Out of the past 10/11/13

1988

The city of Cape Girardeau is adding more court dates and hours in order to reduce lengthy delays in Municipal Court cases; beginning in January, Judge Ed Calvin will be hearing cases all day every Tuesday at city hall; currently, the court meets every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m., and again from 8 p.m. until the docket is completed.

The Cape Girardeau School Board adopts a 1988-1989 budget with $16,196,791 in anticipated expenditures and $16,898,704 anticipated receipts.

1963

The Cape Girardeau city airport board has interviewed three engineers in connection with the possible extension of the runway at the municipal airport; the engineers -- Lennie O. Whitworth Jr. of Sikeston, Mo., and representatives of R.M. Harrison Co. and Horner and Shifrin, both of St. Louis -- also have been in touch with the Federal Aviation Agency about Cape Girardeau's runway problem.

Thomas Edwards, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Union Local 574, estimates a crowd of about 1,200 will attend the dedication of the new Teamsters building here and the appearance of the union's president, James R. Hoffa, tomorrow night.

1938

Expected to stay silent on the spreading movement to make him a presidential candidate in 1940, Sen. Bennett C. Clark will bring his campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate to Houck Field House tonight; his Republican opponent is former governor Henry S. Caulfield.

The resignation of Don Foster as manager of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce was accepted last night by the board of directors; Foster resigned to take a position as manager of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

1913

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- W.H. Mogg, the freight agent here, has tendered his resignation and will retire as soon as his replacement arrives; J.G. Sarius, agent at Crystal City, Mo., will be appointed to the position, it is said; he was the agent at Cape Girardeau before going to Crystal City.

L.K. Juden and Fred Groves returned home last night from St. Louis, where they spent a few days attending the big automobile show and taking in the Veiled Prophet festivities.

-- Sharon K. Sanders