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Rush Limbaugh will join Radio Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
From a new book to the Radio Hall of Fame, Rush Limbaugh is the talk of the town. The conservative radio commentator's second book, "See, I Told You So," is scheduled to go on sale at bookstores across the nation today. Limbaugh -- whose relentless attacks on liberalism on his nationwide radio show have become the stuff of legend -- will be profiled Friday night on ABC's "20/20" program. The program airs at 9 p.m...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: END THE SCHOOL MONOPOLY
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/04/93)
To the Editor: Question: How does a monopoly keep its cost under control? Answer: It doesn't have to. This is true whether the monopoly is regulated by government or not. The cost of government is paid by taxpayers and the monopoly passes its cost to the consumer, who is also the taxpayer. This is true regardless of the business...
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THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE RIVERBOAT GAMBLING ARRIVES
(Editorial ~ 11/04/93)
Cape Girardeau voters elected Tuesday to allow a riverboat gambling operation to locate in this city. While it remains far from certain this punctuates the election phase of this story (since the opposition might explore some recourse to the Tuesday outcome), it seems most important now that responsible steps be taken to ensure this development is handled in a way that provides a fair shake both for the business involved and the citizens of Cape Girardeau. ...
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ELECTION '93 SHOWS CLEAR SPLIT: ELITES AND POPULISTS
(Column ~ 11/04/93)
Two years ago this week, this writer published a column on that week's election results, terming them some of "the most stunning of my life." Suggesting that a "disconnection" exists "between ordinary Americans and the classes of elites who claim to speak in our name," I observed: "... We ordinary Americans are rebelling against elites from every sector who claim to tell us what is good for us."...
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COLLOQUIUM ON NOV. 9 TO EXPLORE MEDIA INFLUENCE ON RIVERBOAT GAMBLING ISSUE
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
A colloquium will be held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the University Center Ballroom to discuss the riverboat gambling issue and the influence the media played in its outcome. James Dufek and Tamara Baldwin, both assistant professors of mass communications at Southeast Missouri State University, conducted a survey in mid-October of 700 Cape Girardeau residents concerning the issue of riverboat gambling...
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HOMECOMING PARADE COMBINES WITH VETERANS
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
More than 30 veterans units will be featured in the Southeast Missouri State University homecoming parade Saturday. The parade begins at 9 a.m. at Capaha Park. "We think it's great to be a part of the university's homecoming parade," said Burt Lehman, secretary-treasurer of the Joint Veterans Council...
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CLEAN AIR TOPIC AT FIRST FRIDAY COFFEE
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Johnny Ray Conklin, a member of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Missouri Clean Air Conservation Commission, will be guest speaker at the Commerce's First Friday Coffee Friday. He will discuss some of the impacts of clean air legislation...
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Rush Limbaugh will join Radio Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
From a new book to the Radio Hall of Fame, Rush Limbaugh is the talk of the town. The conservative radio commentator's second book, "See, I Told You So," is scheduled to go on sale at bookstores across the nation today. Limbaugh -- whose relentless attacks on liberalism on his nationwide radio show have become the stuff of legend -- will be profiled Friday night on ABC's "20/20" program. The program airs at 9 p.m...
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RIVERBOAT SELECTION PROCESS TO BEGIN
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Members of the Cape Girardeau City Council are likely to have a preliminary discussion next week about establishing a process for selecting an operator for a riverboat gaming development on the Mississippi River. The council is scheduled to meet next Tuesday to certify the results of Tuesday's election where citizens approved the local option for riverboat gaming, and to also meet with the airport advisory board...
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RETIRED PROFESSOR GETS MHC AWARD
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Fred. B. Goodwin, a founding member and former chairman of the Missouri Humanities Council, will receive the MHC 1993 Acorn Award at a ceremony in St. Louis Friday. The award is given every two years for outstanding contributions to public humanities programming. It expresses "the enduring legacy of the humanities -- the preservation of the best in human thought and action."...
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RUSH LIMBAUGH WILL JOIN RADIO FALL OF FAME
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
From a new book to the Radio Hall of Fame, Rush Limbaugh is the talk of the town. The conservative radio commentator's second book, "See, I Told You So," is scheduled to go on sale at bookstores across the nation today. Limbaugh -- whose relentless attacks on liberalism on his nationwide radio show have become the stuff of legend -- will be profiled Friday night on ABC's "20/20" program. The program airs at 9 p.m...
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PARENTS URGE MAY GREENE NOT BE CLOSED
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Parents from across the city spoke against closing May Greene as an elementary school as part of any change in the Cape Girardeau School District. The first public forum of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education was held Wednesday night at May Greene school. Eighty-five people attended and 21 of them spoke...
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PARKING CHANGES MADE FOR PARADE
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Parking in parts of the city will be restricted starting at 2 a.m. Saturday, in preparation for the Southeast Missouri State University Homecoming Parade. The parade will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. Beginning at 2 a.m., parking will be prohibited on both sides of Broadway from North West End Boulevard to Main Street; from Broadway to William Street; on North West End Boulevard from Broadway to Pemiscot; and on North Louisiana about 200 feet south from Broadway...
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SIERRA CLUB MEETING WILL BE HELD
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Conservation in the tropical forests of Costa Rica will be the topic for the next meeting of the Trail of Tears Group of the Sierra Club. The meeting will be held Monday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Alan Journet, who teaches ecology at Southeast Missouri State University, will talk about studies that he has been undertaking for three years in the tropical forest of Costa Rica...
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BROWN NAMED JACKSON PUBLIC WORKS CHIEF
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
JACKSON -- A West Tennessee man will become Jackson's first public works director. Mark F. Brown, 35, of Covington, Tenn., will assume his duties on Jan. 3, 1994, according to Mayor Paul Sander, who announced the appointment Wednesday morning. Said Sander: "Mark comes to us highly recommended by people we talked to in the West Tennessee area. ...
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MILFORD E. BOLLINGER
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
MARBLE HILL -- Milford E. Bollinger, 77, of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at his home. He was born June 17, 1916, near Marble Hill, son of John H. and Mildred Kinder Bollinger. He and Naomi Hahn were married Dec. 25, 1939. Bollinger was owner of Bollinger Timber and Farming. He attended First United Methodist Church here, was a member of Trowel Masonic Lodge 440, and was a 32nd degree member of Scottish Rite St. Louis Consistory...
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JAMES D. COX
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
CAIRO, Ill. -- James D. Cox, 72, of Cairo, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born June 18, 1921, in Cairo, son of James D. and Ruth Boyle Cox. Cox formerly owned Cairo Laundry, and was a former sales manager with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and Pete Thomas Ford...
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CHARLES H. HAGER JR.
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
Funeral service for Charles H. Hager Jr., 300 Mill, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. John Gourley will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...
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CHARLES MERRILL JACKSON
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
WATERLOO, Ind. -- Charles Merrill Jackson, 82, of Butler, Ind., died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at the V.A. Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. He was born Sept. 5, 1911, at Simpson, Ill., son of James and Maryann Jackson. He married Katheryn Berry, May 20, 1980, at Pigott, Ark. She died June 28, 1990...
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LEONA CASEY
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
Leona Casey, 95, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Cape LaCroix Manor. She was born Jan. 30, 1898, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ruben and Frances Summers Ellis. She and Hiram H. Casey were married Feb. 25, 1950, in Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 8, 1978...
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ETHEL ESSEX
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Ethel Essex, 104, Pulaski Route 1, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla. She was born April 15, 1889, in Villa Ridge, daughter of William Eli and Sarah Catherine Lentz Hennington. She married Joseph Oliver Essex April 10, 1908. He died Aug. 28, 1975...
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WILMA V. TOHILL
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
JACKSON -- Wilma V. Tohill, 86, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Deal Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 6, 1906, near Crump, daughter of Kirby and Ersa Mollenhour Strong. She and Obie Tohill were married in 1924. He died April 2, 1987. Survivors include a son, Raymond Tohill of St. Louis; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren...
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MAE RALLS
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mae Ralls, 89, of Anna, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993, at Union County Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 25, 1904, at Reynoldsville, daughter of Amos and Josephine Caveness Hawkins. Ralls was retired from Forest Service Tree Nursery, and was a member of Reynoldsville Baptist Church...
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BESSIE M. ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 11/04/93)
Bessie Mae Abernathy, 91, of Arnold, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Woodland Manor in Arnold. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/04/93)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ray Rhodes Jr. of Marble Hill, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:37 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1993. Name, Lauren Brooke. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Rhodes is the former Mekesha Seets, daughter of Donna Seets of Marble Hill. She is a secretary at Norman Slinkard Oil Co. Inc. Rhodes is garage manager of Slinkard Garage and Towing. He is the son of Kenneth Rhodes Sr. and Loretta Rhodes of Marble Hill...
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STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIAL WILL KEYNOTE MEETING
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
Harry Morley, chairman of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, will keynote the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Highway Dinner next week. The dinner, sponsored by the Surface Transportation Committee of the chamber, will be held Nov. 10 at the Show Me Center...
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PIANIST GEORGE WINSTON: ALWAYS IN SEASON
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
KANSAS CITY -- That George Winston phoned more than four hours late because he overslept is part of the gentle quirkiness that has become as much a trademark as his warmly melodic, impressionistic playing. The pianist usually performs wearing Saturday morning clothes and no shoes, even in some of the most elegant concert halls in the land...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: THE CHINA WARS
(Column ~ 11/04/93)
Nov. 4 1993 Dear Carol, What is china and what is it doing in my marriage? I mean china as in fine dinnerware. It was everywhere in "The Age of Innocence," adorned with exquisite foods eaten to the hieroglyphic sound of polite conversation. Now it is gnawing at my life...
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SECTION OF ROUTE 3 SET TO REOPEN THIS WEEKEND
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
GALE, Ill. -- A two-mile section of Route 3, which has been closed since late September, is expected to reopen this weekend. "We expect the section of highway between the Route 3-146 intersection and Gale to be open for all traffic by the weekend," said Bob Zieba, a district engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation at Carbondale. "Paving of the previously flooded section of road is now under way."...
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SCOTT CITY'S FIRST-RESPONDER PROGRAM GETS NEW LIFE
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
SCOTT CITY - Nearly 10 years ago, because of concerns that the nearest ambulance was almost 15 minutes away, the Scott City Fire Department decided to begin a first-responder program. The idea was to have trained personnel at the scene of an emergency almost immediately to provide assistance until the ambulance arrived...
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SOUTHEAST SHOWCASE SALUTES VETERANS
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
A star-spangled salute to veterans and to the music that made the 1940s the era of swing will be held in Cape Girardeau next Thursday when the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation hosts its annual Southeast Showcase. Now in its fifth year, Southeast Showcase, held at the Show Me Center, features food and beverages from over 35 area restaurants and vendors and entertainment. ...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Dorothy F. McDonald to Dorothy F. McDonald and Janice R. Jones; Northfield Properties Inc. to Harold Dean and Lorilee Ann Short; Christopher H. and Beverly A. Jung to Kevin P. Seabaugh...
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ELK'S LADIES HOSTS DINNER
(Local News ~ 11/04/93)
The Elk's Ladies are hosting a turkey dinner Sunday from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. at Elks Lodge 639, at 2711 Thomas. The event is open to the public, and will feature a meal of turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes with gravy and other traditional turkey dinner side dishes...
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