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Dozens of Odd Driving Antics Highlight Busy Age
A humorous collage details motorists clashing with law and luck in 1940s Los Angeles and beyond. Actors Robert Mitchum and Steve Cochran defy police chases, a Tulsa driver misreads a traffic signal as a Christmas decoration, and others face fines or warnings. The piece also notes calls to install recording speed meters and offers safety tips from the Institute for Safer Living amid DIY injury worries and a peculiar Christmas card prank.
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J. N. Ryan
Los Angeles
San Vicente Bly
Robert Mitchum
Susan H. Bean
Methodist Hospital
Institute For Safer Living
American Mutual Liability Insurance Co
U.S.A
G. D. Nichols
P.O. Box
W.L.E
Calif