Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1971: New Mexico State Police Sgt. Dwain Johnson told the Noon Lions Club at the Ramada Inn about the force's efforts in the past year. In 1970, he said state police investigated 165 traffic accidents in Quay County, with 12 fatalities. Among those crashes, Johnson said 55 were caused by driver negligence, 33 by alcohol, 15 by driver fatigue and eight by weather conditions. He said one-third of the accidents involved county residents.
• Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber directors kicked off their banquet ticket sales this morning with breakfast at the Tiki Restaurant. Directors were divided into two groups - the Good Guys and the Bad Guys - and each were given tickets to sell. The captain of the Good Guys was John Kelt, and leading the Bad Guys was John Sefcik. The banquet will be held next month at the Youth Center on Lake Street, with Del's Restaurant catering the event.
• The Odeon Theater was showing the epic comedy film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." The 1963 movie, which won an Academy Award for sound effects, featured an overstuffed cast that included Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Peter Falk, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Stan Freberg, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Jack Benny, Jerry Lewis and The Three Stooges, among many others.
