MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1993
BOSTON — Lack of oxygen, not the impact of a massive asteroid crashing to Earth, may have killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, government researchers said Wednesday. The scientists presented new evidence supporting the theory that dinosaurs suffocated when the atmosphere’s oxygen level dropped suddenly after a period of unusual volcanic activity.
50 years ago — 1968
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Third-party presidential candidate George C. Wallace spent Sunday at his Montgomery home, resting after a week-long campaign swing through the North and Midwest. The former Alabama governor will begin his home-stretch drive Monday. His itinerary will take him into Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. His efforts last week drew crowds of 15,000 in New York City and 10,000 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
75 years ago — 1943
Two of the four assistant city attorneys, Greenfield Polk and Preston Battle, are Army-bound, having passed examinations at their draft boards.
100 years ago — 1918
President Woodrow Wilson has submitted the German plea for peace and an immediate armistice to the Allies. At the same time he has informed Berlin that there will be no amnesty except upon terms that would make it impossible for Germany to renew hostilities. The President’s reply was made known just a few hours before the White House announced that more than two million American soldiers have embarked to participate in the war overseas.
125 years ago — 1893
The Memphis Unionist, a weekly newspaper and official organ of labor unions, was sold yesterday by H.P. Hanson to a local company. Following is the new Board of Directors: B.W. Yancey, L.W. Hamilton of Tipton County, J.T. Austin and Hugh D. Green of Memphis. T.B. Neal is president, C.W. Haney, vice president, and J.A. Murray, secretary and treasurer. B.G. West will be the business manager.