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LETTERS: IRAN STILL SUPPRESSES BAHA'IS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/11/98)
To the editor: An article in the Southeast Missourian Feb. 1 quoted Iran's foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi -- at an international gathering of political and business leaders in Switzerland -- citing the need for "positive deeds" on the part of the United States before normal relations with Iran can be established...
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DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION HEAD LIST OF CHAMBER PRIORITIES
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
Economic development, recruitment of new industries, business retention and expansion, an availability of competent workers and educational opportunities head a list of Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce priorities. Streets, sewers and utilities, as well as crime issues and health care also are among topics that emerged from the chamber's annual three-minute survey of members...
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BOY SCOUTS TO KICK OFF FRIENDS OF SCOUTING
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
Former NFL standout Jack Snow will be the attraction Thursday when the Shawnee District Boy Scouts kick off the annual Friends of Scouting fund-raising blitz with a breakfast. The breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the State Room of Drury Lodge. Snow, an all-American wide receiver who played 11 seasons with the Rams, will join fund-raising chairman Narvol Randol Jr. as guest speaker...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 02/11/98)
IF GARY Rust wants us to read that right-wing clap trap, just let us read it someplace else. Don't let him put all that garbage in from Gary Bauer and Forbes and all the rest of them. Do you realize a few years ago there was a Republican candidate for president who the following year was so fed up with the Republican Party that he went to Franklin Roosevelt and wanted to form a new party. ...
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RUST COMMENTARY: CURRENT U.S. MILITARY STRATEGY IS ONLY A GIANT BLUFF
(Column ~ 02/11/98)
IN THE TANK: Only half of our soldiers think the principal mission of the Army is to fight. HOLLOW TO THE CORPS: The president is relentlessly shrinking the armed forces while thinking of more and more things for them to do. Within a few weeks of announcing that American soldiers would remain in Bosnia indefinitely, President Clinton set forth a plan to reinforce the U.S. ...
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CVB SHOULD LOOK AT VOLUNTEER APPROACH AGAIN
(Editorial ~ 02/11/98)
Cape Girardeau's Convention and Visitors Bureau board is taking a closer look at its pay schedule for employees who used to be volunteers. It is an examination that is well overdue. The Paddlewheelers, which is what the CVB workers are called, have been around for many years, greeting visitors, docking riverboats, but convention attendees. ...
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ANTI-NOISE PLAN HEADED IN RIGHT DIRECTION
(Editorial ~ 02/11/98)
Cape Girardeau wants to turn down the volume on irritating noise-makers. The City Council is considering an ordinance that would give the police department the authority to seize loud stereos, vehicles and other nuisance noise generators. It is a notion worth exploring...
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COOKING SCHOOL RESUMES
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
Southern Living Magazine will bring its unique brand of cooking and entertaining to Cape Girardeau April 30. The cooking school is expected to attract more than 3,000 people to the Show Me Center. Tickets go on sale Thursday. Catherine Hall of Southern Living was in Cape Girardeau Tuesday to work out arrangements for the show, which is co-sponsored by the Southeast Missourian, Schnucks and the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Alliance...
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SCHOOL HAS LONGSTANDING TRADITION
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
The year was 1927. Calvin Coolidge was president. Charles Lindbergh completed the first New York to Paris non-stop flight. "The Jazz Singer," the talking motion picture, debuted in New York City. That same year, The Southeast Missourian held its first cooking school -- a three-day affair. More than 7,000 enthusiastic housewives packed Houck Field House to see demonstrations by Mrs. Edna Riggs Crabtree...
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MOVE TO NEW ST. FRANCIS OFFICES BEGINS
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
Dr. James Bollinger is practicing in solitary splendor in St. Francis Medical Center's new Healing Arts Center. Bollinger moved his family dentistry practice into the medical office building Monday. He is the first tenant. He said it is kind of lonely in the new building, but he expects more tenants to move in. "Give it another week and it won't be quite so lonely," he said...
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FLU BUG AT WORK IN CAPE SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
A flu bug is making its rounds in Cape Girardeau's schools. "This is probably the worst day we've had," Trinity Lutheran School principal Robert Hartmann said Tuesday. "It's not all flu because I know of a few with chicken pox. It seems like once these kids get it they've got it good."...
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HOSPITAL VOTES TO GO PRIVATE; PERRY MEMORIAL PLAN NEEDS COUNTY'S OK
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Perry County Memorial Hospital's board of directors voted Monday night to make the hospital a private institution. Bill Wingerter, chairman of the board, directed hospital administrator Ralph Paulding to and proceed with making the hospital private...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: JOYS OF ADULTHOOD OUTWEIGH PAINS, JUST BARELY
(Column ~ 02/11/98)
Nothing like swimming when you've just eaten. Trust me, you won't drown. I was drinking a large glass of orange juice the other day and suddenly realized I was tired of it. Without a second thought, I tossed half a glass of orange juice down the sink...
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LOCAL MAN NAMED BOARD CHAIRMAN FOR TECHNOLOGY FIRM
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
Jerry L. Stone of Cape Girardeau has been named chairman of the board of directors of Claremont Technology Group Inc., headquartered in Beaverton, Ore. Stone has been with the company since it was founded in 1989 and had been serving as vice chairman of the board since the start of the company. He continues to be a significant shareholder...
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COURT SESSION: INDIANS BACK HOME AFTER STRONG WEEK
(College Sports ~ 02/11/98)
We had a very good week last week, winning two of three games on the road. We had great victories at Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee and a very disappointing loss at Tennessee Tech. Our win at Middle Tennessee on Saturday was especially gratifying because we came back from a 20-point loss at Tennessee Tech and beat a team that was tied for first in the OVC...
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SE BASEBALL BRINGS NEW FACES INTO '98 SEASON
(College Sports ~ 02/11/98)
Anybody attending a Southeast Missouri State University baseball game this season better be sure to have a program. That's because the 1998 Indians will definitely feature a new look. Coach Mark Hogan has welcomed 20 new players -- most of them junior-college transfers -- for the '98 campaign, which begins this weekend with a three-game series at Mississippi...
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JACKSON SETS TONE FOR DISTRICT WITH WIN OVER CENTRAL; INDIANS OUTLAST TIGERS 54-51
(High School Sports ~ 02/11/98)
Cape Central High School will be hosting the Class 4A, District 1 Tournament at the end of the month. Those wondering what the atmosphere might be like during those pressure-packed district contests, should have been at the Tiger Fieldhouse Tuesday night...
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SE TO BUILD LOCKER ROOM TO HONOR UHLS
(College Sports ~ 02/11/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's baseball program will have a new look in 1999 with the addition of the `Tiger Joe Uhls Locker Room.' Fans will have an opportunity to see what the new locker room will look like during Thursday night's basketball game against Tennessee-Martin as there will be artist renditions of the new facility on display at the Show Me Center...
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SCOTT CENTRAL RALLY HANDS NOTRE DAME A 65-62 SETBACK
(High School Sports ~ 02/11/98)
MORLEY -- Scott County Central returned Notre Dame's Christmas present and climbed to the .500 mark in the process Tuesday night. Scott County, which suffered a first-round loss to the Bulldogs in the University High Christmas Tournament, rallied to defeat Notre Dame 65-62 in the second meeting...
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NORBERT WILLIAMS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- Norbert "Nob" Williams, 85, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 12, 1912, at Bloomfield, son of Newton and Ollie Stafford Williams. He and Ethel Ross were married Oct. 26, 1948, in Bowling Green, Ohio...
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VIOLA HAHS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
JACKSON -- Funeral service for Viola M. Hahs of St. Louis was held Monday at Kutis Funeral Home in St. Louis. Burial was in Lakewood Park Cemetery. Hahs, 86, died Friday, Feb. 6, 1998, at her home. She was born Nov. 2, 1911, at Hickory Ridge, daughter of Robert L. and Alfo Wiseman Hitt. She and Steve Hahs were married in Jackson...
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LOIS SPRANKLE
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Lois Ann Sprankle of Somerset, Ky., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Dr. John D. Englehart will officiate, with burial in Baker Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. today...
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FLORA TANZ
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Flora A. Tanz, 80, of Perryville died Monday, Feb. 9, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 3, 1918, at Longtown, daughter of Max R. and Irma Bergmann Schubert. She and Herbert H. Tanz were married April 5, 1948. He died July 28, 1980...
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MONA SLEMMER
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
JACKSON -- Mona J. Slemmer, 76, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 9, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 7, 1921, at Bell City, daughter of Harrison and Ida Jane Drew McCulley. She and Walter G. Slemmer were married July 9, 1938. He died April 7, 1989...
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RUTH SPENCER
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Ruth Beatrice "Temple" Spencer, 66, of Mounds died Monday, Feb. 9, 1998, at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Dec. 3, 1931, in Mounds, daughter of Forrest F. and Ruth M. Boyd Spencer. Survivors include a brother, Charles "Jerry" Spencer of Mounds...
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SALLY BANKS
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
CHARLESTON -- Sally May Banks, 51, of Charleston died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 5, 1946, in Cliftonville, Miss., daughter of Sally May Reed and Spencer Hound. Banks was a member of Faith Temple Church at Wyatt...
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LINDA OGLE
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
DIEHLSTADT -- Linda Ogle, 58, of Ste. Genevieve died Monday, Feb. 9, 1998, at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 9, 1939, at Diehlstadt, daughter of Atlas and Coena Stone Summers. She and Charles Ogle were married Sept. 16, 1961. Ogle had lived in Ste. Genevieve 22 years, and was employed at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Festus...
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J.C. SINGLETON
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
BLOOMFIELD -- J.C. Singleton, 74, of Bloomfield died Saturday, Feb. 7, 1998, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born Jan. 16, 1924, in Leachville, Ark., son of John Wiley and Melvina Singleton. He and Lillian Jordan were married June 28, 1947, in Piggott, Ark...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 02/11/98)
Son to Andrew P. and Stacy D. Taylor of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:51 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, 1997. Name, Jacob Patrick. Weight, 9 pounds 2 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Taylor is the former Stacy Sissney, daughter of Dan Futch and Susan Futch of Dallas, Texas, and Dale and Nanette Sissney of Whitesboro, Texas. ...
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TWO PEOPLE HURT IN AREA AUTO WRECKS
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
Two people were injured in separate single-vehicle accidents Monday afternoon. In Ste. Genevieve County, Gregory Wolk, 28, of Ste. Genevieve suffered moderate injuries when he swerved to hit a deer at Route A and Limekiln Road. Wolk's vehicle ran off the roadway and came to rest on the west side of Route A. The accident occurred at 4:35 p.m...
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RONALD GROTH
(Obituary ~ 02/11/98)
Ronald C. Groth, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 17, 1945, in Gatesville, Texas, son of Howard G. and Ruth L. Spence Groth. He and Nancy M. Springer were married Nov. 6, 1997, at South Padre Island, Texas...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
The Southeast Missourian asked students at Orchard Drive Elementary School, "What makes a Valentine special?" Valentine's Day is Saturday. Luke Clippard: "It's when they are honest, kind and sweet. They also share their stuff and give you a compliment."...
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BOARD MEMBERS APPROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOUNDARIES
(Local News ~ 02/11/98)
JACKSON -- The Jackson Board of Education approved attendance boundaries for the district's seven elementary schools during a meeting Tuesday night at Jackson Middle School. Assistant Superintendent Fred Jones told board members he has not heard of any "organized protest" against the new boundaries, which were developed to establish attendance at South Elementary School for the 1998-99 school year. ...
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