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BUSINESS BUILDING REMAINS PRESSING NEED AT THE UNIVERSITY
(Editorial ~ 11/05/93)
Southeast Missouri State University's request for $13.8 million to construct a business building has earned fourth place on a priority list drafted by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education. The list is part of the CBHE's recommendation for Fiscal 1995 funding...
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IN SENATE BATTLE, PACKWOOD LACKS WRITE STUFF
(Column ~ 11/05/93)
Let me make sure I have this straight: Bob Packwood, a U.S. senator, is in trouble for something he wrote in his diary? Wasn't there a plot line on "Blossom" like this? Those who govern our republic, capable as they are of farce, reach a new threshold of burlesque with each crisis. Still, the upper chamber of Congress seldom sees this level of hand-wringing. In fact, fretting like this is most often associated with the parents of wild children on prom night...
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STATISTICS GIVE PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
When local governments, boards and organizations look at the needs of their communities, Paul Sundet intends that they have accurate data. Sundet, director of the Missouri Youth Initiative, heads up a massive fact-gathering operation designed to provide people with the information they need to make decisions...
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WRESTLING MATCHES ARE CANCELED AT ARENA BUILDING
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
The World Wrestling Federation matches scheduled for the A.C. Brase Building Nov. 14 have been canceled. The event was canceled due to poor ticket sales. Refunds are available locally at the customer service counter at City Hall. Persons who live out of town can return tickets out of town and will be refunded the ticket price by check...
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CAPE BICENTENNIAL COMES TO A CLOSE
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
The final session of the Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Lecture Series will be held tonight at 7:30 at Southeast Missouri State University. The session entitled "Community Sharing" will be held in Dempster Auditorium in the Crisp Hall of Nursing. It will feature a panel of local residents who will share their impressions of memorable people and events in Cape Girardeau. The audience will be invited to participate in the discussion...
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CORPS OUTLINES PURPOSE OF RIVER NAVIGATION STUDY
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
A 21st-century overhaul could be in store for the aging system of locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River, depending on the findings of an Army Corps of Engineers study now under way. The study, being conducted by three districts of the Corps, is called the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study. ...
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CREDIT CARDS TROUBLE FOR SOME STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
Tracy Price knows credit cards can buy a lot of financial trouble. "It's like a never-ending battle," said Price, a Southeast Missouri State University student from St. Louis. Price is just one of a number of Southeast students who find themselves saddled with substantial credit-card debt...
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NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION AN ISSUE AT WOODLAND
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
MARBLE HILL -- Some students at Woodland High School believe their First Amendment rights are being abridged, but the administration says it's simply a matter of policy. At issue is an underground newsletter -- appropriately called News From The Underground -- published by a couple of students without the school's consent...
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FLU-LIKE ILLNESSES ARE UP
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
The number of cases of flu-like illnesses reported last week in Southeast Missouri increased dramatically over the previous week, but health officials say the figure is still not unusual for the first week of November. No confirmed cases of influenza have been reported in the area...
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PORT WOULD SEEK SECOND GAMBLING VOTE
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
SCOTT CITY - If Casino Magic requests it, the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority is willing to ask the Scott County Commission to give voters another chance to decide on whether to allow riverboat gaming in the county. "It's really their call. We're here if they want to do something," said Dan Overbey, executive director of the port authority...
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COLDER WEATHER AIMS FOR CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
A rare, late October snowstorm that dumped more than two inches of snow in Cape Girardeau County last Saturday morning was the first measurable October snowfall in the city since the mid-1920s, according to Al Robertson, climatologist and professor of earth science at Southeast Missouri State University...
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BIG TRUCKS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT THERE THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
An accident involving a dumptruck, a backhoe and a flatbed car hauler Thursday at Kingshighway and Broadway left the driver of the car hauler injured. The driver of the car hauler, James B. Headrick, 35, was treated at Southeast Missouri Hospital and released...
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BESSIE M. ABERNATHY
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
Funeral service for Bessie Mae Abernathy of Arnold will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Jimmie Dace will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Abernathy, 91, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Woodland Manor in Arnold...
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GEORGE A. CAUBLE
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
George A. "Buddy" Cauble, 68, 2021 Sara, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 10, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, son of George and Alice Davis Cauble. He and Olene Williamson were married Aug. 26, 1944, in Brady, Texas...
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GLORIA A. ARCHIE
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
ORAN -- Funeral service for Gloria Ann Archie, Oran Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. George White will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park. Archie, 52, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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EDMAR R. DREYER
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
FROHNA -- Edmar R. Dreyer, 81, of Frohna, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born March 31, 1912, at Point Rest, son of Joachim and Anna Schlimpert Dreyer. He and Hilda L. Lorenz were married Dec. 25, 1933. She died March 26, 1981...
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HENRY F. LEIBLE
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
KELSO -- Henry F. Leible, 78, of Kelso, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 27, 1915, at Kelso, son of Jacob and Louisa Burger Leible. He and Agnes Helen Felter were married Jan. 19, 1937, at Kelso...
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LELA P. CHANEY
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
SIKESTON -- Lela P. Chaney, 75, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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CLAYTON A. WHITENER SR.
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
GLEN ALLEN -- Clayton A. Whitener Sr., 81, of Glen allen, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 7, 1912, in Albright, son of Lon and Alla Myers Whitener. He and Bertha Rickman were married June 6, 1929...
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JOHN T. COOPER
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
SIKESTON -- John T. Cooper, 81, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1912, in Morley, son of Andrew and Ora Sanders Cooper. He and Edith Mae Bailey were married Sept. 3, 1933, at Gravel Ridge...
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STELLA L. MIRGAUX
(Obituary ~ 11/05/93)
SCOTT CITY -- Stella Lee Mirgaux, 89, of Cahokia, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at Touchette Regional Hospital in Centerville. She was born Dec. 4, 1903, in Olive Branch, daughter of Thomas Alvin and Ora Randleman Petitt. She and John F. Mirgaux were married in April 1930...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/05/93)
Son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garland, 1706 Northwoods Court, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:03 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, 1993. Name, Gregory Michael. Weight, 6 pounds. Second son. Mrs. Garland is the former Kathleen Lawrence. Garland is a production area manager at Procter & Gamble, and is the son of Snyder Garland Jr. of Wilberforce, Ohio, and Gretchen Carlson of San Diego, Calif...
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SEMO NAMES ENDOWED CHAIR WINNER
(Local News ~ 11/05/93)
A professor emeritus at the University of Texas-Austin School of Nursing is the first recipient of the Margaret Woods Allen Endowed Chair in Nursing at Southeast Missouri State University. Ruth "LaVerne" Gallman will assist Southeast's nursing faculty in regards to the gerontological nursing curriculum...
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