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On this date ...

1972: E.C. “Mac” Muckelroy, a longtime printer for several newspapers in the region, died at age 89. He moved to Tucumcari in 1907 from Ardmore, Oklahoma, and became a Linotype operator and printer for the Tucumcari Sun, Tucumcari American and Tucumcari Daily News newspapers until he retired at 81. He also worked at Tucumcari Office Supply for many years.

• Tucumcari Police recovered from Graham’s Chevrolet on West Tucumcari Boulevard a stolen 1970 car that had been driven by two juveniles from Illinois. The car’s license plate also was stolen. The juveniles were being detained in the Quay County Jail until their cases could be heard by a judge.

• The Federal Reserve in El Paso brought a display to teach local cashiers how to tell U.S. currency from a counterfeit bill. The effort is being done after a rash of fake $20 bills turned up in the area.

• Five hound puppies were left this morning in a gunny sack at the Star Service Station on West Tucumcari Boulevard. Anyone wishing to adopt the pups should call the city’s animal control officer.

• The Odeon Theatre in Tucumcari was screening a James Bond 007 film, “Diamonds Are Forever,” starring Sean Connery.