Pages past - July 11

On this date ...

1963: Fighting words were exchanged at the Mabry Drive Lounge in Clovis. And then somebody was hit over the head with a chair.

The fight then went outside, police said, and ended with two men jailed and one hospitalized.

A Bovina man and another from Ohio were arrested and charged with "assault with intent to maim," the Clovis News-Journal reported.

Police said they were involved in the fight, then left the scene in a car and traveled east at speeds in excess of 80 mph.

One man was hospitalized with "internal injuries" after he was struck by the car, officials said. He was listed in good condition.

Parmer County Sheriff Charles Lovelace and his deputies arrested the suspects in Bovina, the newspaper reported.

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