Out of the past: Feb. 1

1990

A presidential search committee at Southeast Missouri State University is expected to present a list of finalists to the school's board of regents Tuesday; also at that meeting, the board will consider a proposal that the university enter into a cooperative agreement with the Missouri Division of Youth Services to construct a group home for youths.

ZALMA, Mo. -- Bollinger and Cape Girardeau county authorities are investigating weekend break-ins at the Zalma High School and Delta High School; the break-in at Delta was a case of burglary and stealing, while at Zalma, vandals pried open two soda machines, stole some change and ransacked a school office.

1965

The Missouri Commission on Higher Education, at the invitation of President Mark F. Scully of State College, will hold its February meeting on the college campus Feb. 21 and 22; in addition, Scully invited the commission to attend the annual Eagle Scout Court of Honor conducted by the Southeast Missouri Boy Scout Council; Gov. Warren E. Hearnes will be the class sponsor.

A fresh winter storm whips through Southeast Missouri in the morning, dumping three inches of snow on Cape Girardeau and similar amounts throughout the district; for the first time in two years, weather conditions force public schools here to suspend classes.

1940

HAYTI, Mo. -- The Federal Barge Line boat Illinois and nine barges, all loaded, are held tight in the north end of the Mississippi River ice jam, which extends from Gayoso Bend east of here up river approximately 23 miles.

Both Judge O.A. Knehans and Charles G. Wilson announce they will enter the race for mayor of Cape Girardeau; earlier, Hinkle Statler and S.P. Lail said they would be candidates for the mayoral nomination.

1915

A meeting is held by a number of residents, mostly living in the neighborhood of Broadway and Sprigg Street, with a view of taking action on the rooming house that has been such a nuisance and disgrace to the area; the recent fights, disturbances, attempted suicides and other such escapades there have caused much uneasiness to residents.

Dynamite, used generously, was employed yesterday to break up the ice that had surrounded barges and boats moored here, as well as the equipment being used on the Frisco riverfront improvement project.

-- Sharon K. Sanders