Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1971: Police in Roswell were asking area law officers be on the lookout for a stolen beer truck.
The refrigerated truck had been hijacked with $6,000 worth of refreshment inside.
Police theorized the driver might be headed for West Texas "where he could peddle the beer in dry counties," United Press International reported.
1961: Girls belonging to Highland Second Grade Brownie Troop 228 had delivered cookies to residents of Jones Rest Home in Clovis.
The Brownies included Pat Landess, Jacque Dennis, Terry Lynn Fickling, Nickie Neff and Coletta Queener.
1946: Two people had died from carbon monoxide poisoning as they slept at a farm house near Portales
Harold Jones, 22, and his wife, who was pregnant, both died without regaining consciousness.
Two other residents of the home had been released from the hospital, while a fifth victim remained in critical condition.
A double funeral had been scheduled for the couple at Pine Street Church of Christ in Portales.
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