Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Tops Most Years
News report on 1967 Christmas holiday traffic deaths totaling 635 after late reports, with 460 to 540 projected for New Year travel. National Safety Council notes year shows lower total than 1966 but records set in earlier holidays, while a fatal Sacramento bridge crash marks one of final incidents.
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National Safety Council
California
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United States
Jack R. Recht
Stant
Auto Sales Climb in Mid-December Period
Domestic auto sales rose 19.3 percent in the middle 10 days of December from the first 10 days, totaling 233,838 cars and averaging 25,982 daily. GM led with 116,620. Ford Motor 69,425. Chrysler 44,464. American Motors 7,229. The mid-month figure trails last year’s mid-December by 5.2 percent.
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Witness Kills Teacher On Trial for Murder
In Titograd Yugoslavia AP Rizo Kurtovic on trial for murder was shot dead by Arif Mustafovic brother of the victim after giving evidence following the trial opening Mustafovic fired five shots killing Kurtovic instantly The teacher allegedly killed Elez Mustafovic in a classroom duel three months earlier in Sokobin on the Adriatic coast
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Rizo Kurtovic
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Kurtovic
Elez Mustafovic
Sokobin
Adriatic
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