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Show Demand for Drivers' Licenses Gains In Utah Rural Areas Demand for drivers' licenses has increased 50 per cent in the rural communities in the past few months, since a Salt Lake City judge has been passing out jail sentences to drivers without with-out them, Patrick Healy, Jr., chairman of the Utah State Tax Commission reported today. Tv report further stated that appioximately 40 per cent of the total population of the state is now operating some type of mo-tor mo-tor vehicle, but that some 50 per cent of the people are licensed. li-censed. Mr. Healy said that the 10 per cent of licensed non-driv-ers is probably made up of older people holding "granddaddy" li-censes, li-censes, which do not require periodical renewal. These estimates were based on the fact that 285,000 drivers and cheauffeurs' licenses are now valid, va-lid, and 200,111 motor vehicles are licensed as of April 30 of this year, which includes 37,000 trucks, 966 motorcycles and 383 buses. |