Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1992: A National Women’s Study survey, financed by the government’s National Institution on Drug Abuse, showed 12.1 million American women had been raped at least once.
Almost 62 percent of the assaults occurred when the victims were minors, the survey showed.
“Twenty-nine percent of the rapes occurred when the women were 10 years old or young and 32 percent happened from ages 11 to 17,” the report showed.
1962: Clovis High’s baseball team was in second place in District 4-A.
The Wildcats, 3-1 in loop play, trailed only Carlsbad, which was 6-0.
Portales was in fourth place with a 3-3 record.
Clovis was led by pitching ace Jimmy Reynolds, while right-fielder Guerry Byers led the team in hitting at .379.
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