Week of June 26 - July 2

July 2, 1962

Cape's Murle Lindstrom Wins Women's U.S. Open

Southeast Missourian

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Mrs. Murle McKenzie Lindstrom, the new U.S. Women's Open golf champion, said she was on a cloud after winning her title Saturday and she has been airborne muc of the time since.

She flew to New York Sunday for a Monday network television appearance. Then she planned to fly on to Cape Girardeau to join her golf pro husband, Fred.

The trim 23-year-old blonde native of St. Petersburg, Fla., closed with the best final round in ai steady rain Saturday, 1-over-par 73, to pass fading favorites and post a 301 total for 72 holes, second highest winning total in USGA Open history.

Mrs. Lindstrom set two records and tied another in a tremendous rally to win the championship...

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June 26, 1986

Missourian sold

The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau's daily newspaper for 82 years, has been sold to Gary W. Rust, president of Concord Communications here, effective Friday, it was announced today by Michael J. Sexton, Missourian publisher, and Rust.

The Southeast Missourian was established by three brothers, Fred, George and Harry Naeter, in 1904 and was operated by that family until 1977 whem Thomson Newspapers of DesPlaines, Ill., purchased the property. Concord Communications operates the Bulletin-Journal, a three-times-a-week newspaper.

"We intend to provide Cape Girardeau with one of the finest dailies in the United States in terms of news, market penetration and value for both our readers and advertisers," Rust commented...

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July 1, 2004

Regents: Go Redhawks

By Mark Bliss

Southeast Missourian

The seven-member board of regents unanimously adopted Redhawks as the new nickname for Southeast Missouri State University, but school officials said it would be spring 2005 before any new mascot and logo could be created and put to use.

The regents' action came after listening to the recommendations of an 18-member campus committee, alumni, athletics officials and president Dr. Ken Dobbins.

A crowd of about 80 alumni, faculty, staff and students gave a standing ovation to the board at the Show Me Center after the regents voted to retire the school's Indian and Otahkian nicknames.

Regents said they want the Indian and Otahkian nicknames retires with dignity in some type of ceremony.

Possible Redhawk logos were shown to the regents, but officials said they were just possibilities.

The university's Indian nickname dates back to 1922. The women's sports teams at Southeast had been known as the Otahkians since 1972. The Otahkian nickname referred to the Cherokee woman who died on the Trail of Tears forced march to the Oklahoma terriotry in the 1800s...