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Show How Drivers Can Cut Air Pollution Page 11A—TRE SUNDAY HERALD, Provo, Utah Sunday, April 28, 1970 >< Where are they now? Clean air will be obtained sooner in inis countryif the motorist assumes hi are of the responsibility. According to George M. Galster, director of automotive technical services for Champion Spark Plug Com- pany,“the auto industry has already made and will continue to make tremendous improvements in achieving cleanerair.In a few yeezs the internal combustion engine promises to be virtually free of harmful emissions. “However, clean air will not be attained until the operators of these vehicles maintain them at levels and at intervals somewhere near those recommended by the manufacturers, “Very simply, cars with en- gines in sub-standard condition are reducing the effects of improvementsbeingmade by the auto makers,” Mr. Galster said, Hecited Champion studies, reporting that a five percent incidence of engine misfiring will increase harmful emissions about three times the normal rate. This ts true whether or not the vehicle is equipped with an emission control device. The misfire can be due vo worn out rk plugs, wrong plug application or by long periods of slow speed, or start-stop driving. Other ig- nition or fuel system. malfunctions also can increase unwanted emissions. Mr. Galster also referred to an independent study showing a seven percent. re- duction in unburned hydrocarbons and a 10% reduction in carbon monoxide emissions after a tune-up. Mr, Galster remarked that well over half of the vehicles in the United States need at least minor tune-up work, and the majority of motorists are not aware,or do not care, that their cars are operating inefficiently. Mr, Galster said, “The in- sidious thing aboutthis situation is that the driver of the modern V-8 engine can experience a considerable amount of misfire without knowing it. At constant speeds there eculd be as much as 10-20 percent misfiring without the driver being aware of much difficulty.” Hesaid to make sure emission controlefforts by manufacturers achieve maximum results, motorists should schedule maintenance on a regular basis. To keep engines in tune they should al- so remind their favorite service outlet to follow manufacturers specified tune-up settings. CANADIAN DEGREES OTTAWA (UPI) — Canadian universities and colleges granted a total of 55,327 undergraduate degrees during the 1968 69 academic year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. a little less than half of these degrees, 20,551, were earned by women, On the graduate levei, Masters of Arts were preserited to 3,995 students. Masters of Science to 2,311, and doctoral degrees to 1,004 students, Return with us now to those wondrousdaysof yesteryear. It's 1949. Automobiles are getting longer, lower and wilder. Massive bumpersarea big hit. Fins are in. And everyone's promising to “keepin style with the times.” Butthen, times changed. Mossive bumpersandfins went out. So did every other car shown above, exceptthe Volkswagen. Why? Well yousee, backin '49, whenall those other guys were worrying about how to improve the waytheir cars looked, we were worrying about how to improve the way ours worked, And you know what? 2,200 improvementslater, westill worry aboutthe samething. ...come in nd see what you could be driving CHUCK PETERSON MOTORS 400 SOUTH UNIVERSITY - PROVO |