Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1971: New Gov. Bruce Key appointed Bard cattleman Franklin Flint, along with two other ranchers, to a six-year term with the New Mexico Livestock Board. Flint, a Democrat, was a Quay County representative for the 1969 Constitutional Convention.
• Several members of Cub Scout Pack 652, Den 4, from Mountain View School visited the newspaper’s offices for a tour. Among them were Coy Collins, Jeff Kirk, David Bowen, Jimmy Szaloy and Ben White.
• In local sports news, Albuquerque Academy and its full-court press took control early during a District 4-AAA boys basketball game and defeated Tucumcari 88-44. In county league play, the Surplus City Pharmacy team defeated the KTNM Broadcasters 50-42 while the San Jon Sixty-Sixers downed the Crescent Creamery team 66-48.
• The Odeon Theatre in Tucumcari advertised the screening of “Dirty Dingus Magee,” a comedy western starring Frank Sinatra and George Kennedy.