MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1993
So that was real flop sweat we saw on Chevy Chase’s forehead during the seems-like-a-lifetime 29 late-night shows he hosted for Fox this season. Fox pulled the plug on Chase this weekend, nearly six weeks after his Sept. 7 debut. Chase proved a couple of things. One, good television is harder to do than it looks. And two, high television “Q” scores can mean nothing. “Q” scores measure a personality’s familiarity and likability, and Fox executives crowed this summer that Chase’s were higher than anyone’s in late-night TV, including David Letterman’s. But Chase’s comedy wasn’t funny. His interviewing skills were nearly nonexistent. The more he tried, the more embarrassing he became.
50 years ago — 1968
ANDRAVIDA, Greece — Jacqueline Kennedy, her smile as warm as the Greek sunshine, arrived yesterday to marry shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in a weekend service on his paradise island of Scorpios in the sparkling Ionian Sea. Onassis kissed her gently on the cheek, then whisked her off by helicopter to his yacht. Neither Onassis, 62, nor Mrs. Kennedy, 39, would reveal the wedding date.
75 years ago — 1943
On everybody’s lips will be the name of the Camp Clearpool unit of the Air Transport Command when Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians sing the praises of the 16th Transport Transition Training Detachment at 6 o’clock tomorrow night. The salute to the local detachment will be featured on the program “Chesterfield Victory Tunes” over the National Broadcasting Co. network. WMC, The Commercial Appeal station, will carry the broadcast here. At Camp Clearpool, officers in the Air Transport Command learn to fly cargo planes and enlisted men become skilled in aviation mechanics and radio operation.
100 years ago — 1918
WASHINGTON — Tennessee’s senators, John K. Shields and K.D. McKeller said yesterday that they are in full accord with President Wilson’s refusal to talk peace with the Germans until they withdraw from all invaded territory. Senator Shields said there must be “destruction of German militarism and the subjection of Germany to control by a league of nations organized for enforcing peace throughout the civilized world.”
125 years ago — 1893
Capt. George Arnold has declined the urgings of his friends that he run for mayor. He believes being mayor of Memphis should be a full-time job, not held by a businessman like himself. He commented last night that the $4,500 salary that goes with the job is none too big if the duties are performed correctly.