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Pages past - Feb. 16

On this date ...

1975: Eastern New Mexico awoke to find itself under a blanket of snow.

Roads were slick and hazardous and visibility was near zero on the highway between Fort Sumner and Santa Rosa, officials said.

The Clovis News-Journal reported it was the first major winter storm of 1975.

“It’s just solid ice,” Clovis Police Dispatcher Oneta Black said. “But everyone seems to be pretty cautious.”

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