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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1970
Page
7
Federal Highway Administrator F C Turner notes that over two thirds of the Interstate System is open, with 28 219 miles in use at fiscal year end 1969. He cites safety and efficiency gains, Federal funding shares, and predicted life savings as the system nears completion.
The May consumer price index rose four tenths of a percent led by gains in transportation and clothing. Food, housing, and medical care posted smaller increases, while used car prices surged 5.3 percent. The overall index reached 134, about 6.2 percent higher than a year earlier, with wage adjustments pending for workers tied to cost-of-living clauses.
A faulty exhaust system can leak deadly carbon monoxide into a car. It may cause drowsiness and impair driving judgment, so have your exhaust checked to avoid danger.
Three Bureau of Mines scientists from the Bartlesville Petroleum Research Center will join the 73rd annual ASTM meeting in Toronto. C. C. Ward, R. W. Hurn, and A. Gene Collins will participate, with Ward holding multiple ASTM leadership roles and a workshop on gasoline characteristics. Hurn will present two talks on evaporative emissions and uniform GLC procedures, while Collins chairs sampling and analysis of brines.
In Kettering Ohio a dozen children formed a picket line in front of an ice cream cart to protest not having ice cream pushed into cones. A quirky item notes a cat named Scamper hiding in a washing machine during an Arizona housewives parade.
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Voters in Talihina Oklahoma approved raising the city 1 cent sales tax to four cents total to fund municipal services. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Coleman said the extra revenue will help finance a municipal medical clinic and support city projects.
About 86 percent of trips over 100 miles are by automobile. Most journeys are for visits, pleasure or outdoor recreation. The data imply cars remain the main mode for long-distance travel this year.
In Srinagar India AP reports only 4200 Chinar trees remain in the Kashmir valley. Commissioner S A Quadri notes efforts to replant Chinars. The article also states about 80 percent of families own at least one automobile and one in three own more than one car.
The text notes that average car age is 5.6 years and average track 7.6 years, suggesting built-in quality and maintenance extend life. It mentions Lake Balkash as a unique southern Russian lake near China with fresh water to the west and salt water to the east, extending over 350 meters.
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