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1983: Clovis National Bank was installing equipment that would allow local residents to dial a number to obtain the current weather forecast, along with the local time and outside temperature through Audichron's Time-Weather-Temperature Service.

Lawrence Maberry, president of the bank, said he had realized the need for this service since "these variables affect the lives of everyone."

Maberry said information would be available to callers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, adding, "Giving the time, weather, and temperature is just one more way we are proud to be of service to the Clovis community."

1968: "Seetee Ship" and "Seetee Shock," two science fiction thrillers written by John S. Williamson, associate professor in English at Eastern New Mexico University, had been released in paperback for the first time.

Both books had been written several years previously under a pen name, and had been out of print. They featured space pioneers who found anti-matter asteroids beyond the orbit of Mars.

Williamson and fellow author Fred Pohl also had a new novel - "Rogue Star" - scheduled to be published as a serial beginning in the June issue of "Worlds of If" magazine.

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