Out of the past 6/16/14

1989

A Missouri Highway and Transportation Department official says the recent failure of a small, steel beam in a brace under the Mississippi River bridge here poses no threat to the structural integrity of the span.

A 90-foot, 116,000-pound liquid-petroleum-gas pressurized tank is relocated from the Union Electric Co.'s propane air plant on North Main Street to another plant at Hickory Street and Beaudean Lane; the first of three tanks is moved to South Cape Girardeau by workers with VanDyke Haulers of Chandler, Minnesota.

1964

No progress is made by the city council and the County Court in regard to the disposition of office space in the jointly-owned Common Pleas Courthouse; the groups meet in a joint session, to which reporters are barred from attending by Mayor W.E. Davis; court and council are trying to reach an agreement on space for the county collector's office.

ST. LOUIS -- Jack Spring, Lou Brock and Paul Toth were traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday for Ernie Broglio, Bobby Schantz and Doug Clemens.

1939

The Scott County Democratic Committee has endorsed Henry C. Liner Jr. for appointment as postmaster of Fornfelt; Liner is only 21 years old and, if appointed, may be the youngest postmaster in Missouri.

An increased demand for high school music teachers in the district is reported after a meeting of the committee on recommendations, composed of members of the Teachers College faculty; college president W.W. Parker says this demand has been brought about by the rapid growth of music in the public schools during the past decade.

1914

The building committee of the Methodist Church congregation receives and opens bids for the construction of the new edifice; J.W. Gerhardt and W.W. Taylor submit the two lowest bids, at $28,995 and $30,565 respectively; all seven bids, however, are considerably higher than estimates.

When the Stein and Lance mill burned yesterday, it was thought Cape Girardeau would be without a flouring mill for a long time; Lee L. Albert, however, has stepped into the void and this morning starts grinding wheat in a small way, using a "Midget Marvel" outfit that was installed last week at his feed store.

-- Sharon K. Sanders