MID-SOUTH MEMORIES

25 years ago — 1994 New York – Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, whose style and glamour fascinated the world for three decades after she left the White House, died Thursday night of cancer. She was 64. Onassis checked herself out of New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center on Wednesday after doctors told her there was nothing more they could do to prolong her life or to treat her nonhodgkin’s lymphoma, which had been diagnosed in January. Her daughter, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, and son, John F. Kennedy Jr., were at their mother’s side when she died at 9:15 pm CDT, said her spokesman, Nancy Tuckerman. Onassis was one of the world’s most famous women. 50 years ago — 1969 Bids are expected in August and construction will probably start this fall on Interstate 40 through Overton Park, Tennessee Highway Department officials said yesterday. The department’s recommendation of a design for the expressway, along with a transcript of a public hearing on the design held yesterday, will be sent to the Bureau of Public Roads for approval, said Henry K. Buckner Jr., attorney for the department. Opponents of the park route yesterday questioned whether adequate hearings had been held on alternate routes and whether the design was adequate to protect the park. Several persons, including Dr. Arlo I. Smith, a professor of biology at Southwestern is chairman of Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, suggested that the expressway be tunneled under the park if it must go through it. 75 years ago — 1944 One of the most daring exploits of the war was revealed yesterday. A small party of British soldiers landed on the German-occupied island of Crete the night of April 26. They captured a Nazi general by waving a red light to stop his car and left a note of thanks for the German authorities. 100 years ago — 1919 Regal power will be exercised over the festivities of the Memphis Centennial by Miss Maud Renkert, chosen queen of the carnival. More than 100,000 votes were cast by Memphians and counted by W.R. King and Hardwig Peres. Miss Fleecie May Phillips was a close second. Miss Mary Hays third and Miss Adele Orgill fourth. 125 years ago — 1894 New York – The biggest sensation in history is unfolding here in the Northern Pacific investigation. Records of the company show that $20 million worth of bonds were sold but brought only $9 million. Officials of the railroad, called to the witness stand, said they “could not remember” whether Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Colgate and other subscribers ever paid.

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL Seventy years of service to the community by the Memphis Clearing House was recognized on May 20, 1954, by the Chamber of Commerce when Col. Roane Waring, right, president of the chamber, presented Allen Morgan, left, president of the Clearing Association, a bronze plaque.