Out of the past 6/13/13

1988

City Manager J. Ronald Fischer says the city of Cape Girardeau will oppose any attempt by Midamerica Hotels Corp. to de-annex 12 acres it owns on the east side of the Interstate 55-Highway 61 interchange; meanwhile, Jackson officials won't comment on the company's plan to seek the annexation of the land into Jackson.

After the first six months of 1988, sales tax receipts for Cape Girardeau County are running less than 3 percent above last year, continuing a decline that began the second half of 1987.

1963

The second phase of Cape Girardeau's traffic signal installation has been completed and the new signals on Independence Street are in operation; the entire traffic signal system is tied together by overhead cables.

The nucleus of a private corporation to produce low-cost housing is formed from among members of a bi-racial committee appointed to study housing problems here; Cape Girardeau Better Housing Inc. will first work to provide housing for those who will be displaced with the construction of a post office at Bellevue and Frederick.

1938

Cape Girardeau and its district are drying out in sunshine following last week's downpours that interrupted communications and train service; the town was virtually without passenger train service from St. Louis for 12 hours when heavy landslides between St. Mary, Mo., and Ste. Genevieve, Mo., covered the Frisco tracks from a depth of 6 inches to 8 feet at intervals for two miles.

A new bracket plan for licensing retail establishments, suggested as a relief measure, is proposed to the City Council by a committee representing the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce.

1913

There is no diminution of the crowd that assembles nightly at the Lincoln McConnell tabernacle; so far, over 100 have confessed to a change of their manner of living and put their faith in Christ as their savior.

Tom Whitelaw is home for a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Whitelaw; he will return to his territory in Mississippi in a few days, where he is a traveling representative for a St. Louis firm.

-- Sharon K. Sanders