RecordsAugust 2, 2013
Out of the past 8/2/13
The Cape Girardeau City Council, without comment, moved ahead last night with plans for annexation of Interstate 55 right of way, despite objections raised by Chaffee, Mo., mayor Bob Capshaw; the council's action clears the way for the city to take court action in an effort to annex right of way on both sides of I-55, from north of the U.S. 61 north intersection in Cape Girardeau County, south to the municipal airport in Scott County...
1988
The Cape Girardeau City Council, without comment, moved ahead last night with plans for annexation of Interstate 55 right of way, despite objections raised by Chaffee, Mo., mayor Bob Capshaw; the council's action clears the way for the city to take court action in an effort to annex right of way on both sides of I-55, from north of the U.S. 61 north intersection in Cape Girardeau County, south to the municipal airport in Scott County.
Wayne Cryts easily wins the Democratic nomination in the 8th Congressional District, setting up a November rematch with U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson.
1963
The governors and highway officials of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee are scheduled to meet Tuesday at Kentucky Lake in an attempt to unsnarl the question of the route of Interstate 24.
Rep. Paul C. Jones tells the graduating class at State College to remember that the strength of the nation rests upon God, who created it; continuing in his commencement address, Jones says the recent Supreme Court decision declaring classroom prayer unconstitutional was unwise and ran against the whole tenor of American history.
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1938
In an executive, secret meeting yesterday, the Cape Girardeau City Council repealed the city's merit ordinance guaranteeing security in their jobs for most all municipal employees; voting in favor of the repeal was Mayor Edward L. Drum and commissioners Frank Batchelor and Paul Brooks; Commissioner Philip Steck voted against killing the ordinance.
Judge David B. Hays, 75, for two terms probate judge of Cape Girardeau County, and a former mayor of Jackson, dies of a heart ailment at the home of his niece, Mrs. C.C. Oliver, at Bloomfield, Mo.
1913
The Frisco Railroad management is considering the idea of a double daily motor car service from Cape Girardeau to the Missouri towns of Illmo, Commerce, Benton, Oran, Brooks Junction, Chaffee and Rockview.
Season tickets for the Chautauqua, which begins Aug. 11, are put on sale in the morning; the Chautauqua will last five days, the Vawter Co. giving programs each afternoon and evening.
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