Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1969: U.S. Sen. Joseph Montoya sent the newspaper a telegram, urging officials from the state, Tucumcari, San Jon and Bureau of Public Roads to find a solution on a years-long impasse on building Interstate 40 between Tucumcari and the Texas state line. Alternate I-40 alignments that would have bypassed San Jon by several miles were deemed “unacceptable to the village,” Montoya stated. The senator urged the Federal Highways Administration to hold consultations and review the request by the village and state “to find a solution instead of additional postponement.” Hearings on the matter were scheduled for Tucumcari on Nov. 21.
• Mrs. Juan Maestas received from the U.S. Army several medals posthumously awarded to her son, Ralph Tenoris, who was killed in Vietnam in June. The medals he earned were the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Sharpshooter Badge and Marksmanship Badge. Tenoris had worked for the Santa Rosa News before entering the military.