Milford chronicle., 1960-06-24
BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING
AND SWIMMING

Within the next two weeks we will cele-
brate long holiday weekend. Hundreds
will probably die and suffer injuries Be
ware of the Terrible Two-traffic and drown
ings! That's the caution extended by the
National Safety Council as forewarning
of the top hazards to be encountered over the
Forthcoming Fourth of July holiday Traffic
took 276 lives over the Fourth in 1859, and
droWnings claimed 178 victims, according
to the Council. In addition, 65 persons died
from miscellaneous causes during the mid
summer holiday.
The holiday period will begin this year
at D. M, Friday July /, and will continue
through midnight Monday, July A. To re-
duce the number of accidental holiday deaths
from all sources, the Council non-govern-
mental agency founded in 1913 to prevent all
kinds of accidents-is conducting an annual
campaign aimed at educating the nation
about the dangers that can befall unsus-
pecting Americans whether they're be-
hind the wheel of car, having fun swim
ming, or busy in the home.
Some of the dangers in traffic are listed
as:
1. Trying to drive too far too fast.
2 Driving car that's in poor shape. "a
minor auto ailment can too easily become
major under the stress and strain of turn
pike driving)
3. Permitting irritations to drive you
into an accident.
A. Driving after drinking.
5. Ignoring speed laws and traffic regu-
lations-which are established for your pro-
lection.
To be safe around water, the Council
advises:
l. Remember, it's not only swimmers
who drown. Persons walking near the wa
ter, and persons playing or working in or
by water, also are frequent victims of drown
ing.
2. Know how to swim. Don't swim alone.
3. Practice moderation in swimming
don't try to swim all the way across a lake
or river.
A. Horseplay is unwise around water
The observance of these suggestions may
result in saving your life. Observe them.
THE POWER OF THE WEATHER
Those who think that mans latest scien-
tific inventions, including the most powerful
nuclear bombs now existant, have mockery
of Natures power, would be impressed with
a recent group of statistics published by a
weather expert The statistics show that
the power needed to lift the water which
falls in normal summer thunderstorm over
an area of only few miles, is of staggering
proportions.
Likewise, the force often exhibited by
the wind, in various storms, compares quite
Overwhelmingly with the force unleashed
by an atomic explosion.
Watching cumulus cloud build up into
"a cumulonimbus, j. e., a thunderhead, in the
summer, one cannot help but be impressed by
the magnificent force involved in this dis
play of aerial power. The power derives
directly from the heat of the sum-
The suns rays fall upon the earth, and
heat the land. Because hot air rises, the
warmed earth sends thermal aloft, and
as this warm air rises it is cooled. Every
cloud is the result of some cooling. AS the
warm air rises it is cooled and forms a cloud
at the exact moment when the moisture con-
tanned III the air, turns from invisible par
ticles-condensation
This process continues until huge cloud
is built up, with millions of gallons of water
contained therein, which it unleashes at the
appropriate moment. Such an explosion, as
one might call it, is far more impressive and
far more powerful, in sense, than an atomic
bomb. Were this power directed toward
other purposes it would be far more devaS-
tas1ng than the effects of an atom bomb
All of which should prove to us that our
Creator has wisely provided that the tre-
mendOuS power of nature, and of the forces
of weather in the atmosphere, be directed
toward good, and not evil. phere is a lesson
for mankind in this thought, and we hope
: that the comparatively puny forces of man,
including the hydrogen bomb, are put to
constructive, and not destructive, uses.
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