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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1955
Page
10
Texas itinerant cotton pickers migrate to Mississippi amid border stops for lack of fumigation fees. Officials report pink bollworms found in sacks and trucks. Mississippi requires inspection and fumigation costs. TEC cannot confirm how many workers left, advising consultation with local TEC offices before crossing.
Marine Captain Richard Sherrill McCutchen, 28, became the first contestant to win the top prize on The 64,000 Question, taking home $64,000 after answering a seven part question on royal meal foods. He said he planned to stay in the Marines and did not focus on the money, expecting about $35,000 after taxes.
OKLAHOMA CITY reports municipal labor strife with an attempted damage to a city sewage booster station. Police placed a 24 hour guard after vandalism tied to former city employees. City Manager Bill Gill Jr. and Councilman Walter Harrison clashed over alleged intimidation during a screening process for rehiring 304 fired workers.
Parliament overwhelmingly votes to extend martial law for six months in Istanbul Ankara and Izmir following a week of anti Greek riots.
In Mexico City a Red sponsored effort to align Mexico's Chinese community with the Peiping regime caused a split among Chinese residents. Communist sympathizers urged signatures on petitions urging official recognition, while anti-Communist Chinese issued circulars opposing them. The Chinese population in Mexico totals about 5,000, with many Mexican citizens of Chinese descent.
Oklahoma City The Highway Department proposes a three month trial keeping bid estimates and bidder names secret on road jobs. Purcell official A B Green says secrecy could save state money by forcing tighter bids. Policy starts December 1, but Green doubts contractors will welcome it.
The Oklahoma Highway Department planned to award contracts totaling 1,363,221 dollars on 16 projects received bid yesterday, with low bidders including Gragg Construction Co. in Henryetta for a bridge reflooring at Muskogee County and Park-Ward Construction Co. in Oklahoma City for a 539,002 dollar paving project in Garvin County, among others.
The Abruzzi Asphalt Society projects colored roads as the highway of the future. Experiments use aluminum ore leftovers to produce red green white beige brown or yellow asphalt. Colored roads could reduce glare and aid navigation with color coded directions such as red toward Rome and beige toward Naples.
Lenn Averitt Automobile Service located at 521 F Ave offers automotive repair and maintenance with phone contact 3758.
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