RecordsNovember 10, 2013
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Warrants are issued against 50 people in connection with a 10-month undercover investigation by the Cape County Drug Enforcement Task Force; 44 adults and six juveniles, all of whom were described as drug dealers, were implicated. To make room for smaller classes, Cape Girardeau School Board members have suggested building a new elementary school or perhaps changing the district boundary lines...
1988
Warrants are issued against 50 people in connection with a 10-month undercover investigation by the Cape County Drug Enforcement Task Force; 44 adults and six juveniles, all of whom were described as drug dealers, were implicated.
To make room for smaller classes, Cape Girardeau School Board members have suggested building a new elementary school or perhaps changing the district boundary lines.
1963
A victory social closes a building fund campaign First Presbyterian Church of Jackson has been engaged in two weeks; a goal of $94,500 was set to improve existing property and build an education wing.
The United Campus Christian Fellowship hosts Leonard E. Tinker, regional director of peace education for the American Friends Service Committee (Quaker); Tinker leads a discussion at the evening fellowship at First Presbyterian Church here.
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1938
Concentration of more than 40 percent of the votes cast in the county election in Cape Girardeau's 10 precincts, one-fourth the number of voting places in the county, probably had a lot to do with the late reporting of election returns as candidates and voters waited until Wednesday's early hours to get results; several people, including county officials, have expressed the belief that Cape Girardeau should have more polling places.
A number of Girardeans are planning to attend the dedication Friday of the new traffic bridge over the Ohio River at Cairo, Ill.; the 140th Infantry Band, including members from here and Chaffee, Mo., will be on hand and will give a concert in the afternoon.
1913
G.W. Pair, electrician, has moved his office and stock of supplies to his residence, 241 N. Fountain St., just a few doors north of the H.-H. Building; he has fitted up a display and work room there.
Appearing before the Cape Girardeau City Council, superintendent McCarty of the Frisco Railroad declares the company "cannot and will not" agree to the requests of the Cape Girardeau Commercial Club committee regarding the toe wall from Independence to William Street along the riverfront; McCarty says the Frisco cannot afford to build a 550-foot wall, parapet and park.
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