1999

Lone Star Industries Inc., whose largest plant is in Cape Girardeau, and Dyckerhoff AG, a cement and building materials company headquartered in Germany, have agree to a merger that would result in the sale of all of Lone Star’s U.S. holdings to Dyckerhoff.

Three university representatives have been appointed to a six-member committee that will oversee the River Campus project; appointed by the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents on Thursday were Dr. Pauline Fox, Thomas Swayne Byrd and Jerianne Wyman; the city’s representatives on the board are Jerry Ford, Dennis Vollink and Ruth Knote.

1974

Tragedy rode along with a van load of St. Vincent’s College students across the Mississippi River into Illinois on Sunday afternoon; the first outing of the new school year ended in the drowning of Kevin J. Tacchi, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tacchi of St. Louis; he, along with two other boys, were walking up to their waists along what apparently was an old dike covered by water, when they stepped into deep water; two of the youths were saved, but no one could reach Kevin.

By a four-to-four vote, the Jackson City Council deadlocks on a request by George Bockhorst to rezone from R-1 to C-2 a 17-acre tract of land along Highway 61 East for a probable shopping center; however, in another rezoning hearing, the council grants a zoning change on a 16-acre tract owned by Web Bangert directly across the highway from the Bockhorst property; there is no opposition to Bangert’s request, but strong opposition to that of Bockhorst.

1949

The continued rise in the number of infantile paralysis cases at Saint Francis Hospital — it stands at 59 — brings an urgent plea from the Cape County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for at least three registered nurses; five admissions yesterday, on top of two from Thursday jumped the number of polio patients; there was only one dismissal.

A vicious animal, thought to be a wolf or a chow dog, has killed three goats and a 250-pound hog the past 10 days on the F.J. Kester farm on Bend Road; striking in pre-dawn hours, apparently while foraging for heavy meals, the animal first hit last week, killing a goat by ripping its throat.

1924

The 28 homes, valued at $200,000, included in the Matteson property to be offered for sale under foreclosure proceedings on Sept. 17, won’t be included in the sale, although the remainder of the property will be placed on the block, announces Oscar A. Knehans, attorney handling the legal arrangements; when the time comes for the sale, Knehans points out, only that portion of the property now owned by the Matteson estate will be offered for sale; George H. Hillis of Los Angeles, who holds the $33,000 deed of trust against this property and other property owned by the estate, wires Knehans that he doesn’t intend to cause any of the resident owners any trouble.

Paving of West Broadway, from West End Boulevard to Perry Avenue, is completed, and the street should be ready for traffic by the opening of the Cape Girardeau Fair, Sept. 18.

Southeast Missourian librarian Sharon Sanders compiles the information for the daily Out of the Past column. She also writes a blog called “From the Morgue” that showcases interesting historical stories from the newspaper. Check out her blog at www.semissourian.com/history.