Pages past — Aug. 27

On this date ...

1976: Clovis city commissioners had voted 3-1 in favor of allowing Albertson’s Food Center at 21st and Prince to sell packaged liquor.

Commissioners Pat Sandoval and Jim Jacobs and Mayor Chick Taylor voted for the motion. Commissioner Cleo Carpenter opposed the measure.

Commissioner Bud Cagle, who had previously voted against the proposal, was not present when votes were cast. Commissioners Don Bonner and Frank Murray abstained, citing business interests linking them with Albertson’s.

1971: The Air Force reported a radio signal indicating help was needed on Clovis’ north side turned out to be a false alarm.

Two military helicopters had responded to the call for help over a residential area, but did not land and returned to the base after an explanation was provided.

An airman had taken a parachute home “after ... finding the parachute station closed,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.

At the airman’s home, “... A radio beeper on the parachute was accidentally flipped on, initiating the base search and rescue effort,” CNJ reported.

1956: Grant Jones, the state milk sanitarian stationed in Clovis, had returned from vacation.

The Clovis News-Journal reported he’d spent the previous three weeks in Wisconsin.

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