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Pages past - Feb. 25

On this date ...

1997: Eastern New Mexico was dealing with ice-covered roads and snow.

Front-page photos in the Clovis News-Journal featured children sliding down a snow-covered hill on Norris Street and a couple using a sled to carry home groceries "because of the ice on West 21st Street."

Warmer temperatures were on the way.

1987: Pentagon testing for AIDS had turned up more than 3,000 men and women who had been exposed to the deadly disease.

The number included 2,100 active-duty military personnel.

The Defense Department was considering extending tests to civilian employees.

1982: Three Eastern New Mexico University basketball players had been named to the District VII NAIA women's team.

Barbara Nuckols, Lisa Lamb and Donna Corley were selected to the first-, second- and honorable-mention teams, respectively.

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