Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
1973: Tucumcari Police were investigating several recent crimes.
A woman on North Seventh Street asked police to check on a blue car that had been parked for hours in front of her home. It turned out it had been stolen from Flagstaff, Arizona, and was registered to a woman in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
A Tucumcari man reported a .32-caliber revolver was stolen from his car when it was parked by a local bar.
A woman called to report what she thought was a grass fire near Tucumcari Mountain. It turned out to be a Jeep stolen from the T-4 Cattle Co. that had been abandoned and set afire.
Police also found a local home had been ransacked, with guns and a safe stolen. The safe later was recovered near the railroad tracks.
— Citizens Bank in Tucumcari placed a “Know Your Rattlers” football ad that featured sophomore back Glen Reno, junior back C.J. Wiegel, sophomore back Bob McClelland, junior center George Halley and junior guard John Loucks.
— Gibson’s Discount Center in Tucumcari advertise- d a 36-pill bottle of Bufferin for 77 cents and a king-size box of Tide detergent powder for $1.17.
— The Odeon Theatre presented a spaghetti western double-feature of “They Call Me Trinity” and “Trinity Is Still My Name,” both starring Terence Hill.