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PROCLAMATION 4151-SEPT. 8, 1972

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ber 8, 1972, as Fire Prevention Week. I urge every citizen to make this the first week in an entire year of fire awareness and of the ways in which he can eliminate fire hazards and prevent fires. Our firefighters are selfless public servants. Yet they are too often subjected to physical attack and abuse while on their missions. I call upon all citizens to participate in the fire prevention activities of the various governments and of the National Fire Protection Association. In addition, I urge every citizen to visit his local fire company and to find out what he can do to help our firemen in their difficult but essential work. I also encourage all Federal agencies to participate in Fire Prevention Week, in cooperation with the Federal Fire Council, by conducting effective fire prevention programs, including fire exit drills and other means of training employees. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh.

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National Highway Week, 1972 By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation America's recent growth patterns have paralleled to a large degree the growth of our great national highway system. This is not a coincidence. We have learned over the years that where a highway goes, people go. And where people go, there is new economic activity. New jobs are created, new homes are built, new communities are served and new recreational opportunities are opened. Highways have been and will continue to be the vital lifelines for thousands of communities across this Nation. Highways link them not only with each other, but with other means of transportation by air, rail or water.

September 8. 1972

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