Out of the past 5/8/13

1988

Tornadoes, high winds and hail associated with a line of severe thunderstorms ravage parts of central and northern Missouri and Illinois late in the day; Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois escape the brunt of the storms.

Eighteen registered voters of Cape Girardeau last week filed written letters of objection to the city's proposed annexation of right of way along Interstate 55; that means the city will have to attempt to annex that area through regular annexation proceedings by seeking a declaratory judgment in circuit court and then submitting the issue to voters.

1963

Lawsuits aimed at forcing the desegregation of seven more Southeast Missouri school districts may be brought in federal court; lawsuits already are pending against districts at Charleston and two in Pemiscot County, one centered at Wardell and the other at Deering.

A strike of operating engineers in the St. Louis area has tied up the equipment of Cape Girardeau's sewage treatment system contractor J.E. Latta Construction Co., but a general May 20 start of construction here still is anticipated; because of the strike, the Latta equipment cannot be moved.

1938

John M. Slagle, postmaster at Whitewater for the past 24 years and for many years a prominent merchant there, dies at a Cape Girardeau hospital in the evening.

A contest, in which four young women from Southeast Missouri will be selected as golden trumpeters for Missouri's Golden Troopers, the Cape Girardeau American Legion drum and bugle corps, is being planned; the event will be this summer.

1913

Athletes and sports fans are hoping for clear skies and a warm sun tomorrow and Saturday when the eighth annual athletic meet will be at the fairgrounds; last year's event, preceded by three days of rain, was a muddy display.

The first of the two new summer streetcars, which were recently received from Chicago, went into service yesterday; in its new coat of yellow paint with tasteful decorations, it is a neat and modern-looking car.

-- Sharon K. Sanders