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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
9
A family man changing a tire is struck and killed as a car veers into a parked vehicle. The year shows 7,699 recorded motor vehicle collisions with 3,706 injuries. January and February narrowed the toll, but recent weeks raise highway deaths to 41. The Utah State Press Association backs a poster campaign to teach safety to drivers and pedestrians.
A community letter warns of vacant lots likened to a plague harming the town's health. It argues NO MAN'S LAND is an epidemic harming residents and urges decisive scientific response now, equating it with other contagious threats and asking what steps are being taken locally.
The text discusses L Lewis and safety enforcement between federal and state authorities, mine inspectors, and unions. It notes that unsafe mines can be closed by union safety committees, with management required to follow unless overridden by the federal coal mine administrator, and mentions John L Lewis ordering actions. It also covers ongoing House Senate conference talks on labor and civil service issues, and a note on soil conservation tied to Revolutionary War-era reforms.
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