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UNIMIN MINES SNOW-WHITE SILICA
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
A worker for Unimin Specialty Minerals, Inc., stacks bags of "snow-white" silica, ready for shipment from the processing facility. This is one of two processing plants for Southern Illinois "Snow-white" silica. The processing facilities are at Tamms and Elco...
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE GROUP PLANS RALLY IN JEFFERSON CITY WEDNESDAY
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
Three Republican state senators, including Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau, will meet on the Capitol steps in Jefferson City Wednesday with a group called Missourians for Academic Excellence. The group's president, Lynette Holt of Blue Springs, a Kansas City suburb, said her group is a coalition of parents and educators dedicated to restoring an academic emphasis to Missouri's schools...
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FANS ENJOY SOCIAL ASPECT OF BIG GAME
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
It was billed as one of the most lopsided match-ups in Super Bowl history: the powerful San Francisco 49ers against the San Diego Chargers, originally picked to finish last in the AFC West. And although it was lopsided -- the 49ers beat the Chargers 49-26 -- predictions of a blowout didn't keep anyone away from Cape Girardeau's Super Bowl XXIX parties. Hundreds of fans crowded into homes and bars to see if the oddsmakers were right...
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PERRY MAY VOTE ON ENHANCED 911 SERVICE
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Plans are proceeding to upgrade Perry County's basic 911 system to an enhanced emergency response system. Following discussions last week with county and city officials, the Perryville City Council will be asked to support the enhanced system at its Wednesday night meeting...
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RURAL SCHOOLS GET FIRST NURSE
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
When students at Zalma and Leopold schools in Bollinger County didn't feel good, the diagnosis and treatment was always the same: Sick child. Call parents. Neither school system employed a nurse until last week, when registered nurse Karen Eftink went to work as a shared employee of both systems. A state grant to the Bollinger County Health Department and Southeast Missouri State University pays her salary and expenses...
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ON THE STREET
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
The Southeast Missourian asked people if they were paying much attention to the O.J. Simpson trial, and if they thought it should be televised. Roger Mersel: I'm not really paying that much attention. As far as it being televised, I think the facts need to stand as is, without the media interfering like they are. Too much publicity has been given to the trial already...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
SCOTT COUNTY James G. and Eleanor M. Robbins to Ag-Lands Investment Co.; Nelson and Beverly Ann Berbling to Harry P. Pratt, two tracts; Mark and Lisa Pratt to Harry P. Pratt. Merlin W. Taber to Johnnie L. Taber; David Franklin to Tamara and Chantelle Crider; Jerry Wayne Bledsoe to Geraldine Florence Bledsoe...
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ALBERT IRVING CONNELL
(Obituary ~ 01/30/95)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Albert Irving Connell, 81, of rural Mounds died Friday, Jan. 27, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 11, 1914, at Mounds, the son of W.I. and Marietta Schoenfeld Connell. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mounds, Elks Lodge 651 in Cairo, and the Zeta Phi Fraternity of the University of Illinois...
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DORA MAE PATTON
(Obituary ~ 01/30/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Dora Mae Patton, 90, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Jan. 28, 1995, at her home. She was born May 28, 1904, to Thomas Lewis and Dora Lawrence Pulliam. She married Ernest William Patton on April 4, 1920. He died Sept. 21, 1983. Survivors include two sons, Golden Patton or Marble Hill and Jackie Patton or Perryville; a daughter, Virginia Sitze of Perryville; a sister, Elsie Walton of Sikeston; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren...
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OSCAR KASTEN
(Obituary ~ 01/30/95)
Oscar Harvey Kasten, 75, of 1827 Ricardo, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 25, 1919, in Pocahontas, the son of Theodore and Minnie Ludwig Kasten. He married Elizabeth J. "Betty" Dieckmann March 6, 1948, in Cape Girardeau. She died June 16, 1993...
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DONALD LEE ROHAN
(Obituary ~ 01/30/95)
ZALMA -- Donald Lee Rohan, 56, of Zalma, died Jan. 28, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 27, 1938, in Lodi, the son of John and Mable Earnest Rohan. He married Mary Alice Head on Dec. 3, 1962, in St. Louis. Survivors include his wife; one son, Ronnie Rohan of Zalma; five daughters, Rosemary Rohan, Christine Tate, Donna Marley and Debbie Rohan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Bessie Rohan of Zalma; two brothers, John Rohan of Tiline, Ky., and James Rohan of Fredericktown; three sisters, Elizabeth Skaggs of Greenville, Evelyn Reese of Illinois and Nettie Jones of Fredericktown; and 12 grandchildren.. ...
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MISSOURIANS: IT'S TIME FOR A TAX CUT
(Editorial ~ 01/30/95)
Claims that Gov. Carnahan's administration has somehow reduced costs and otherwise relieved the taxpaying burden are hollow and riddled to the core with public-relations maneuvering without substance. It is time to come to grips with reality. And the best conclusion from this reality check is that Missourians are due for a tax cut...
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MISSOURI WATCH: BUDGET GROWTH REFLECTS SERVICE QUALITY
(Column ~ 01/30/95)
Warning: This column contains lots of dry figures and statistics, and if you are easily bored you should probably do something else. Let me be the first to admit that, journalistically speaking, there probably isn't a worse way to begin a column you hope will be read by several hundred thousand Missourians. ...
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FOUR INJURED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
(Local News ~ 01/30/95)
Four people received serious injuries Sunday afternoon in a head-on collision at the intersection of Illinois Routes 3 and 146 near McClure. The Illinois State Police said the driver of a van, David Smith, attempted to make a left turn and crossed into the path of a four-wheel drive vehicle at about 3:30 p.m. Smith didn't realize the traffic on Route 3 doesn't stop at the intersection, police said...
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CAPE STUDENTS FIND RULES INHIBITING
(High School Sports ~ 01/30/95)
Administrators at Cape Girardeau Central High School have taken much of the fun out of attending athletic events at the school, several Cape Central students claim. The students, who gave comment during Friday night's home boys basketball game against Poplar Bluff, are unhappy with recent actions taken against students for their cheers at Central events...
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HIGH SCHOOL RULES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SPORTSMANSHIP
(College Sports ~ 01/30/95)
Although the sportsmanship guidelines set by the Missouri State High School Activities Association are extremely specific, they can be summed up in one sentence: Fans should cheer in support of their team, not against the other team. Creating a positive environment is vital to the values athletic programs at the high school level are designed to instill, according to area high school athletic directors...
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PERSONNEL
(Business ~ 01/30/95)
Bonnie Schnurbusch has been named administrator at the Cape Girardeau Residential Care Center that will open in March. The residential center, 2910 Beaver Creek Drive, will include 17 residential rooms, allowing for both private and semi-private accommodations...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: YELLOW PAGE CON ARTISTS CONTINUE TO FIND VICTIMS
(Business ~ 01/30/95)
Chemical Lime Company representatives, state and local officials participated in a ground-breaking for anew plant north of Ste. Genevieve last week. Pictured here from left, David Reilly, Chemical Lime Co. president and COO; Jodi Krantz, Missouri Department of Economic Development; William Anderson, Ste. ...
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MEMO
(Business ~ 01/30/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's Office of Publications has received an award of merit from the Council for Advancement in Support Education or CASE. The award was in print advertising for an eight-page color insert that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, designed to inform and recruit students from the St. Louis area...
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