Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

Pages past - Aug. 5

On this date ...

1970: Bill Southard, a native New Mexican who had edited the newspaper in Pratt, Kansas, the past three years, had been named managing editor of the Clovis News- Journal.

News-Journal Publisher Charles Fischer said Southard would succeed George Prothro who was returning to college.

Southard, a journalism graduate of Eastern New Mexico University, was married and had three children.

Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact:

[email protected]

 
 
Rendered 09/11/2024 23:11