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On this date ...

1959: Headlines from the Feb. 27, 1959, issue of the Clovis News-Journal, which sold for 5 cents.

• Seven candidates were running for the “five-man” Dora School District board of directors. Candidates were Elton Parkinson, Dale Greathouse, Odell Smith, Top Preuit, K.C. Victor, Wayne Evans, and L.C. Gaines.

• New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle ended his spring training holdout by signing a one-year contract for $80,000 — a $5,000 raise from 1958. The Yankees initially offered the switch-hitting outfielder a reduction in pay, arguing his batting average had dropped from .365 in 1957 to .304 in 1958. Mantle pointed out that he had led the American League with 42 home runs in 1958.

• Veterans of World War I were scheduled to meet at 7:30 that night at the VFW hall on West Seventh Street. R.O. Wade was commander of the local group.

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