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Show Police Warn On Danger Of , 4th of My Holiday Police Chief H. M. Weight announced an-nounced today that the Fourth of July weekend will be the occasion for an intensive traffic safety program. pro-gram. An enforcement program is being be-ing carried out ' in most of the nation's cities and states to prevent pre-vent the high death toll which the National Safety Council says usually usu-ally occurs during the holiday period. "The Police Department urges every citizen to take special precautions pre-cautions in an effort to save both lives and property over the Fourth," Chief Weight said. He predicted that traffic will toe unusually heavy during this celebration, cele-bration, because of the many new cars that have rolled off the assembly as-sembly lines during the past year and because thousands are still catching up with the pleasure driving that was restricted during the war years. National figures show mileage is up substantially this year. "The Fourth this year will be a time of real hazard," Chief Weight' said, "Because of the long weekend, the festive spirit of the holiday and the many motorists on the road. ' "Let's all work together to make Springville one place where death and disaster do not become the price our people must pay for their Fourth of July celebration. celebra-tion. Instead, let us make certain that the Fourth is a day of joyful and safe celebration of the independence inde-pendence it commemorates." |