Pages past - Dec. 15

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1974: The cost of meals at Eastern New Mexico University was going up.

“(R)eflecting the inflationary spiral,” the price for a three-meal-per-day ticket at the ENMU lunch room was going from $285 to $310 per semester, beginning with the spring semester.

ENMU officials said they projected a $31,000 deficit in food services, which inspired the increase.

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