MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1993
Owners of the 25 horses in the $30,000 Mednikow / Rolex Grand Prix of Germantown had traveled from all over the United States to compete for the $9,000 first prize Saturday night. Geoff Sutton of Cordova was the only one from anywhere near Memphis. But when it was over, he was also the only one in the winners circle. Sutton’s horse, Simbarun, with rider Laura Kraut won the event in front of about 4,000 at the Germantown Charity Horse Show Arena.
50 years ago — 1968
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — President Johnson, in a surprise appearance before the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, pledged that the United States will press all efforts to end the nuclear arms race. The President delivered a United States plea for advances in disarmament minutes after the 124-nation assembly endorsed by an overwhelming majority the United StatesSoviet draft treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons. He called the action of the assembly ”the most important international agreement in the field of disarmament since the nuclear age began” at the end of World War II.
75 years ago — 1943
C.P.J. Mooney Jr., assistant United States district attorney and former member of the Tennessee General Assembly, yesterday was chosen commander of Memphis Post No. 1, American Legion. Son of a former editor of The Commercial Appeal, Mr. Mooney succeeds Fred Lucas.
100 years ago — 1918
If the shades of old-time Memphis politicians could have haunted the courthouse yesterday they would have felt quite at home. The scent of alcohol pervaded the air just as it did when John Barleycorn was a popular and respected inhabitant of Memphis, and when bills for beer and whisky were a legitimate part of every office seeker’s campaign expenses. But the fumes yesterday came from $40,000 worth of bootleg liquor which sheriff ’s deputies ceremoniously poured down the drain in the courthouse yard. The sight was enough to bring grief to many who remember the “good old days.”
125 years ago — 1893
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term, Gov. William McKinley left no doubt that his political aspirations go all the way to the White House. He spoke at length about national affairs and urged the establishment of high protective tariffs on imported goods.