Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1987: About 35 area residents visited Our Lady of Guadalupe Church's activity center in Clovis for a town hall meeting with state Rep. Vincent Gallegos, D-Curry County.
The main topics of discussion were "right to work" issues and a proposed tuition increase at state colleges and universities.
1972: Portales Mayor James Kiker learned he would face opposition in his bid for a fourth term.
Pat Patterson also wanted to be mayor.
A month later, Kiker defeated Patterson, 1,173 votes to 793, to join five other incumbents who retained their municipal seats.
No incumbent was defeated in Portales' city election that year.
1967: Roger Maris, who had threatened to retire after being traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals in December, was telling friends he had decided to play at least one more season.
Maris set a Major League record with 61 home runs in 1961. He hit 14 home runs in two seasons with St. Louis before retiring after the 1968 season.
Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]
