Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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1969: Curry County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a burglary at the Hi Plains Distributing Co. north of Clovis. Intruders stole a pickup truck and $5,000 worth of weed killer, the Clovis News-Journal reported.
Sheriff Nelson Worley said the weed killer — called Treflan — had been stolen in a series of recent thefts around the region.
The Treflan taken in the Clovis break-in was kept in 5-gallon and 1-gallon cans. Worley said he believed the pickup was taken to haul the cans of chemical.
The sheriff said a similar burglary had occurred just days earlier in Morton, Texas.
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