Show Safe and Sane Fireworks Are Not Statistics from the Utah for tor forthe forthe the Prevention of 01 Blindness prove that all types of fireworks are dangerous and often result in injuries blindness and death ACCORDING TO a recent survey over over over ov ov- ov- ov er 2000 cases of property damage and p personal Injury including five deaths were reported across the nation in lit 1969 An outstanding 42 percent were caused by the so called Safe and Sane fireworks fire fire- w works Loss of 01 vision and eye damage accounted for 27 21 percent of the personal personal per per- injury cases Even though the sale ale and use of ol mst mist fireworks are illegal in Utah ingenIous ingenious ingenious ingen ingen- ious youngsters often use materials that are legal to concoct home made devices that become highly hazardous ORV HELGESON Executive Director for the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness warns parents to keep a watchful eye out for such potential tragedies tra tra- gedies gedles lie He says ki kids s and parents should enjoy a good blast by attending one of the professionally supervised public displays in their community |