Stories from Monday, May 11, 1992

For three months during the summer of 1987, I did a research study for the Fremont, California, police department. While there, I spent time in several other California cities conducting interviews, participating in training panels, and going on ride-alongs. ...

Hundreds of students will graduate from area high schools in the coming weeks. Advance High School is the first to hold its graduation ceremonies on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Twenty-nine seniors will be addressed by graduation speaker Coach Eddie Dunivan, the school's athletic director...

The popularity of amphitheaters since last summer has left the Show Me Center and other indoor venues with little to choose from in the way of contemporary bands and musicians. But the center's coming fiscal year, starting in July, could start out on a better note...

Like most open houses, visitors can enjoy a drink, wander about to take in the sights, and meet new people. It's just that this open house is in an unusual place a cemetery. "Most people I know who are interested in Cape's history say the cemetery is a good place to start," said Loretta Dodd of the Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission. "And we hope it's going to be fun."...

It's no surprise that the Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron was a hit with spectators at Cape Aviation Days. But several of the 25,000 to 30,000 people who attended the show Sunday said they also were impressed with a Stealth Fighter fly-by, hot-air balloon races and the aerial acrobatics of the Peterson-Krier Airshow also part of Aviation Days...

The Southeast Missourian asked people, "Should an employer be allowed to hire only non-smokers?" Jerolene Forhan: "I don't feel that an employer should tell you not to smoke. There are lots of people who smoke. I am not a smoker, but I feel that it would be discrimination for an employer to do that."...

A Patton man was killed Saturday when the motorcycle he was driving was struck head-on by a car. Authorities identified the victim as Wendell Lincoln, 33, of Patton. The driver of the car, Edith Spalding, 67, of Cape Girardeau, received serious injuries in the accident. She was in satisfactory condition Sunday at St. Francis Hospital, according to a hospital spokesman...

ORAN -- Clara A. Hanselman, 84, of Oran, died Sunday, May 10, 1992, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Oran. WENDELL LINCOLN

NEW HAMBURG -- Leocadia Bucher, 90, of New Hamburg died Sunday, May 10, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 12, 1901, at New Hamburg, the daughter of Andrew and Catherine Dannenmueller Dirnberger. On May 9, 1922, she married Philip Bucher, who preceded her in death July 30, 1951. On April 28, 1955, she married Michael Bucher, who preceded her in death May 24, 1968...

DELTA -- Lula May Nance, 84, of Delta, died Sunday, May 10, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Delta on May 29, 1907, daughter of George and Eva Totton Dunn. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Delta. She married Albert Nance on Feb. 1, 1928. He preceded her in death on Aug. 7, 1964...

SIKESTON -- Mary Anne Hahs, 67, of Sikeston, died at her home Sunday, May 10, 1992. She was born May 12, 1924, at Joiner, Ark., daughter of William Wesley and Katherine Freeman Wellons Lankford. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sikeston, where she was employed as the church secretary for 13 years...

BENTON -- Ruby Abernathy, 86, of Benton, died Sunday, May 10, 1992 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

PATTON -- Wendell Lincoln, 33, of Patton, died Saturday, May 9, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital following a motorcycle accident. He was born in Cape Girardeau on Feb. 17, 1959, son of Duel and Juanita Limbaugh Lincoln. They survive of Marble Hill...

Daughter to Dr. and Mrs. John Hardeman of Orlando, Fla., Arnold Palmer Hospital there, 6:25 a.m. Sunday, April 26, 1992. Name, Alana Michelle. Weight, 6 pounds 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hardeman is the former Jan MacKenzie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James MacKenzie of Overland Park, Kan. Hardeman is a physician, and is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Hardeman of Patton and formerly of Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON -- Effie May Clay, 100, formerly of Essex, died Sunday, May 10, 1992 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Feb. 6, 1892, in Oklahoma, daughter of Samuel A. and Roxy Settles Dabbs. She was a member of the Rauch-Spence United Methodist Church at Morehouse, and a member of the Methodist Women's Club. She was also a member of the Morehouse chapter of the Eastern Star...

The other day a candidate to become the next Governor of Missouri was quote as saying: "We all know the welfare system isn't working." The would-be governor proceeded to promise that if only the voters would install him in the executive office, he would "fix" it, although he seemed not to have the inclination at that precise moment to offer any solutions...

A new educational alliance between the Cape Girardeau School District and Southeast Missouri State University has all the elements of becoming a potentially winning program in establishing strategies to restructure elementary and secondary education within the district...

Dear Editor: This is Police Memorial Week. All over our country, police officers are remembering their dead. There are ceremonies and speeches being made. They will talk of sacrifices made, and of mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, wives and children who are alone because of those valiant soldiers of the street that each day put their badges to "Protect and Serve" the public, and died because of it...

For three months during the summer of 1987, I did a research study for the Fremont, California, police department. While there, I spent time in several other California cities conducting interviews, participating in training panels, and going on ride-alongs. ...

In the wake of the verdict on the Los Angeles police brutality case and its aftermath, I would like to share my reflections and analysis of the verdict and the violence. I was shocked when I heard the verdict and of the violence over the radio. I imagined masses of American Blacks (though misguided) in bloody conflict with state authorities. ...

Now that the so-called experts both (black & white) have expressed their views on the aftermath of the Rodney Kind verdict. Lets examine the truth behind the rhetoric. Starting with George Bush. He blames today's racial and social ills on failed policies of the 1960's. Perhaps George should review the policies of the 1980's, that he and Reagan implemented, and that he is still carrying out, but aside from that, the real blame should go to the people mainly responsible. "BLACK AMERICANS."...