Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.

Page 5 · column 4 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved

The clipping this text was read from
The clipping this text was read from

By THERESA REYNOLDS

Rappahannock Mrw« Staff Writer

Parents throughout the state will benefit from the efforts of a small group of Virginia women who have been waging a campaign for years against the leading killer of young children in the Commonwealth. The amazing fact about this killer is that prevention would have saved at least 80 percent of the tiny victims and spared countless Virginia families unspeakable suffering. While this killer does not inspire the public outrage caused by disease and birth defects, it claims far more young lives. The killer is the automobile, the women are the Virginia Highway Safety Leaders, and the prevention is a crashtested child restraint device that will be required by law starting January 1.

87.8%