MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1997
LONDON – Paparazzi lurked in the shrubbery, hovered outside her gym and trained telephoto lenses on her vacations. The market for intimate photographs of Princess Diana was endless and the money amazing. Photographers pursued Diana and her wealthy beau through the Paris streets Sunday — and cameras flashing, were the first to the scene of the crash that killed the princess, Dodi Fayed and their chauffeur. Police are investigating if they played a role in her death. 50 years ago — 1972
Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division announced plans yesterday to
borrow up to $50 million to help it meet a spiraling demand for electrical service through 1975. LG&W President Calvin R. Henze said he did not know if a rate increase would be called for.
75 years ago — 1947
WASHINGTON – The Railway Express Agency noted Sunday that times have changed. Even in the matter of student baggage. Yesteryear, says Railway Express, it was a comparatively simple collection — a couple of trunks or suitcases, tennis rackets, a raccoon coat. But now: Baby carriages, cribs, bassinets “and many other assorted household effects.”
100 years ago — 1922
INDIANAPOLIS – Sergeant Alex E. Arch of South Bend, Ind., who jerked the lanyard on a “seventy-five” and sent the first American shell on its way in the world war, re-enlisted here yesterday.
125 years ago — 1897
WASHINGTON – The department of justice is giving much attention to the situation in Searcy County, Ark. General agent Frank Strong, of the department, up to a late hour this afternoon, had received no intelligence of the apprehension or arrest of any persons supposed to be implicated in the recent murder of Capt. Taylor and his posse, in Searcy County, by moonshiners.