Out of the past 6/10/04

10 years ago: June 10, 1994

"Jammin' on the River" is theme for this year's Riverfest, which kicks off in evening; Riverfest committee has assembled entertainment package that includes craft booths, carnival rides, Civil War musket firing and scenery, run and midnight bicycle ramble.

Missouri Highway and Transportation Department plans to widen Route K bridge over Interstate 55 next year to accommodate growing traffic; bridge will be widened from four lanes to seven lanes with shoulders.

25 years ago: June 10, 1979

David L. Bahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Bahn, is ordained into pastoral ministry at University Lutheran Chapel of Hope; the Rev. Robert Lange, former pastor of Chapel of Hope and now pastor of Wittenberg Lutheran Chapel at Normal, Ill., is speaker for service.

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- What seismologists term a "moderately strong" earth tremor shakes Caruthersville around 11:12 p.m.; quake registers 3.73 on Richter scale and is centered about two miles south of town.

50 years ago: June 10, 1954

Fast-moving wind which struck Cape Girardeau and vicinity yesterday, accompanied by deluge of rain, brought little damage to city's electrical and telephone circuits; street department crews are completing clean-up of fallen tree branches.

Thirteen-point program to move Cape Girardeau forward, including some objectives that have already been accomplished, was adopted by city council Wednesday; top objective on list is balanced budget by December 1956; final point on program is construction of adequate swimming pool for town.

75 years ago: June 10, 1929

Reaching a stage of 33 feet, Mississippi River is at its crest at Cape Girardeau and should begin to fall later in day; no damage has been done to city's riverfront; additional rise of two feet would be required to bring stream up to level of low portions of Water Street.-- Sharon K. Sanders