Twenty-four Governors Join Hands In Joint
Declaration Os War On Traffic Deaths
Campaign Will Run Through Labor Day In Unit
ed Effort to Curtail Summertime
Accidents on Highways
A joint declaration of war on traf- (
sic deaths by the governors of 24 (
northeastern and southern states went ]
into effect last week when police and i
traffic court officials from Maine to
Texas launch the 1984 summertime <
highway safety program, Slow Down i
and Live. 1
Designed to curb the normal 'um- t
mertime rise in highway fatalities 1
brought on by increased vacation trav- i
el, the 1954 campaign is patterned af
ter one conducted last year by 11
northeastern states from Maine to
Maryland.
Principal efforts in the slowdown
program will be made by state, county
and local police departments working
closely with traffic courts throughout
the participating states. Emphasis
will be placed on arrest and convic
tion of speeders, who are considered
by highway safety experts the num
ber one cause of automobile fatalities. '
The campaign will run through the ’
Labor Day week-end.
The joint declaration, signed last :
month by Governor William B. Um
stead and the 23 other state heads, :
says in part, “We are convinced that 1
the many courteous, cautious drivers J
suffer at the hands of those who are 1
obsessed with the ‘in a hurry’ com- 1
plex. This state of mind manifests it
self in excessive speed, in speed too
fast for conditions, in following too '
closely, in failing to yield the right
of way and in improper passing.” 1
The Northeastern and Southern '
State Safety Coordinators, co-admini- 1
strators of the slowdown campaign, 1
declare the program “is not a gigantic 1
speed trap.”
Captain C. E. Taylor of the Florida 1
Highway Patrol, chairman of the
southern group, said, “The sole pur- '
pose of this drive is the saving of lives ’
on the highway. Each state is de- 1
termined to achieve this end through
stepped-up enforcement by its own '
police and other enforcement agencies
of its own state and local traffic laws 1
as they now exist.
“Residents and visiting drivers 1
alike,” Captain Taylor continued, 1
“have been put on notice that the
states participating in this drive in- 1
ad to make their highways safer '
-ri>r all those who use them during this 1
vacation season. It remains for the
individual driver to change his own
bad driving habits, or else face the
consequences.” ,
Last year’s campaign was credited
by safety authorities with not only
eliminating the expected increase in
highway deaths over the previous
summer, but with actually producing
a three per cent decrease in fatali
ties during June, July and August as
compared with the same months of
1952. States participating last year
included Maine, New Hampshire, Ver
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary
land.
Joining forces with them this year
are Virginia, West Virginia, Tennes
see, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas, Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, North Carolina and South
Carolina.
Coordinating the program in North
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Carolina will be Major C. A. Speed,
director of the State Motor Vehicles
Department’s Highway Safety Divis
ion.
Major Speed indicated that mer
chants, civic groups, radio and tele
vision stations, and others throughout
the state will cooperate in an exten
sive educational program to acquaint
the driving public with Slow Down
and Live.
Weekly Devotional]
Column
By James Mackenzie ’
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film biography of that great and god
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at all a movie fan—l believe it is
close to ten years since last I entered
a movie theatre—yet time and time
again I felt like shouting out “Amen’
as the movie progressed.
Isn’t it wonderful what God can do
with a man who is determined to fel
low the leading of the Holy Spirit
through God’s Word, the Bible, no
matter who opposes? How courage
ous he was! What cared Luther for
medieval mummery, pagan supersti
tion, and trivial tradition? Others had
been ridiculed, mocked and scorned,
tortured, tormented and even burned'
at the stake for believing the Bible
to be the only Word of God to men,
but Luther could neither be appeased
nor intimidated. “I will not recant,”
he said, “unless you can prove me
wrong.” Os course they couldn’t prove
him wrong! They burned his books
(and this is always the reaction of
those who know they are wrong, but
are too proud to admit it, and are
therefore frustrated), but when it
came to clear, concise logic, Luther
was just too smart for them. In enemy
territory he faced his accusers and
defied them to their smirking faces
by holding up a copy of the Bible and
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■ crying, “Here I stand! I cannot do
otherwise! God help me! Amen.”
; (Hier steh’ ich! Ich kann nicht an
• ders! Gott helfe mir! Amen!).
How intelligent he was He trans
■ lated the Bible into German from the
original Greek and Hebrew (the very
first such translation made into the
, language of the people)—and today,
■over four-hundred years later, this is
the book studied by German school
children as the purest and most per
fect form of their language. The Ger
’ man language (its grammatical con
struction, usage, punctuation) is ac
tually patterned after Luther’s trans
i lation of the Bible!
How gracious and kind he was!
; Though a man of firm convictions, un
compromising in his stand, he was
; never unkind or uncouth. Children
loved him—and you can’t fool chil
dren Luther was also an accomplish
ed musician. He wrote the little
i Christmas carol, “Away in a manger.”
How he trusted God! We still sing
his "Battle Hymn of the Reforma
tion:"
A mighty Fortress is our God,
A Bulwark never failing;
Our Helper He amid the flood
Os mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe
Does seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great,
And, armed with bitter hate,
On earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide,
Our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side,
The Man of God’s own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be ?
Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord of Hosts is His Name,
From age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.
And though this world with devils
filled,
Should threaten to undo us;
We will not fear, for God has willed,
His Truth to triumph through us;
The prince of darkness grim,
We tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure;
For lo! his doom js sure,
The Bible shall defeat him.
That Book, above all earthly powers,
No thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Through Him who with us sideth; |
Let goods and loved-ones go,
This mortal life also,
This body they may kill:
God’s Truth abideth still!
His kingdom is forever.
Amen, Luther! Amen and amen!
You swept away the accumulated deb
ris of the centuries, and called the
Christian Church back to the religion
of Jesus, of Peter and Paul, of the
New Testament. Rest in peace, Lu
ther. We shall not break faith with
them, nor with you.
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Mealtime Fun Builds
Strong Family Ties
Is yours an eat-and-run family? If
so, you are all missing out on a great
deal, says Corinne Grimsley, State
College extension specialist in family
relations.
Mrs. Grimsley adds that the eat
and-run practice is too common among
American families today. Good times
are important to happy and harmoni
ous family living. There are many
occasions when happy childhood mem
ories give us courage and comfort in
later life.
In many families, mealtime is more
or less a come and go affair with
members eating hurriedly and rushing
off to something else.
Mrs. Grimsley says that at least one
meal a day should be a time for both
refreshments and fellowship. It should
be a time when the whole family can
eat unhurriedly and share pleasant
conservation. And when you go to
the dinner table, leave your troubles
behind. No one likes to mix them with
roast beef and potatoes.
. According to Mrs. Grimsley, some
families plan for their good times just i
as carefully as they plan the work
that needs to be done, for they know I
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take time to read together, go picnick
ing, and to play games together.
These are the families who have
found that family living is much hap
pier when they share their fun with
one another. ■
Do the truth you know and you shall
learn the truth you need to know.
—George Macdonald.
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