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Pages past - May 12

On this date ...

1978: An ambitious campaign to raise money to combat birth defects was kicking off in eastern New Mexico with students from local elementary, junior high, and high schools all set to join local mothers and other volunteers in a March of Dimes Walkathon and Mother's Day March of Dimes.

Gloria White of Clovis, chairman of the event scheduled to take place in numerous communities including Clovis, Texico, and Melrose, said volunteers would be going door to door to take pledges.

She stressed that no money would be changing hands over the weekend, but that volunteers would make follow-up visits to collect the promised donations.

Student volunteers were competing for prizes to be awarded to those who gathered the most pledges.

1963: A completely renovated youth center was open at Cannon Air Force Base, complete with a juke box, tables and chairs, a drop ceiling, and new lighting.

An open house, ribbon cutting, and dance marked the official opening of the Tactical Air Command Youth Center.

The refurbished facility included a music room with a high-fidelity phonograph, pole lamps, chairs, rugs, and plaques. There were also two game rooms, one with shuffleboard and ping pong tables, and the other with billiard tables and a bumper pool table.

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