The State - News from July 9, 1985
Seventy-one people were killed in traffic accidents in California during the Fourth of July period, the Highway Patrol reported. During the period--between 6 p.m. July 3 and midnight Sunday--there were also 2,673 arrests for drunk driving, the patrol said.
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