Oct. 16, 1956

The Clovis News-Journal reported that the Clovis High School Band was awarded first place after competing against other Class A bands in their division. ... An 11-year-old boy, Ronnie Paul Danklefs, was receiving treatment for polio at Memorial Hospital, and was the first reported case in Clovis for the year. ... Motion pictures “East of Eden” and “Rebel Without a Cause,” featuring James Dean, were showing at the State Theatre.