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MISSOURI WATCH: WRONG ANSWERS, RIGHT PROBLEM
(Column ~ 06/11/95)
"The worst calamity for the urban Afro-American population of Missouri was the solution devised by the federal courts to resolve the constitutionally mandated school segregation disgrace." This statement was made not by the Imperial Idiot of the Missouri Ku Klux Klan but by a respected leader of the state's black community, who has devoted the better part of his life to the improvement of his race. ...
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CHAMBER HONORS YARDS OF THE MONTH
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
The residential yard of the month for June belongs to Judy Below at 1639 Thilenius. From left, Judy Below and Danny Essner of the Cape Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee. The nonresidential yard of the month for June belongs to Jerry and Judi Brey at 1201 Hillcrest Drive. From left, Jeff Hawk, Cape Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee; and Judi Brey...
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LOCAL ARTIST STRIVES FOR EXCELLENCE
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Ross spends over eight hours a day working here at her desk. "I don't know what a 40 hour week is," she says. She has has been an artist all her life, but has only lived in Jackson for the last three summers. Some of her art has been reproduced on greeting cards, stationery and has appeared in Good Housekeeping magazine...
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GRINDSTAFF FAMILY REUNION TODAY
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Today from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., members and friends of the Grindstaff Family will meet at Shelter 1, Jackson City Park for the 10th annual family reunion. A group photograph will be taken at 11:30 a.m. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. Please bring food to share, your own table service, your own drink, and, if convenient, lawn chairs. ...
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PROFESSORS, STUDENTS OFF TO ROME FESTIVAL
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
The Operafestival di Roma concerts will take place in the courtyard of the Instituto di S. Alessio Margherita di Savoia, the former residence of Pope Pius V. Louisa Panou-Takahashi leaves for Rome Monday to begin directing Operafestival di Roma 1995, a six-week cavalcade of concerts, recitals and classes that give university singers from around the world an opportunity to sing and study in the birthplace of opera...
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NEWS FROM THE ARMED FORCES
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Jason P. Hotop Marine Lance Cpl. Jason P. Hotop, son of Steven P. and Cheryl A. Hotop of Route 1, Perryville, recently received a Meritorious Mast. Hotop was cited for outstanding service while assigned with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendaleton, Calif...
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KEEPING INDIAN LEGEND ALIVE
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Friedrich studies one of his many maps of the Trail of Tears, the trail the Cherokee Indian tribe followed after they were forced from their land. Thanks to Friedrichs and his friends, the Trail will soon be a nationally recognized historical trial...
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CORPS TO START OVER ON MISSOURI RIVER PLAN -- A GOOD MOVE
(Editorial ~ 06/11/95)
"I believe that further Master Manual study is necessary." With that terse bureaucratic declaration, Col. Michael Thuss of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week sounded retreat on the corps' controversial plan to alter the flow of the Missouri River. ...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Cape Girardeau County The Ernest H. Beussink and Earl H. Norman Trusts to Terry M. and Rebekah S. Wilson; John W. Reitman et al. to Jerry L. and Sara L. McCullough; Terry Young et al. to Donnie Lee and Joyce Glenda Forbs Trustees. Jeffery Dean and Kimberly D. Houseman to Henry Doyle Wilson; Marlene Ann Monroe et al. to Paul James and Carolyn Sue Bollinger; George E. Bockhorst Jr. and Patricia A. Bockhorst to the G. Keith Deimund Trust...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: SELF-INDUCED MYTHS ON HEALTH CARE
(Column ~ 06/11/95)
Last week, the New York Times conducted a very interesting series of interviews of elderly retirees. Many of these seniors were of limited means and living in trailer courts in and around Bradenton, Fla. Some were somewhat more affluent residents of retirement villages in the area. The Bradenton area has one of the largest concentrations of senior citizens in the country...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: SLOWDOWN COMES WHEN TAXPAYERS ARE HIT -- AGAIN
(Column ~ 06/11/95)
Americans need a tax cut. And a timid Republican Senate, many of whose senior members are balking on this House-passed measure, poses the greatest danger to successful consolidation of the historic Republican gains last November's elections. "Evidence is mounting of an economic slowdown," declared the June 5 issue of Forbes magazine, which hit the streets some three weeks ago. ...
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100 BOATS, 3,000 BARGES SIT UNTIL RIVER OPENS AT CAIRO
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Barge tows keep piling up at Cairo, waiting for a northern opening on the Mississippi River. "We have 101 boats and probably 3,000 barges waiting here to go north," said Rick Dillon, a dispatcher with CBG Waterfront at Cairo. "We have them parked everywhere, from Wickliffe, Ky., north to Mound City."...
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JACKIE L. BESS
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
Jackie L. Bess, 46, of 2525 Boutin Road, died June 8, 1995, at the Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 11, 1949, in Pocahontas, Ark., the son of John W. and Shirley Medlock Bess. A 1968 graduate of Central High School, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War and had been employed as a security guard in Seattle...
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WILLIAM `BILL' ESSNER
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
SCOTT CITY--William Nicholas "Bill" Essner, 67, of Scott City, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at his home. He was born July 10, 1927, at New Hamburg, son of Louis and Leona Scherer Essner. He and Gussie Hagan were married July 9, 1955, at Kelso. Essner was employed by Ely Walker for 29 years and later retired from Procter & Gamble in 1989. He also served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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KAITLYN MARIE POPE
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
Infant Kaitlyn Marie Pope died at Southeast Missouri Hospital June 8. She was born June 8, daughter of Martin K. and Carla J. Pope of Cape Girardeau. She is survived by her parents; a sister, Abigail Jean Pope of the home; paternal grandparents, Kenneth and Viba Jean Pope of Oran; maternal grandparents, Ben and Glenda Bollinger of Cape Girardeau; and maternal great-grandparents, Jerome and Ruth Westrich of Cape Girardeau...
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FRANK GORDON MCAFEE
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
SIKESTON -- Frank Gordon McAfee, 74, of Sikeston, formerly of East Prairie, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born at Charleston July 5, 1920, son of James Patterson and Inez Brookman McAfee. He was married to Alfreda Browning on March 15, 1941. She survives...
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OPAL JOYCE NANCE
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Opal Joyce Nance, 55, of Route 2, Cobden, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at her home. She was born May 3, 1940, at Makanda, Ill., daughter of Leland and Lelia Marie Chicon Ellis. She married Kenneth Nance July 14, 1954, in Murphysboro, Ill. He survives...
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MILDRED PROBST
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
Mildred Probst, 85, of 2022 Montgomery, died Saturday, June 10, 1995, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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JOSEPH C. TIEHES
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
Joseph C. Tiehes, 68, formerly of Perryville, died Saturday, June 10, 1995, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 9, 1925, at McBride, son of Everett Tiehes and Mary W. Dean. He worked as a repairman for Southwestern Bell until his retirement. He was a World War II veteran in the Navy...
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OSCAR WARREN
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
DEXTER -- Oscar Warren, 78, of Dexter died June 10, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born July 4, 1916, in Newport, Ark., the son of the late Elzie and Ida Rodgers Warren. He moved to Gray Ridge in 1937 and remained there until moving to Dexter in 1975...
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COENA CLARA ENGLER
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
Coena Clara Engler, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 9, 1995, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born March 7, 1910, at Fornfelt, daughter of Faidolin M. and Clara Amelia Enderle. She married Oliver G. Engler Sept. 5, 1950. He preceded her in death in September 1979...
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ORLAN E. MOREY
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Orlan E. Morey, 69, of Anna died at his home Friday, June 9, 1995. He was born July 30, 1925, in New Philadelphia, Ill., son of Charles Frederick and Jennie Ethel Moore Morey. He married Barbara J. Schisler Jan. 23, 1972 in Havanna, Ill. She survives...
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VIOLET HANNAH WADDLE
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
CHAFFEE -- Violet Hannah Waddle, 85, of Chaffee died Saturday, June 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be handled by Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
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CLARENCE `TOOTS' GRIFFITH
(Obituary ~ 06/11/95)
Clarence "Toots" Griffith, 86, of 2852 Independence St. died June 7, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 14, 1908, in Chester, Ill. He married Bessie Jaco, who died Feb. 15, 1971. He worked as a cutter at the International Shoe factory in Cape Girardeau and as a janitor at the old St. Vincent's School...
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FRESHMAN ENROLLMENT UP FOR FALL TERM AT SOUTHEAST
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
There are encouraging signs freshmen enrollment may be up at Southeast Missouri State University next fall, school officials say. James Biundo, assistant vice president of university relations, said about 220 more beginning freshmen have signed up for orientation and registration sessions than last year...
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RIVERFEST ACTIVITIES ATTRACT 50,000
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Colors blazed across the skies above the Mississippi River Saturday night as the 17th annual Riverfest came to a close with a fireworks display. Riverfest '95 Chairman Marc Cook was pleased with this year's attendance at the two-day event. He estimated that 50,000 people attended the free event...
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FOOD STAMP ABUSE TARGETED
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Early next week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce the name of a Cape Girardeau convenience store accused of trafficking food stamps. Craig Forman, regional public affairs director for the USDA's Denver office, said he couldn't release the name of the business or the details of the department's investigation until the business was notified...
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SEMO: ACADEMIC REPUTATION, RECRUITMENT PAYING OFF
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Southeast Missouri State University officials say the school's enrollment could get a boost from a growing academic reputation, stronger recruiting, and an increasing number of high school graduates in the region. They think enrollment will climb soon after years of dwindling head counts...
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COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY DOMINATES CAPE BUILDING
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Commercial construction activity during the first five months has already surpassed the city's 1994 totals. With 5 million-dollar-plus projects on the drawing boards, the city has issued building permits for more than $14.3 million for new commercial projects, surpassing the $13.1 million in 1994, when the city finished the year with its second highest ever in building permits, totaling more than $38.8 million...
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SEMO'S TIGHTER ADMISSION RULES NO ROADBLOCK FOR STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's tighter admission standards make it a moderately selective institution, according to state standards. But the average student can still get in. All of Missouri's public colleges and universities require students right out of high school to have taken a basic core of high school classes...
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AMERICAN LEGION IN MCCLURE, ILL., PLANS CELEBRATION
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
McCLURE, Ill. -- The American Legion Post 900 in McClure, Ill., will sponsor a Fourth of July celebration at the post, located three-fourths of a mile north of McClure on Highway 3. The celebration represents the post's main money-making event for the year. Activities include games, raffles, entertainment and food...
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ARTS COUNCIL HONORS GOV., BETTY HEARNES
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
CHARLESTON -- Former Missouri Gov. Warren Hearnes and Betty C. Hearnes were recently honored for their work in establishing the Missouri Arts Council. This year is the council's 30th anniversary. Betty Hearnes was also honored by the Women Legislators of Missouri as the winner of the DeVerne Lee Calloway Award...
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RED CROSS SPENDS $75,000 AIDING FLOOD VICTIMS
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
The local American Red Cross chapter has spent $75,000 fighting the flood and helping flood victims. At the height of the emergency, 109 victims turned to the Red Cross for help. The local chapter serves people from Ste. Genevieve through the Bootheel...
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BOWLING FOR BOOKS: UNIVERSITY CLOSES LANES, STORES TEXTS
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Area bowlers now have one less place to perfect their game since the University Center lanes closed earlier this month. Southeast Missouri State University is removing its bowling alley to make more room for the textbook rental program. "We do about 50,000 rentals a year so we need the space," University Center director Loren Rullman said...
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DOLL SALE BENEFITS ST. JUDE
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
SIKESTON -- Most of the dolls S. Catherine Anderson and Lorna Miller make are bought by adults who are collectors. They are sculptures more than dolls and sell for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars. But their dolls are children. Both women wanted to do something charitable for children, so they collaborated on Tosha and Mary Beth, "Untainted Hearts."...
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CAPS FALL IN WILD FINISH 4-3
(College Sports ~ 06/11/95)
Ninth inning pitching problems for the Kohlfeld Capahas helped O.B. Clark of St. Louis to erase a two-run Capahas lead and defeat the home squad 4-3 Saturday at Capaha Field. "We led 3-1 going into the last inning and if we would have gotten the ball over the plate we would have won the game; I have no doubt in my mind," Capahas manager Jess Bolen said. "We just had a little lapse of control."...
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CAPE LEGION ADVANCES TO TITLE GAME
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/95)
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. -- The Ford and Sons American Legion Post 63 baseball squad of Cape Girardeau advanced to the championship game of the Caisson Classic with a 12-5 forfeit victory over Caruthersville Saturday. With the score set and Caruthersville at bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, both of that team's coaches were ejected for arguing with the umpire and Caruthersville was forced to forfeit...
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NUNLEY TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT VALLEY COMM. COLLEGE
(College Sports ~ 06/11/95)
Derrick Nunley pulls no punches when discussing his feelings toward football. "I just have a love for playing football," said Nunley. The love affair appeared like it may have ended when Nunley played his final game for Cape Girardeau Central High School. He finished as the team's second-leading tackler from his linebacker position and the Tigers' third-leading rusher at running back with 65 carries for 400 yards...
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWS UP SWEEP OVER CHAFFEE
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/95)
CHAFFEE -- Chaffee American Legion baseball team failed to hold onto a two-run, seventh-inning lead in the nightcap of a doubleheader with Anheuser-Busch Saturday and saw the visitor leave with a pair of victories. Anheuser-Busch ultimately won the second game 11-5 in eight innings after winning the opener 3-0...
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CAPE JUNIOR LEGION WINS TWO GAMES
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/95)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Cape Junior Legion baseball team swept a pair of games from Bartlett, Tenn., allowing just one run in the two games. Cape Junior Legion, 9-2, won the first game 6-0 behind the two-hit pitching of Jeff Lappe and then won the nightcap 10-1...
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KELSO KLASSIC MOVES INTO FULL SWING
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/95)
KELSO -- Men's fastpitch softball action continues today at 9 a.m. at City Park in the Kelso Klassic. A number of games in both the winner's and loser's brackets were still underway at press time Saturday and matchups for today's games were yet to be determined...
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FISHING REPORT
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
The weekly fishing report from the Missouri Department of Conservation: RIVERS Black (above Clearwater): Clear, 3 1/2' above normal; bass and goggle-eye good on worms; all other species poor. Bourbeuse: Muddy, high; all fishing slow. Castor (above Zalma): Clear, normal; catfish good on minnows; bass good on minnows and artificial lures; goggle-eye and sunfish good on crickets, small minnows and worms...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: BASS GEAR: SPARE THE RODS SPOIL THE FISH
(Column ~ 06/11/95)
It's not unheard of to go fishing with a rod and reel, but an advanced bass angler more frequently takes to the water with a bundle of tackle. In this age of specialized tactics, a bass fisherman might feel naked if he's got less than eight or nine rod/reel combinations in his boat...
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PROFITS FROM JACKSON FOOTBALL CALENDARS NOT GOING TO SCHOOL
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/95)
Proceeds from Jackson High Indians football calender/schedules being sold in the Jackson area are lining someone's own pockets and are not going to the team, the school's head football coach warns. "I do not know anything about it and we're not getting anything from it," Jackson coach Carl Gross said...
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CAPE CENTRAL TO HOLD SEVERAL SPORTS CAMPS OVER SUMMER MONTHS
(High School Sports ~ 06/11/95)
Cape Girardeau Central High School will hold a variety of summer athletic camps. The camps will be held at Central's campus, except for the soccer camps, which will be at Shawnee Park. All camps will include basic insurance coverage for participants...
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CHILDREN MUST THINK SAFETY; `NOTHING SUBSTITUTES FOR TEACHING GOOD SENSE AND GOOD SAFETY PRACTICES.'
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
As the temperature rises, so do the number of accidents and injuries related to summertime activities. Each year, hundreds of people suffer injuries that could have been avoided with a few precautions, area safety experts say. "Red is the color for safety because it is prevalent in everything we do," said Kathy Leimer, care coordinator for outpatient services at St. Francis Medical Center. "When you see red, you should think of what you can do to make your activity more safe."...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: GREEN TO AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN
(Column ~ 06/11/95)
America, America! Your wheat fields are singing a song. It is the sweet notes of the song sparrow and dickcissel and an occasional fly-over indigo bunting. Our little, local snippets of wheat fields, compared to the endless stretches of those to the west and north are satisfying samples of the grassroots origin of our daily bread. One can encompass them with the eye, see the borders, store the pictures on the reels of the mind...
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MISSOURI LEGAL SECRETARIES GROUP GIVES SHOLARSHIP TO LOCAL YOUTH
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Daniel Bollinger II, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Association of Legal Secretaries, won second place in the Missouri Association of Legal Secretaries scholarship program. Bollinger will receive a $300 scholarship. A first-place scholarship for $750 went to Cheri Nelson, sponsored by the Greene County LSA, and a third-place scholarship worth $200 was won by Julie Simpson of the Greater St. Louis LSA...
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HARDEE'S SEEKS 25 HOMETOWN HEROES FOR RECOGNITION
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Hardee's is searching for 25 unsung heroes in Paducah, Ky., Cape Girardeau and Carbondale, Ill. The KGMO-FM/Hardee's Hometown Heroes awards ceremony recognizes local citizens for humanitarian achievement as well as outstanding volunteerism. Nominations of 50 worlds are more will be accepted from area citizens and organizations. The nominations should describe exemplary dedication, service and achievement...
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SOUTHEAST NAMES 1,222 TO DEAN'S LIST
(Local News ~ 06/11/95)
Southeast Missouri State University has named 1,222 students to its Dean's List for academic achievement during the spring 1995 semester. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least 12 degree credit hours during the spring session...
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