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Show Traffic Fatalities Increase in State The fast pace towards the millionth mil-lionth traffic death since 1900 was ' speeded up last year by increases in fatalities in Utah and 42 other states the largest number to report re-port an upward trend since 1946 while only five states held street and highway deaths below their 1919 tolls, a survey by the Association Associa-tion of Casulty and Surety Companies Com-panies disclosed today. "Noting that this group of 43 states was more than three times greater than the number which ? reported bigger death tolls a year . ago, the Association's accident prevention department warned that - 'a tragic trend to more fatalities in all but a few states threatens to eclipse new gains in highway ; safety in 1951." Unless most states . reverse the trend this year, de-clared de-clared Thomas N. Boate, the As- sociation's director of public safety, "Victim X" the millionth traffic fatality will be killed in about 10 months. Auto deaths since 1900 now total about 968,000, he said. |