Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1977: The U.S. Supreme Court denied a hearing to a Clovis attorney who had been convicted in connection with a price-fixing scheme by liquor retail dealers.
Dan Buzzard was fined $5,000 for his role in the case.
It began when a discount package store called Riley's Switch started operating in Clovis. The Retail Liquor Dealer's Trade Association allegedly tried without success to convince the Riley's Switch operators to go along with a price-fixing arrangement.
Prosecutors said the primary evidence against Buzzard was a tape-recorded conversation in which Buzzard was asked to represent the association in contacting the newcomers.
Buzzard argued part of the conversation had been erased and that missing tape would have proved his innocence.
1977: Clovis News-Journal Managing Editor Bill Southard reported the price of coffee through the years.
1917: 30 to 40 cents per pound
1927: 52 cents
1937: 17 to 28 cents
1947: 35 to 45 cents
1957: $1 per pound
1967: 58 to 68 cents per pound
1977: $3 per pound.
Coffee today sells for about $3.35 per pound on amazon.com.
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