THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

What is the end with Germany to be – a negotiated peace or a peace by conquest? That question was put in St Enoch’s Church, Dundee by the Rev Dr Hugh Watt in a weighty utterance on the war situation. The Doctor took occasion to severely handle Mr Winston Churchill. Dr Watt said it was our duty to dictate the solution. “Watch your own city member,” he said. “‘Unconditional surrender means the crushing of millions of misguided people in the dust’,” he tells us. I call this a lie.”

50 years ago

Jacqueline Kennedy (39) and Aristotle Onassis (62) were married yesterday on the Greek millionnaire’s private Mediterranean island of Skorpios. Forty guests, all related to the bride and bridegroom, crammed into a tiny Greek Orthodox chapel for the ritual, which lasted about 45 minutes. The couple were watched by the children from their previous marriages. It was a joyous occasion for them. Despite earlier strict security precautions, Mr Onassis allowed a press party to attend.

25 years ago

A weary walker tried to hitch a ride on a ski-lift chair – and found himself stuck 50 feet above the ground for more than nine hours. RAF technician Terence Magee, of St Andrews, had been walking near Aviemore when he climbed on to the Coire Na Ciste chairlift on Cairngorm. However, the system was only moving because a technician had been carrying out maintenance work. It soon came to a grinding halt, marooning 45-year-old Mr Magee until he was rescued.

One year ago

Angus church leaders face a £300,000 bill to repair a decaying place of worship after a demolition plan was rejected by the council. A scheme to replace St Margaret’s Church in Forfar with a community church has fallen foul of planning laws. Decay in the century-and-ahalf-old building was first noticed 35 years ago and the kirk session decided it would be better to raze and replace it, but the West High Street building sits in a protected area of the town. Church officials are considering their next move.