10/13/1965
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"Automotive vehicles traveling over those roads account for more than 90 percent of this country's personal travel."
"American ingenuity and determination are constantly being applied to improve and expand this system."
"I hereby designate the Attorney General of the United States, and such other officers and employees of the Executive Branch of the Government as he may from time to time specify, to be the 'local auth..."
"We must continue to plan our highway system so that it will contribute to the rational use of urban space as well as to pleasant and convenient transportation through the countryside"