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batety committee, : today.
announced
The 468 fatalities marked a • distinct increase over the 449 4for the same period of 1963 sand topped the previous all.time high of 463established in :194L There were 989 deaths “for all of 1963 and 1,110 for £1941. : In addition, the 110 June •deaths this year established "the worst record for any June fin traffic history. Previous “high was in 1951, when there 3 were 99. That year there were 999 for the 12 months. s Highest toll ever recorded 1 for a full year was the 1941 t record, with that of 1951 second. ^ Tor the first four months £ of 1964, total crashes of all ?types rose 12.3 percent and p traffic volumes were up 3.9 ^percent. Pedestralndeaths for 2 the half year were up from 74 eta 1963 to 83. v E Nationalfy, 17,300 deaths
tthrough May set a new record and considerably exceeded the 2.15,320 for tiSfflrst five months gof 1963. z Noting that the 989 deaths jilast year?represent the third .highest score ever recorded, £ Colonel Woodson said that *~:he total for the second six
g months of any year invariably Kis appreciably higher than that 5|jf the first half and that if the ^irend continues Virginia is gikely to see a new all-time aigh.
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Feed accounts for 55 to 70 S»er cent of the cost of prohicing livestock and livestock sroduas.
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54.8%