Out of the past 7/24/04

10 years ago: July 24, 1994

Restored Confederate Air Force World War II B-25 Mitchell bomber is one of several historic airplanes on display at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport as part of Cape Girardeau Balloon Fest '94; final event of festival is balloon launch at 6 a.m.

Although right fielder Brian Schaefer won most valuable player award and Richie Phillips earned best pitcher honors in National Baseball Congress State Tournament, it was clearly team efforts that enabled Kohlfeld Capahas to win their four consecutive crown last night at Capaha Park; Caps went 4-0 in double elimination tourney.

25 years ago: July 24, 1979

Ralph Edwards, founder and chairman of board of Ralph Edwards Sportswear Inc., joins others in Washington in filing of petition before International Trade Commission seeking relief from injury suffered by American leather apparel industry because of excessive imports of leather garments.

David Hoffman defeats his neighbor from across street in special election in Jackson to fill unexpired term of Ward 2 Alderman Tull G. Johnson III, who recently resigned; Hoffman defeats Hirschel Statler for post.

50 years ago: July 24, 1954

Two Southeast Missouri counties -- Dunklin and Stoddard -- have protested to State Tax Commission action of that body in making blanket increases in assessed valuation of counties; in Stoddard, commission ordered assessment raised 25 percent on town lots and farm land, and 40 percent on household goods and 10 percent on cattle.

Property at southwest corner of Frederick and William streets, owned by St. Mary's Parish, is being razed to make room for convent for teaching sisters of St. Mary's Grade School.

75 years ago: July 24, 1929

Pavement on Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson is opened to traffic; traffic is forced to take old road only in a few instances, where shoulder work on new road is being completed.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. attorney general rules that President Hoover has no right to alter plan of Mississippi River flood control in connection with compensation to landholders in proposed Bird's Point-New Madrid, Missouri, floodway.

-- Sharon K. Sanders