Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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1983: Robert L. Matheny was named president of Eastern New Mexico University, effective July 1, to replace Warren Armstrong only a week after Armstrong had been selected as the new president of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
"It's a real honor and privilege to be named president of Eastern New Mexico University," Matheny said.
Matheny, 50, had been executive vice president for academic affairs at ENMU since 1981. From 1976 to 1980, he was provost for ENMU's Clovis campus, and from 1980 to 1981, he was dean of continuing education at Fort Hayes State University in Hayes, Kansas.
He was a faculty member in the ENMU history department from 1968 to 1976.
1963: A front page article in the Clovis News-Journal warned that "more and more cases of fume sniffing" were turning up in the Clovis area with officials pinning the blame on "a ten-cent item which can be purchased by anyone at any time during daylight hours."
Odell Parrish, Curry County juvenile officer, warned that sniffing the toxic fumes of glue could weaken brain cells.
He called on parents.
"Parents have to help out in this matter," he said. "If the parents assume the responsibilities of child training, this menace could be better controlled."
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