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TELECONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY TO VIEW CAREER DEVELOPMENT
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Southeast Missouri State University will participate in a video-teleconference to be broadcast via satellite from the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee's (NOICC) national conference Aug. 18 from 3-5 p.m. Two-way telecommunication links at the Southeast campus and other down-link sites will enable participants to interact with each other and with a panel of counselor-education experts, who will discuss issues and answer questions about career information, development, transition and counseling.. ...
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RECYCLING TRIED TO DIVERT WASTE STREAM
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Since starting a citywide volunteer recycling program last October, Cape Girardeau has processed more than 700 tons of recyclable material. About 30 percent of residents recycle weekly, and many more residents recycle less frequently. But Doug Kaminskey, Cape Girardeau's environmental services coordinator, says much higher participation rates and recycling volume is needed if the city is to successfully meet state-mandated reductions in the amount of trash going into the waste stream...
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PRIVATE HAULING FIRMS DON'T ASSURE LOW COSTS
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Residential solid waste collection is an issue that typifies a debate over whether certain city services should be publicly controlled or subject to free enterprise competition. Cape Girardeau officials contend a city-run trash service keeps costs down and assures quality service...
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TOURISM FUND AGAIN WILL GET COUNCIL REVIEW
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Members of the Convention and Visitors Advisory Board tonight will meet with the Cape Girardeau City Council to discuss the council's action July 20 concerning use of the city's excess tourism funds. A divided council voted to direct the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to develop a "sports theme" proposal for use of excess revenues from the city's motel and restaurant tax...
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CITY EXPERIENCES A SHORTAGE OF APARTMENT UNITS
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Renters in Cape Girardeau are having a hard time trying to find a place to live, the result of what city officials and realtors are calling an apartment shortage. "It's pretty bad," said Doris Wunderlich, owner of Wunderlich Real Estate, who manages about 600 rental units in the city...
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HEAVY TURNOUT EXPECTED; VOTER PARTICIPATION SHOULD BE SIZABLE
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Fueled by a high-profile race for governor and heated races for local offices, voter turnout in Tuesday's primary is expected to be high. Despite a lower-than-average number of absentee ballots turned in so far in Cape Girardeau County, County Clerk Rodney Miller said he believes voter enthusiasm is extensive...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
The Southeast Missourian asked people about their television viewing of the Summer Olympics. Danny Borneman: "I watch just about everything for about four hours a night, but especially the basketball. The USA Dream Team is just awesome. I think they have been playing only 80 percent of what they could play."...
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STEERING PROBLEMS LEAVE SATELLITE IN A LOW ORBIT
(Obituary ~ 08/03/92)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Atlantis' astronauts released a European satellite Sunday after an anxious day's delay, but the spacecraft ran into more trouble and was left wandering too low with its load of crystals, seeds and shrimp eggs. Unless the $213 million Eureca satellite is raised to a higher altitude, its orbit will decay to the point where the craft cannot be retrieved by astronauts next spring as planned. The satellite would plunge through the atmosphere and burn up...
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VOTERS IN REGION WILL ENCOUNTER FULL BALLOTS
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Voters head to the polls Tuesday to elect candidates for November's general election and decide several ballot issues. Below are the races in nine Southeast Missouri counties. CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY JACKSON There are three primary election contests in the Republican Party and two on the Democratic side in Cape Girardeau County Tuesday...
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TRAIN LEAK CAUSES EVACUATION
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Authorities Sunday night evacuated 200 to 300 people when a Union Pacific rail car began leaking an explosive chemical on Poplar Bluff's south side. A spokesman for the Poplar Bluff Fire Department said the chemical, styrene monomer inhibited, does not pose a serious health risk, but is an "explosive hazard."...
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BETTY RUTH ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 08/03/92)
MORLEY -- Betty Ruth Abernathy, 57, of Morley, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 18, 1934 in Searcy, Ark., the daughter of James Fowler Oliver and Lilly Lee Lathum Oliver. She married Leeroy W. Abernathy on March 7, 1949 in Piggott, Ark. He survives...
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ALMA C. HEISSERER
(Obituary ~ 08/03/92)
ORAN -- Alma C. Heisserer, 92, of Oran died Saturday, Aug. 1, 1992, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born in New Hamburg Jan. 4, 1900, the daugher of Michael and Mary Bucher Dirnberger. On Oct. 27, 1924, she married Raymond George Heisserer of Oran. He preceded her in death Sept. 20, 1966...
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EUGENE `PETE' HADDOCK
(Obituary ~ 08/03/92)
ADVANCE -- Eugene "Pete" Haddock, 63, of Granite City, Ill. died Sunday, Aug. 2, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 2, 1929 in McGee, the son of John Logan Haddock and Resa Roper Haddock. He married Cleo Marie Young on Aug. 21, 1954 in Stevenson, Wash. She survives...
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DELMAR A. COBBLE
(Obituary ~ 08/03/92)
Delmar A. Cobble, a long-time educator and former deputy commissioner for the Missouri Department of Education, died Sunday at his home at Chateau Girardeau. He was 81. Cobble was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia, and after teaching in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger county schools, had a distinguished 11-year career with the Missouri Department of Education. ...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 08/03/92)
Son to Stephanie Dawn Hutson of Benton, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:20 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, 1992. Name, Chase Stephen. Weight, 8 pounds 9 ounces. Miss Hutson is the daughter of Cheryl Montgomery and Steve Hutson of Benton. Daughter to Keith Andrews and Gina Walker of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:56 a.m. ...
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TOPICS SET FOR AUGUST MEETING OF MERCHANTS GROUP
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Christmas promotion ideas and bicentennial projects are among topics on the agenda of a general membership meeting of the Greater Downtown Merchants Association. The meeting will be held Aug. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at Port Cape Girardeau. The group approved a purchase of 100 red roses during its recent July meeting. The roses will be obtained from Vision 2000, at a cost of $450, and will be planted in the spring along the flood wall...
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MAKE BUDGET DEFICIT A PRIORITY
(Editorial ~ 08/03/92)
U.S. Sen. John Danforth is a public official for whom good ideas are not a rarity. We are taken with one he has promoted recently: Danforth suggested that both President Bush and his opponent in the White House race, Bill Clinton, agree to spend an hour each on national television discussing the federal budget deficit and how it should be addressed. If this newspaper were allowed a voice on this, we would certainly second the motion...
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MURALS ALLOW HERITAGE TO LOOK DOWN ON CITY
(Editorial ~ 08/03/92)
Some of our heritage is staring down on us these days, and from a number of locales. Thanks to the River Heritage Mural Association, the city has a great deal of its history on display, in addition to benefiting from some visual excitement on downtown streets. We applaud the association for its recently completed work and wish it well in fulfilling its goal of 10 murals in 10 years. The community is better for this grand ambition...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: PEROT CAN STILL HELP US RISE TO OCCASION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/03/92)
To the Editor: All along, there has been a clamor for Ross Perot's program as president, if elected. Well ... here it is. Balancing the budget, of course, is at the top of the "must do" action lists. Implementation of other programs rests largely on getting our economic house in order. The plan, devised in a several-day meeting with state coordinators calls for a balanced budget in 5 years with an $800 billion deficit reduction target. It includes:...
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OVERTAXATION OF FAMILIES; IT IS AT CORE OF MANY SOCIAL ILLS
(Editorial ~ 08/03/92)
Julia Kridelbaugh is the executive director of Citizens Against Government Waste in Southeast Missouri. She and her family reside in Cape Girardeau. In the next few weeks American voters will hear many promises from candidates who claim they are for family-values. ...
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WHILE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLL... NOTHING SUBSTITUTES A CARING COMMUNITY
(Editorial ~ 08/03/92)
Mary Kasten represents District 159 in the Missouri House of Representatives, where she serves on the Comm9ittee of Children, Youth and Families. The role of government is complex, comprehensive and sometimes contradictory. Governments role for families is to protect and provide for those who cannot care for themselves such as the elderly who are alone, abused children, non-supported children, those with special needs, handicapped, neglected or mentally ill, hopefully on a temporary basis. ...
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ASSISTING FAMILIES: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
(Editorial ~ 08/03/92)
Dr. Shelba Branscum is ~Associate Professor of Human Environmental Studies at Southeast Missouri State University. She is a Marriage and Family specialist. Janet Shepard is~ a graduate assistant in the Department of Human Environmental Studies. She is a Family Life major...
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S GROUP WILL GATHER HERE NEXT MONDAY
(Local News ~ 08/03/92)
Cape Girardeau Christian Women's Club will meet next Monday in the Jackson Room at Holiday Inn. Cost is $6.50. "Getting In Shape" is the theme for the meeting, which is from noon to 2 p.m. Speaker will be Linda Horstmeyer of St. Louis, and vocalist will be Steve Reiman. Also featured will be Debbie Leoni of Southeast Fitness Center...
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