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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1976
Page
6
The road maps once handed out free at service stations are shrinking or charging fees amid cost pressures since 1973. The energy crunch prompted cuts and changes, with fewer maps available and some stations charging for them.
A Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report links the 55 mph limit to a 17 percent drop in traffic fatalities from 1973 to 1974 and 1975, despite miles driven recovering to 1973 levels. 1975 fatalities totaled 45,674, compared with 45,535 in 1974.
Census Bureau figures show 1.91 million Americans died in 1975, 8.9 deaths per 1000, the lowest rate since 1900, with cancer murder and death by own action among the few upticks. Population 214,435,000. City of Tampa sues builder over structure above a children’s slide.
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