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Show Raising Of State Speed Limits Brings Protest From Officers The state road commission announced an-nounced Thursday the removal of; the war hue speed limit of 35 mll'sj an hour on Utah highways, the action creating a s orm of protest from ho OPA, the State Traffic Pa rol, and from local polici officers. of-ficers. ' The commission announced that as soon as new signs could be installed, in-stalled, which has now b en done, the prewar limits would be reinstated. rein-stated. The maximum is 60 miles an hour on open highway in the day Urn? and 50 miles at night. However, state OPA officials announced an-nounced that as far as they are concern d the old limit s'.ill stands and warns that violators will be i denied gasoline and tires. 1 Pete Dow. head of :he Stat? Traffic Traf-fic Patrol, has apposed the move, pointing out that syn hetlc tires will not held up under the faster speeds, and claiming that because of the condition of most cars on 1 the highways today, removing the sue d 11ml s will undoubtedly result i In many accidents. I Cedar City Police Chief Arthur Nelson, summed up the reaction of local police offlc rs when he stated that "the action Is ridiculous, and is certain to result in an Increase In traffic , accidents, and will be detrimental de-trimental ra h r than beneficial to the public." |