Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-06-27 | Page 2 | Let's Not Have History Repeat Itself This July Fourth

A Fourth of July Editorial Let's Not Have History Repeat Itself This July Fourth ty From California to to Americans will v ence on July V celebrate the anniversary of their a total of persons died in motor vehicle accidents during a one-day Seventy-six One was a victim of Thirty- eight others died from miscellaneous The last four-day Fourth of July holiday was in A shocking traffic deaths were A total of persons died from all And the traffic accident death toll that year was well below what it is What kind of Fourth of July will this be for the nation's For the For the tots who twirl It will be a fun-filled Fourth if it's properly On this birthday of U. S. a look backward shows graphically how controls contribute to In the year 1903 fireworks took The fledgling automobile a stiff-jointed youngster then took only lives for the whole Last year on the Fourth only one person died from But on the highways between and and died in auto accidents in one The National Safety in an effort to make this Fourth a holiday from urges motorists and the swimmers who'll swarm to the and the youngsters who'll thrill at the excitement of fireworks to safe on the Fourth be alive on the