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Show Watching sun eclipse may result in blindness, say Medical Assn. CHILDREN, don't realize that less than one second's exposure expos-ure to the direct rays of the sun can, under some circumstances, circum-stances, cause permanent blindness. There isn't even necessarily any immediate sensation sen-sation of pain before the damage dam-age is done. The only safe method of watching an eclipse is by "protection "pro-tection method." That is, the viewer looks at an image of the eclipse, rather than at the eclipse itself. The image is projected onto a white surface, sur-face, and the observer, WITH HIS BACK TO THE SUN, watches the image. Most of us have set fire to a piece of paper by focusing the rays of the sun through a magnifying glass. It is this same burning power that damages the retina of. the eye in eclipse blindness. The sun's rays are brought to focus on the interior of the eye by the optical system within the eye. In fact, the safest way to view the eclipse is on television tele-vision or through photos in magazines and newspapers. Unless you obtain professional advice from an expert an ophthalmologist, astronomer or optical scientist don't look at the eclipse. The notion that massive federal intervention is the only on-ly solution to the problems confronting American education educa-tion has been called "bunk" by Ladd Plumley, President of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He pins the same label on ideas that Russia is turning out super-scientists super-scientists "while our own schoolmasters fumble along with inadequate schools and inept students (and) that everything ev-erything will be worse tomor-:row." There will be an eclipse of the sun visible all over Utah and the United States on Saturday, Sat-urday, July 20. But DON'T LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE unless you have first obtained expert guidance on how to do it without injuring injur-ing your eyes. This warning comes from the Utah State Medical Association Asso-ciation to safeguard against the cases of serious eye damage dam-age and even blindness resulting re-sulting from each recurring eclipse of the sun. Watching an eclipse is not worth taking a chance on injuring your eyes. If you are going to watch, be sure you do it with out taking the risk of injuring your precious eyesight. Dark sun glasses are no protection. pro-tection. There is NO FILTERS generally available that make safe viewing of an eclipse possible. pos-sible. This includes the sooted glass that many people once believed safe. Even heavy welder's glasses do not protect. pro-tect. Telescopes and binoculars rined on an eclipse aree particularly par-ticularly dangerous. They magnify and intensify the burn. DON'T PHOTOGRAPH THE ECLIPSE unless you are an experienced professional. Looking into the viewfinder of a camera pointed at the sun is highly dangerous. Even special filters don't help, unless they are chosen with great care. Most people, ESPECIALLY |