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Show TEN CARS PER MILE- During the three-day Fourth of July holiday this coming week-end there is a chance of 10 smash-ups for every mile of highway in the United States, according to the National Safety Council. The Council estimates that there will be more than 30,000,000 vehicles going somewhere during the Fourth of July weekend, which means an average of about 10 vehicles for each of the 3,300,000 miles of streets and highways in the country. And, wherever there is a car, there is a chance for a wreck unless it is operated safely. The fig ures only emphasize the tremendous amount ol travel to be expected during the holiday, the Council said. More cars on the road traveling more miles will inevitably mean more accidents unless there is more caution than usual on the part o f the motoring public. In an attempt to prevent a holiday of tragedy for hundreds of persons, the Council is conducting again this year a nationwide campaign for a safe Independence E3ay celebration. Many National organizations, government ollicials, police departments and local salety councils are cooperating in the effort. 'Accidents of all kinds took 8,300 lives in July last year, 2,720 of them in trallic," said Ned H. Dearborn, piesi-5 piesi-5 dent ot the Council. "As usual, the Fourth ol July celebra tion contributed substantially to those figures. I his year we have many dangerous factors-a three-day three-day holiday, more cars and mileage, plenty ol money. It adds up to a big celebration and a big hangover ol griel and suffering unless each of us does something about it. "We can do something about it, because these tragedies result from things we can control haste, sellish-ness, sellish-ness, thoughtlessness, the desire to show oil. |