Out of the past: Oct. 1

1990

Although he stops short of endorsing Iben Browning's prediction a major earthquake will occur along the New Madrid Fault around Dec. 3, David Stewart isn't ignoring the forecast either; the director of the Center for Earthquake Studies at Southeast Missouri State University says, "Chances are we won't have an earthquake that day."

Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. is recognized during a meeting of the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau after having celebrated his 99th birthday Sept. 27; Limbaugh receives a birthday cake and a standing ovation from club members.

1965

DUDLEY, Mo. -- Farmers in this area, who have lost thousands of acres of unharvested crops to flood waters, have organized themselves and elected a committee to act on their behalf; the farmers have been protesting that such volumes of water were released through Wappapello Dam that the St. Francis River below overflowed its banks.

The chief of the Cape Girardeau Auxiliary Police, Melvin R. "Bob" Eckelmann, pledges "100 percent cooperation" of that organization in behalf of civil defense here; the city council Wednesday affirmed a previous decision, removing the function of civil defense from paid leadership and placing it in the hands of the auxiliary force.

1940

The SEMO District Fair is here to stay; with the revived event successful financially, fair board members already are planning for next year's exposition; the estimated cost of the fair was between $11,000 and $12,000; the preliminary gate receipts, showing around 35,000 paid admissions, will bring in about $8,000; the fair board also will get a percentage of the gross receipts of the carnival and various concessions.

The Phillips Petroleum Co. obtains a city permit to construct a $5,000 gasoline storage plant here; the 12,000-gallon capacity facility will be at the southwest corner of the intersection of South Park Avenue and the Missouri Pacific Railroad branch line.

1915

The delightfully clear weather that greets the country at daybreak starts thousands on their way to the county fair; stores in all parts of the city close their doors so clerks might join the fun.

The increased coal rate on the Frisco Railroad goes into effect in the morning; the rate on coal from the Illinois district to Cape Girardeau now is 75 cents a ton instead of 60 cents, and the contract existing between the city of Cape Girardeau and the Frisco, giving the railroad a franchise to operate its trains over the riverfront here, is violated.

-- Sharon K. Sanders