Out of the past 11/16/03

10 years ago: Nov. 16, 1993

What was first described as "small" tornado which struck the Delta, Chaffee and Blomeyer areas Sunday morning may have been two small tornadoes or one "large" one which skipped and jumped.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Word that the Mississippi River flood crest at Chester Ill., had been revised brings a sigh of relief in the Bois Brule Levee District; instead of cresting tomorrow at 32 feet, the river is expected to crest at 29.6 feet, 2.6 feet above flood stage.

25 years ago: Nov. 16, 1978

Inflation has its effect on everything; for just about same cost of constructing two small homes, the city council is considering building two park restroom facilities at a cost of about $42,000 each. They'll be located in Shawnee and Cherokee parks.

The 390 Southeast Missouri State University students housed in Towers South are evacuated for about an hour and 20 minutes this morning after a couch in a sixth floor lounge catches fire.

50 years ago: Nov. 16, 1953

Martin H. Wagner, a baker in Jackson and one of its best-known residents, died yesterday at a Cape Girardeau hospital.

A sanitary sewer for Rodney Vista and Golladay additions moves a step closer to fruition when two Kansas City bonding houses, acting jointly, are instructed by the city council to make a comprehensive survey of financing possibilities.

75 years ago: Nov. 16, 1928

KELSO, Mo. -- Matthew Thomas, 80, former representative, county judge and for many years justice of the peace here, dies in a St. Louis hospital.

Nearly 2 inches or rain fell in the Cape Girardeau vicinity last night; streets in town were filled with water, in many places overflowing sidewalks; leaves that have fallen within recent days clogged sewers.

-- Sharon K. Sanders