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1988

A group of residents on Belleridge Pike and adjacent streets are asking that the city consider extending Lexington Avenue westerly to Route W as a first phase of planned construction of the major east-west route; Lexington will eventually link Big Bend Road with North Kingshighway at Mount Auburn Road.

Only eight cities in all of North America are presently scheduled for Friday's early release of the controversial "The Last Temptation of Christ"; Wehrenberg Theaters, Inc., which operates West Park 4 Cine here, has decided it will not carry the movie.

1963

Retail commerce in Cape Girardeau County found new high water marks for a second quarter and a fiscal year in the periods ending June 30; based on sales tax collections from 787 county sources, $8,915,445 in merchandise was sold in the 90-day period; for the fiscal year, the sales record was $41,497,780.

Construction of Cape Girardeau's junior high school building is about 70 percent complete; the school is expected to be ready for use by Dec. 1, according to the architect, John L.E. Boardman; exterior work is about 95 percent complete.

1938

A search has been initiated by authorities for the parents of twin babies, who left the infants here June 1 ostensibly to go elsewhere to seek employment and from whom no word has been received since they departed; the babies, who appear to be about 2 1/2 months old, are now at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

President W.W. Parker says the Teachers College will take bids on a contract for construction of the combined library and museum building on the campus on Aug. 30; bids for the men's dormitory building probably will be received about 30 days later.

1913

Six houses, tenanted or owned by black families of more or less prominence, were destroyed by fire last night; the houses extended in a row on North Street, between Fountain and Middle streets on the north side; when the firemen arrived with the fire wagon and secured two or three leads of hose, it was found there wasn't sufficient water pressure in the hydrant to throw a stream of any consequence; those losing their homes were Jake Cravens, Sam Randol, Mary Turner, Butler Randol and Frank Nance.

Pemiscot County Sheriff Mack Stubblefield saves the life of a man accused of attacking a woman from an angry lynch mob by spiriting him away to the jail at Jackson.

-- Sharon K. Sanders