4—The Daily Collegian Friday, Oct. 6, 1978
Pinto sales make a comeback, dealers say
By PAUL SUNYAK
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Sales of new Ford Pintos are on the upswing and the
company has begun recalling older models to repair a
potentially dangerous gasoline tank design, according
to Ford dealers across the state.
Sales had slackened earlier this year after it was
reported that the gas tanks on several Pintos ruptured
and exploded on impact when the car was struck from
the rear. Testing led to safety changes that could be
made on 1971 to 1976 models.
Although Ford has issued recall notices for 1971 and
1972 models and plans to recall the other models,
owners of 1973 through 1976 Pintos need not wait until
they receive a notice, according to Bruce Weaver, sales
representative for Miller-McVeigh Ford in State
College.
"Under a directive sent down from Ford
headquarters, anybody who's got a 1971 thru 1976 Pinto
Christian, Syrian troops move bathe
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) Fighting
between Syrian troops and Christian
militiamen spread from Beirut to inland
resort towns yesterday. Syrian rein
forcements poured into Beirut and
Christian commanders threatened to
turn their guns on Syria itself.
Friday and Saturday
' Israeli reconnaissance jets roared
over Palestinian-dominated border
areas and the Israeli-armed Christians
in the area shelled a guerrilla-held town,
killing five persons.
The renewed fighting near the Israeli
frontier underscored what a senior
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that has this problem, whether they have been notified
or not, can bring it in and we'll fix it free of charge," he
said, adding that the change had been made at the
factory on 1977 and newer models.
All dealers contacted said customers expressed
satisfaction with the repairs. Some dealers said they
have set up displays, complete with parts, that show
exactly what is being fixed.
Surprisingly, Pinto owners are not rushing to trade in
their cars for other models, as was the case at the
height of the Pinto panic.
A spokesman for Foss Motor Co. in Pittsburgh said
there had been an increase in trade-ins when the Pinto
was in the headlines, but the number has started to
drop.
Bob Twining, general sales manager of Sheehy Ford
in Philadelphia, said most former Pinto owners nor
mally trade in for new ones. Twining said sales of new
Pintos are running 1.5 percent above last year's.
diplomat termed a possible Syrian-
Israeli confrontation over Lebanon in
view of Syrian President Hafez Assad's
rejection of international peace efforts.
Israeli parliamentarian Moshe Arens
said, "I would not want to believe we'll
allow the Syrians to destroy the
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"People are more concerned about handling, ride and
mileage than anything else," Walt Rayca; assistant
sales manager for Swenson Ford in Philadelphia said.
"There was a lull for a couple of weeks but business is
better than we anticipated due to the adverse publicity.
We have had very, very few derogatory remarks about
them," he said.
Elmer Doerbel, assistant sales manager for Bob
Smith Ford in Pittsburgh, was not quite as optimistic.
He said sales are not as good as- last year and that
"we've softened our orders somewhat until we. get it'
turned around."
One side effect of the negative exposure the Pinto has
received is in its trade-in value: Pintos are worth less.
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"The value of a 1974 low-mileage 'Pinto in excellent,
clean shape dropped $500," 'Weaver said, "and as a
result owners are keeping them because we can't give
them the value they expect." . • . ,
Christians."
Fighting engulfed most of Christian
Beirut and spread to the southeast
Christian suburbs and the plush resort
areas of Bickfaya and Kesrouane and
the ski town of Faraya in the hills outside
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PLCB: No stayin' alive
for area youth discos
By CURTIS DALPRA
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Disco dances held for area youths
have caused the Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board tO take another look at
part of the commonwealth's liquor
code.
The Sunday night dances were held
at Alexander's at the Holiday Inn on
S. ' Atherton Street for about five
weeks. Early in September, a PLCB
enforcement officer advised
Alexhnder's to stop holding the
dances. The dances were stopped and
no citation was given.
The Pennsylvania liquor code
prevents minors from entering • a
licensed establishment unless ac
companied by "a parent, legal
guardian • or • otherwise properly
supeririied." . .
The bar was loCked at Alexander's
and no liquor was served, "so we
thought we were within the law,"
innkeeper Dick Smallenberger said.
He said he, offered to hire
policemen for the dances, but was
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told by a PLCB official that people
hired to chaperone the dances would
not fulfill the legal requirment of
proper supervision. •
Some parents, unhappy with the='
closing of what seemed a good ac-.
tivity for their children, offered to .
chaperone the dances, but the PLCB.",.'
"suggested that we hold off until the:
meaning of the - code could be'..';.
clarified," Smallenberger said.
"Anybody who operates this kind of.
activity and thinks he has 'priver.
supervision' is taking the risk of 1,
citation," Ken Makowski, a member:: i
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"There are certain things that are._.
clear," he said. "The code does not
allow the use of police as
chaperones."
"That part of the code hasn't• been a. - -
real big problem in'the past becauseii
most cases involved only one or twoy ,
minors," he said, "but'now, with the y '
disco craze, the problem 'has
assumed larger proportions. . -
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