District 3 Quay County Commissioner T.G. Rose was elected to chairman of the commission. ... Construction of the Trigg Memorial Hospital was still ahead of schedule and was to be completed by the summer. ... The framework of the new Tucumcari Elementary School on South Ninth Street was under way. Ballard and Bates, based in Carlsbad, was the builder. ... Tucumcari Police and New Mexico State Police apprehended three men after a high speed chase. They ran a road block set up on the west side of town. And when apprehended, the threesome refused to identify themselves and their addresses to officers.