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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1966
Page
2
A Washington message calls for urgent effort to reduce road fatalities, highlighting 12,000 American lives saved yearly and comparing highway deaths to battlefield losses. It cites 2,534 U S soldiers killed by Viet Cong in the past year and 50,000 civilian highway deaths, stressing safer roads and broader measures beyond safer cars.
Urban planning notes discuss a possible civic center and health building near the State House with a 6.7 million bond plan. A safety belt program is proposed requiring universal use and insurance penalties, plus lighted exterior belt indicators to deter nonuse. Policymaker calls for stronger action to reduce thousands of annual highway deaths.
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