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JESSE D. LUTES
(Obituary ~ 09/01/95)
MILLERSVILLE -- Funeral service for Jesse David Lutes of Millersville will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Scott Lohse will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Lutes, 70, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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A FABLE ABOUT TAXES
(Editorial ~ 09/01/95)
Suppose -- just suppose -- the elected leaders in your town got together and said, "Recycling is good, but recycling costs a lot of money. Let's have a tax of $310 on every resident of the city to pay for recycling. We will be able to have more recycling than anyone ever dreamed of. ...
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BELL TO OFFER DISCOUNT TO SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. will offer a 20 percent discount to more than 1,200 accredited public and private schools, colleges and universities in Missouri. That could save schools an estimated $800,000 a year on selected telephone services, said Horace Wilkins Jr., president of Southwestern Bell Telephone-Missouri...
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COUNTY LOOKS AT PAY SCHEDULE
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau County's wage scale, designed in 1990, invites review and change every so often, County Clerk Rodney Miller said. Miller, along with Auditor H. Weldon Macke and Collector Harold Kuehle, is part of a committee to do just that -- be sure salaries keep up with the times and are fair to all 141 county employees...
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TCI PROMOTION BENEFITS SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
The local cable television system will raise money for the Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts. Customers who sign up for cable or add to their service with TCI of Cape Girardeau and Jackson during the month of September will receive a lower-priced installation. The company will donate up to $5 for each installation to the school districts...
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LAND TRANSFERS
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
Cape Girardeau County Steve and Patricia Dubbs to Clement Hatler; J.W. and Lennie Denning to Martin Ballance et al.; Alvin Robinett Jr. to Teddy and Kathy Jones; Mary Belle Brown to John and Lucy Cheshire; Faye Stinnett to Joyce McClard; Randol Farms Development Inc. to Kate Shan Inc.; The Robert Bauer Family Trust to Mark and Christy McDowell; Linda Harris et al. to Bernard and Betsy Gaydos...
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TRAIN COLLIDES WITH CAR, KILLS MAN
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
FISK -- A Brosley man died after his automobile collided with a Union Pacific locomotive Thursday morning. Hershel Batten, 53, died at 8:12 a.m. after failing to stop his 1986 Oldsmobile at a train crossing while traveling northbound on Butler County Road 627, a mile east of Fisk...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/01/95)
Son to Johnnie and Charlene James of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:29 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, 1995. Name, Dakota Max. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounce. Second son. Mrs. James is the former Charlene Amelunke, daughter of Lester Amelunke and Doris Amelunke of Jackson. She is a cashier at Pocahontas Lumber. James is a foreman at Eagle Pallet. He is the son of John Larry James and Shelby James of Grassy...
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SCOTT R. MORGAN
(Obituary ~ 09/01/95)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Scott Ray Morgan, 26, Dongola Route 1, died Thursday, Aug. 31, 1995, from injuries received in an automobile accident east of Anna. He was born Aug. 20, 1969, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., son of Ray Gene and Sharon Kay Hill Morgan. Morgan was an ironworker. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, and Local 782 in Paducah, Ky...
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BOBBY R. SLAYTON SR.
(Obituary ~ 09/01/95)
SIKESTON -- Bobby Ralph Slayton Sr., 63, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at Clearview Nursing Rehabilitation Center. He was born Jan. 1, 1932, at Deering, son of Shelby Turner and Minnie Elizabeth Taylor Slayton. He married the former Mary Robinett...
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HUGH H. HELD
(Obituary ~ 09/01/95)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Hugh H. Held, 85, of Wolf Lake, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at his home. He was born July 11, 1910, in Commerce, Mo., son of Henry and Christine Sanders Held. Held had been a farmer and construction worker. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: MORAL OBLIGATION
(Editorial ~ 09/01/95)
From the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch: Richard Gephardt seems to be bright enough. He's articulate, and while his speeches seldom leave audiences rolling in the aisles he does not come off as a grouch. There probably are worse companions for an evening of chatter and beer. And regarding his recent tax-reform proposal, he says:...
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COST OF COOL SCHOOLS HIGH
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
Scheduling school would be a lot simpler if the Cape Girardeau School District's classrooms had air conditioning. But air conditioning the city's public schools would cost $4.5 million or more. Business manager Steve DelVecchio said any project costing several million dollars would have to be part of a long-range plan...
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RAGWEED TAKES SEASONAL TOLL ON SUFFERERS
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
Residents of the mid-Mississippi and Ohio valleys can look forward to runny noses, sinus headaches and other symptoms brought on by an increase in ragweed pollen. Ragweed begins blooming in mid-August and continues releasing hay-fever-promoting pollen until a fall frost...
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RIVER CITY JOURNAL: IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR LOVE OF LEARNING
(Column ~ 09/01/95)
Your favorite hometown weekly newspaper arrived last week. A new war memorial is being planned in a nearby town. There are 80 new students in the school district this year -- where are all these people coming from? Termites made the front page. It seems some classrooms are infested, and the school board has to decide whether to save the building or tear it down...
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REGENTS GET FINAL SAY ON MERIT PAY
(Local News ~ 09/01/95)
Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents will have the final say on any new merit pay plan for faculty, the board's president said Thursday. "There can't be any salary changes without the action of the board," said Donald Harrison, board president...
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