Out of the past: March 16

1992

In a speech yesterday announcing his candidacy for the Missouri Senate, Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau pledged to wage an aggressive campaign against big government. Kinder, the associate publisher of the Southeast Missourian newspaper, made his announcement to a crowd of about 200 supporters at the Holiday Inn.

The Craft Gallery and Country Store, 110 W. Mary St., and adjoining apartment were heavily damaged in a fire yesterday morning; the fire began in a stairwell in the basement of the building and spread throughout.

1967

Delegates to the 91st annual meeting of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association have selected Floyd Liley, a Kennett, Missouri, high-school principal, as the first vice president of the association for next year; this means he will advance to the presidency in 1969.

Appointment of James Ray Stricker, assistant superintendent of the 700-bed University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, as administrator of Southeast Missouri Hospital is announced by Jack L. Oliver, president of the hospital's board of trustees. Stricker will succeed Herbert S. Wright, who resigned recently.

1942

Four Cape Girardeau sailors and another from Morehouse, Missouri, are reported "missing in action" in Asiatic waters while in the performance of their duty in the service of their county. Those from Cape Girardeau are Charles Button, Kenneth Vancil, Raymond Fornkohl and Jack Ivy, and from Morehouse, Joseph Cook.

Loot totaling only about $1 is stolen from the Evangelical Church early in the morning, but the thief or thieves were about to make off with other articles when frightened from the building by the arrival of the caretaker, Fred Graden. Graden finds cached loot near the front basement door, ready to be taken away; this included an electric food mixer, a sweeper and two electric fans.

1917

Since Scott County has made the move toward a bond issue for road purposes, the agitation for a similar move in Cape Girardeau County has again been started. It is proposed to issue $750,000 bonds, and keep them running 20 years with a view to refunding at the end of that period.

According to a letter received by O.J. Goehring, his brother, Ed, has secured his release from prison in Canada, where he had been held on a charge of being a German spy. Ed Goehring's immediate plans are to remain in Canada, where he is making good money, but he expects to return to the United States within the next few months.

-- Sharon K. Sanders