Pages past — Oct. 29

On this date …

1974: Eastern New Mexico University regents had approved a $5 increase in student fees for health services. Projections showed student health services would cost $76,000 next year; raising student fees from $8.50 to $13.50 would push projected revenue to $79,137.

1963: Drs. Hoy McClintock and Bettie McClintock, both of Clovis, had been selected as fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics. About 80 pediatricians in New Mexico were affiliated with the professional group.

1946: Police had arrested a man in connection with the Oct. 28 shooting death of G.P. Hendricks, a Taiban liquor store clerk. A man jailed in Lubbock admitted to being in Taiban the night of the shooting, but had denied any part in Hendricks’ death. Lubbock police also had a lead on a second suspect.

Band is back …

1974: Curly Cook and his Country Company were back for a week-long engagement at Boothill in Clovis. Performances were set for 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. nightly at the nightclub.

Quotable …

New Mexico Gov. R.C. Dillon was rooting for a fellow Republican to succeed him in the November 1930 election. He quipped the executive mansion would need some renovations; the bathtub would need to accommodate candidate C.M. Botts, who was 6-feet tall, he said. In response, Democratic governor candidate Arthur Seligman replied: “I want to advise Gov. Dillon that there is no need for a 6-foot bathtub. A small one will do because all of the mud that has been thrown at me by the Republicans has slid off.” Seligman won the election.

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