Highlights from The Jena Times Archives

70 Years Ago July 5, 1956

Making Farming Less Hazardous: July 22-28, 1956, a week was expected to be devoted to an informal campaign that wanted to tell farm people how to be more safety conscious. The goal was to reduce the number of lives lost and the injuries and damages suffered through farm accidents. At the time, around 14,000 lost their lives each year with 1,200,000 sustaining injuries. The campaign consisted of discussions for how these accidents ca...