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LETTERS: THIRD PARTIES BACK CONSTITUTION
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/14/99)
To the editor: When all is said and done, the Democrats and the Republicans will still argue over who is the best. I find it hard to believe that the average intelligent citizen would even want to be categorized as either. The true Democrats and Republicans are the people running this great nation into the ground. ...
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: MEMPHIS' BROOKS MUSEUM GLISTENS WITH ANCIENT GOLD
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
Rhytons were used to serve wine during religious celebrations. This example of a rhyton is extraordinary because of the intricacies of the gold work as well as its creative significance as one of the early examples of the Hellenistic style. The phiale is a ceremonial bowl used to receive offerings of wine. This piece demonstrates the cultural crossroads of the Thracian treasures. The design signature appears to be the work of a Greek master from Asia Minor...
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ARTIFACTLABELLE AT THE FOXS:
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
ST. LOUIS -- R&B legend Patti LaBelle will perform at the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3. With hits like "Lady Marmalade," "New Attitude" and "On My Own," LaBelle has had eight Grammy nominations and won the 1992 Grammy for best R&B vocal. She is nominated for a 1999 Grammy...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 01/14/99)
WHAT NEW program will Clinton offer tomorrow? The Senate had better conduct this impeachment trial fast before Clinton gives away the store. What a joke he is to America. Senators, remove this impostor and socialist before he bankrupts the country. WHY IS it we can take our dogs to a psychiatrist and we use our newspaper to whip our president?...
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THIS COULD BE BIG YEAR FOR TAXES, SPENDING
(Editorial ~ 01/14/99)
It is no wonder that tax cuts are at the top of most lists in Jefferson City as the 1999 session of the Missouri General Assembly begins work. Consider: -- Tax collections for the state's general revenue fund are expected to set a record -- about $7 billion -- by the time the current fiscal year ends June 30...
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LETTERS: BOOK PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF MISDEEDS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/14/99)
To the editor: A new book, "The Year of the Rat," by two Republican Capitol Hill staffers with extensive investigative experience in fields of China, national security and international financial crimes, reveals the true extent of how Bill Clinton sold out America's national security to China in return for campaign cash. This book describes Clinton's actions as bribery, an identifiable high crime that calls for removal from office...
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LETTERS: PARALLELS OF TRIALS, IMPEACHMENT
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/14/99)
To the editor: I fail to see what the problem with the impeachment trial is besides political timidity. The parallels between a regular trial and the impeachment seem to be clear to me. In a regular trial, the evidence is gathered by the police, in this case by Ken Starr. ...
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LETTERS: PHONE TAX NOT VOTED BY CONGRESS
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/14/99)
To the editor: According to the Congressional Record and as reported by the Southeast Missourian, because of changes enacted by the Republican majority in Congress some 48 million Americans will no longer pay any federal income taxes starting in the 1998 tax year. ...
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KING, BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS SCHEDULED
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
A number of events are planned Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Others events are scheduled throughout February as part of Black History Month. The schedule: Monday The 14th annual Memorial Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. at the Show Me Center. Judge Leslie Isaiah Gains, a senior partner in the Lawson and Gaines law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, will be the speaker. Tickets are $6.50 for the public and $3 for students. For information call Debra Mitchell-Braxton at 651-5186...
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PILOTS FACE RIVER WOES
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
Two tows ran aground in the Mississippi River just south of Cape Girardeau Tuesday in accidents caused in part by ice and low water. The U.S. Coast Guard urged towboat pilots to use caution and limited the size of tows on the river north of St. Louis. The Coast Guard is considering similar action along the river south of Cape Girardeau, said Chief Warrant Officer Joe Baier of the Coast Guard's Paducah, Ky., office...
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BAPTISTS DEBATE DROPPING OF NAME
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
While Baptist churches in some parts of the country are dropping the denomination reference from their names, all in Cape Girardeau remain faithful to their designation. The issue is most prevalent among Southern Baptist churches outside the southern United States. The churches hope that dropping any reference to the denomination makes them more attractive to nonbelievers...
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SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL TO FOCUS ON FUTURE; WENTE: NIXON DECISION PREMATURE
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
Although a proposed merger has collapsed, Southeast Missouri Hospital's leadership hopes to continue working closely with St. Francis Medical Center to improve local health care while building for the future on its own. "Southeast will now concentrate on the future and will re-evaluate projects that have been on hold because of the merger talks," said James Wente, Southeast administrator. "Southeast Missouri Hospital is a strong, viable institution."...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: WINTERING IN THE LIMBO OF MODERATION, WHISPERS IN THE DARK
(Column ~ 01/14/99)
Jan. 14, 1999 Dear Leslie, These winterbound days and nights in Missouri make for a passive life, for time spent watching instead of playing. We don't see enough snow for cross country skiing or sustain cold enough temperatures to cause us to chainsaw holes in lakes so we can get at fish. We winter in the limbo of moderation...
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CHICAGO WOMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON I-57
(Local News ~ 01/14/99)
VIENNA, Ill. -- A Chicago woman was killed early Wednesday morning on I-57 when the van she was riding in struck a wall and she was ejected. Emma C. Banks, 52, was fatally injured in the 3:10 a.m. accident 2 1/2 miles south of Vienna. Receiving minor injuries were Eugene C. Banks, 25, and Jittaun Banks, 29, both of Chicago. They were treated at Union County Hospital in Anna...
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OVC UNBEATENS TO BATTLE FOR FIRST; RACERS, INDIANS CLASH IN SHOW ME CENTER
(College Sports ~ 01/14/99)
The preliminaries are all out of the way. Both teams have taken care of business. Tonight, it's showdown time in the Ohio Valley Conference. Southeast Missouri State University's Indians and Murray State's big, bad Racers will tip it off at 7:30 p.m. in a game that could pack the 7,000-seat Show Me Center...
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MURRAY STATE STAGES CHALLENGE FOR OTAHKS
(College Sports ~ 01/14/99)
Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball coach Ed Arnzen says don't be fooled by Murray State's poor record. The Lady Racers have played just about everybody close and will be a handful tonight when the squads square off in a 5:30 Ohio Valley Conference tipoff at the Show Me Center...
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DELTA GIRLS KNOCK OFF ORAN
(High School Sports ~ 01/14/99)
DELTA -- Delta, the fifth seed, pulled off a minor upset Wednesday night be defeating No. 4 Oran 42-32 in the first round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference girls basketball tournament. Amanda Cook, who drained four 3-pointers, led the Lady Bobcats with 18 points, followed by Kristin Fish with 12...
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MARGARET KEAN
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
KARNAK, Ill. -- Funeral for Margaret Kean of Karnak will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak. The Rev. Ken Sharp will officiate, with burial in Masonic Cemetery at Belknap. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 10 a.m. until service time...
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SAM NALL
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
Sam H. Nall, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, at Fountainbleau Lodge. He was born July 10, 1913, in Elizabethtown, Ky., son of Turner and Clara Eubanks Nall. He and Freda Null were married Nov. 1, 1935, at Lutesville. Formerly of Zalma, Nall was a retired timber worker...
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JIM STANFIELD SR.
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
ORAN -- James W. "Jim" Stanfield Sr., 91, of Oran died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at the home of a daughter in Oran. He was born Feb. 13, 1907, in Savannah, Tenn., son of Elijah and Esther Cupples Stanfield. He and Mabel E. Longacre were married Oct. 12, 1929. She died March 23, 1996...
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GREGORY PATTON
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Gregory M. Patton, 45, of Miller City died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, at his home of an apparent heart attack. He was born Sept. 19, 1953, in Cairo, son of Malcolm and Patricia Hurst Patton. Patton owned Patton Farms and Patton Hunting Club until retiring recently. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Alexander-Pulaski County Farm Bureau, and Ducks Unlimited...
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GLEN BRANAM
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Glen Branam, 63, of St. Louis, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, at West View Rehabilitation Center. Shelby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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DEBBIE LOFTON
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral for Debbie Ann Lofton of Immokalee, Fla., will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Pastor George White will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Lofton, 44, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 1999, at S.W. Regional Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla...
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HARRY D. ROBINSON
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
Harry D. Robinson, 95, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 13, 1903, in Dallas, Texas, son of T.D. and Maggie E. Heitman Robinson. He married Marjorie M. Hamlin Oct. 13, 1933, in Auburn, Ill. She survives...
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JOHN MCCLUSKEY
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
KARNAK, Ill. -- John McCluskey, 84, of Eva, Ala., died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at the home of a son. Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak is in charge of arrangements.
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MIGONETTE WOOLSEY
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
JACKSON -- Migonette Woolsey, 90, of Jackson died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 11, 1909, in Canfield, Ark., daughter of James David and Bertha Lou Gamblin Bratcher. She and Le Roy Woolsey were married Jan. 3, 1926, in New Madrid. He died July 15, 1989...
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RICHARD CRABTREE
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
ADVANCE -- Richard P. Crabtree, 63, of Advance died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born July 19, 1935, in New Orleans, La., son of Leonard and Geneva Morris Crabtree. He and Agnes Vaughn were married June 4, 1956, in Greenville, Miss...
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CLAIRE GARNER
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Claire C. Garner, 77, of Anna died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at Union County Hospital. He was born May 3, 1921, in Wayne City, son of Virgil O. and Lora L. Hood Garner. He and Lena Marie Zack were married in October 1941 in Little Rock, Ark. She died Jan. 3, 1986...
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SIDNEY LOWE
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
BERNIE -- Sidney Milton Lowe, 87, of Bernie died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born Oct. 4, 1911, in Ola, Ark., son of Homer Sidney and Harriet Helen Wilson Lowe. He and Dixie Lee Knotts were married May 2, 1941, at Poplar Bluff...
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WILLIAM GOAD SR.
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
ADVANCE -- William L. Goad Sr., 90, formerly of Scott City, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at Livingston Manor in Pontiac, Ill. He was born June 10, 1908, in Stoddard County, son of William and Jane Bollinger Goad. He and Mary Dae Litteral were married in August 1929. She died Aug. 30, 1978...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 01/14/99)
Son to Mark Edward and Amber Rachelle Massey of Sikeston, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:46 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 1998. Name, Christian Alexander. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Massey is the former Amber Davis, daughter of Ted Davis of Sikeston and Teresa Sadler of Bloomfield. Massey is the son of Eddie Massey and Iva Massey of Sikeston. He is employed at Landshire Sandwiches...
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POLLYANNA GAILUS
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
JACKSON -- Pollyanna Hope Gailus, 83, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, with the Rev. Grant Gillard officiating...
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ARTHUR MARLER
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
GLEN ALLEN -- Arthur Winford Marler, 76, of Glen Allen died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 15, 1922, in Washington County, son of George and Susie Hagger Marler. Marler was a retired laborer, and attended McGee Chapel. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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ELOISE SMITH
(Obituary ~ 01/14/99)
ANNA, Ill. -- Eloise Smith, 71, of Anna died Dec. 27, 1998, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Ind. She was born Nov. 28, 1927, in St. Louis to Earl and Annie Doyle Davis. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Anna and was retired from Florsheim Shoe Co...
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