Word: precept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Precept & Example. In Memphis, Traffic-Safety Expert Forrest Mottweiler explained to the ambulance driver why he had crashed into a concrete post: he had fallen asleep at the wheel. In Los Angeles, William V. Mendenhall of Angeles National Forest Service was checking plans for the annual fire-prevention campaign when the pack of matches he was carrying in his hip pocket set his trousers afire. In Baltimore, Kinsey H. Dillon was indicted for evading payment of $4,819 in income taxes for 1945-46, the same years he was employed as a government auditor to check reports of income...
...Precept & Example. In Cincinnati, Artist Paul Bogosian, drawing cartoons at a safety show, stepped back to admire his work, fell off the platform. In Watertown, N.Y., Police Sergeant Floyd W. Trickey, on his way to deliver a lecture on "Safety and Accident," dropped the hundred-pound bundle of safety pamphlets he was carrying and cut his hand on the metal binding...
...Precept & Example. In Detroit, James Morgan, arrested for creating a hazard by storing combustibles in his shop, identified himself as the sign painter who makes safety posters for the city. In Newcastle, Australia, after Radio Announcer Philip C. Furley warned listeners to get their government listening licenses, he was fined $15 for not renewing...
...Precept & Example. In Alhambra, Calif., the city was getting through its "safety month" campaign in fine shape until two police cars collided. In Dayton, Audrey Jackson, on her way home from a traffic safety lecture, suffered a broken leg when she was hit by a taxi...
...Precept & Example. In Galva, Ill., the Rev. Roger Wickstrand switched sermons at the last minute, admitted that he had lost the notes for the original one entitled: "Where art thou...