Out of the past 12/3/01

10 years ago: Dec. 3, 1991

Jackson - Although filing period doesn't open for another month, one Jackson alderman says he will file for re-election to third term; Ward E. Alderman Glenn Oldham made that announcement after Monday's meeting of Jackson Board of Aldermen.

Construction of 30,000-square-foot addition to Show Me Center would provide needed convention and meeting room space, says center Director David Ross; in proposal to city, Ross suggests that some of motel and restaurant tax revenue from city's tourism fund be used to help fund construction of addition to south side of Show Me Center.

25 years ago: Dec. 3, 1976

Taxpayers have begun flocking into collector's offices in Cape Girardeau and in Jackson as annual end-of-the-year collection process got under way; County Collector Harold D. Kuehle and City Collector David G. Collier III both say rate of collections has increased dramatically during week.

Two Republicans confirm they are considering bid for prosecuting attorney's office, which becomes vacant Jan. 1; Bradshaw Smith and O.J. Gibson Jr., attorneys in Cape Girardeau, say they expect to decide early next week to actively seek office being vacated by A.J. Seier, who was elected 2nd Division circuit judge.

50 years ago: Dec. 3, 1951

Circuit Judge R.B. Oliver III announces he will resign shortly his post as judge for courts in Cape Girardeau, Scott and Mississippi counties to take legal position with Skelly Oil Co. at Kansas City; his resignation, not yet formally submitted to Gov. Forrest Smith, will become effective Jan. 1 when he will take over his new job as chief counsel for marketing division of oil company.

Burglars broke into Strom's News Agency, 415 Broadway, Sunday night and stole safe containing estimated $250 in cash and between $600 and $700 in checks; safe was valued at $150; safe was cylindrical in shape and was set in iron barrel of concrete; entire unit weighed 250 pounds.

75 years ago: Dec. 3, 1926

Repair work is being done on government dike that juts out from point on Illinois side of Mississippi River, north of Cape Girardeau; section of center part of dike, which was built to hold main current of river against Missouri shore, was damaged during recent high water; government derrick boat crew is at work replacing section that washed away.

After walking more than 55,000 miles in delivering mail to Cape Girardeau patrons for 23 years, Arthur J. Schrader, dean of city mail carriers, has been transferred at his own request to rural carrier unit.

- Sharon K. Sanders