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Show or Living , By SUSAN THAYER Vistas . . . When the flash of the first atomic bomb seared the desert sky, there must have been fierce ! elation in the hearts of those who watched. And fear. Fear of a new force which could utterly destroy mankind or could show us the 1 I way to a fined world than we have ever known before. So, perhaps, primitive man must have felt when fire first leaped before his startled eyes. Here too, was a force that could destroy him or put power un- ! dreamed of in his hands. i Yet the whole history of civi lized man dates from our conquest of fire. As yet we have no conception of what atomic power, constructively construc-tively applied, can do for us. But certainly no one can doubt that we look down the vistas of a new age. Our scientists, working in industry's in-dustry's laboratories, can harness this tremendous enegry for good. A lot of drivers get into traffic trouble by hugging the wrong curve. More than three times as many people died from burns and scalds last year in the United States as died in the eight most disastrous fire catastrophies since 1871, according ac-cording to the National Safety Council. Gradual reduction in Army in transition period expected. OPA plans clothing ceilings to increase low-cost lines. Butter "set asides" end; point value is cut to 12 points. State reports to the National Safety Council show that 17 per cent of all drivers involved in fatal accidents had been drinking, and that 20 per cent of all adult pedestrians killed had been drinking. drink-ing. Thirty-eight per cent of the motor vehicle-grade crossing accidents ac-cidents during 1944 occurred at crossings protected by gates, lights, bells or watchmen, according accord-ing to the National Safety Council. Coun-cil. . -. i |
