5, 1966 TKJrsdiy. Stpfemfcei* l5, JciN^si mountain herald. KIKOS MOUNTaIN, N. 0. "Rijg t 196T Pontiac W§d€fr^4u tm ' H iL' '||,5;>;:i ‘Vkv' 'i"' i'-' IitfdRlty traimfig rcytet JACKSON, s. c. (art ! NO — Army frivate Giles A. Ratley, 19, whose parents, Mr. : and Mrs. Ernest Riddix, live at I 197 N. Oriental ave.. Kings •Mountairt. I^. C., completed eight \ we(dis of acTvanced infantry I training at Fort Jackson, S. C., ! Sept. 2. , , - ,, j i He received specialized in^: i sfruction in small unit tactics I and in firing such Weapons as I fhe M-i4 rifle, the M-60 machine- I ?un and the 3.5-inch rocket launcher. Check '^les Say$ Motoi Clnb! The N.C. State Motor Club to day called on the 1967 General Assembly to strengthen ihe | state’s niotor vehicle inspection ^ law by including tires iin the ; inspected items. “Tn es are a vital part oi any i motor vehiele’s equipment,’’ de-| flared Thorrras B. Watkins, pres- j ident of tlie motor club and the I National Automobile Association* ■ “Unpopular as this idea may be i in some quarters, tires definitely should be included in the inspect ed itei r s. Satiety eonscious motor ists \yill agree that this omission leaves a great gap in our inspec-' tion program that should y be closed as quickly ^s possible. North Carolina’s inspection law presently covers brakes, lights, horn, steering .mechanism, windshield wipers and direction al slgrrals. M^or Velricles Com- rnlssloner A. Pitet:n says Godwin has predicted that the inspection law wHl be broadened. Watkins pointed out that his motor club recently conducted .a mail survey of the 21 states that have Inspection laws. The survey revealed that 15 now inchfde tires in their inspection programs, four do not, anrd the-iOiher two, although having no tire require ment, inspect tires under the law requiring that all vehicles be maintained in safe operating con dition , Most of these states reject | ! tires for exposed ply or cord, fab-j f ric breaks and cuts, bulges and’j I tires temporarily repaired with ! I blbwout patches and boots Five j I states have specific taread depth I requirer.|?nts of at least two- thirty-seconds of an inch.. “The experience of thfese states over a period of years has in dicated that tires n^tirt be In cluded in any well-rounded in spection program,’’ Watkins said The General Assembly shoul/d lose no tkr.e; in closing this gap In North Carolina’s Idw.” Jefferson Davjs .served in Con gress prior to the civil war. Oil cf the cedar tree is u.sed in making perfumes. fk-r- -•Si’ Ppntiac’s. volume-selling Catalina senes, is repfesenteti In th4 top photo above by the 1967 hardtop coupe with the Ventura option. The Catalina’S di6ldn6^re..styling, in teriors and colors,' many standard equipment ^safel.y Items and a wide selection of oplfons'lias made tlii's' Pontiac oiie of the industry’s largest selling caTS» Tlie Pontiac le Mmis series is represented in the lower photo by the hardtop coupe. Sepihratd sfythiv fet' tures on the side, front and rear gives ea^ Le Mats xhesdfl & fiew ‘find dlff^^t 166K. The new models will he shown to the public for the first time September 29th. 1967 Pontiacs I every model. Prior to this, rear ■,eat belts, padded instrument I panel, backup light, outside left- I hand rear view mirror dual speed I windshield wiper and Washer, I padded sun-visor, and improved I penetration-resistant windshield I ijlass had all bee 'ir.ade stand- 1 ard. Pontiac Motor Divisioi^- has merged all of today’s engmeer- ing kriuwledge with the practi cal limitations of the industry to make their 1967 models saf er, irroTe durable and more re- liabl-e than ever before. “Sini?e the first Poirtiae was introduced over forty years aio no consideration has ^Ver beeii more important to us than safe ty,’’ John Z DeLorean, a Gen eral Motors vice president and Pontiac general mlanager, said. In addition to the safety im- proventents already included as standard equipment, Pontiac has engineered many others intc their 1967 models as standard items and a number of accesso ries are safety orientated. Every 1967 Pontiac will have an energy-absorbing column and a dual braking system as stand ard equipment. In the event of a severe fra/tl end collision, the 1967 Poritia'- steering column will “collapse’’ or shorten at a controlled rate when the force of in-)| ftet is ap plied to it at either erid. . Special mountings oh the dasl and beneath the instrument pan el permit the ocl;umn