Out of the past: Aug. 19

1993

A 50-foot crack developed in the Fayville-Miller City agricultural levee near Olive Branch, Illinois, yesterday; Corps of Engineers officials are hoping to stop the leak by filling it with sandbags and rock.

Federal buyouts of flood-damaged homes in Cape Girardeau may be unlikely, according to State Rep. Mary Kasten; as she toured the flooded areas of the city yesterday, Kasten said, "(The buyout process) is so complex, I don't think it's worthwhile"; in order to qualify for a buyout, the property owner must have federal flood insurance, which many in the Red Star area don't have.

1968

As the result of the annexation last September, the population of Cape Girardeau has officially been declared above the 25,000 mark; as a consequence, the city has some new powers and may lose some; because the city hit the magical 25,000 mark, it will likely receive $3,500 more annually from the state gasoline tax refund; it will likely lose its power to levy a band tax.

Adm. W.J. Smith, the U.S. Coast Guard's commandant, gets off a southbound towboat here around noon after a 24-hour tour of the Mississippi River from St. Louis; he'll meet later in the day with shipping interests.

1943

Cape Girardeans will be asked to buy $769,000 in war bonds during the Third War Loan campaign, or $127,000 more than was the county's entire quota in the Second War Loan drive conducted in April; Jackson will have a quota of $125,000 for the next drive, while the rural districts will be responsible for raising $300,000.

KEARNEY, Neb. -- Second Lt. Sylvester J. Diebold, 23, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Diebold of Benton, Missouri, was among eight men killed in the crash of a four-engined Army plane from the Kearney Air Base near Wood River, Nebraska, late Tuesday; the plane crashed on a routine flight.

1918

The proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson, calling all men who have turned 21 years old since June 5 to register next Saturday, has been received by the local draft board; all of these young men will come to Jackson to register for military service; the next entrainment of 51 men from this county for Camp Funston, Kansas, is scheduled for Aug. 30 at Jackson.

After 14 years of faithful service as head of Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Sister Baptiste will leave Wednesday morning for the Mother House in St. Louis; just where her new field of labor will be hasn't been decided.

-- Sharon K. Sanders