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June 30

On this date ...

1975: Memorial Hospital of Clovis’ membership voted 23-3 to transfer all assets and liabilities to Presbyterian Hospital Center of Albuquerque.

The Albuquerque hospital group assumed management the next day and began working on plans for a new hospital.

Clovis Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1939 at 12th and Thornton, closed in 1978 when Plains Regional Medical Center, now operated by Presbyterian Healthcare Services, moved to 2100 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. link

Records show 34 patients were transferred to the new hospital.

1970: The fine for speeding around Tucumcari ranged from $7 to $11, records showed.

The fine for illegal possession of alcoholic beverages was $25.

1955: The city of Portales had hooked up a new water well, needed to serve the new Stagner subdivision and the residential area south of Eastern New Mexico University.

It brought the number of wells in the city’s pumping plant to nine. It had capacity to pump 6,000 gallons of water per minute.

Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. For more regional history, check out his weblog at:

www.highplainsyesterdays.com