Out of the past: Jan. 6

1990

Striking West Lake Quarry workers will appeal to leaders of the St. Louis Archdiocese, which owns the quarry, for help in the current labor dispute with management; around 32 striking workers are planning to travel to St. Louis to distribute leaflets to the public in front of St. Louis Cathedral on Sunday.

CHARLESTON, MO. -- Former 160th District state representative Betty Hearnes confirms she is leaning toward making a bid to re-gain that post; Hearnes gave up her House seat in 1988, when she unsuccessfully challenged Republican Gov. John Ashcroft.

1965

Veteran Cape Girardeau attorney James A. Finch Jr. was honored at a banquet last night by the Cape County Bar Association at the Colonial Restaurant; Finch, who has practiced law in the county for more than 30 years, will be sworn in as a member of the Missouri Supreme Court on Friday.

A 14-mile section of Interstate 55, from Benton, Missouri, south to the Interstate 57 intersection with U.S. 61 southeast of Sikeston, Missouri, will be opened to traffic Tuesday morning; still to be opened to traffic is a 6.7-mile gap from Scott City south to the interchange east of Benton.

1940

River watchers say the Mississippi River is a foot lower at Cape Girardeau than it was yesterday; should the extreme cold continue a few more days, it is believed the river will gorge or freeze over here.

Jackson is being considered by the Bureau of Aeronautics for the location of an airport; an engineer, in the company of Dr. D.R. Seabaugh, who is a pilot, have examined several Jackson area sites, but none have proven satisfactory; it is proposed to locate the airport somewhere between Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

1915

Teams from Cairo, Illinois, and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, may be welcomed into the Southeast Missouri Baseball League next season; the probable makeup of the league is nearly the sole topic of conversation in those places where baseball is always a live subject.

Charles H. Daues, who was virtually kicked out of Cape Girardeau about eight years ago by a certain element who took offense at his stern prosecution of immorality, has been appointed city counselor of St. Louis by Mayor Henry Kiel.

-- Sharon K. Sanders