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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Florida extends 1954 auto license tag deadline to March 10 due to recalculation of Acting Gov. Johns' extension; 1955 plates to reverse colors to blue on orange.
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TALLAHASSEE - If you haven't got your 1954 auto license tag yet, you have until March 10 to buy it.
The Florida Motor Vehicle Commission has decided to interpret Acting Gov. Charley E. Johns' 15-day extension of the Feb. 20 tag sale deadline to exclude both Feb. 20 and Sundays from the count of the days.
It was announced at first the new deadline would be March 6 but with the new recalculation, it
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MARCH 10 IS TAG
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will fall two weeks from today.
And even before all the 1954 tags have been issued, the Cabinet has agreed on colors for the 1955 plates. It will be the same old orange and blue, with the colors reversed. Tag numbers are orange on a blue background this year.
Next year they will be blue on orange just like 1953.
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Tallahassee
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March 10
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The Florida Motor Vehicle Commission extended the deadline for purchasing 1954 auto license tags to March 10 by interpreting Acting Gov. Charley E. Johns' 15-day extension from Feb. 20 to exclude both Feb. 20 and Sundays. Initially announced as March 6, the new deadline is two weeks from the announcement date. The Cabinet agreed on colors for 1955 plates: blue on orange background, reversing the current orange on blue.