Out of the past 1/31/02

10 years ago: Jan. 31, 1992

City workers scooped up hundreds of dead fish yesterday from Capaha Park lagoon; city park official says it isn't known what killed fish; water samples have been taken from lagoon and will be analyzed by Missouri Department of Conservation.

Jeff Daniel, insurance consultant and former athletic trainer for Southeast Missouri State University, has entered race for one-year term on Cape Girardeau Board of Education; Daniel filed yesterday morning, while Kathy Swan filed for seat on Tuesday.

25 years ago: Jan. 31, 1977

At least a three-person race for seat on City Council develops with filing of Robert White for that position; White joins Judith Dzur and Gary Koch in placing their names on April 5 city election ballot; two seats are to be filled in spring election.

American Flag outside Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 383 is at full-staff again, after being flown at half-staff for less than week in protest of President Jimmy Carter's blanket pardon of Vietnam draft evaders.

50 years ago: Jan. 31, 1952

School for Civil Defense instructors from wide area of Southeast Missouri begins at Presbyterian Church, with members of adult education and extension service staffs of University of Missouri and state Civil Defense authorities taking part; two-day school is one of series being conducted throughout state.

Cairo, Ill. - Home of Dr. U.F. Bass, black physician, in Cairo was bombed Tuesday night in flare-up of violence occurring during preparations to admit black pupils to city schools previously limited to whites; Bass, his wife and four small children escaped injury, but unoccupied bedroom of their home was demolished.

75 years ago: Jan. 31, 1927

With representatives of both engineering firm and contracting company here, preliminary work on construction of traffic bridge across Mississippi River is under way; P.V. Pennybacker, engineer with firm of Harrington, Howard & Ash, which will have supervision of construction of bridge, arrives in morning; R.L. Stovall, engineer for U.G.I. Construction Co., is also in town with corps of assistants.

Estate of late Louis Houck is valued at $122,655.45 in report of appraiser, named to assess state inheritance tax, in report filed in Common Pleas Court; beneficiaries of estate are his widow; son, Major Giboney Houck.

-- Sharon K. Sanders