Good times in green
25 years ago — 1993
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has found a fan in unexpected places — Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. Dole was so impressed with Mrs. Clinton after a meeting she had with him and other Senate Republicans on health care that he said Monday he would help President Clinton change a law that would allow her to join the Cabinet. “I think we can have a one-time exception” to the law that prevents a president from naming a family member to a Cabinet post. Dole said all Clinton had to do was ask and he would look on such a proposal favorably. Clinton named his wife as the unpaid head of a task force to overhaul the nation’s health care system.
50 years ago — 1968
Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) will announce today that he will run for the presidency against President Johnson. The younger brother of the late John F. Kennedy also will announce at a Washington news conference which state primaries he intends to enter. The Nebraska primary May 14 was considered likely for a start.
75 years ago — 1943
LONDON — German military officials believe an Allied invasion of the European continent will be launched within a few days, it was learned yesterday from a highranking source. All Nazi defensive garrisons on the French and Belgian coasts have been put on the alert and all leaves cancelled.
100 years ago — 1918
The Germans have finally driven home to Memphis the full grimness of the war. Telegrams were received in five Memphis homes yesterday telling of the deaths of soldiers in France. The five were members of a unit originally formed from the old Tennessee guard. The boys were the first war deaths to strike the Memphis area.
125 years ago — 1893
The insurance people are all broken up. For several years the Tennessee legislature has been drawing the noose tighter and tighter around them. Until now, the restrictions are so great that the business of writing insurance is nearly strangled out of this state. Last night a committee representing Memphis insurance men left for Nashville on the L & N railroad to appeal to the legislature. J.D. Montedonico is head of the group.