Out of the past: July 20

1990

Medical crews last night treated 42 fans of the band Motley Crue at the Show Me Center rock concert featuring the band; most of the fans suffered from heat exhaustion, fainting and minor cuts and bruises; one person was treated after he was hit on the head by an unknown object.

Missouri members of the American Legions will be meeting in Cape Girardeau this weekend for their state convention; Legion officials say they are concerned the United States not endanger its future ability to defend itself as the 45-year-old Cold War winds down.

1965

Workers are replacing 300 to 500 feet of shoulder on the north side of U.S. 61 north, on the crest of the last hill before reaching the Cape Girardeau city limits; the shoulder, made of a rolled-stone base sealed with asphalt and covered with white rock chips was constructed last May; ground moisture was coming up through a layer of soft clay, contributing to its "jelly-like" condition and requiring its replacement with an oil mat.

In its continuing effort to upgrade its service and coverage for its subscribers, The Missourian will inaugurate Associated Press Photofax service next week, which will provide immediate news pictures to its readers.

1940

G.B. Norris, agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in St. Louis, is scheduled to be the speaker during the first day of the second annual Southeast Missouri Law Enforcement Officers Association Training School when it opens at Lorimier School on Monday; the school will run through Friday.

The Obermiller Floor & Supply Co., 215 Good Hope St., awarded the contract for installing the new hardwood maple floor in the Teachers College auditorium, is moving materials to the site; work on the floor will begin as soon as the summer session is ended; the local firm's bid was $2,145.

1915

Richard "Dick" Frissell is Cape Girardeau's new city clerk; the council picked him on the 54th ballot last night to succeed the late George A. Chappell.

The funeral of young Will Wall is held in the afternoon, and such a display of mourning has never been seen here before; the shoe factory closes its doors at noon, allowing the 600 or 700 employees to attend the rites in a body; around 150 young men, each with a white flower in his buttonhole, form a double line from the Wall home on South Sprigg Street and sweep north as 50 carriages filled with relatives and friends and the hearse take Wall to St. Vincent's Catholic Church for the funeral Mass.

-- Sharon K. Sanders