Out of the past: Aug. 14

1997

A portrait of Rush Limbaugh that is a part of the Missouri Wall of Fame mural on Water Street was spray-painted with, among other things, the number 666, a swastika and the word Nazi; the words appeared to be carefully sprayed with black paint on the fingers and shirt of the yellow-and-black mural; Mary Miller, director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, says this is the first time one of the city's murals has been vandalized.

When the school year starts Aug. 27, kindergartners at Clippard School won't have a trailer in which to attend classes; Steve Del Vecchio, business manager of Cape Girardeau public schools, went before the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission last night to apply for special use permits for temporary mobile classrooms at Clippard, Washington and Jefferson Elementary schools; while the commission recommended passage, the City Council must approve the permits before the schools can install the mobile units; under city ordinances, the council can't act on the application until Sept. 2.

1972

Cape State Bank has purchased a site at North Kingshighway and Kurre Lane for future use; application has been made to the state's commissioner of finance for establishment of a banking facility which, if approved, likely will be built within the next two years; the site was purchased from Jerry Erlbacher and Charles Blattner.

Wind gusts up to 92 miles per hour were recorded at Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport during the height of Saturday's storm, resulting in an estimated $15,500 in damages to a half dozen airplanes and a hangar; the massive storm, which struck the city at 2:40 p.m., dumped up to two inches of rain in scattered areas; hail was widespread, inflicting its damage mostly to peach and apple crops.

1947

Contract for construction of a building in the 700 block of Broadway to house a Kroger "master" type market has been let to Anton Haas, and work is to begin immediately, says Harold W. Long, architect who designed the structure; razing of two large brick dwellings on the site is to begin at once.

Relief from the intense heat which has gripped the area for 20 days appears on its way, and with it come reports of rain, heavy in some instances, in the western part of Missouri; the mercury soared to 97 in Cape Girardeau yesterday, the 19th day it has been 90 or above, and the highest reading since last Thursday.

1922

The Black Garage, located just west of The Missourian office on Broadway, is taken over by Henry Miesner and George B. Gerhardt, who purchased it from Pete Mollenhauer; the garage will be known as the Broadway Auto Repair Company; Gerhardt and Miesner are veterans of the auto repair business, the former having been in charge of the Ford garage in Jackson for about four years, while the latter was foreman of the Hope-Estes garage for a number of years.

D.A. Glenn, owner of he Glenn Dry Goods Store on Main Street, which recently was damaged by fire, has his entire store for sale and will retire from business; he hasn't decided whether or not he will remain in Cape Girardeau.

-- Sharon K. Sanders