Out of the past 4/14/13

1988

A federal judge in St. Louis has upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have surgical privileges at a Missouri hospital; Dr. Bolivar M. Escobedo, who operates women's health centers in Cape Girardeau and two other locations in the state, plans to appeal the ruling.

Cape Girardeau's city park board is considering raising fees at the municipal cemeteries; sexton Terrell Weaver has told the board that current fees are exceedingly low in comparison with others in the area.

1963

Easter Sunday: Several congregations in Cape Girardeau hold sunrise services, including the General Baptist Church and the Foursquare Church; possibly the largest sunrise gathering, however, is atop Bald Knob Mountain, where Dr. C. Ray Dobbins of Memphis, Tenn., speaks.

The Rev. John Burciaga, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Burciaga of Cape Girardeau, has accepted the call of the First Baptist Church of Marble Hill, Mo., to serve as pastor.

1938

Apparently taken from the office of the Sugar Creek Creamery Co., when a safe was blown in 1935, a metal box is found on the Missouri Pacific Railroad right of way south of Cape Girardeau; some Sugar Creek milk bills and blank checks in the box lead to its identification; $200 was stolen in the 1935 heist.

Dr. John Nevitt of St. Louis is in Cape Girardeau to complete a deal to purchase the Lila Drew Dairy Farm on North Sprigg Street from the I. Ben Miller estate; Dr. and Mrs. Nevitt, who will move to Cape shortly, plan to make the 57-acre farm a Guernsey breeding center and a dairy.

1913

Judge D.P. Dyer, Marshal Edward F. Regenhardt, District Attorney Charles Daues, District Clerk Walter Nall and other federal officers arrive to open the April term of federal court at the government building.

George C. Hasslinger, formerly of Jackson and who has been living in Ellsberry, Mo., passes through on his way home from visiting friends in Jackson; he had been in the jewelry business.

-- Sharon K. Sanders