. 19, 1927. He died May 6, 1968. She later married Russell Emerick Morrill Aug. 30, 1979...
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`YOU'RE A CHAMP': CLASS OF 2000 LAUDS SMOKE FREEDOM
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
More than 400 Cape Girardeau fourth-graders, wearing neon yellow shirts and orange caps, chanted, cheered, shouted and pledged not to smoke cigarettes for the rest of their lives. The commotion was part of the Smoke-Free Class of 2000 rally Tuesday...
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SOUTHEAST STUDENTS DECRY RODNEY KING VERDICT
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Cape Girardeau Police Chief Howard Boyd Jr. said Tuesday he was "sickened and saddened" by the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King by four white Los Angeles police officers. "These L.A. police officers are an embarrassment to every professional, hard-working police officer in the nation," he told a crowd of about 40 people, many of them black students, at a noon rally on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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CITY GETS MIXED BRIDGE NEWS; PROJECT INCLUDED IN ILLINOIS PLAN, BUT MOST OF FUNDING ISN'T
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Missouri officials received good and bad news Tuesday with Illinois Gov. John Edgar's unveiling of a new $5.4 billion, five-year highway program. The good news is Cape Girardeau's Mississippi River bridge project is included in the highway plan. The bad news is most of the funding for the project isn't...
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SCOTT CITY WANTS ZONE TO DRAW BUSINESS
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
SCOTT CITY -- City officials plan to take another step toward making the Nash Road industrial area between Cape Girardeau and Scott City into a prime location for business and industry. By declaring the area an enterprise zone, new and expanding businesses will receive tax breaks for locating in the area...
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FINALE: SESSION IS MOVING TO CONCLUSION
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Several major pieces of legislation ranging from reform of workers compensation and health insurance to drafting of a new school foundation formula are facing the Missouri General Assembly with the May 15 adjournment date moving closer...
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INVENTOR A SUCCESS WITH TOYS; WATERBABIES CHIEF FEATURED AT EXPO
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Daniel Lauer is persistent. The St. Louis toymaker who turned a $200 business investment into a multi-million dollar operation over a period of three years told his phenomenal "WaterBabies" story at the Southeast Missouri Trade Expo Tuesday. A total of 170 people registered for the day-long expo, held at the Show Me Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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AG DIRECTOR: FARM SCENE FOREVER CHANGES
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Missouri farmers are concerned about conservation, the environment and other issues surrounding agriculture, says Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Tim Kelley. "The farm scene is forever changing," said Kelley, speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Agriculture Committee meeting at noon Tuesday. "We have had many changes in agriculture over the past two years, and we'll continue to see changes."...
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TAX FREEDOM DAY OBSERVED
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
The Taxpayer's Action Networks of Southeast Missouri proclaimed Tuesday as "Tax Freedom Day," which is the average annual computation of the annual number of days a taxpayer must work to pay tax obligations to all levels of government. This year is the latest it has ever been observed, said Julia Kridelbaugh, executive director of the networks...
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RAIN GETS BLAME FOR ACCIDENTS
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Tuesday's rain, coupled with motorists following too closely, led to numerous minor accidents in the city, police said. No injuries were reported. Cape Girardeau police reported 11 accidents in a six-hour period from Tuesday morning to early afternoon. The first accident was reported at 7:05 a.m., the last at 1:08 p.m...
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BLOOMFIELD ROAD BRIDGE TO CLOSE
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Traffic will be closed Monday at the Bloomfield Road bridge that crosses Cape LaCroix Creek east of South Kingshighway. "The bridge will be closed through mid-September," said Ken Eftink, Cape Girardeau planning coordinator. "A new, wider bridge will be constructed at the site."...
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TEACHER'S CORNER: FRANKLIN TEACHER STRESSES ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
Johanna Erdman says she is shocked by the number of children who come from non-singing homes. "In our culture, we are losing this natural means of expression," Erdman said. As music specialist at Franklin Elementary School, she works to encourage students to develop and retain this valuable form of expression...
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TEAM OF OAK RIDGE STUDENTS PLACES SECOND IN TOURNAMENT
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
OAK RIDGE -- A team of students from Oak Ridge High School participated in the Missouri Science Olympiad competition held earlier this month at the University of Missouri-Columbia. To qualify for the state tournament, the team placed second in a regional competition...
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SEMO PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS U.S. ELECTIONS IN LONDON
(Local News ~ 05/06/92)
American studies students at a London college are getting a look at presidential politics through the lectures of a Southeast Missouri State University faculty member. Peter Bergerson, chairman of Southeast's political science department, left Sunday for a two-week visit to England...
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