Out of the past: Aug. 20

1991

City officials in Cape Girardeau who do business with the city will have to file financial disclosure statements next year, following approval last night by the City Council of the first reading of a measure passed in response to a new state ethics law that goes into effect next year; however, Councilman Hugh White says the city ordinance is weak and does little to deter conflicts of interest.

A plan that would establish new house numbers for nearly 300 residents of Scott City has been put on hold and will be re-evaluated by a committee of city officials and residents; residents of the Country Club subdivision who are against the renumbering presented the council with a petition containing 183 signatures.

1966

HQ FIFTH AF (Fuchu AS, Japan) -- More than 400 Japanese, Americans and foreign military and civilian dignitaries feted Lt. Gen. Seth J. McKee, new commander of U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, and his wife during a reception Aug. 12 at the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo; McKee is a native of Illmo and attended Central High School and State College in Cape Girardeau.

An airplane piloted by Paul B. Owens, 35, of Rockford, Illinois, crashes about 10:30 p.m. between Cape Girardeau and Jackson on Highway 61; Owens, who was en route to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, to visit his mother, is being treated for injuries at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

1941

The 50th anniversary of the establishment of the First National Bank in Cape Girardeau is observed at the bank throughout the day and into the evening; a handsome supplement, printed by The Missourian, calls attention to the bank's history, which began Aug. 20, 1891.

A new Missouri law regulating the operation of trucks and buses will permit more free access of Illinois trucks to Cape Girardeau; the bill was signed into law by Gov. Forrest C. Donnell and becomes effective Oct. 11; the law will make it possible for outstate trucks to go into border towns, such as Cape Girardeau, without payment of a Public Service Commission permit; up to now, the outstate trucks had to secure the permits in Missouri, paying from $20 to $100 annually, depending upon the size of the vehicle.

1916

A big crowd of young people enjoy an outing at Runnels Ford; they include Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bosse, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Glenn, Lillian Leachman, Amy Boyce, Dick Boyce, Inez Parr, Eva Demmitt, Lorena Dalton, Dallas Hays, Earl McClintock, Joe Killough, Gene Speak, Leslie Patton, Robert Harrison, Howard Mabrey and Lloyd Gold; the party divides its time among swimming, fishing and other sports.

Theon Heisserer, son of Benson Heisserer of Oran, Missouri, and one of the best known young business men of Southeast Missouri, dies at Colorado Springs, Colorado, after an illness of several days; he was about 40 years old.

-- Sharon K. Sanders