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1970: State Sen. William A. Sego, known as The Flying Fundraiser, of Bernalillo made a stop in Tucumcari today with a fistful of tickets to sell for a GOP fundraiser event, featuring “An Evening with Art Linkletter,” scheduled for April 11 in Albuquerque. Sego said he usually travels to three towns a day in his Piper Comanche plane and will cover a total of 4,000 miles in his fundraising efforts.

• Southwest Motors at Fourth and Aber streets in Tucumcari was offering a one-owner 1968 Dodge Dart for $1,595. The car comes with a radio, heater and a standard transmission.

• George Meeks showed the champion Hereford bull during the Southwestern Livestock Show in El Paso, Texas.