Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
January 1965
• District three Quay County Commissioner T.G. Rose was elected to be the chairman for the Quay County Commissioners office.
• Construction of the Trigg Memorial Hospital was still ahead of schedule and should be completed by the summer.
• The frame work of the new Tucumcari Elementary school on South Ninth Street was underway. The new school is being built by the Ballard and Bates construction company out of Carlsbad.
• Tucumcari and New Mexico State Police apprehended three men after a high speed chase. The three men, William Randolph Amy, William Warren Naler Jr and Mike Jerry Watson ran a road block set up on the west side of town. The three men refused to identify themselves and their addresses to officers. The three men were wearing clothing with Orange County Branch Jail in Santa Ana, California and were believed to be escapees.