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Articles from the August 6, 2015 edition


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  • Pages past — Aug. 7

    On this date ... 1974: Bob Lydick, engineer for a north Prince Street reconstruction project in Clovis, reported traffic in the area was moving too fast for conditions. “People are driving like crazy ... despite the work going on and the equipment along the road. Someone is going to get hurt,” he told newspaper Managing Editor Bill Southard. 1961: Roads were the hot topic at the Curry County Commission meeting. A road leading to Retirement Ranch was nearly paved and plans to pave a road from State Highway 18 to the Law... Full story

  • Police blotter — Aug. 7

    CNJ Staff

    Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Wednesday • 12:47 a.m.: Failure to appear (misdemeanor), Prince Street and Parkland Drive. • 1:29 a.m.: Burglary, aggravated, 100 block of South Main Street. • 9:06 a.m.: Shoplifting, 3700 block of North Prince Street. • 10:03 a.m.: Burglary (auto) 1600 block of Colonial Parkway. • 10:32 a.m.: Concealing identity, 800 block of Sheldon Street. • 11:59 a.m.: Fail to yield from private drive, 21st and Ross st...

  • What's happening — Aug. 7

    Today Back to School Tax Free Holiday. Annual Field Day— 8 a.m. Agricultural Science Center, 13 miles north of Clovis on Highway 288 Information: 575-985-2292 USSSA NM Slo-Pitch State Softball Tournament— 8 a.m. Men’s Class E. Guy Leeder Softball Complex, 14th and Sycamore. Clovis. Information: 575-762-8977 Saturday Back to School Tax Free Holiday. USSSA NM Slo-Pitch State Softball Tournament — 8 a.m. Guy Leeder Softball Complex, 14th and Sycamore, Clovis. Information: 575-762-8977 Cannon Air Force Base open house — 8:30... Full story

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  • New donations to foundation no coincidence

    If you believe in coincidence, that would explain the flood of new donations so far this year from powerful and politically connected people to the Clinton Foundation just as Hillary Rodham Clinton is ramping up her presidential campaign. An Associated Press analysis of donors for the first half of this year shows those increasing their contributions included some of Hillary Clinton’s top political supporters, corporations and foreign governments with interests before the U.S. government and veteran Democratic fundraisers thr...

  • McManigal: Time to make stand against tyranny

    When did chickens become big news in Clovis? When local bullies decided to use them as justification for pushing people around. link Kent McManigal It may seem trivial to worry about whether or not the city allows chickens, but it’s a symptom of a pervasive problem: violation of self determination and property rights. The attitude that causes government employees to try to ban chickens is the same attitude behind police brutality, the War on Politically Incorrect Drugs, a...

  • Render: Planned Parenthood denials hollow

    More than 160,000 people have signed a petition urging the U.S. government to extradite Walker Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, to Zimbabwe after he shot and killed Cecil the lion. link Rube Render There appears to be greater outrage over Cecil than over the 330,000 “products of conception” aborted by Planned Parenthood annually. The Center for Medical Progress has recently released five videos that purport to show Planned Parenthood selling “dead baby parts.” The selling...

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