Show league eague sparks drive against ice box traps utah municipal league today launched bunched a statewide state wide campaign to safeguard the children ot of the state against death in fit abandoned ice boxes the league through its board of officers and directors called on each of the municipalities in utah to eliminate locally the hazard which claimed 26 tots in the united states during 1953 letters outlining the plan were mailed to each of the mayors and town awn presidents today said james N stacey richfield Richtie ld mayor and president of the utah municipal league the campaign calls for a proclamation procia mation issued by the city fathers designating the week of 0 july 26 as abandoned refrigerator week lie he said duriac the week citizens and civic organizations will be urged to ferret out abandoned ice boxes la irk their neighborhood and to obtain consent of the owners to remove the catches or hinges binges or to destroy them the proclamation reads in part Al members embers of churches civic clubs coy boy scouts and other organizations and all employees of public utilities who service and call upon private property all delivery and service personnel and employees of this municipality including police firemen meter readers and other service me men 1 n kiep keep constantly alert tor for unused or abandoned refrigerators or freezers and report them each city will name a local organization to make reports ot of the abandoned ice boxes as aa they are found mr stacey said the proclamation also urges that dealers in such appliances and owners of vacant apartments double check possibility of the hazards and take taka necessary steps to eliminate them |