Out of the past: Nov. 22

1991

Many Cape Girardeau residents got an unexpected and rare view of one of the U.S. Air Force's top weapons, the B-1B bomber, as it flew over the southern edge of the city shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday. The bomber passed over the city at an altitude of 12,000 feet.

Lyn Muzzy, director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Tourism Bureau, has been installed in the Missouri Division of Tourism's Hall of Fame. He received his honor during this week's Governor's Conference of Tourism, being held in Jefferson City.

1966

U.S. District Court here closes its final term in the old building at Broadway and Fountain Street in the morning, after an arraignment is held in a criminal case and civil matters are taken up. Presiding over the final court proceedings is Judge James H. Meredith. The building will be razed in February for construction of a new Federal Building.

Officers with the Marquette Cement Mfg. Co. say the plant here will suspend operations Dec. 4 for about eight weeks. The shutdown is being made to reduce inventories due to a lack of shipments. Production is expected to resume Feb. 1.

1941

Condemnation proceedings to secure a site in Courthouse Park for the proposed federal building are filed in Federal Court here by U.S. District Attorney H.C. Blanton and a special assistant, A.T. Welborn. The suit is filed as a straight government condemnation case, making no reference directly to a site agreement the city and government officials have which, if carried to completion, will result in the city supplying the park space for the building and getting in return the present post-office building on Broadway.

Joe H. Keith of Cape Girardeau and Herman L. Hardy of Jackson have reported to Kelly Field, Texas, where they are members of the first class of cadets in the new Air Force Replacement Center.

1916

J.W. Flannigan, a recent arrival from Eldorado, Illinois, plans to open a wholesale fruit and vegetable house in Cape Girardeau. Flannigan has rented a building on South Spanish Street, near the new I. Ben Miller ice-cream factory, and will be ready for business Dec. 1.

Friends in Cape Girardeau are grieving the death of Lt. William Vernon, who died in battle Oct. 15 on the Somme in France. Vernon was the son of Lady William Vernon of England. He was well-known here, having been in charge of the construction work on the Frisco levee four years ago when it first was started. When the war broke out in Europe, Vernon went to Canada and joined a regiment as a volunteer, sailing soon afterward for England.

-- Sharon K. Sanders