March 20, 1966

Frances Liles reported the purse stolen from her several days earlier had been found in the alley behind Sutton’s Bakery, 515 Main. Thieves took $15, but failed to find a $20 bill she had “secreted away” in a photo compartment of her billfold, she said. … Phil Crystal, Curry County’s extension agent, was writing a newspaper column called “The Crystal Ball.” … The Clovis News-Journal told customers that classified ads were “just like magic … No hocus pocus about it.”