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Show high of 220 deaths will not be surpassed sur-passed in 1951. But it is a slim possibility, and full cooperation of every citizen will be needed to avoid such a black year resulting from 1951 accidents. ac-cidents. Since Mr. Million in American traffic will die in December, it is up to all law enforcement agents and citizens in Utah to do their best in preventing a Utah citizen from receiving this tragic title. Remember that three major holidays holi-days are still ahead. Traffic Fatalities Reach Record in Utah Past Month With death of a Davis County boy early in November, of injuries in-juries suffered in an accident near Clearfield Oct. 28, the toll for October rose from 32 to 33, making the month second highest in the state's history. All-time high is December, 1938, when 39 persons were killed. That was the month when 24 persons died in a schoolbus-train accident at Crescent. Already, with November only half over, the vearlv highway death toll has climbed past the entire total for 1950. Despite this black indication for final 1951 road deaths, the early part of November has been slightly encouraging. With bad weather just beginning, only five fatalities were recorded in the first 15 days of November. If awareness of the dangers of careless driving among Utah's citizens continues, with constant reminders by the members of the Utah State Highway Patrol, there is a possibility that the all-time |