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Show DECIDED AT MEET Safety Council Report Prompts Action As a result of action taken at a meeting of the Cedar City Safety Safe-ty Council Monday night several steps will be taken Immediately to improve safety conditions on the streets of Cedar City. City Police Chief Tony Lambert reported re-ported at the meeting on a number num-ber of actions to be taken on the recommendations of Ray Halversen, Halver-sen, Utah State Highway Engineer, Engi-neer, who made a survey of safety conditions In the city last week. As a means of eliminating a congested traffic condition on the intersection of 200 South and 200 West Streets, at the hospital and Second Ward chapel corner, parking In front of the hospital will be prohibited. The curb In front of the hospital on both 200 West and 200 South Streets will be marked immediately and parking prohibited. It was reported report-ed that the meeting of the hospital hospi-tal board is considering the establishment es-tablishment of an off-street parking park-ing area at the hospital. However, How-ever, it will be some time before this can be completed. Failure to mark school zones in the city was criticized by the state road engineer, who insisted insist-ed that these markings be established es-tablished immediately. This also is to be undertaken immediately, immediate-ly, Chief Lambert reported, and school zone signs will be established estab-lished on streets approaching all schools in the city. In an attempt to slow down traffic on Main Street, the warning warn-ing "blinker," now located at 200 South Street, will be moved to 400 South Street. Main Street is steep and motorists coming onto the street from the south are Inclined In-clined to travel faster than they realize down the street. The blin- ker at 400 South Street should sirve to warn the motorists and slow them down. The Safety Council will also participate in the 101-day campaign cam-paign to "Slow Down and Live" to be conducted throughout the state. The slogan campaign will , get under way on Memorial Day and continue through Labor Day, 101 days, and throughout that time rigid enforcement of all traffic laws, particularly as to speed regulations, can be expected. expect-ed. In addition to rigid enforcement enforce-ment during the 101-day period, an extensive educational campaign cam-paign will bo conducted |