May 8, 1868: According to The East Tennessee Union Flag, âThe Ministerial Association of the Methodist E. Church for the Jonesboro District will organize in the town of Jonesboroâ on Thursday the 21st of May at 11 oâclock, A.M., and will be protracted over the following Sunday. Ministers and laymen, and the public generally, are cordially invited to attend.â
The East Tennessee Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead. In the pages of the newspaper, however, it was spelled that way, as well as Jonesboro and Jonesboroâ, as above.
May 8, 1890: The Comet reported, âJohnson City is to have an ice factory that will make 30 tons of ice daily and it is to be built at once. W.J. Graham left Monday for Asheville to see an agent about the machinery. It wilt (sic) probably be located in the Proctor Land Companyâs addition. This is an enterprise that the city has been ready to support for more than a year
One of the Army s most celebrated trailblazers watched with concern as her service began revising its new combat fitness test. To Griest, who made history in 2015 as one of the first two women to graduate the Army s famously difficult Ranger School, the adjustment is regrettable.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., says there are now enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation to move cases of sexual assault in the military out of the chain of command. Above, Gillibrand talks about the bill outside the U.S. Capitol last week.
In a breakthrough for an 8-year-long effort, two senators behind legislation to revamp the way the military handles sexual assault cases and other serious crimes say the bill has the bipartisan votes to gain passage.
New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said on Wednesday that the legislation would, for the first time, move cases out of the chain of command to trained military prosecutors. Such cases would remain under military oversight but would be handled by criminal justice attorneys with relevant expertise rather than commanders who often lack legal training.
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