Out of the past 1/18/04

10 years ago: Jan. 18, 1994

Coldest temperatures so far this winter and perhaps coldest in more than five years, hit area; arctic blast arrives in wake of second major snowstorm of season that dumps 8 to 10 inches of snow on district Sunday.

Los Angeles - Former Cape Girardeau resident Bryan Walker, his wife Monica, and 7-week-old son Ethan were among those who fled their Glendale, Calif., home when earthquake struck Monday.

25 years ago: Jan. 18, 1979

Over objections of Councilman Robert K. Herbst, city council has voted to contract with Joplin engineering firm of Allgeier, Martin, and Associates, Inc., to design several modifications for city's wastewater treatment plant.

Members of Old St. Vincent's Church and other interested people were assured at last night's meeting that their building, unlike Trinity Lutheran Church, is repairable, restorable and could stand several hundred years.

50 years ago: Jan. 18, 1954

Judge O.A. Knehans files for Republican nomination for judge of Probate Court to succeed Judge John F. Moeckkel, who filed on Friday for Republican nomination for congressman in 10th District.

CHAFFEE, Mo. - Frisco trains are being detoured between Hayti and Brooks Junction, south of Oran, following derailment of 17 cars of freight train at Kewanee last night; no one was injured in accident.

75 years ago: Jan. 18, 1929

BENTON, Mo. - Two children are instantly killed, their father is seriously injured and three other members of same family narrowly escape death when their farm house, six miles east of Benton, is demolished by tornado; dead are Marjorie Hargraves, 4, and her brother, Buddy, 3; Loren Hargraves, their father, is in serious condition.

-- Sharon K. Sanders