Pages Past

Sept. 12

On this date …

1995: The Clovis Police Department announced plans for a “positive seat-belt reinforcement campaign,” the Clovis News Journal reported.

Officers planned to target families using their seat belts, thank them for employing the safety devices, and give them a ticket for a chance to win a prize at the end of the campaign.

Prizes included a 19-inch RCA color TV with remote control, a CD stereo system, a basketball goal set and a $100 gift certificate.link

1985: Clovis Model Airplane Drivers Society prepared for its sixth annual Fun Fly at Ned Houk Park.

Promoters said light, propeller-driven planes could fly for up to 20 hours without refueling and top out near 250 mph.

1933: Fire, alleged to have started from a cigarette burning in a wastebasket, destroyed four buildings in Logan, including the Florencio Martinez general store, a neighboring grocery store and two warehouses.

Martinez was one of the Quay County community’s earliest settlers, his store one of its oldest.

On TV …

1959: NBC launched “Bonanza.”

The show, starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon and Dan Blocker, ran until 1973, according to the Web site “Timelines of history.”

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

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