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June 1969

• Tucumcari hosted the annual state 4-H horse show and rodeo for the eighth straight year.

• Several days of heavy rains sent water 18 inches deep over the spillway at Ute Lake Dam. Conchas Lake had risen 3.7 feet, and was raising a tenth of a foot every hour. Pajarito Creek was full from bank-to-bank and running strong. Construction on the Quay apartments was 40 percent complete, with tenants expected to be able to move in by mid-August.

• The Pinata Festival committee was given permission to lay out a motorcycle track at the Metropolitan Park for races during the festival.