MID-SOUTH MEMORIES

25 years ago — 1993

Memphis might rank low in the minds of National Football League owners, but it ranks high in the hearts of Internal Revenue Service officials. The IRS said Wednesday that Memphis, which is building a $106.5 million facility, will be the only city in the United States with all three types of service centers — computer and paper processing and telephone customer service. The computer and telephone centers will be added to the new Memphis facility and the paper processing center will be kept as the IRS cuts the number of such centers from 10 to five nationwide.

50 years ago — 1968

Memphis Metropolitan Airport experienced a recordbreaker during the long Thanksgiving holidays. Airport and airline officials said more passenger traffic was handled from Wednesday to Sunday than any other comparable period in the history of the airport. “Wednesday and Sunday were the two biggest days that we’ve ever had in Memphis,” said Don Hanes, district sales manager for American Airlines. Southern Airlines also reported that yesterday was one of the heaviest days in its history at the airport. The amount of the passenger traffic was attributed to servicemen and college students, for the most part.

75 years ago — 1943

A $1,000 gift to the Blind Relief Fund, which E.H. Crump is sponsoring, has been made by Abe Plough of Plough Inc., it was revealed yesterday by Mr. Crump. Mr. Crump, aided by Mayor Chandler, E.W. Hale and other city and county officials, have arranged a benefit football game for the blind fund.

100 years ago — 1918

Police vigilance paid off again yesterday when a certain oft-apprehended Cadillac rounded the corner of Poplar and Front. Detectives were poised for the swoop, which netted five cases of bootleg whisky and landed four of the city’s most incorrigible bootleggers behind bars.

125 years ago — 1893

NASHVILLE — A bomb exploded in the sporting camps yesterday when the newly organized Board of Public Works adopted a resolution declaring that gambling and Sunday drinking shall be restrained. These activities have been openly carried on for some time, and the saloon men and sports are in a frenzy over the announcement. The board warned that the police chief and his men will be held personally responsible if the violations continue.

DAVE The area on Poplar Avenue east of Interstate 240 as seen from the southeast in December 1974. The area north of Poplar is under development where Ridgeway Country Club once thrived. At upper left, the Hyatt Regency rises above the landscape and work is underway for the overpass for westbound Poplar Avenue traffic in the center of the image. Apartments in the foreground have given way to a Target store and is still under development. DARNELL/ THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL