Pages past — Nov. 29

On this date …

1990: The Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce was in search of a new executive director.

John Risher had been dismissed for failing to follow policies and procedures, board Chairman Bobby Ann Dictson said.

“John has done some good things for the Chamber,” Dictson said. “But when you don’t do what your bosses tell you, you’ve got a real problem.”

link1975: A case containing about $20,000 worth of jewelry was taken from an unlocked car parked in the K-mart parking lot at 21st and Prince in Clovis.

The owner of the jewelry told police he thought his brother had moved the case to his pickup and realized too late that it remained in the car’s floor board in the back seat.

1970: Ron Bingham of Portales was among eight Eastern New Mexico University students recently initiated into Kappa Upsilon cast of Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary dramatics fraternity.

Bingham was elected vice president.

Among projects the group had planned: publishing programs for each drama production at ENMU.

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

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