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Show Safety hints : given to prevent falls I The housewife who stands on a chair or box to hang curtains is inviting a fall. Accidental falls at home injure in-jure and kill thousands of Americans each year. These falls claimed the lives of 11,900 in 1965, the last year such figures fig-ures are available. To avert these mishaps, the American Insurance Association recommends the following safety safe-ty rules: Use a balanced ladder to stand on never a chair, box or bench. '" Don't let starway rugs or 'pads became loose or frayed. Keep throwrugs firmly anchored anchor-ed down. Don't apply so much polish 'on floors that they are slippery. " Equip your bathtub with a good handhold and a non-skid mat. And, pick up all objects on stairs and floors that could luse a trip. May 20, 1927 Charles A. Lindberg took off for the first transatlantic solo flight, pilot-tag pilot-tag the "Spirit of St. Louis." 1 |