Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1972: A Clovis man drowned at a lake near Fort Sumner.
Harold Dow Jr., 20, "was pulled from 12 to 14 feet of murky lake water" at Alamogordo Lake north of Fort Sumner.
He was rushed to a Fort Sumner hospital but died soon after arrival, the Clovis News-Journal reported.
1972: Youth Opportunities Unlimited, a non-profit organization in Clovis and Portales, was providing jobs for youth.
Youngsters were cleaning alleys and performing other "needed community functions," the newspaper reported.
Gary Walker, 14, Floyd Gonzales, 14, and Julian Gonzales, 15, were among the local workers.
Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]
