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REMEDY OF LOST HOPE: INVADING HAITI
(Column ~ 07/17/94)
Only a portion of American foreign policy with respect to Haiti is formulated in the White House and the State Department. A big part is being determined by the increasing population of desperate boat people fleeing their homeland. If the numbers were modest so as to allow the refugees to be accommodated at Guantanamo and other Caribbean "safe havens," President Bill Clinton could further postpone any notion of invading Haiti and hope that the sanction screws might work over time. ...
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IS ANYTHING GOOD HAPENING IN ARMERICA? YOU BET THERE IS.
(Column ~ 07/17/94)
At a town meeting in Aurora, Ill., a young man stood up and said he was tired of reading so many negative things about what is happening in our nation. "Isn't there something positive happening that should make us feel good about our country?" His point is well taken...
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GET TOUGH POSTURE WORKS ONLY IF ACTIONS MATCH WORDS
(Editorial ~ 07/17/94)
Welfare-reform talk is tough and palatable to a voting public whose threshold for misspent tax dollars was long ago exceeded. But is the wave of welfare reform going to do the trick, braking the astonishing inertia of a failed social program? Obviously, the jury won't be in for some time on the recent changes in Missouri's welfare plan. ...
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FAMILY IN CHAFFEE WELCOMES YOUNG RUSSIAN INTO THEIR HOME
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
CHAFFEE -- Aaron and Paula Horrell didn't know much about Russia when they agreed to sponsor a Russian exchange student, but they wanted their children to learn about other cultures. "I wanted to show my children that the world extends beyond the borders of the United States," Aaron Horrell said. "I figured it would be good for them to have international connections in the future."...
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BALLOON FEST FOCUS OF PHOTO CONTEST
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts is sponsoring a photo contest in conjunction with the upcoming balloon festival. Balloon Fest '94 is scheduled next Friday through Sunday at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. Scheduled events include balloon races, tethered balloon rides, a night-time "balloon glow," model airplane demonstrations, parachuting, and displays of vintage aircraft...
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LOBBYING FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRY
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
A funny thing happened on Missouri's road to regulating and controlling the influence of lobbyists on legislation and public policy -- the number of persons engaged in promoting special causes and interests ballooned to such proportions that regulation has been difficult, if not almost impossible...
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RCGA PLAYS LEAD ROLE TO SECURE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR I-66
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
Since an initial fundraising effort in 1989-90 generated about $140,000 from cities, counties, and economic development organizations, most of the support for promoting the I-66 concept has come from the Cape Girardeau Regional Commerce and Growth Association...
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MIRACLE FALLS SHORT FOR CHURCH
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
KASKASKIA, Ill. -- They came to mass Saturday afternoon hoping for a miracle, a way to save their historic church. But there was no miracle. Bishop Wilton Gregory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville told the 125 people gathered in the 150-year-old Church of Immaculate Conception for the 4 p.m. mass that the church will cease to hold regular services at the end of August...
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ELECTION '94: JUDEN, STOVAL PUSH EXPEREINCE IN COMMISSIONER RACE
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
The two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for 2nd district associate commissioner, agree that Cape Girardeau County is moving forward on the right track and is in sound financial condition. Both contend they have the unique qualifications to help the county stay that way...
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CATH LAB FOCUS OF PUBLIC HEARING
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
A public hearing concerning the proposed construction of a cardiac catherization lab at St. Francis Medical Center has been set here for Aug. 9 at 1 p.m. The hearing will be conducted by the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee, part of the state's Certificate of Need Program. It will be held in the Missouriana Room at the University Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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GILBERT EMDE
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
Gilbert Emde, 84, of Biehle, died Saturday, July 16, 1994 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral home is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time.
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WILLIAM `BILL' THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
ANNA -- Funeral services for William "Bill" Thomas, 77, of Route 1 Jonesboro, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. Rev. Jack Holmes, pastor of the Apostolic Faith Tabernacle in Jonesboro will officiate and burial will be in the Casper Cemetery, north of Anna...
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GOLDA A. EDWARDS
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
MOUND CITY -- Funeral services for Golda A. Edwards, 86, of Danville, Ill. and formerly of Pulaski, Mound City, and Wickliffe, Ky., will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City. Rev. Jesse Bellamy will officiate and burial will be at Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge...
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DOROTHY MASTER
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
ADVANCE -- Dorothy Master, 83, of Advance, died Saturday July 16, 1994 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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THELMA A. SACHS
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
FROHNA -- Thelma A. Sachs, 65, of Frohna, died Friday July 15, 1994 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 18, 1929 in Bowling Green, Mo., the daughter of Joseph and Rose M. (Grote) Luebrecht. On June 9, 1948 she married Alfred F. Sachs, who died on Aug. 11, 1991...
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TRUCK REMAINS OPEN TODAY FOR FLOOD DONATIONS
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
A truck being loaded with supplies to help flood victims in Georgia will remain open today on the Schnuck's parking lot from noon until 7 p.m. Capt. Elmer Trapp of the Salvation Army, said the truck will be on the lot longer to give more people a chance to donate goods. Trapp noted that the truck is about 40 percent full and they would like to have it completely full when it heads for Macon, Ga. Monday...
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MARY ANN BLESSING
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
PERRYVILLE -- Mary Ann Blessing, 84, of Perryville, died Saturday July 16, 1994 at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 30, 1909 in Perry County, the daughter of Theodore and Elizabeth LaRose. Survivors include: one son, Robert Blessing of Perryville; one brother Lonnie Blessing of Perryville; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...
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MARTHA ABIGAIL HAAS
(Obituary ~ 07/17/94)
Martha Abigail Haas, 83, of Cape Charles, Va., died Friday, July 15, 1994, at Heritage Hall Health Care in Nassawadox, Va. She was born Aug. 10, 1910 in St. Louis, the daughter of John C. and Martha Stewart Ecoff. In March of 1929, she married Raymond Hartmann in St. Louis. He died on July 12, 1953...
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DOLLARS AND SENSE: STUDENTS DISCUSS BUSINESS BUILDING NEED
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
Tom Jorgensen believes the business of teaching business would be on a whole lot better footing at Southeast Missouri State University if a new College of Business building is constructed. Funding for the $14 million project hinges on passage of a $250 million state bond issue, which voters will decide on Aug. 2. The measure includes $134.2 million for construction and renovation projects on Missouri's college campuses...
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WILL THE REAL JOHN THOMPSON PLEASE STAND UP; IT CAN BE CONFUSING HWEN SOMEBODY ELSE IN TOWN SHARES YOUR NAME
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
John M. Thompson of Boatmen's Bank John Thompson is a Jackson banker, a family man who is active in civic organizations. So is John Thompson. That's right. Jackson is home to at least two John Thompsons. John Mason Thompson works at Boatmen's Bank and claims to be the older, better-looking John Thompson...
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TOMATO TRADITION REMAINS INTACT
(Column ~ 07/17/94)
Sliced tomatoes, green beans, roasting ears, new potatoes, sliced cucumbers, green onions, fried apples, fried ham, cornbread, cellar-cooled milk and butter, dewberry cobbler. That was our early century summer fare, all home produced. Did we eat well, or what?...
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MOUNDS TOWNSHIP HIGH GRADUATES GATHER
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- The graduates of Mounds Township High School held a reunion July 2 at Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau. There were 390 alumni from 23 states attending the dinner and dance. Bishop Jean Meshew gave the invocation, Ed Bridewell was master of ceremonies, Carol Clark Mize presented a memorial for those deceased, and a skit was given by Ella Newell Shepherd and Ruth Littell Erb...
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KELSO BLOOD DRIVE SET NEXT SUNDAY
(Local News ~ 07/17/94)
KELSO -- St. Ann's Sodality in Kelso will sponsor a blood drive next Sunday at St. Augustine School. It will be held from 8 to 11:30 a.m. "When summer rolls along, people are on the move -- there's so much to do," said David Palmer, blood drive coordinator. "We need blood donors who are pumped up and ready to give blood to save a hospital patient in need."...
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