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1970: The Tucumcari All-Stars advanced in Little League baseball play with two victories at Raton. They defeated La Plaza of West Las Vegas 7-1 behind the pitching of Tommy Darnell. In the second round, Tucumcari downed the East Las Vegas All-Stars 6-0 behind the pitching of David Ortiz. Tucumcari will host the Clovis-area winner Aug. 1 for the district title. Joe Dominquez is Tucumcari’s coach.

• A professional industrial development team will be in New Mexico later this month to choose finalists for the Blue Ribbon Cities program initiated by the state Department of Development. Competing for the honor are Tucumcari, Truth or Consequences, Aztec, Ruidoso, Deming, Silver City, Portales, Alamogordo, Gallup, Clovis, Hobbs, Las Vegas and Las Cruces. The winner would be announced at the state Municipal League banquet in September.