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THE PUBLIC MIND: VOTERS MUSTN'T HALT PROGRESS IN COUNTY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/92)
To the Editor: During di~fficult economic times it seems you can't stop progre~ss in this lovely county o~f ours. The energetic and dynamic people ~forge ahead. But you c~an stop planned progress. Sound ~financial procedures now require environmental approvals on properties before real estate loans will be made. It is sometimes our sad duty to tell homeowners that ~we cannot approve their property. Lack of environmental planning has resulted in:...
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NOTRE DAME STUDENTS BUCK ELECTION TREND
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
Students at Notre Dame High School bucked the national trend and supported President George Bush for re-election. Students participated in a nationwide poll through Channel 1, an educational network available to schools across the country. About 3.4 million students voted and nationally Clinton earned 43 percent of the vote. Bush got 27 percent and Perot got 24 percent...
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AMENDMENT GIVES BASIC RIGHTS TO VICTIM FAMILIES
(Editorial ~ 10/23/92)
At the foundation of the American criminal justice system is fairness. But sometimes the system tries so hard to be fair to the accused that it neglects victims. Victims of crime need their day in court, too. On Nov. 3, voters will consider a victims' advocacy measure. Amendment 4 is worthy of your support...
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: TERM LIMITS; IN FAVOR
(Editorial ~ 10/23/92)
Peter Kinder is candidate for the 27th District seat of the Missouri Senate. No movement in American history is a more genuine expression of grassroots activism than the term limits prairie fire. Opposed by elite opinion within and without the prestige media, and by such avatars of ~civic religion as the League of Women Voters, opposition reaches a fever pitch on the third floor of the state capitol in Jefferson City, and within the District of Columbia on Capitol Hill. ...
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDEMENTS: TERM LIMITS; AGAINST
(Editorial ~ 10/23/92)
Yvonne Ketcham is president of the Cape Girardeau chapter of the League of Women Voters Limiting the number of years that a legislator can serve will force good as well as bad representatives to retire and will disrupt the development of legislative leadership that is essential for setting long-term goals...
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ELECTION 1992: ATTORNEY GENERAL; DAVID STEELMAN VS. JAY NIXON
(Editorial ~ 10/23/92)
Missouri's next attorney general will have an unprecedented opportunity to go to bat for the taxpayers of this state. He can fight to stop the outrageous court-ordered school desegregation payments that so far have poured more than $1.5 billion of your tax dollars into St. Louis and Kansas City desegregation programs that haven't worked...
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ELECTION 1992: ATTORNEY GENERAL; DAVID STEELMAN VS. JAY NIXON
(Editorial ~ 10/23/92)
Missouri's next attorney general must do five things: 1) Reduce crime; 2) Clean up government corruption; 3) fight for consumer rights; 4) Protect the environment; and 5) End government intrusion into the private lives of Missourians. In the Missouri Senate, I have consistently voted to toughen penalties for criminals. ...
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THE PUBLIC MIND: VOTE FOR CANDIDATE YOU THINK IS BEST
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/23/92)
To the Editor: Around election time, one so often hears, "I really think ~--- is the best candidate, but I don't want to lose my vote because he/she can't win, so I'll probably vote for one who can." The real way to lose one's vote is to vote for what is thought to be the situation instead of what one really believes...
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FALL BACK: CHANGE TO DAYLIGHT TIME IS ON SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
Evenings will darken an hour earlier Sunday as the nation returns to standard time, ending seven months of daylight-saving time. The official switch at 2 a.m. Sunday will allow most people to sleep an extra hour that morning, or maybe stay out an hour later on Saturday...
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MOTELS SAY AREA EVENTS FILLED ROOMS
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
There are no rooms available at the inns in Cape Girardeau. "We're sending people to Perryville and Sikeston for Sunday through Wednesday bookings," said Cathy Crites of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. "All rooms are booked here those nights because of the Missouri Baptist Convention, which starts here Monday."...
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PRESIDENTIAL ISSUES DEBATED AT UNIVERSITY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
The discourse Thursday night at Academic Auditorium careened from Keynesian economics to whether people want their children to be born with three eyes. When it was over after an hour and a half, President George Bush's minions had easily defeated Democratic challenger Bill Clinton's forces in a debate between rival political clubs on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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`STATE OF THE UNION' OFFERS TIMELY COMMENTARY ON BROADWAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
"State of the Union," Broadway Community Theater's timely current production, which opens tonight, is a stirring exercise in deja' vu. Wisely, the powers that be resisted the temptation to "update" the three-act comedy by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse...
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TREASURER BILL REYNOLDS FACES CHALLENGE FROM ORVAL THORNE
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
JACKSON - Bill Reynolds, Cape Girardeau County treasurer for 12 years, says he would like to continue his job. Reynolds said as treasurer he has been part of a team that has made Cape County the envy of other counties in the state. During the same 12 years, Orval Thorne has owned Sands Pancake House, a longtime popular gathering place for political leaders and government officials. ...
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SCOTT CITY VOTERS FACE SALES TAX PROPOSAL TO OBTAIN NEW FIRE TRUCK
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
SCOTT CITY -- Voters will decide the fate of a quarter-cent sales tax Nov. 3 to fund the purchase of a new fire truck and related equipment. The tax would be in effect for five years. A simple majority is needed for passage. "The revenue generated from this is strictly designated for a fire truck and related equipment," said Les Crump, Scott City fire chief...
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CENTRAL ORCHESTRAS PERFORM TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
The Cape Girardeau Central High School and Junior High School orchestras will perform Tuesday. The fall concert will be held at the Central High School auditorium and begins at 7:30 p.m., said Steve Schaffner, orchestra director. The high school string orchestra will perform "Barber of Seville" by Rosini, "Lullaby" by William Hofeldt, "Allegro" by J.B. Senaille and "Fiddler's Day" by Ralph Matesky...
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CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY EVENT IS AT GORDONVILLE THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
GORDONVILLE - Fife and drum field music from the Civil War era will be a unique feature of this weekend's St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Civil War Living History Re-enactment. The fife and drum musicians of three military units will be on hand for the two-day event...
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JULIA M. UNGER
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
Julia Margaret Unger, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born May 21, 1909, at Senath, daughter of Landreth and Mae Pritchard Hutchins. She married Ed Unger Aug. 11, 1937, at New Wells. He died April 21, 1986...
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HELEN M. HANNERS
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
JACKSON -- Helen Marie Hanners, 82, of Jackson, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 5, 1910, at Scopus, daughter of Earl Lee and Effie Mae Shoemaker Hahn. She and Joseph Hanners were married Aug. 8, 1927, at Marble Hill. He died Nov. 3, 1972...
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WAGON TRAIN IS IN ILLINOIS THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
A wagon train that left the Golconda, Ill., area a week ago will end its journey in the Thebes area Sunday afternoon. The train, which is following the Trail of Tears route, will be in the Trail of Tears Sport Resort south of Jonesboro today. The wagon train will arrive in the Thebes area Saturday and remain there, providing Indian presentations through the afternoon and evening...
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CLIFFORD QUINN
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
DEXTER -- Clifford "C.A." Quinn, 93, of Dexter, formerly of Advance, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1992, at Dexter Nursing Center. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.
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IDA R. BIERSCHWAL
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
Graveside service for Ida Rose Bierschwal of Nevada, Iowa, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A prayer service was held Thursday at Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada. Bierschwal, 97, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at Story County Hospital Long Term Care Unit...
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MOLLIE M. LINCOLN
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
JACKSON -- Mollie M. Lincoln, 81, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Dec. 11, 1910, in Bollinger County, daughter of Hosea and Agnes Mungle Seabaugh. She first married Elmer Stevens, who died in 1934. She later married Homer Lincoln, who died in 1963...
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GERTRUDE E. STAGGS
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Gertrude Elizabeth Staggs, 89, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was born Oct. 5, 1903, in Golconda, Ill., daughter of George Wiley and Martha Condelia Bryant Rose. She first married Joseph Gullion, who preceded her in death. She later married George A. Staggs, who also preceded her in death...
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BEATRICE DRUM RUDISAILE
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
DAISY -- Beatrice Drum Rudisaile of Daisy, Mo., died at Jackson Manor Nursing Home Oct. 22, 1992. She was born March 25, 1904, in Oak Ridge, Mo., the daughter of C.O. and Addie McLane Snider. Her first marriage was to Roy Drum, who died in 1955. She married Russell Rudisaile in March 1968. He died in December 1980...
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JOHN SCHLENKER
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
SCOTT CITY -- John Schlenker, 90, of Scott City, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 1992, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 14, 1902, in DuQuoin, Ill., son of Peter and Minnie Mae Bolen Schlenker. He and Earmel I. Hartle were married Jan. 3, 1929, at Charleston. She died June 5, 1980...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/23/92)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. David Palmer of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:44 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 1992. Name, David Austin. Weight, 7 pounds 5 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Palmer is the former Carneice True, daughter of James and Maxine True of Sikeston. Palmer is assistant shipping clerk at Spartech Plastics, and is the son of Larry and Gloria Palmer of Dresden, Tenn., and Janie King of Paris, Tenn...
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SCOTT CITY WILL HOST HALLOWEEN PARADE SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
SCOTT CITY -- The 5th annual Scott City Halloween parade will be held here Saturday. "The line-up for the parade starts at 9:30 a.m.," said a spokesman of the Scott City Parks and Recreation Department, which sponsors the annual event. "The parade starts at 10 a.m."...
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HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS IS SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department Saturday will sponsor Halloween Happenings at the Cape Girardeau Junior High School gymnasium. Activities are free. Several activities are planned for the event, including a coloring contest for children, ages 4-7, beginning at 6 p.m., and a pumpkin-carving and decorating contest for children 8-12. Participants are asked to bring their own pumpkin, carving tool and supplies...
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FINS, FEATHERS, FUR
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Of all Missouri's wildlife, three-toed box turtles probably are taken as pets more often than any other species. They're interesting, harmless and easy to please. Turn one loose in a fenced back yard, and it will find its own food. The "keeper" can concentrate on the fun of tracking the animal's movements and activities...
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OZARKS MANAGEMENT PLAN MEETING SET
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking ideas on the Ozarks Management Plan, involving Ozark forest land. A special meeting will be held Nov. 10 at Eminence to discuss the purchase of more than 126 square miles of land. MDC seized a rare opportunity in December 1991 when it worked with The Nature Conservancy to purchase more than 126 square miles of land from the Kerr-McGee Corporation. ...
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DEER DISTRACTED, DRIVE DEFENSIVELY
(Local News ~ 10/23/92)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Most of the time, white-tailed deer are extremely cautious. Just ask the thousands of deer hunters who go home empty-handed every year. So, why do creatures that elude stealthy, camouflaged hunters wander out in front of pickup trucks and 18-wheelers? To answer that question, you have to take into account hormones and headlights...
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CAMPBELL IS FESTIVAL SPEAKER
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
JACKSON -- The Rev. Phillip A. Campbell will be Fall Mission Festival speaker this weekend at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 223 West Adams in Jackson. His theme is "Tell It Boldly That Jesus Is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever." Services are at 6 p.m. Saturday; 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday...
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GRACE CONGREGATION TO HUG CHURCH AS PART OF FOUNDATION SUNDAY CELEBRATION
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
The Grace United Methodist Church congregation will "hug the church" Sunday to celebrate the 140th birthday of the church and promote its not-for-profit foundation. "As part of the activities for this Sunday, we are going to hug the church," said Grace Hoover, president of the church's foundation. "I mean physically hug the church."...
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BUSH TO REPORT ON MISSIONARY WORK
(Obituary ~ 10/23/92)
A special missionary report will be given Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1820 Perryville Road. The Rev. Randall Bush, who recently returned from three years of mission work in Zimbabwe, will be guest speaker. A former concert pianist, Bush is currently serving as an interim pastor in the Kansas City area...
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