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The Times, and Elvis Presley Airport. 2005.Released on = July 11, 2005, 12:07 am Press Release Author = ElvisArt Industry = Entertainment Press Release Summary = "The Times" of London etc on Elvis Presley airport. 2005. Press Release Body = For_Immediate_Release: A few days ago,
on the 8th July 2005, “The Times”, of London gave the,
“Elvis Presley International Airport, Memphis”, a mention.
A story also covered on many Heartening, considering the upcoming 28th Anniversary of Elvis’s death next month, will be covered by the media around globe, once again. Elvis Presley not only put himself on the world stage, he put Memphis firmly on the map! The proposal for an Elvis Airport was first publicised by wily Scott Shepard in the “Memphis Business Journal” 2001, it raised a few eyebrows in the Memphis media back then. A couple of years later Memphis WMC TV5 took up the story and even ran a poll in which the idea for an Elvis Presley International Airport received more than 75% of the vote. Considering
we already have a John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Louis Armstrong and
John Lennon Airport, why do the airport authorities in Shelby County
Memphis deny Elvis such an honour? Hundreds of millions around the
world are looking on, quite Recently on the, “100 Greatest Americans”, Poll on the Discovery Channel, Martin Luther King, and Elvis Presley were included in the top ten names chosen. Therefore failing an Elvis Airport why not, “The King International Airport, Memphis”. The City owes both men recognition. Web Site = http://irelandtoo.blogspot.com Contact Details
= Maurice_Colgan@yahoo.com
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