Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
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1971: Pat Burns, technical engineer for the New Mexico Highway Department, informed Tucumcari Mayor Kenneth Schlientz that bids will be let in December for a four-lane highway project about 1 1/2 miles east of the Holiday Inn. Burns will come to Tucumcari next week to meet with city commissioners about the lighting of the four-lane.
• Judge Charles Magruder bound over Raymond Valdez for district court after a preliminary hearing regarding his being charged with homicide by vehicle. Paul Whitmore, 43, and Dottie Whitmore, 44, died after a Sept. 11 accident near the Denny’s restaurant on East Tucumcari Boulevard. Valdez’s car struck the Whitmores’ vehicle from the rear, which caught fire with them inside.
• The Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce board discussed $16 million released to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control projects and how it might affect Conchas Dam.