The Oregon state employee., November 01, 1950, Page 13, Image 13

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Oregon’s 1950 Traffic Toll
Oregon’s 1950 traffic toll reached
406 dead at th e close of the year, ten ­
tative figures compiled by S jllg tary
of S tate E arl T. N ew bry reveal.
This is approxim ately a 14j^ercent
r is e o v e r fatalities of the year before
and nearly m atches , th e 419 lives l'6st
in 1948 traffic. N ew bry said th efigure
m ay grow if delayed reports are re ­
ceived o r ^ i M B r e d persons la ter die.
Total accidents- are expected to hit
68,000 wKfeli all reports are in, up 4,000
from th e num berj^eported in 1949 and
an all-tim e high.
jB j jB jyear saw autom obile | g |w l m il­
eage and v eh i!||? re g istra tio n s climb to
new peaks, with an estim ated 10 p er­
cent m ore vehicles in use th an during
th e preceding 'year.
Tellus Tinkham , p r o p rie ^ r of T ink-
h am ’s zTin S hjgjjrafealls his new girl
I ^ W d i “F irecracker.” She h a s ^ ^ i^ha ir
and bangs.
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