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July 4 Road Toll 442

(N.Z. Press Association—Coppripht) NEW YORK, July 5. The reCord Fourth of July holiday week-end death toll prompted a call today for swift action to curb deaths on the streets and highways. “Public officials and all others dedicated to safer highways must act, and act, fast, in an increased effort io reduce this slaughter—not only on holidays but every day,” said the National Safety Council.

The council statement was evoked by the loss of 442 lives in traffic from Friday evening to midnight on. Monday. The total went far beyond the previous record for a three-day celebration of the Fourth of July —407 fatalities in 1955.

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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29250, 7 July 1960, Page 18

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July 4 Road Toll 442 Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29250, 7 July 1960, Page 18

July 4 Road Toll 442 Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29250, 7 July 1960, Page 18