MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1998
NASHVILLE – A private citizen could shoot a person who commits a violent crime without fear of criminal or civil prosecution under a bill that won unanimous approval in the state Senate Thursday. But the citizen who uses deadly force had better be sure he doesn’t kill or injure an innocent bystander. The “Victim and Citizen Criminal Apprehension and Protection Act” is scheduled for review in a House subcommittee next week. It won approval on a 29-0 vote in the Senate.
50 years ago — 1973
NASHVILLE – The Senate refused efforts to weaken a qualified news source protection bill Monday night and approved the measure with only two dissenting votes. With its 28-2 vote of confidence in the upper chamber, the bill now heads for the House, where there has been growing sentiment for an absolute protection measure.
75 years ago — 1948
Avery Blakeney, attorney, will be appointed Tuesday by the City Commission as a member of the Board of Censors, to succeed Hodges H. Honnoll, who has resigned.
100 years ago — 1923
Although not unexpected, the cold wave which struck Memphis Sunday night and yesterday morning caught many people napping. Sunday afternoon
the thermometer reached 60 degrees. At 7 o’clock yesterday morning the mercury stood at 14 degrees, a drop of 46 degrees in 16 hours. This mark is the lowest during March in the history of the Memphis weather bureau, which was founded during the early seventies. 125 years ago — 1898
NASHVILLE – At a meeting of commissioners
from this State to the Omaha exposition, held today, John T. Essary, superintendent of agriculture, was elected chairman and W.T. Davis, secretary. Theodore Cooley, Chairman Essary and Secretary Davis were appointed to a committee to visit Omaha and report the best place for having this State represented.