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November 14, 2016

Automobile Safety Champion Clarence Ditlow Dies at 72
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And in Washington, D.C., engineer, lawyer and safety advocate Clarence
Ditlow has died. Ditlow was the director of the Center for Auto Safety
for 40 years. For decades, he championed safety in the automobile
industry, forcing manufacturers to recall millions of vehicles. He
collaborated with Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader on
multiple books, including "The Lemon Book" and "The Lemon Book: Auto
Rights." Clarence Ditlow died Thursday at the age of 72.


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