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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
19
Detroit reports a 1968 sales boom with over 9.6 million new cars and 1.8 million trucks sold, aided by rising imports to about 10 percent of market. Ford and GM push subcompacts like the Maverick and XP 887 as US firms race to compete.
The National Safety Council warns 1968 may surpass 1967 as the deadliest year for traffic. Through October 1968 about 45,000 lives were lost, a 4 percent rise from 1967, which set a record of 53,100 deaths. President Howard Pyle urges state legislatures to ensure full federal highway safety standards compliance. Knudsen’s father, Maj. Gen. William Knudsen, once led General Motors.
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