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bly be introduced much earlier
thu year than is recent yeari. la
atead of November, December, and
even January and February, the
new model! will probably hit the
advertiainc page* in Mriy tall this
year.
With thu probability, it might
not be surpriaing if total new cat
and truck (ale* for (he year lap at
* ? ' ^ P >.j a#
7 000 000 or thereabout*- -or even
? I * ? * * * v * WW! VSI^/UIV V A V v % a#
more by the end of the calendar
year. Production would run highei
than that of count ?
Record Mies this yesr? end $oiMi
business In other Unas k indicat
ed by ? combination of factors.
First com* the increases voted by
Congress to millions of govern
ment worker* and armed serviee
men. This increaae in pay is tore
to be tranatatod into more buying
power.
Recent union management coo
tracts also provide hug* pay raises
an total dollars) to labor. U S.
Steel workers, for example, are to
?el an added fifteen cents an hour
That increases earning* by over a
dollar a day to the forty-hour
workers. It give* him enough extra
cash to buy another appliance, or
even an automobile, on the in
stallment plan.
Govern r^ent workers and serv
icemen, too, are getting Increase!
Mil* High Swinging BriJgm
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wfckh llMl them to buy mot*.
Anything which dowfl't cwt much
over W or ?? a month can be
purchaied bjr million* of Ameri
can* on iiMT?a*r* in pay they have
received in recent month* and
week*.
In time the price tag* on many
good* will have to be adjusted up
ward, becauae tome of the mater
ial* and the coat of labor in pro
ducing these item*, have gone up.
if t axe* are reduced next year on
such large item* aa automobiles,
then the increaaed manufacturer'*
price can probably be mote than
of bet by lower tax**.
If Uxm are not reduced, the
admlaiatration i? going to have a
hard time holding down the cost of
living? which has been so stable
in recent ^month*. In fact the im
mediate threat to the economy
look* to be one of threatened infla
tion, brought on by pay increase*
and Um reiulting increase In auch
items as steel.
The time to watch for price in
crease* in automobile* ia in fall
announcement* of new cars. Sev
eral new, very expenaive model*
are almost ready to be announced
right now.
The Lincoln diviaion of the Ford
Motor Company i* about ready to
bring out a model of the popular
Continental ? discontinued *ome
year* back to the dismay of Con
tinental admirer*. Cadillac wiU
produce a new car that aell* for a*
much or more, than the Continen
tal.
The*e car*, which are expected
to aell above 17,000 ? according to
Settei
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report*, will consume any extra
money that motorists (eel heavy
on their hand*. Packard already
ha* several expensive Mxielt. like
the Caribbean, selling at such fig
ures and Chrysler and imperial
get into this act also.
The whole expectation, then, in
business circles Is (or another year
of good bmincss The sunuoer
slump hasn't yet put In an ap
pearance and many now think it
will not bo seen1 in IMS. Crop* ap
pear to be good, pay raises are a
fact, and buiintM continues to
prosper, with ? lack of govern
ment interference. >
That add* up to a bright pro*
p?rt % r 5
Carolina Low In ,
Average Salary
Raleigh? North Carolina ranked
at the bottom of the nation last
year in the average weekly earn
ing* of ita manufacturing employ
ee.
Furthermore, the rate of in
crease In total and hourly earnings
during the last five years was low
er In North Carolina than In any
other state.
Based on U. 8. Department of
Labor figures, these and other con
clusion* were publiihed in the
North Carolina Research Institute's
latest bulletin, North Carolina
Fact*.
According to the bulletin, kver
age weekly earnings of North Caro
lina'* production workert during
1964 were *47 88 This wa* two
third* of the national average of
171.86 per week. Michigan led with
average weekly earning* of 187.84
Arkansas Tied
North Carolina tied with Arkan
sas for 47th place in average hour
ly earnings with 8128. Mississippi
was 48th.
The average work week in North
Carolina .was 38.3 houri compared
with 39.7 (or the nation aa a whole.
Between 1MB and IBM total
average earninga in North Caro
lina increaaed from >30.90 to
$47.80, or 20 per cent. Every other
atate had a greater percentage in
crease, with the average 31 per
cent.
North Carolina never before had
been the loweat state in the aver
age weekly pay scale, although it
ranked 47th in 1983.
Passenger Cars
In Fatal Crashes
Passenger cars were Involved
in the llon'a share of last year's
fatal motor accidenta, the Motor
Vehicles Department at Raleigh
reporta. Of the 1,183 vehicles in
volved in fatal accidents 929 were
passenger cars, 122 trucks, 41
truck-tractor and aemi-trailer, 14
motorcycles, 13 buses, and eight
farm tractors plus miscellaneous'
vehicles. During the year there
were also 118 military vehicles in
accidents including one fatal crash.
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For Parly Poet
Washington, July 10 ? Ken
tucky* qu*t-spoken Earl* C. Cle
menu SODCtn to have ?nar?haM
(Olid Democratic backing la his
role of substitute lor Senate Maj
ority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas.
Johnson, who' was stricken with
a heart attack on July X auy be
out of action for several months.
His doctors have suggested the
possibility they will oppose his re
suming the arduous duties they
blame lor his illness.
If the time should come that
Mai^^filMas he cannot carry
on in the leaderahip post, Cl/menta
seems likely to be promoted from
acting to a lull-Hedged status.
Talks with individual Democrats
representing all elements of the
party? from sell-styled "liberal"
to deepest-dyed conservative
yielded praise lor Clementa and
forecasts that he would 'be chosen
c4dv?ntur?i of
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Well, aa Mother says: 'Snooky
is strong and agile.' I drink my
full share of Hillside Dairy's
milk, that's why."
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leader if JphnaM quit* the job.
E Clement*, who ? Irn friend*
quietly, teem to have made a lot
oi them in the
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The difference in piston ring wear illustrated above proves an
important point about the performance of motor oils:
Moat engine wear occurs when you Arm start your car or
under stop-and-go driving conditions with an engine that hasn't
Warmed up. It takes a very special kind ot oil to low quickly and
protect your motor when you start, and then to protect moving
para from sladge and varnish sfter the engine beau up. TROP
AKTIC All- Weather Motor Oil gives you this tUublt protection.
Compared to older types of oils, it can even thmhl* engine life.
In a motor oil it's performance that counts. And TROP-AKT1C
' gives mftr performance! Yoa'll get easier starting . . . save
gasoline . . . and yon can save 1 9 X to 45* on oil consumption.
Get TROP-AKTIC from your Phillips 66 Dealer.
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PHILLIPS 66 PRODUCTS are distributed in Boone and vicinity by ^
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Boone, North Carolina - Phone AM 4-3971
No wonder this great
*55 Pontiac is setting
all-time sales records !
It'e bigger. smarter and more powerful than
any other car at anything Ilka the price /
A sales success like Pbntiac's starts on the draw
ing boards? with engineers and designers who
have been schooled for yean in the Pontiac idea
of giving more people more car for leas money.
With Ha long 122' or 124' wheelbaae and extra,
big-car heft, Pontiac provides road-hugging com
fort you get in no other car near it in price!
Now take this big, roomy car and surround
it with the distinction of Twin-Streak styling
and Vogue Two-Toning? beauty that obviously
is calling the turn on the future ? and you have
another reason for Pontiac *s phenomenal sales
That alone would be enough for moat can
but not for Pc ntiacl
Pontiac cwtnsta the market on value with the
moat powerful engine within hundreds of dollars
of its price. The sensational 200-honepower
Strato-Streak V-8 with four-barrel carburetor*
is the moat modern power you can buy. You're
on even term* with anything on the road? and
you enjoy the graateat economy and dependa
bility in Pontiac history. '
If by now you're thinking "Thia Is what I've
wanted all along!", we suggest you atop in and
talk dollars and centa. That's when you'll gel
the final reason for Pontiac'* record popularity
?the fact that you can fit a big, powerful,
future-fashioned Pontile into any new-ear budget!
? You'll never find it Mia ft to get into the fine
car claas than right now! 'Lam extra eoet optiof
BARNETT MOTOR COMPANY
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