Show HOLIDAY DEATHS I DROP IN U U. U S S. S By Associated Pres Press Fewer violent deaths than last t year appeared to have attended the nations nation's New Year celebration an I Associated Press survey urvey indicated Frida Friday I Thirty seven fatalities 28 26 of them caused by traffic accidents were recorded shortly before noon central central war time This was a harp sharp decline from the deaths f 83 83 o of of them In traffic marked traffic marked I up during January 1 last year t Credit for the reduction went f at least in part to national ration ration- ing of ot gasoline and the reduction I In the volume and speed of or motor travel travel r Fa Fatalities from miscellaneous causes ca causes ses In New Year celebrations II P Included the death of a New York II woman who plunged down an elevator der ele ele- r vator shaft haft during an office party 1 and IUd the asphyxiation of two persons per per- sons icons in Ohio as they prepared to attend a party i Deaths by states traffic states traffic and i miscellaneous causes were causes were I California 3 and 1 Colorado 1 1 c j traffic Conn Connecticut 3 traffic Illinois Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- nois 1 and 1 Indiana 3 traffic 1 Maryland 2 traffic Massachusetts I 1 tu 2 traffic Michigan 1 traffic traffic trat- trat fic Nebraska 1 and 1 New JerI Jersey Jer Jer- I rl sey 1 miscellaneous New York 3 and 2 Ohio 1 and 3 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania varia 1 traffic South Dakota 1 i f miscellaneous Utah 1 traffic Virginia Viril Vir Vir- il ginia 3 traffic West Virginia 1 mi miscellaneous if |