On this date ...
1969: Tucumcari’s Class of 1970 is presenting the comical play “The Campbells Are Coming” in the junior-high auditorium. The plot is of an Ozark family and the incidents that happen in their lives. The includes Margaret Ferguson, Pam Reid, Donna Northrip, Darryl Harris, Shirley Nutt, Gary Hall, David Ingram, Gary Ledger, Theresa Dibble, Tim Bratcher, Suzy Martin and Fred Hodges.
• The animated film “Yellow Submarine,” starring The Beatles as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, is screening at the Odeon Theatre in Tucumcari, with a special “School’s Out” matinee of 2 p.m. on Friday.
• The Safeway market in Tucumcari is advertising an Amberstone earthenware dessert dish available for 29 cents for every $3 purchase at the store.