MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 years ago — 1993
JACKSON, Miss. — Tunica casinos collected a record $20.7 million from gamblers in November, according to figures released Friday by Tunica County. With casino capacity expected to triple in Tunica in the next six months, analysts expect the revenues to keep growing. “I don’t think Tunica County has even begun to tap the potential that’s there,” said James Klas, an associate with Marquette Partners, a Minneapolis consulting firm that specializes in the gaming and hotel industries. The casinos paid a record $165,561 in gaming taxes to Tunica County.
50 years ago — 1968
Spiro T. Agnew, Maryland’s governor and vice president elect of the United States, will attend Saturday’s Liberty Bowl game and participate in halftime ceremonies. Governor Agnew will be the first political figure of such stature to attend the game in its 10-year history. Herb Thompson, the governor’s press secretary, said yesterday Mr. Agnew is looking forward to his trip to Memphis and the game. Barring unexpectedly poor weather, the Liberty Bowl may also have its first sellout crowd in its 10-year history.
75 years ago — 1943
Memphis State College was yesterday reinstated — on a probationary basis — to the accredited list of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, after a year’s suspension due to administrative difficulties on the campus.
100 years ago — 1918
WASHINGTON — Immediate passage of the women’s suffrage amendment, in recognition of services rendered by women during the war, was urged upon the Senate in a resolution adopted here today at a meeting of the Woman Suffrage Association, In the words of Miss Jane Delano, director of the American Red Cross, American nurses at the front, “established a new tradition for bravery in action and earned the highest honors which the world has to offer.
125 years ago — 1893
The laws, courts and juries have become harborers of criminals. The people are daily becoming more greatly disgusted over the increase in crime, the laxity of courts and the base actions of governors who seek to perpetuate themselves in office by pardoning criminals. Innocent and defenseless women and children must be protected and lynchings will become more numerous until the courts provide such protection.