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 lOa STAT. 2668 PROCLAMATION 5919—DEC. 5, 1988 To encourage citizen involvement in prevention efforts and to increase awareness of the threat to our Uves and safety, the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 332, has designated the week of December 11 through December 17, 1988, as "National Dnmk and Drugged Driving Awai;eness Week" and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamaUon in observance of this event. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 11 throush December 17, 1988, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week. I ask all Americans to show concern and not to drink or take drugs and drive or to permit others to do so. I also call upon public officials at all levels and interested citizens and groups to observe this week with ap- propriate ceremonies and activities in reaffirmation of our refusal to tolerate dnmk and drugged driving. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hun- dred and thirteenth. RONALD REAGAN Proclamation 5919 of December 5, 1988 B Wright Brothers Day, 1988 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Eighty-five years ago, above the sound of North Carolina's pounding surf, above the chattering of the sea gulls and terns, came the soimd of progress; for over the sandy dimes of Kitty Hawk fiew the first self- propelled, winged aero-vehicle. Hardly an imposing sight, it barely rose above the shore; and, in size, it bore little resemblance to the jiunbo jets that would follow. In power, velocity, and payload, it was also but a hint of what was to come. But that aircraft, aloft for only a few mo- ments, held promise far beyond its modest dimensions and capabilities. Eventually Uiat promise became reality, yielding change that helped shrink the globe and bring the peoples of the world closer together. Rarely has mankind beheld an event foreshadowing such remarkable improvement for the benefit of us all. Today, we commemorate an idea that grew in the hearts and minds of the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbiu*, until it culminated in the famous flight that blazed a path into the futiire for America and the world. The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 17, 1963 \^7 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C. 169), has designated the seventeenth day of Decem- ber of each year as "Wright Brothers Day" and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day, and I call upon the people of the United States to ob- serve this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, both to

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