Out of the past 6/18/13

1988

Local law enforcement officers have been put on alert following the escape early Thursday of eight inmates from the maximum-security Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville; three of the escapees are murderers.

Police are attempting to identify two men who robbed First Federal Savings and Loan, 2127 William St., yesterday afternoon; one of the men brandished a weapon in the incident, but no shots were fired.

1963

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A consulting engineering firm recommends a 185.5-mile route for proposed Interstate 24 through Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee; the firm recommends the I-24 route start at Interstate 55 near Scott City, Mo., extend across the Mississippi River into Illinois and cross Interstate 57 at Villa Ridge, Ill.

Kermit Meystedt, 6-4 Cape Girardeau Central graduate, will attend State College this fall and play basketball; Coach Charles Parsley says Meystedt likely will play his first year with the junior varsity team only.

1938

Another chapter is written in the lawsuit of the Aquamsi Land Co. of Cape Girardeau to enjoin the city from developing a park and fairground on Highway 61, when the Missouri Supreme Court overrules a motion presented by Maj. Giboney Houck to have the case sent back to the St. Louis Court of Appeals.

A large crowd almost mobs Jack Cress, the endurance driver, as he ends his 100 hours of sleepless driving in the afternoon in front of the Groves Motor Co. building; chief of police Charles Schweer unlocks the handcuffs that held Cress in the Ford V-8 "60" automobile, and he is whisked away through the crowd to an automobile and to bed.

1913

The business section of Good Hope Street will soon have another barber shop; Charles Hitt, who for the last few years has been in charge of the Arcade barber shop on Main Street, will be the proprietor of the new shop to open later this week; this will make three tonsorial parlors for Haarig.

George and Fred Naeter return in the morning from Shelbina, Mo.; they report the condition of their mother is improving gradually; Mrs. Fred Naeter and Harry Naeter will remain with her indefinitely.

-- Sharon K. Sanders