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WASHINGTON WATCH: PAUL REVERE:WASN'T HE A ROCK SINGER?
(Column ~ 11/01/94)
WASHINGTON -- With the excesses of government the target of most Republican and many Democratic candidates this campaign season, Washington has been a basket case the past few months. It isn't hard to understand why. The excesses of government employ and give prestige to thousands of people here, including many senators, congressmen and their staffs, who have little idea of what life would be like without the largesse of being able to spend billions of other people's dollars. ...
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PROFILES: UP ON HIS LUCK: CAPE COUNTY COLLECTOR DEALS WITH LIFE'S VALLEYS AND PEAKS WITH UPBEAT ATTITUDE
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Harold Kuehle considers himself a lucky man. At 59, he has a loving family, good friends and enjoys his service to Cape Girardeau County as its collector the past three decades. The fact he lost the use of his legs at age 17 hasn't stopped him from walking tall...
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NOTRE DAME TEACHER REWARDS WITH DOTS
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Mary Ha is known as the "Dot Lady" at Notre Dame High School. "That's because of the technique I use to reinforce class participation by awarding dots for correct answers in class," Ha said. Ha teaches Spanish, French and mathematics at Notre Dame where she has taught for the past nine years. Before that, she taught for three years at Zalma and seven years at Advance...
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PIONEER DAY: STUDENTS GET A TASTE AND FEEL OF LIFE ON THE FRONTIER
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
From a Cheyenne tepee to a kettle of venison stew, fifth- graders at Alma Schrader School know the taste and feel of pioneer life. On Thursday, the school held its annual Pioneer Day, organized by fifth-grade teachers Roselyn Conrad, Mary Ann Stamp and Sherry Spencer...
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MISSOURI WORKERS' COMP NEEDS A GOOD OVERHAUL
(Editorial ~ 11/01/94)
Missourians have heard a lot in the past two years about reform of the state's workers' compensation system. Unfortunately, legislative action hasn't followed all the reform talk. Most residents have never filed a workers' comp claim and know little about the issue, which is one reason why legislators haven't been too eager to address problems with the system. ...
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LETTERS: HORSES SHOULD NOT OCCUPY LAND AT OZARKS RIVERWAYS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/01/94)
To the editor: However locally popular it may be, we should not bow to pressure to manage our few Missouri public parks for plants and animals that threaten the system that the parks were designated to protect. If the local residents wish to maintain and protect farm animals, they should arrange to do so on private land or public land specifically set aside for livestock grazing and pay the fee...
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LETTERS: CONGRATULATIONS TO MISSOURIAN ON OUTSTANDING PRESENCE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/01/94)
To the editor: Thank you for the delightful Southeast Missourian open house. You have done a beautiful job in both form and function with your facility, product and personnel. It is a real pleasure to know your staff and associate with them. You are blessed...
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WASHINGTON WATCH: PAUL REVERE: WASN'T HE A ROCK SINGER?
(Column ~ 11/01/94)
WASHINGTON -- With the excesses of government the target of most Republican and many Democratic candidates this campaign season, Washington has been a basket case the past few months. It isn't hard to understand why. The excesses of government employ and give prestige to thousands of people here, including many senators, congressmen and their staffs, who have little idea of what life would be like without the largesse of being able to spend billions of other people's dollars. ...
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ASBESTOS IN PIPES STALLS CHURCH PLAN
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Asbestos in the pipes at the old Salvation Army building in Cape Girardeau has delayed its demolition and added to the expense of the project. Tom Holshouser, architect for the new Salvation Army building, is supervising demolition of the old one on South Sprigg Street. He said that process can't begin until test results from Mead Environmental Associated Inc. arrive...
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LONG-DISTANCE DIAL MEANS 3 MORE DIGITS
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Starting today, callers making long-distance telephone calls within their own area codes will be dialing more numbers. What callers used to reach in seven digits now takes 10. In eastern Missouri, callers will have to dial 1 or 0, plus the 314 area code for all calls beyond the local calling area...
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P&G DONATION BOOSTS CAMPAIGN
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
The Procter & Gamble Co. and its employees presented United Way officials with checks worth more than $143,000 at a ceremony Monday at the Cape Girardeau plant. P&G's contribution was slightly more than a quarter of the campaign goal of $520,000. The contribution pushed collections to $354,695 or 68 percent of the goal...
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MARK MY WORD: WHY ASK WHY? BECAUSE SHE'S 2
(Column ~ 11/01/94)
Why ask why? That's not just a beer commercial's catchy slogan. It is a way of life for my 2-year-old daughter, Becca. She has turned "why" into whole conversations. "Why isn't all candy purple?" she asked the other day. Her mom, who views grape candy the way most people do killer bees, had a ready answer. "That's not everybody's favorite color," she replied...
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WARD E. WALSHON
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
GRAND CHAIN, Ill. -- Ward E. Walshon, 44, of Grand Chain, Ill., died Monday, Oct. 31, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill.
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ALVIN MCFALL
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
Alvin "A.W." McFall, 74, of Missouri Veterans Home, died there Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994. He was born Oct. 23, 1920, at Vanduser, son of George W. and Gertrude McDaniel McFall. He and Wanda Lee McClain were married in 1952. McFall retired in 1982 as a switchboard repairman with GTE in Genoa, Ill. He was a member of VFW Post 3838. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War...
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JOHN E. MABARY
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
BELL CITY -- Graveside service for John Edward Mabary of Fredericktown will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Bell City. The Rev. Teddy Stone will officiate. Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance after 9 a.m. Mabary, 24, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994, at his home...
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DARLENE R. FRANKE
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
UNIONTOWN -- Darlene Ruth Franke, 51, of Uniontown, died Monday, Oct. 31, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born March 22, 1943, at Altenburg, daughter of Bernard and Nelda Haertling Schuessler. She and Charles A. Franke were married Sept. 23, 1961...
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JOANN STEVENS
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
JACKSON -- Joann Stevens, 57, of Jackson, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994, at her home. She was born Jan. 23, 1937, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Marvin "Bob" and Reva Seabaugh Ates. She and Clarence Stevens were married Sept. 25, 1976. He died March 6, 1993...
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BENJAMIN F. JONES
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
Benjamin Franklin Jones, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994, at the Lutheran Home. He was born July 8, 1918, in Whitewater, son of Columbus J. and Dorotha Ruffner Jones. He and Helen D. Lee were married Oct. 26, 1940, in Jackson. She died Jan. 22, 1994...
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LONA L. YAMNITZ
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
PATTON -- Lona Lizzie Yamnitz, 92, of Patton, died Monday, Oct. 31, 1994, at Aspen Forest Nursing Center in Perryville. She was born Oct. 22, 1902, at Patton, daughter of Dr. Mathias and Mary Minnie Clements Reagan. She and Everett Ray Yamnitz were married Sept. 24, 1924...
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SHIRLEY J. REES
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
OAK RIDGE -- Shirley J. Rees, 67, of Bradenton, Fla., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 1994, at Manatee Memorial Hospital there. She was born in Oak Ridge, and was formerly of Cape Girardeau. Rees moved to Manatee County in 1966, and was a member of Community Church of God. She had been a school bus driver...
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FERN HAM
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
SCOTT CITY -- Fern Ham, 84, of Scott City, died Monday, Oct. 31, 1994, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born April 20, 1910, in Illmo, daughter of Francis Marion and Narcissa Ida Penrod McBride. She and Paul Albert Ham were married Sept. 20, 1937, in Cape Girardeau. He died April 10, 1965...
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COUNTY GOVERNMENT WELCOMES TECHNOLOGY
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
JACKSON -- Optical imaging technology is coming to the administrative offices of Cape Girardeau County. The new computer system, which is already in use in the recorder's office, will allow offices to scan documents so they will be more quickly accessible and reduce storage space needs...
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CLEMENTINE STROBEL
(Obituary ~ 11/01/94)
BELL CITY -- Funeral mass for Clementine "Clem" Strobel of Bell City will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. The Rev. Leonard Chambers will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Fred Lutz. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park in Advance...
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8TH DISTRICT CONGRESS: THOMPSON SAYS CHANGE NEEDED IN WASHINGTON
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Why are your running for Congress this year? Pretty much the same reason I ran two years ago. I just don't like what's going on in Washington. I don't like a good many of pieces of legislation that have been offered as far as thoroughness of the bills. ...
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WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS LISTS COOK
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Dixie L. Cook, gifted facilitator at Cape Girardeau's Central Junior High School has been listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers for 1994. Teachers were selected by one or more former students who themselves were listed in either Who's Who Among American High School Students or The National Dean's List...
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LOCAL ORATOR AIDS NEBRASKA SPEECH TEAM
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Jason Green of Cape Girardeau helped his Nebraska Wesleyan University forensics placed third in sweepstakes competition at the recent Longview Community College Forensics Tournament at Lees Summit. Green finished second in informative speaking, extemporaneous speaking and prose and third in impromptu speaking...
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GROUP DECRIES SCARE TACTICS IN AMENDMENT 7 CAMPAIGN
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
As rain sliced through the early afternoon air Monday, Jim McLellan did his best to shred what he contends are false claims made by opponents of Amendment 7, otherwise known as Hancock II. McLellan, a Sikeston attorney, joined Julie Kridelbaugh just outside the Cape Girardeau Common Please Courthouse on a stormy Halloween Day to separate "tricks from the real treats."...
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DANNER HOPING FOR WIN
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Democratic State Auditor Candidate Steve Danner stopped in Cape Girardeau Monday as part of a final statewide campaign swing he hopes will bring him victory Nov. 8. Although he concedes polls show him trailing 10-year Republican incumbent Margaret Kelly, Danner said polling data also show that as voters get to know both candidates many are supporting him...
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CHAMBER SEEKS TOP EDUCATION NOMINATIONS
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Educators of the Year Awards. The awards will be presented by the Chamber's Education Committee in May. Designed to focus attention on excellence in education, the awards will honor an educator in each of five categories: elementary, secondary, special services and vocational education, and administration...
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KELLY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BETA CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
(Local News ~ 11/01/94)
Kelly Junior High School Beta Club recently elected Cheryl Barnett, president; Mandy Johnson, vice president; Tabith Shankle, secretary; Russ Mothershead, treasurer; and Justin Johnson, historian-reporter. New officers and new members will be inducted today...
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