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LILLIAN I. LOFLIN
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
BERTRAND -- Lillian I. Loflin, 84, of Bertrand, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, at Bertrand Retirement Facility. She was born Nov. 19, 1911, in Charleston, daughter of Samuel Thomas and Mina Jewel Brooks Linebaugh. She and Charles Edward Loflin were married July 5, 1930...
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FREE EXPRESSION AND THE FLAG
(Editorial ~ 12/15/95)
Like support for community service, opposing a constitutional amendment outlawing desecration of the U.S. flag is a tough position to take. But it is the right one. The U.S. Senate voted down the proposed amendment by a mere three votes. The House had already approved a broader amendment by an overwhelming majority...
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FORCED VOLUNTEERS
(Editorial ~ 12/15/95)
A proposal to encourage school districts and state universities to require community service as a part of students' graduation requirements is making its way to the Missouri Legislature's agenda for the coming session. The idea is gaining support, mainly because it is difficult to oppose noble ideas. Who wants to be known as the opponent of good deeds by today's youths?...
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LEUKEMIA VICTIM TO BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
SIKESTON -- It looks like Jacob Boyd will be home for Christmas, after all. Jacob's parents, Paul and Dee Dee Boyd, were worried their son might have to spend the holidays at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. "We were up in the air until he went pack to Memphis this past week," said Paul Boyd...
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IMOGENE WILSON
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
POCAHONTAS -- Imogene Wilson, 91, of Pocahontas, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 14, 1904, at Fruitland, daughter of Eli and Alice Davis Snider. She and Leo Wilson were married July 28, 1923. He died Feb. 29, 1976...
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Dessie M. Austin
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
JACKSON -- Dessie Mae Austin, 83, of Jackson, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 4, 1912, in Sedgewickville, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Seabaugh James. She and Lewis "Bud" Austin were married May 22, 1929. He died Jan. 19, 1981...
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HAROLD M. HEISSERER
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
KELSO -- Harold Michael Heisserer, 74, of Kelso, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 27, 1921, at Kelso, son of August Joseph and Clara Bucher Heisserer. Heisserer was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church...
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BILLY F. FAVIER
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Billy F. Favier, 47, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 9, 1948, in Perryville, son of Clark and Anna Layton Favier. Favier was a restaurant cook. He was a member of Amvets Post 94, River Hills Eagles Lodge 4034, and VFW Post 4282. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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FLOYD E. VAUGHN
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Floyd E. Vaughn, 78, Anna Route 2, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 31, 1917, at Anna, son of Jesse and Nellie A. Speck Vaughn. He and Virginia R. Hurst were married July 25, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Vaughn was retired from Associated Lumber Co. in Anna. He was a member of First Christian Church in Anna, and the Boat and Yacht Club in Carterville...
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GEORGE M. WESSELL
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for George Martin Wessell of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. The Rev. Karl Leeman will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home from 3-8 p.m. today...
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JOE SPALDING
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
BENTON -- Funeral mass for Scott County Commissioner Joe "Amos" Spalding will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Denis Catholic Church. The Revs. Normand Varone and Oscar Lukefahr will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton after 3 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m., followed by Knights of Columbus prayer service...
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RUSSELL WETHINGTON
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
ESSEX -- Russell Wethington, 65, of Arlington, Texas, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 1995, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was born Aug. 30, 1930, in Essex, son of Hudson and Bertha Condict Wethington. He and Violet Inman were married June 9, 1956. Wethington was retired from the U.S. Air Force...
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CORA M. BECKMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Cora Magnolia Beckman, 87, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, at Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born Dec. 6, 1908, at Zalma, daughter of Benjamine and Dorothy Feltinbarger Conder. She married W.F. Beckman, who preceded her in death...
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DEBBIE K. DYE
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Deborah Kaye "Debbie" Dye of Sikeston will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Lee Fansler will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Dye, 36, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1995, at her home...
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MARILYN SCHULTZ
(Obituary ~ 12/15/95)
SIKESTON -- Marilyn Schultz, 65, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1995, at her home. She was born Oct. 5, 1930, in Newark Township, Wis., daughter of Hugh and Amelia Darwin Washburn. She and Harold H. Schultz were married Nov. 6, 1948, in Beloit, Wis. He died June 30, 1995...
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VIRUSES EMPTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
Anyone felled by viruses making their rounds in the region can take comfort in the fact they aren't alone. Students are missing school and doctors and nurses are putting in long hours to treat patients complaining of upper respiratory and gastrointestinal miseries...
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4-YEAR-OLD FOUND ONLY SLIGHTLY INJURED HOURS AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
ESSEX -- A 4-year-old Dexter girl escaped with only minor injuries in an early morning car accident that killed her mother. The girl climbed from the car and was found walking along the road hours after the accident. Her mother, Rebecca L. Snider, 35, died after she was thrown from the car, which ran off the road and overturned. Neither the mother nor girl was wearing a seat belt, said a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol...
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PILOT ESCAPES INJURY IN CRASH
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
TAMMS, Ill. -- The pilot of a Cessna 182K single-engine plane escaped injury Wednesday night when he crash-landed his plane on McDaniel School Road, about a mile north of the Grape Vine Trail Road. The plane, en route from Lexington, Ky. to Cape Girardeau, apparently "ran out of fuel," according to the Illinois State Police...
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CLIPPARD STUDENTS PITCH IN TO HELP OUT TOY BOX
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
Christmas giving is a tradition at Charles Clippard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, said fifth-grader Cyndi Ulrich."The families here are really into giving and helping people," Ulrich said. This year the school's student council decided to focus their holiday giving effort on Toy Box. ...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: PUT BRANCH A FROM PACKET 6 BETWEEN UPPER LIMB B
(Column ~ 12/15/95)
Of course, there is no Limb B, but the instructions are insistent. This is what the world has come to: creating religious symbols from a kit in a box made by non-believing children in a land awaiting a missionary's visit. Alas, Brunot, where is thy cedar sting?...
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SPALDING REMEMBERED AS PROFESSIONAL COMMISSIONER
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
BENTON -- There wasn't a road in Scott County that Joe "Amos" Spalding hadn't traveled. As an associate county commissioner, Spalding tried to keep up with highway and road projects. He was a self-taught `expert' with the county's roads, bridges and highway equipment...
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BIDS OPENED ON FORMER HARDWARE STORE
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
Sealed bids on the 85,000-square-foot building that previously housed Central Hardware in Cape Girardeau were opened by Benjamin E. Sherman and Sons in Chicago Thursday. "We had nine bids," said David J. Hyman, managing broker and senior vice president of Sherman and Sons, who is selling the property owned by Spirit Holding Co. "The winning bid will be announced early next week when we have a contract on the property."...
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CITY TO HOLD BUYOUT MEETING THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 12/15/95)
Cape Girardeau city officials Thursday will explain the 1995 flood buyout program to affected property owners and tenants from the Red Star and Smelterville neighborhoods. The public meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the basement of the Red Star Baptist Church at 1301 N. Main...
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