Out of the past: March 2

1990

Union Pacific Railroad officials say the railroad will continue to serve the Cape Girardeau area despite the loss of the only train that is regularly using the UP tracks into Cape Girardeau; the coal train, which operated from Cape Girardeau to the Union Electric Co. power plant in Jefferson City, Missouri, made its last run yesterday.

The shuttle flight of astronaut Linda Godwin, a native of Oak Ridge, has been postponed until November; the shuttle Discovery, on which Godwin, 37, is a mission specialist, will launch Nov. 1 to deploy the Gamma Ray Observatory.

1965

Martin P. Hecht of Cape Girardeau and Charles L. Harrison Jr., formerly of Cape Girardeau and now of Ladue, Missouri, are named by Gov. Warren E. Hearnes as members of the board of regents of Cape State College; Hecht takes the place on John F. Lottes of Perryville, Missouri, veteran member of the board; Harrison is reappointed to the board.

Cape Girardeau's airport crisis and how the community can meet it to fulfill its Federal Aviation Agency-assigned position as a regional aviation center are explored in detail by the Municipal Airport Board and community leaders; the conference is one of several that have been held over a period of several weeks to discuss airport problems.

1940

Saying the Teachers College is interested in operating with the Civil Aeronautics Authority a flying school for civilians here, college president W.W. Parker urges the community to get busy and provide an airport; government regulations say the flying field, where instruction would be given, can be no farther from the school than 30 minutes driving time by automobile.

An order of formal publication in connection with a condemnation suit in the proposed wildlife restoration project of the government in the Mingo sector near Puxico, Missouri, was made by Judge George Hoore in Federal Court here yesterday; the suit is for condemnation of a tract of 144 acres, in the south end of Wayne County; a series of other similar suits is expected to be filed, probably on land in Stoddard County.

1915

The Cape Girardeau County Court grants dram shop licenses to Claud Speaks, Clay Lutz, Gross and Ruh, John Herbst, Ed Frenzel and William Kendall, all of Cape Girardeau.

Hugo Olk's masterful playing of Saint-Saens' "Rondo Capriccioso" at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra concert in the evening crowns Cape Girardeau's musical winter season.

-- Sharon K. Sanders