Pages past - Dec. 17

On this date ...

1976: U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, was in Clovis to speak with High Plains farmers about their struggles with energy costs and production.

Ben McAlister told the senator:

"American agriculture is on the brink of bankruptcy. The only way it can survive is to cut production back so that farmers can get a fair price for their products."

1971: Two dozen Sandia Elementary School sixth-graders had spent three weeks building a paper-mache replica of a brontosaurus.

The students, who included Joey Wells, were in Gary Smith's science class.

Joey won a drawing that allowed him to keep the creation as "an early Christmas present," the Clovis News Journal reported.

1956: The Monday night television lineup included "I Love Lucy," "Highway Patrol" and "Celebrity Playhouse."

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