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LETTERS: DEATH PENALTY FOR SOME, BUT NOT ALL
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/19/99)
To the editor: I believe in the death penalty for people who admit to murder and have no remorse. But for the people who have the decency to be sorry, they shouldn't die for it. I don't think they deserve it. For the people who are insane or have some kind of mental problem they should be institutionalized for, they need help and need to talk to people about what they did. Being in jail would only make someone go crazy when they actually just need help...
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BOIL-WATER ORDER ISSUED FOR NORTH OF CAPE
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
About 200 households in the Tanglewood, Singing Hills and Cape Rock Village area were notified to boil their water Thursday afternoon after a 6-inch water main was accidentally punctured on Old Sprigg Street. The resulting lower pressure automatically required the Cape Girardeau Department of Public Works to issue a boil-water order as a precaution...
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MEDICAL SURFARI: WHO DECIDES ISSUES OF OUR HEALTH CARE?
(Column ~ 03/19/99)
It can happen to you. Cancer. A heart attack. Stroke. A slip in the bathtub. A car accident where you are rushed to the hospital When you need medical care, you want the best that you can get. The advancement of medical technology has brought about more choices for patients and physicians. ...
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'HEE HAW SHOW APPLE CREEK STYLE!' OPENS SATURDAY NIGHT
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
APPLE CREEK -- The sandwiches served the first night of this year's "Hee Haw Show Apple Creek Style!" probably will be chicken salad, director Ray Sauer says, because last weekend's parish chicken and dumpling dinner was snowed out. That's the way the annual "Hee Haw Show" is, homemade and resourceful. That's what audiences like about it...
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TORCH RUN SHIRTS BEING SOLD AT MALL
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol will be selling Torch Run T-shirts at West Park Mall today. Proceeds will benefit the Special Olympics program in Missouri. Shirts will be available at West Park Mall Center Court from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., said Lt. D.B. Hart of the highway patrol...
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SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL HONORS GOOD STUDENTS
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
SIKESTON -- One hundred students at Scott County Central High School enjoyed good food Thursday when school officials and local businesses treated them to a special assembly for outstanding achievement. Counselor Don Shaner said all students who had shown good behavior, attended classes and had good grades in the past semester were recognized by the Praise Program...
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AND THE BEAT GOES ON...: NEW PROCEDURE CURES SOME HEART ARRHYTHMIAS
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
When Shane Steck ran junior high track he spent more time lying down than running. The same was true when he attempted soccer. "Anything I did that was athletic, my heart would race and I had to lay down," Steck said. "It would last a couple seconds to 45 minutes. I didn't know how long it would last."...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 03/19/99)
COMMUNIST RUSSIA is obsolete. Communist China, Cuba, and North Korea are still in business. The United States wants to engage Communist China, but not Cuba or North Korea. Kind of confusing, isn't it? The Clinton foreign policy is an enigma. We need leadership, not guesswork and shilly-shallying vacillation,or ego bombings...
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MISSOURIANA
(Column ~ 03/19/99)
Missouri's native son, former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley is still running for president. We only mention this because no one seems to have noticed. Depending on your point of view, reports that the Missouri Legislature is hard at work is either pleasing or frightening...
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SOME IDEAS FOR PUTTING RIVER INTO RIVERFEST
(Editorial ~ 03/19/99)
There are no individuals more deserving of praise and gratitude than volunteers who organize major community events. This includes the 25 hardy souls who gathered earlier this week to start organizing this year's Riverfest celebration scheduled for June 11-12 in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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WELCOME, TEACHERS
(Editorial ~ 03/19/99)
More than a thousand teachers are slated to be in Cape Girardeau today for the 123rd annual district teachers meeting, which draws educators from all over Southeast Missouri. Welcome! We hope you enjoy your visit and learn some things that help you when you return to your classrooms. We're proud of our teachers, and we just wanted to let you know...
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LETTERS: NEGATIVE CANDIDATES IN JACKSON
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/19/99)
To the editor: As I am sure most citizens of Jackson are aware, the election season is a little different this year. In the past, candidates and current officeholders have stated their qualifications and their plans for a better Jackson. Unfortunately, that is not the case this year. ...
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BIGGEST NON-EVENT OF SEASON PLANNED
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
It is the biggest non-event of the season, an event so posh and exclusive people pay not to attend. That's right. People pay not to participate in St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary's Phantom Ball held annually on April Fool's Day. Since its inception, the Phantom Ball has generated more than $40,000 for the medical center without serving a meal or preforming a dance...
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SAFE BUSES: INSPECTION PUTS JACKSON AT TOP
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
A small tear in the rubber blade of a windshield wiper made the difference between excellent and perfect during Jackson School District's spring bus inspection Thursday. Three hours and 54 buses later, the school district posted a near perfect inspection score of 98.1 percent -- well above the state average of 85.3 percent...
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MSTA EDUCATOR AWARDS ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
Winners of the Missouri State Teachers Association Meritorious Service and Community Teachers Association Leaders of the Year awards were announced during a banquet Thursday night. Larry Nickell, Anna Crawford, Mary Wilhite, Martha Short, Ruthie Davis and Gene Brunkhorst, all were honored for superior contributions to education and MSTA during the event, held in the University Center Ballroom at Southeast Missouri State University...
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AGREEMENT REACHED IN SATELLITE TV SQUABBLE
(Local News ~ 03/19/99)
One of the nation's largest satellite TV companies -- DirecTV -- and the National Association of Broadcasters, has announced an agreement to settle a lawsuit concerning what viewers can watch network programs via satellite. Under the deal, many viewers who get their network shows from satellite TV will still have to make the switch and obtain local affiliates' network programs by antennas or cable TV. ...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: SIGNS OF AGING: WHEN THE VCR AND COFFEE MAKER TURN ON YOU
(Column ~ 03/19/99)
Life is full of good things like downtown golf courses and trees that blossom before a snowstorm. And then ... My mother, who is not old at all, thinks I dwell too much on growing old. There is no getting around the fact that I'm getting older. For a long time I just went along with aging. I didn't make a fuss, because I didn't feel or act differently at 45 than I did when I was 25...
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KELLY GIRLS TOP SPRING CAST FOR SOFTBALL
(High School Sports ~ 03/19/99)
With so many of the schools -- particularly the larger ones -- having switched to an exclusive fall schedule, the list of area high school softball teams that play in the spring continues to dwindle. Still, there are several of them left, with Kelly, Scott City and Chaffee heading up the spring teams in the immediate area...
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CHARLES BETTS
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
CHARLESTON -- Charles Edward Betts, 51, of Charleston died suddenly Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at his home. He was born Dec. 13, 1947, son of Elijah and Louise Thomas Betts. Betts served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Survivors include a son, Baron Betts of San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Varondo and Felicia Betts of San Diego; three brothers, Felix Betts of Detroit, Mich., Gary Betts of Indianapolis, Ind., and Steve Betts of Charleston...
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GLENN NENNINGER
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
Glenn Henry Nenninger, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 1, 1907, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Edward and Emma Lipp Nenninger. He and Mary G. Bradford were married June 19, 1934, in Cape Girardeau...
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LOUISE MYERS
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
OLD APPLETON -- Louise Anna Myers, 83, of Old Appleton died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, in Maryland Heights. She was born July 18, 1915, in St. Louis, daughter of Frederick and Louise Frey Schneider. She and David Samuel Myers were married Nov. 26, 1932. He died Dec. 22, 1978...
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RUTH BERRY
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
ADVANCE -- Ruth Berry, 66, of Union City, Okla., died Wednesday, March 17, 1999, at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. She is formerly of Advance. Morgan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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PAULINE BAKER
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
Pauline G. Baker, 79, died Thursday, March 18, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 13, 1920, in Millersville, daughter of Prett and Alma Thompson Kistner. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau and had worked at Florsheim Shoe Factory for 41 years before retiring...
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METTA MUNGLE
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
PATTON -- Metta Marie Mungle, 87, of Patton died Thursday, March 18, 1999, at the family home. She was born Feb. 18, 1912, at Yount, daughter of Frank and Sarah Jane Halbrooks Yamnitz. She married R.S. "Butch" Mungle Sept. 2, 1931. He survives. She was a housewife and a member of the Patton United Methodist Church for the past 50 years, singing in the choir until 1997...
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CAROLYN NIMMO
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
Carolyn Nimmo, 53, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Anna, Ill., died Thursday, March 18, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Stephens officiating...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 03/19/99)
Daughter to Robert W. and Julie Marie Unterreiner Jr. of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:26 a.m. Wednesday, March 10, 1999. Name, Jewel Alexandra. Weight, 6 pounds 7 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Unterreiner is the former Julie Fornkohl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ainsworth of Imboden, Ark. She is a registered nurse at Southeast Hospital. Unterreiner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Unterreiner Sr. of Jackson. He is employed by Leimer and Sons Fencing...
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DANIEL BOLLWERK
(Obituary ~ 03/19/99)
Funeral for Daniel R. Bollwerk of Springfield was held Tuesday at Greenlawn South Funeral Home in Springfield. Lowell Thomas officiated, with burial in Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield. Bollwerk, 24, died Friday, March 12, 1999, at his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1974, in St. Louis, son of Richard and Angela Bollwerk. He married the former Melissa Claxton...
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