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IRS OFFERS SEASON'S GREETINGS (ONLY NOW IT'S THE TAX SEASON)
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
The Christmas and New Year's holiday season is over, but now 'tis the season for another kind of greeting -- from the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS, in an effort to avoid what many called "Scrooge-like timing" last week, mailed out more than 86 million 1993 tax forms...
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MOVE TO NEW JACKSON CITY HALL NOT LIKELY IN 1994
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
JACKSON -- It will probably be early 1995 before the city of Jackson makes the move to its renovated city office building complex at the corner of West Main and Court Street. The new city office complex will be located in the former Jackson Exchange Bank building. The city purchased the building in March 1993 from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for $625,000, after the now-defunct Exchange Bank Corp., ran into financial difficulties and was closed...
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COUNTY'S '94 BUDGET WILL EXCEED $6 MILLION
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County commissioners are expected to give final approval today to a 1994 budget that Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep warns is threatened by increased state and federal mandates and other escalating expenses. In his annual budget message, Huckstep will point out that in 1993 the county spent 87.7 percent of its budget, rather than the normal 75-80 percent...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
The Southeast Missourian asked peole which two NFL football teams do you think will be in the Super Bowl? Leslie Pemberton, Charleston, Mo. "The Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys. I think the Dallas Cowboys will go (to the Super Bowl) since they won the Super Bowl last year. I'm rooting for the home state."...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU FIREFIGHTERS FACE ANOTHER BUSY YEAR IN 1994
(Editorial ~ 01/10/94)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department in 1993 experienced what probably was its busiest year in terms of total responses. Indications are that this year will be even busier. The reason for the big increase in the number of 1993 responses is that in May the department began going to medical emergencies. ...
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DANIEL FRANKLIN AGNEW
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Daniel Franklin Agnew, 88, of St. Louis, formerly of Perryville, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994, at the Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Louis. He was born April 9, 1905, at Rockwood, Ill., son of Elias and Bertha Williams Agnew. He married Erline Gagnepain, Nov. 5, 1924...
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CHARLES E. MCCORMICK
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
Charles E. McCormick, 66, of 1340 N. Main, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Nov. 9, 1927, at Cape Girardeau, son of Thomas and Isabell Oliver McCormick. He married Dorothy Monkiewicz in 1969, at Cape Girardeau...
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ORVILLE ARTHUR OELSEN
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
Orville Arthur Oelsen, 72, of 1912 Perryville Road, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. The Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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LEWIS MONROE EVANS III
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
CHARLESTON -- Lewis Monroe Evans III, 80, of Charleston, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 10, 1913, at Binghampton, N.Y., son of David Monroe and Grace Axtell Evans. His parents served as missionaries in West Africa...
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LUTHER E. JORDAN
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Luther E. Jordan, 66, of Perryville, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994, at his residence. He was born June 13, 1927, at Marquand, Mo., son of Daniel Winchest and Lora Myers Jordan. He was married to Peggy Jordan. Jordan was a lumberjack. Survivors include his wife; his mother of Perryville; a son, Luther "Louis" Jordan of Perryville; two daughters, Patty Jordan of Iron Mountain, Mo., Christine Jordan of Perryville; three brothers, Jesse Jordan of Iron Mountain, William Jordan of Overland, Mo., Donald Jordan of Perryville; a sister, Lois Lane of O'Fallon, Mo.; and a grandchild.. ...
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RUTH M. PROBST STALLINGS
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Ruth M. Probst Stallings, 80, of St. Charles, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 8, 1994, at the St. Charles Health Center. She was born Oct. 7, 1913, at Charleston, daughter of Monroe and Alice Reed Vessells. She married Oscar L. Probst in November 1931. He died Feb. 25, 1973...
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PATRICIA MARIE ENDERLE
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Patricia Marie Enderle, 56, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 1994, at her residence. She was born Oct. 4, 1937, at Kelso, daughter of Arnold Charles and Genevieve Opal Menz Ressel. She married Lester O. Enderle, June 6, 1959. Enderle was a homemaker...
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ANNIE E. YAMNITZ
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
JACKSON -- Annie E. Yamnitz, 96, of Jackson, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 1994, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 26, 1897, at Patton, Mo., daughter of Benjamin and Alvina Kuhlman Johnson. She married Joseph Yamnitz, Nov. 7, 1917. He died Nov. 20, 1991...
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ORA FLOYD BOWERS
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
JACKSON -- Ora Floyd Bowers, 76, of Jackson, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 1994, at the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born Jan. 9, 1917, near Oak Ridge, son of George Washington and Mary Agness Lape Bowers. He married Louise Suhr. She died in 1946. Bowers was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army...
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LILLIAN L. SMITH
(Obituary ~ 01/10/94)
JACKSON -- Lilian L. Smith, 84, of Millersville, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994, at the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Jan. 6, 1910, at Burfordville, daughter of Francis and Hester Medley Howard. She married Edgar Smith, Dec. 3, 1924. He died Nov. 28, 1991...
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TRUCK STOPS: HAVEN FOR HUNGRY AND WEARY TRAVELERS
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
It's 2 a.m. Everything is quiet except for the hum of the powerful motor and tires of an 18-wheeler rolling down the "Double Nickel" and the radio voice of Willie Nelson blaring out "On the Road Again." Occasionally, a car cuts through the darkness. A billboard ahead hawks diesel at good prices and breakfast at all hours. Suddenly, dropping off a small incline, there's a flood of lights, a parking lot stacked with 18-wheelers, a RV or two, cars and people...
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SELECTIVITY KEY FOR INVESTORS IN 1994
(Column ~ 01/10/94)
Many economic indicators are pointing to economic growth for 1994, creating a favorable environment for investors seeking opportunities in the stock and bond markets. That's the opinion of representatives of two nationwide brokerage firms A.G. Edwards & Sons and Edward D. Jones & Co. headquartered in St. Louis...
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NEW CENTER OFFERS TRAINING SKILLS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
SEMO Alliance For Disability Independence, Inc. (SADI), an independent living center funded by the Missouri Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, recently opened an office in at 1020 N. Kingshighway, Suite C, in Cape Girardeau. SADI, which offers services of independent living skills training, has been active in the area since 1987, offering ADA assistance, promoting disability awareness and peer counseling in six counties -- Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry, Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi.. ...
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BOB HENDRIX JOINS BANK
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
Robert B. "Bob" Hendrix has been named vice president at AmeriFirst Bank. D. L. Harrison, chairmen of the AmeriFirst Bank Advisory Board, announced Hendrix's appointment. Hendrix, a member of AmeriFirst's Advisory Board, retired in late 1993 as president of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. His primary responsibility at AmeriFirst will be in the area of business development...
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MISSOURIAN CLASSIFIED BECOMES INTERACTIVE
(Local News ~ 01/10/94)
The Southeast Missourian has joined with the Missouri Press Service to provide a new statewide telephone classified advertising system. "Call-It-Sold!" is the nation's first interactive classified advertising service. "This is a unique way for newspapers of Missouri to work together to offer a new service to buyers and readers of want ads across the state," said Doug Crews, executive director of Missouri Press Service, Columbia...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 01/10/94)
Mark Kneer has joined the Southeast Missourian newspaper as director of circulation and marketing. Kneer, a graduate of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green with a bachelor of science degree in business and marketing, joined the Paducah Sun newspaper in 1985, where he was involved in directing sales, budgeting and managing single copy sales and distribution. Prior to joining the Sun, he served six years as production coordinator for Heublein, Inc...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 01/10/94)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions in three areas this month. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Jan. 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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