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CROSBY, STILLS & NASH TO PLAY CONCERT AUG. 24
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
Crosby, Stills & Nash, recently nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, will perform at the Show Me Center Aug. 24. David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash have been performing together -- and in various combinations that sometimes have included Neil Young -- since 1969. Their biggest hits are some of rock 'n' roll's greatest songs: "Woodstock," "Marrakesh Express," "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "Carry On," "Our House" and "Teach Your Children."...
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DAY TRIP: LITTLE GRAND CANYON
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
SAND RIDGE, Ill. -- The Little Grand Canyon would seem to be Southern Illinois' best kept secret. At least, it's a secret kept from Southeast Missouri residents. Talk about it among your friends and you'll see. Everyone has heard about the canyon, read about it or even passed by it on their way to somewhere else, but few people actually have been there...
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SHOW ME CENTER TO BOOK MORE ROCK
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
The scheduling of a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert Aug. 24 (see story, Page 12B) signals a new willingness by the Show Me Center to book rock 'n' roll shows. This is the case despite last Sunday's dismal turnout for a concert by Eddie Money and Kansas. Though fewer than 1,200 people attended that show, Show Me Center Director David Ross attributed the small turnout mostly to "lack of interest" in the musicians...
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CAPE HAS RACIALLY IDENTIFIABLE SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
Racially unbalanced schools aren't just limited to Kansas City and St. Louis districts: Cape Girardeau also has a racially identifiable school. Cape Girardeau has never faced court-ordered desegregation like the state's larger cities, but complaints have been made alleging racial discrimination at both the high-school and elementary levels...
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PATROL PROBES PERRY SHERIFF'S OFFICE; OPPONENT OF SHERIFF SCHAAF ALLEGES WORNGDOING IN SALE OF CAR
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
PERRYVILLE -- Allegations of wrongdoing in the Perry County Sheriff's Department have led to a Missouri Highway Patrol investigation and claims of dirty politics. A former Perry County sheriff's deputy, Raymond Detjen, says Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf is involved in a cover-up after selling a stolen car in June 1995. Schaaf denies the allegation...
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JO ANN EMERSON DECLARES CANDIDACY
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
Although a veteran of several congressional campaigns as the wife of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, Jo Ann Emerson expects the effort to succeed her husband will have a much different feel. "It's going to be shorter; it's going to be intense; and it's going to be terrific," Mrs. Emerson said following her announcement Wednesday that she will seek her late husband's 8th Congressional District seat...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: MAKING DOUBLE, TRIPLE SURE LILY GETS LOVED
(Column ~ 07/11/96)
July 11, 1996 Dear Julie, Last weekend DC and I went to St. Louis to meet the baby girl our friends David and Chris adopted in China. Her first name is Lillian, middle name Jianglu. Means River Jade. She is 7 months old, loves to play with her feet and gurgles a lot. This is all that is expected of her...
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LUTHERAN FOUNDATION BEARS PASTOR'S NAME
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
The Walter J. Keisker Foundation was established at a banquet in Keisker's honor Wednesday night that also served as his surprise 97th birthday party. Friends and colleagues of Keisker, who spent a lifetime serving the community and the Lutheran church, used words like "warm," "compassionate" and "visionary" to describe the man who helped start the local chapter of the Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Southeast Missouri (LFCS)...
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MERCANTILE WILL ACQUIRE CENTRAL MISSOURI BANK
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, has announced plans to strengthen its presence in Central Missouri via a merger with First Financial Corporation of America, a Salem-based bank-holding company. First Financial operates First National Bank of Salem, an $85 million asset bank located about 25 miles southeast of Rolla...
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LETTERS: PHYSICIANS AND SUICIDE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/11/96)
To the editor: In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court carried the right to privacy to the extreme and gave us the Roe vs. Wade decision which has resulted in the legal killing of millions of unborn babies in the ensuing 23 years. Two recent federal court decisions have the potential to do for euthanasia what Roe vs. ...
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SENSIBLE IDEAS
(Editorial ~ 07/11/96)
Both U.S. senators from Missouri have attempted to address the federal minimum-wage issue as efforts to increase the pay standard wind through Congress. In both cases, the senators have offered plans that would be more meaningful to working Americans and their employers. In both cases, their proposals are being stymied by politics and the threat of a presidential veto...
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HEARING ON TAX ABATEMENT
(Editorial ~ 07/11/96)
Aug. 5 is the date and 7:30 p.m. the time set for a public hearing at Cape Girardeau's city hall on whether to grant tax abatement to a major employer that is considering a Cape Girardeau site on which to re-locate approximately 200 jobs. The jobs would feature a minimum starting salary of $16,000. ...
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INTERSECTION DEBATE GOES BACK TO P&Z
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
After years of debate, at least four plans and a couple too-high bids, the quandary over the New Madrid-Henderson intersection is back with the Planning and Zoning Commission. And members are looking to a set of plans drawn 10 years ago for answers...
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SAFETY COURSE SCHEDULED SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 07/11/96)
The American Red Cross will hold its first Safety Saturday on Saturday in the old Port Cape Restaurant room at West Park Mall. Children ages 5 to 12 are invited to attend the free program aimed at educating children on safety and first aid emergencies. Workbooks and completion certificates will be issued...
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DR. LILA MILLER
(Obituary ~ 07/11/96)
Dr. Lila Miller, 94, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, July 10, 1996, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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MAGGIE CARROLL
(Obituary ~ 07/11/96)
Maggie Carroll, 92, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, July 10, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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HILDA MCCLARD
(Obituary ~ 07/11/96)
JACKSON -- Hilda Marie McClard, 78, of Jackson, died Wednesday, July 10, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 19, 1918, at Dutchtown, daughter of Otto and Bertha Walperswiller Sachse. McClard was a cook at Ranch House Restaurant a number of years, and was a lifelong member of Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville...
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BERNADETTE DRURY
(Obituary ~ 07/11/96)
Bernadette Drury, 87, 2216 Brookwood, died Wednesday, July 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Aug. 17, 1908, in Ancell, daughter of Joseph and Alvina Welter Burger. She and Monroe Drury were married June 17, 1930, at Kelso. He died March 12, 1984...
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JOSHUA BALTZELL
(Obituary ~ 07/11/96)
Joshua W. Baltzell, 11 of Independence, died Tuesday, July 9, 1996, at Children's Mercy Hospital. He was born April 5, 1985, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster. He would have been a fifth grade student at Fleetridge Elementary School in Raytown...
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HERMAN FUGATE
(Obituary ~ 07/11/96)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Herman Fugate, East Prairie Route 1, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Martin Lucas will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. to service time...
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