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1989

A proposed ordinance has been drafted by the Cape Girardeau Police Department aimed at ending Broadway's weekend congestion; the ordinance would prohibit vehicles from turning around in private driveways or parking lots on Broadway.

The Nell Holcomb School Board last night renewed the contract of superintendent Wallace Barrows; he has been with the district 12 years.

1964

Last night, America got its first look at the Beatles, when the musical group appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show; asked for his impression of the Beatles, Bill Hopkins of Cape Girardeau said, "Culmination of the Beatles' trip to the United States was probably reached last night ... Packed with screaming fans, the theater was almost vibrated off its foundation when the group belted out some of their hit songs."

Robert M. Moore, a former Girardean who for more than 30 years was prominent in Democratic politics in Washington, D.C., died early yesterday; at the time of his death, Moore, 63, was the director of rural postal appointments with the U.S. Post Office Department.

1939

A severe wind and rain storm, accompanied by hail and lightning, struck Southeast Missouri overnight, with Perryville, Mo., bearing the brunt of the storm; a sister of the St. Vincent's order at Perryville was injured when a frame porch on which she was sleeping at the rear of the cloister was swept away by the wind.

In the city's case against the Fred A. Groves Motor Co., the first test of the 1939 merchants' license ordinance, a Circuit Court jury in Jackson returns a verdict in favor of the city; this calls for the payment of $1,140.75 in occupation license tax by the company.

1914

Capt. J.L. Stout, manager of the Cape Veneer Co., leaves in the afternoon on a three-week trip through several states of the Midwest; he will investigate the probable needs for shipping receptacles in those states.

A postal substation will soon be established on Main Street again; the removal of the Jones Drug Store from Main Street to the corner of Broadway and Spanish Street left Main without a station; the new substation will be at the St. Charles Pharmacy.

-- Sharon K. Sanders