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JSBM ' \IBbB SB ; ' mBBKESMSm Jm .;: ''cfiv . ■! BfeaJH B 49 Wmjk Collapsible Steering May Reduce Injury And Prevent Death CHAPEL HIL Tfae dan ger of that steering post, aim ing speer-like at your chest when you drive, may be dimi nished considerably in the years to come. Studies conducted by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Cen ter here reveals that the collapsible steering assembly For Good Fresh Sea Food VISIT THE ROWAN FISH CO. tt We have all seafoods in season 6 days in the week Wholesale and Retail ROWAN FISH CO. S. B. HAKJUSON, Prop. Phone ME S-NM 111 E. Council SL Salisbury, N. C. The Sticker On The Windshield Will Tell At A Glance When Inspection Is Due Get Your Car Ready For OFFICIAL INSPECTION Spring And Summer Driving [?lll|jgW||BH STATION No. 8683 COMPLETE LINE OF Don't Gamble On Safety All^|f|tor S Oil QIICHERVICE Batteries '"ii JSI , *» «• equipped to inspect ym f |ns ur ■ ■ ■ complete one stop service. Lute Jobs ATLAS PLYCRON TIRES A. J FOYT WINS INDIANAPOLIS 500 The famous WITH A TIGER HIS TANK) Atlas PlyCr ° n T,r * Now ° n * RIDENHOUR'S ESSO SERVICE James Ridenhour, Owner Cooleemee, N. C. Dial 284-3552 installed in some 1967 model cars may reduce the severity of injury and prevent death in certain types of collisions. "From what we've seen so far," says Dr. B. J. Campbell, Director of the Safety Re search Center, "it looks like the collapsible assembly is working quite well." During the past several months, the State Highway 3 atrol has been notifying the afety research center of acc ents involving cais equipped A'lth the new steering assem bly. The center inspected and ;tudied five of the worst col isians. One accident involved a Che vrolet and a Dodge. The jodge was equipped with the ew steering assembly. Nei her driver was wearing seat belts. The Dodge had slowed to urn off the highway when it was struck in the front by ihe Chevrolet, which skidded 88 feet before impact. Driver of the Chevrolet was ■jected, but the driver of the >odge remained in the car. The steering column of the >odge was compressed some 5 one-half inches, says Dr. Campbell, but the driver suf ered only bruises across the xpper chest and a contusion .cross the lower abdomen. In addition, the driver's knees vere severely bruised and her ight ankle broken. "Undoubtly, the collapsible steering column prevented snore serious injury in this :>articular case," says Dr. Campbell. Autos manufactured this /ear by General Motors, Chry ;ler and American Motors are quipped with the new energy bsorbing steering column, rhe euipment was designee >y General Motors and sold o the other two manufact urers. The Ford Motor Company -eportedly is developing its >wn design and will install it an 1968 models. Key element in the collap sible column currently in use is a section of metal mesh that crushes under an impact ing force of 600 pounds. As the mesh is crushed, it ab sorbs the energy of the force exerted upon it. Thus, when a driver is thrown against the steering wheel in a collision, the steer ing column compresses up to 8H inches instead of impal ing him. The gear shift column and steering shaft, which are lo cated within the steering col umn, are designed to telescope on impact, thus posing no danger to the driver. Plastic sheer pins which break at approximately 150 pounds of pressure are used to hold these telescoping sections in place during normal operation. An important factor in the design says Dr. Campbell, is that the steering wheel will not be thrust back toward the driver in a collision. Also, important, he says, is the fact COMMENTS I by Mary Alice Hasty How do you write what you have purposely tried not to think about . . . The easiest approach is to tell how this little tow* is a composite of big people, and at no time is this mere tne than when a tragedy strikes. Hearts are emptied ef every selfish vestige with an outpouring of love and sympathy, anf whan necessary, pocketbooks are emptied in the saaee wisarr Cee leemee is at its best to its darkest hour. Death is no stranger, but it customarily comes to us quietly and politely. Many times it is expected, and although the sub sequent grief is no less, the very knowing and preparing for its advent softens the shock. We are conditioned to this; it is when death blows the rules of the game and stalks us unaware that we are reduced to a feeling of crushing inadequacy and helplessness .. . and when the victims are children, words fail us. It then becomes violently necessary to act, to do something, anything, to restore the illusion that we are still, somehow, masters of our fate. Three little girls are dead. I knew two ef them. I wish I had never had that pleasure. I saw them daily a* school ... I talked with them . . . laughed with them ... I taught (Mr brother. There is OK fact that should be of supumr umlirt to their parents, if and whea roaifwl far allowed to retain... hey were happy children There is no gtrslei cempUaaent I can pay the family thaa that erne undeniable fact They were happy children. '.hat the design permiti the auto to be steered after the steering column has been com pressed. The entire assembly is an chored at three points in the vehicle: the steering gear box, the firewall and under the dash. In some models, extra strong metal is used in the gear box connection to pre vent breakage at this point during a crash. Breakage at he other two points does not prevent steering of the wheeL In one crash inspected by the research center, the sys em failed where the steering column is connected to the gear box. The research center pointed this out to auto en gineers in Detroit, noting that he problem poses a potential hazard because the auto can not be steered after breakage at the gear box. Dr. CampbelJ says the re search center plans to con tinue studying accidents in volving the collapsible steer ing assembly in order to ob tain as much data es possi ble. At present, similar studies are being conducted at the University cf California at Los Angeles and the Univer sity of Michigan. The Earl Stewarts Have Visitor One night recently as the Stewarts arrived at their home on Center Street, they found a stranger in the bath tub. This would have been enough to scare any host to death, especially if the visitor was a huge black snake about the size of a silver dollar in width and nearly a yard long. And that is exactly what this visitor was. Earl ran out in the back yard and got a shovel and killed the snake, after Mrs. Stewart informed him that if that thing got out of the bath room, into the other part of their house, that she would certainly be missing around there until it was found and killed. The Stewarts are still trying to figure out how it got into the house, unless it came up through the {furnace ducts. But he was making himself at home for the night, be cause he was coiled around the faucets. Time spent regretting the past might be better spent planning the future. Rowan Technical Institute To Offer Courses In Math Tim Summer A number of courses in mathematics will be offered this summer at Rowan Tech nical Institute to adults who wish to further their know lede of math or to those who wish to continue their educa tion this fall past the high school level. Industrial Mathematics will be offered on Tuesday nights from IM until 10:00 P. 1L for eleven weeks beginning June 11. This course will in clude practical number theo ry, analysis of the basic op erations of addition, subtrac tion, multiplication and divis ion, Fractions, decimals, pow ers and roots percentages ra tio, and proportion will also be covered. Plans and solid geometric figures used in in dustry, measurements of sur face* and volumes, and as introduction to algebra will also be taught. Cost of the course wiffl be SIXSO plus the cost of • textbook. Mr. Glean Deal will be the in structor. Fundamental* at Aljebn will also be offered by Rowan Tech this maimer. Basic con cepts and operations of alge bra: historical background of our base —l* number system; algebraic operations of additi on, subtraction, multiplication, and division; fractions, letter representation, grouping, fac toring ratio and proportions, variations; graphical and alge braic solution of first degree equations; solution of simulta neous equations by: addition and subtraction, substitution, graphing; exponents, logari thms, tables and interpolation will be included in this course. This is an excellent course for those who need additional pre paration before continuing their education. The cost of this course is $7.50. It will meet on Wednesday nights from 6:00 until 9.-00 P. M be ginning June 14th for a peri od of eleven weeks. Mr. Ray Jones will be the instructor. For those who are interest ed in the electrical trade, there will be a course in Electrical Math offered on Tuesday nights from 6:00 until 10:00 P. ML beginning Tues day, June 13th. Included in this course will be a study of fundamental concepts of al gebra, basic operation of addi tion, subtraction, multiplica tion, and division; solution of first order equation, use of let- Page 3 ters and signs, groupint fac toring, exponents, ratios, and proportions, solution of equa tions, algebraically and gra phically; a study of logarithms and use at tables; an intro duction to trionometric func tions and their applications to right angles; and a study of vaetors for use in alternat ing current The cost of this course will be $12.50, plus the cost of a tntbook. Mr. Hay Jones will be the in structor for the course. To enroll call Rowan Tech nical Institute and request an application for the summer session. This should be re turned to the institute by June sth accompanied by ■ 12-00 application deposit The deposit will be applied to the p°st of the coure or refunded if the course does not materi «liae. Classes will last for eleven weeks and final reg istration will be conducted the first night of Due to *P«ce, enrollment will be limited. Rowan Tech reserves {the right to cancel any class ' for which there is insufficient 1 1 enrollment In bringing tobacco in case far marketing, it is better to have too little than too much moisture. SIX INCH E Air Drilled Wells ?—MODERN AIR DRILL—] WRE WELL DRILLING' CO. 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