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AAA launches fight
against air pollution
The Wyoming Valley Motor
Club is launching an extensive
campaign to fight air pollution
by motor vehicles. Charles J.
Spitale, assistant manager of
the motorists’ organization,
said the club’s efforts would be
“directed toward increasing the
understanding and individual
involvement of car owners
increasing the understanding
and individual involvement of
car owners toward the reduc-
tion of pollution.
He said, ‘‘As is often the case
with many extremely large
issues, the message to the
public can be boiled down to
seme very basic suggestions for
action. The answer lies in what
the individual can do; not in
sweeping general proclama-
tions. When individuals act,
collectively they obtain
results.”
Mr. Spitale said his organiza-
tion’s recommendations are
undramatic, but highly prac-
tical. The recommendations are
contained in a campaign called
“Clearing The Air” and point up
the importance of regular car
maintenance as a means of
abating air pollution.
“While cars do not cause all
the air pollution,” Mr. Spitale
said, “There is no reason for
anyone to allow his vehicle to be
a contributor to the problem.”
In citing the need for regular
expert maintenance, the AAA
official pointed out that one bad
spark plug can cause a car to
pour out many times more air
polluting hydrocarbons than a
well-tuned car. A faulty car-
buretor or choke adjustment
may allow as much as one
gallon of gasoline from every
tankful to pass unburned into
the air.
Other pollution causing
villains, according to Mr.
Spitale, are rumbling muf-
flers, worn gaskets, and old oil
filters; all of which can be
corrected by a regular program
of sound automotive main-
tenance.
“There is a tendency to feel
that, once a car has the latest
emission control devices as
standard equipment, the
pollution problem is solved.
While these additions to a car’s
combustion system have
collectively contributed to
substantial air contamination
reduction in recent years, they
are not infallible,” Mr. Spitale
stated.
He recommended that owners
of newer cars should see to it
that regular checks are made of
their vehicles’ crankcase
ventilation and exhaust control
systems. He cautioned that
maintenance of these systems is
no job for an amateur and
should be looked into by an
expert mechanic.
“The greatest contributor to
air pollution is lethargy. Sitting
back and letting the other guy
do it, or assuming that Federal
standards will erase the
problem, is not a solution,’’ Mr.
Spitale said.
DALLAS
The teenagers of the Prince of
Peace Episcopal Church.
Dallas, will sponsor a hoagie
sale, March 27. Price of the
hoagies will be 60 cents, Per-
sons may pick up orders that
Saturday between 11 a.m. and 1
p.m., or orders will be de-
~ livered. hi
Louise Colwell, Church
Street, Dallas, has returned
home after spending February
with her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Fahringer, Walpole, Mass. The
Fahringers moved to Mass.
after residing in Cleveland,
Ohio, and Wheaton, Ill.
Mrs. Henry Disque is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. George Bit-
tenbender, Machell Avenue,
Dallas. Mrs. Disque has been
making her home with Mrs.
Alvin Funke, Bloomsburg.
The Women of Prince of
Peace Episcopal Church,
Dallas, met at the Parish Hall,
Wednesday, Mrs. Ben Evans
presided over the business
‘meeting. The program was a
Lenten drama, ‘‘The Crucifix-
ion.”
Participating in the program
were Mrs. Robert Maturi, Mrs.
Fred Lamaster, Mrs. Donald
Rhompson, Mrs. William Bell,
and Mrs. Sheldon Evans.
Children’s Confirmation
Class of Prince of Peace Epis-
copal Church meets tonight in
the Parish House at 6 p.m. The
‘Adult Inquirer’s Class will meet
at 7:30 p.m,
Dallas Elementary School
PTA met Monday evening at the
‘school. Clarke Bittner, presi-
dent, presided over the meet-
ing.
Samuel Barbase, representa-
tive from Holt-Rinehart-Wan-
ston Publishing Co. presented a
~ program on ‘The Old School
Parent vs. The New Math.”
A special musical program,
under the direction of Mrs.
O'Connell, was given by the
members of the third and fourth
~ grade chorus.
During the past few months,
the PTA has tried to meet many
of the school needs. A very suc-
cessfull fall candy sale made it
possible for the association: to
purchase a large number of
books for the school library as
well as a new sound system for
the multi-purpose room.
Mrs. Earl Monk, Doris
Mallin, Mrs. Andrew Denmon,
Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
tin Quinn, White Haven, spent
Saturday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. John Mallin III, Northum-
berland.
Spring session of the adult re-
creation program will begin this
week in the Dallas Senior High
School gymnasium. Women’s
program will be held Monday
nights and men’s program
Thursday nights from 7:30 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m. The program will
be conducted over a 10-week
period.
Deborah Haefel, daughter. of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haefel,
Oak Hill, Dallas, is a medical
patient in Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
Harry J. Aikens, Circle Drive,
College Manor, Dallas, has been
appointed to the Governor's
Committee on Employment of
the Handicapped.
Mr. Aikens is a Metro director
“in the Wilkes-Barre office of the |
National Alliance of Business-.
men JOBS. The organization
acts as a stalyst in providing job
opportunities in the private
sector. More than 600 hard core
unemployed have been placed
in jobs locally since the Luzerne
County program began about
two years ago.
Mr. Aikens is industrial rela-
tions manager for Common-
wealth Telephone Company.
Approximately 60 members
attended the Altar and Rosary
Society new membership meet- §
ing at Gate of Heaven Church,
Dallas.
New members were intro-
duced and welcomed at a tea.
The Rev, Thomas Jordan, mo-
derator of the society, wel-
comed the new members.
Mrs. William Whalen
presided over the business
meeting. The following reports
were submitted: covered dish
supper, April 14, Mrs. Vincent
Correale, chairman; family
communion breakfast, Mrs. Lee
Mohen and Mrs. Michael Pas-
serelli, chairmen; doughnut
sale, Linda Scholl; birthday tea,
Mrs. William Cutter; rummage
sale, April 29, 30, and May 1,
Mrs. Robert Cartier; Madonna
Plan, Mrs. Whalen,
A wig demonstration was pre-
sented by Joseph Shimkus.
Hostesses were Mrs. Richard
Malak, Mrs. William Cutter,
Mrs. Willard Whalen and Mrs.
Robert Cartier.
Dallas Rotary Club will meet
tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Irem
Temple Country Club. Hanford
Eckman will preside.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Clark,
RD 2, Dallas, announce the
birth of a son, March 8, in Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital.
Robert Cartier, Dallas Am-
‘bulance Association, recently
completed the 15-hour training
course at Wyoming Valley
Chapter American Red Cross.
Anthony Broody, volunteer
consultant on first aid for
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Combined Service Territory,
was the instructor.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Traver Nobel, |
Overbook Road, Dallas, have
returned from Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands.
H. Elwood Meyers, Park St.,
Dallas, is a medical patient in
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
Kingston.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stolar-
ick, RD 2, Dallas, announce the
birth of a son, March 11, in
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
He cited this as the greatest
reason for AAA’s launching of
their ‘‘Clearing The Air”
campaign. Through the support
of the news media, it is hoped
that individuals will not only get
the message on what must be
done, but that they will be
motivated to act.
Mr. Spitale reported that the
message for clearer air is being
expanded as well,
motoring public at large,
through specially designed
bumper decals which are
available free from ' the
Wyoming Valley Motor Club.
The AAA’s “Clearing The
Air”’ campaign gets under way
now and will extend through the
summer months. In addition to
the Wyoming Valley Motor
Club, 49 other AAA clubs
throughout Pennsylvania are
backing the public awareness
effort.
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