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1989

The vacant position of Cape Girardeau police chief is garnering a lot of interest; applications submitted for the position total 75; Feb. 1 is the final day applications will be accepted by the city; the city is seeking to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Ray Johnson in August.

The Cape Girardeau City Council is considering writing off 1,618 delinquent and uncollectable sewer and trash accounts totaling $22,218.

1964

Richard Dirnberger has been named Cape Girardeau's "Outstanding Young Man of 1963" and was presented the Distinguished Service Award at a Jaycees Bosses Night banquet last night.

Work on establishing the proposed water supply district in north Cape Girardeau and south Perry counties edges into the action stage, as authority is given to proceed with the necessary legal procedures to incorporate the district.

1939

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Acting upon orders of Dr. Harry F. Parker, chairman of the Missouri State Board of Health, Col. Marvin Casteel, head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, notifies all persons encamped along the district's two major highways in the cotton country demonstration to move on; after inspecting the makeshift camps, Parker declared the situation "a menace to public health."

Construction work begins on a new building for the Church of the Nazarene at South Park Avenue and Merriwether Street; the new brick structure will cost about $20,000.

1914

Two federal prisoners, temporarily lodged at Cape Girardeau's jail at Independence and Frederick streets, disappeared from the calaboose some time last night; their absence is the most mysterious thing ever occurring around the city's magnificent new bastille.

W.F. McMurry, the contractor who secured the contract for the Frisco riverfront work, arrived here late yesterday with his superintendent, J.H. Titus; about the first thing McMurry did was notify Cape Portland Cement Co. that he would use its cement, and it would take about 10,000 barrels.

__-- Sharon K. Sanders__