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Make driving safer
The annual cost of traffic
accidents in Ontario could be
reduced by $100,000,000 if
the government enacted legis-
lation to make St. John Ambu-
lance safety -oriented First Aid
training compulsory for drivers,
W.E. Austin, president of
the Ontario Council of St.
John said today.
In a brief to the Ontario
Select Committee on Highway
Safety, Mr. Austin stated:
"the human costs in terms of
death or injury on our highways
and streets would also be re-
duced—a far more important
objective for your consider-
ation."
He pointed out that two
research studies had been con-
ducted by St. John Ambulance
over five years in Orillia,
Cambridge and Guelph, in
which 10,000 people had been
trained in Safety -Oriented First
Aid: In compiling and analyz-
ing the results, York Univer-
sity "confirmed that the First
Aid trained • individual has
undergone a change in attitude
towards safety, making him
more alert to hazard and recep-
tive to great impact of messages
and education," he said.
"The research conclusively
showed a reduction in accident
costs of up to 30 percent for
those persons who had complet-
ed the eight-hour safety -
oriented First Aid training
course when compared to simil-
ar persons not so trained,"
Mr. Austin said. Annual costs
of highway accidents in Ontario
are more than $460,000,000,
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indicating the hundred million
dollar saving.
The St, John Ambulance
brief recommends that all
school bus drivers required to
hold a valid St, John Ambulance
Emergency First Aid Certifi-
cate, and that over a period of
time this same training be made
compulsory for city bus drivers,
transit operators, taxi drivers
and operators of commercial
freight carriers. The 10,000
St. John Ambulance volunteers
in Ontario were prepared to
do the necessary training, Mr.
Austin, also a volunteer, said.
They trained more than 70,000
people last year.
The final recommendation
called for legislation requir-
ing private drivers to attend a
short two to three hour safety -
oriented course on the basics
of St. John Ambulance First
Aid as a prerequisite to ob-
taining a driver's license.
Complete oven meal
Prepare a complete oven
meal and make the best use of
your oven while it is operat-
ing. Choose a basic meat dish
such as beef or pork roast, or
baked pork chops. Highlight
the meal with a tasty and attrac-
tive vegetable dish.
"To save time on the day of
serving, prepare the squash the
day before so that you need only
combine the ingredients and
bake the casserole," suggest
food specialists at the Ontario
Food Council, Ministry of Agri-
culture and Food.
SQUASH CASSEROLE
1 acorn squash (about 2 pounds)
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 can (10 ounces) condensed
cream of chicken soup
1 cup dairy sour cream
1 cup shredded carrot
2 tbsp, dry bread crumbs
1 tbsp. butter, melted
Wash squash; quarter length-
wise and remove seeds; cut
across each strip in quarter -
inch slices. In saucepan, cook
sliced squash and chopped
onion in boiling salted water
until tender -crisp (5 minutes);
drain. Combine cream of chick-
en soup and sour cream. Stir
in shredded carrot. Fold in
drained squash and onion.
Spoon vegetable mixture into
8 x 8 inch baking dish or a 2 -
quart casserole. Combine bread
crumbs and melted butter;
sprinkle over vegetables. Bake
in 350 degree F oven for 25 to
30 minutes or til heated thro-
ugh.
Makes six servings.
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