Serving the High Plains
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation aided in the search for a robbery suspect who impersonated a federal liquor inspector. The male suspect stole $1,700 from a San Jon liquor store. The suspect would later be captured in Lubbock.
• Tucumcari was selected as the site for the trial of Dona Ana Sheriff A.L. Apodaca. Apodaca was indicted on various moral offenses and misconduct counts in his office.
• New Mexico Republican State chairman John W. Knorr visited Tucumcari to promote a statewide financial reform platform.
• Tucumcari General Hospital superintendent C.H. Ferguson received a new baby incubator from the hospital from the Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary.
— Compiled by QCS staff