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- Santa Claus: How'd that sound, huh?
- Dan Mathews: Oh that was fine. C'mon, get in. I'll drive you back to town.
- Santa Claus: No thanks. I've got my own means of transportation.
- Broderick Crawford: [frequently used sign off line] The Highway Patrol story next week is a very unusual one. We hope you'll be with us. Until then remember, it isn't the car that kills, it's the driver. This is Broderick Crawford saying see you next week.
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- Narrator: Christmas time. The holiday season. A time of merry confusion and festive excitement, long shopping lines, and short tempers. Stores are crowded. Offices close early. Highways become congested with drivers on shopping sprees and families traveling to be with friends and relatives. This Christmas, like any Christmas, the Highway Patrol went to extra lengths to curb traffic accidents and prevent holiday tragedies. But, unfortunately, all tragedies cannot be prevented with traffic controls.
- Narrator: One day before Christmas. But no carols were being sung at the Brentwood Motel. For Julie Spaeth was still missing, and so far only one clue had been found. A child's handkerchief, trimmed with fairy tale decorations and blood. The Patrol car took the handkerchief to the crime lab to be analyzed. At Highway Patrol headquarters, the missing girl's father was being held for questioning