Out of the past: Nov. 7

1991

Cape Girardeau City Councilman Al Spradling III announced his bid for re-election to another four-year term yesterday; he and Lawrence Godfrey of Cape Girardeau were the only candidates to file election petitions Wednesday, the first day of filings.

A pilot project of Student Government at Southeast Missouri State University will provide students with evening child care on campus during the spring semester; the program is designed to serve parents who have night classes and need evening care for their children.

1966

The County Court decides to go ahead with the purchase of equipment for an emergency civil-defense communications center in the Jackson courthouse; the court approves bids totaling $10,256 for equipment that includes radio units, a radio tower and an emergency generator.

Cape Girardeau public schools are opening their doors this week and are engaging in numerous activities to mark the annual observance of American Education Week; activities include the usual open house plans at elementary schools, displays of instructional materials, posters, letters and two educational programs on "The Breakfast Show" on KFVS-TV.

1941

The Cape Girardeau City Board of Health, in session at Mayor Hinkle Statler's office yesterday, decided to ask all parents in the city to have their children immunized against smallpox and diphtheria; figures submitted showed 952 pupils in the public schools haven't been immunized against diphtheria and 299 haven't been vaccinated against smallpox.

Just six inches short of flood stage, the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is rolling on to a new Cape Girardeau crest, which port warden Lee L. Albert said will be reached at 32 feet or slightly higher by this weekend.

1916

The Daily Republican newspaper has made extensive plans for election returns; a special telegraph wire giving direct connection with St. Louis has been run into the newspaper office; this service will cover the most comprehensive canvass ever made by the Associated Press, which is working with the Western Union Telegraph Co.; a special telephone wire also has been run from the office to newspaper's office in the Jackson courthouse; The Republican has erected on the vacant lot opposite its building here a large screen; a lantern in the newspaper office will throw the bulletins with the election returns onto this screen as fast as they are received.

The Cape Girardeau City Council last night passed an ordinance ordering the condemnation of the property needed to open and extend Main Street between Independence and William streets.

-- Sharon K. Sanders