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Show I . y I . j x I ' I If ' -t ? 5 v Ellis L. Armstrong, former director of Utah Highways, points to mutilated stop sign which was located on one of the state's roads. Target practice completely obliterated wording on the marker. Traffic experts of the State Road Commission estimate esti-mate that the losses to Utah approaches $75,000 annually from such damage. Shooting at signs is not only 'a misdemeanor misde-meanor punishable by fine, but makes for many other hazards, Mr. Armstrong has pointed out. It endangers life, erases warning warn-ing markers, and thus contributes to accident increase. Money spent for repairing the results of such carelessness could otherwise be used for maintenance and construction of roads, fllr. Armstrong further added. |