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Deaths From Car Crashes Outside Cities Up Sharply
California Highway Patrol reports a sharp rise in deaths from crashes outside cities. August 1955 fatalities totaled 242 with 1,429 killed and 4,717 injured in the first eight months, compared with 1954 figures. The statewide toll last year exceeded 3,000. Speeding and drunken driving drove arrests, with traffic stops rising 42 percent over 1954.
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