Martin Luther King Day closures in Quay County and area banks
Postal services close across Quay County along with local banks including Citizens Bank First National Bank of New Mexico Tucumcari and Logan Wells. City and village offices in Tucumcari San Jon and Logan observe the holiday. The Quay County Sun operates 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Obituaries note Leona Curry Smith and Victoria Paiz Page 6.
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Martin Luther King Jr
U.S
Quay County
Everyone's Federal Credit Union
Citizens Bank
First National Bank of New Mexico
Tucumcari
Logan and
Wells Bargg
San Jon
Logan
Quay County selects T G Rose as chairman in 1965
District three Commissioner T G Rose is chosen as Quay County chairman amid local government changes. New Mexico State Police report three men were captured after a high speed chase near Tucumcari. The suspects William Randolph Amy William Warren Nailer Jr and Mike Jerry Watson refused identification and wore Orange County Branch Jail attire from Santa Ana California.
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Tucumcari
New Mexico
William Randolph Amy
William Warren Nailer Jr
Mike Jerry Watson
Orange County
Santa Ana
Calif
Tucumcari teens honored for saving life after highway crash
Rebecca Trujillo and Angelica Gonzales received heroism certificates from Tucumcari Mayor Robert Lumpkin after helping save a semi truck driver from a head on collision on a December weekend. Their quick 911 call and actions occurred near the wreckage and burning debris, with authorities confirming one driver deceased and the other missing.
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Rebecca Trujillo
Angelica Gonzales
Tucumcari
Logan
Robert Lumpkin
Trujillo
Gerald Sense
Doylestown
Ohio
U.S. 54
Court suspends Mitchell's judge appointment in New Mexico
The New Mexico Supreme Court suspended 10th Judicial District Judge Albert Mitchell from presiding until a hearing on a petition to nullify his reappointment. The hearing is set for 2:30 p.m. Friday in Santa Fe. Governor Susana Martinez reappointed Mitchell despite not achieving the 57 percent retention vote. Attorney Warren Frost filed the emergency petition on behalf of Pamela Clark, treasurer of the Committee for Law and Order, opposing the appointment.
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New Mexico Supreme Court
10Th Judicial District Court
Albert Mitchell
Susana Martinez
Mitchell
Santa Fe
Martinez
Logan
Warren Frost
Frost
Pamela Clark
Committee For Law and Order
Quay County Not A Major Part Of New Mexico ViolenceRise
Qay County and Tucumcari rank low in state violent crime trends as sheriff and police chief describe crime mainly as drug related and property crimes. They note Albuquerque and larger cities drive higher per capita violence.
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Quay County
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Jason Brazier
Russell Shafer
Shafer
Albuquerque
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Quay County Sun
Gov. Martinez
Leona Curry Smith
Victoria Paiz
T.G. Rose
Vol
Pinda Sims
Gonzales
QCS Managing
QCS
Board Certified
Sor
Sunrise Medical Group
P.C
3Rd Street
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