CUSTOMER INFORMATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS Page 4AThe Battalion/Friday, November 14, 1986
HOW TO HELP SAVE LIVES AND
REDUCE INJURIES AUTOMATICALLY
THREE-POINT PASSIVE SAFETY BELT SYSTEMS ARE AN EFFECTIVE
COMPLEMENT TO BELT-USE LAWS.
General Motors is
equipping 10% of its 1987
model cars with automatic
lap/shoulder belt systems
for the driver and for the
right-hand front seat passen
ger. It is the first step in
meeting a federal require
ment to phase in passive
restraints.
The automatic sys
terns will be standard
equipment on most 1987
models of the Pontiac Grand
Am and Bonneville, Buick
Somerset, Skylark, and
LeSabre, and Oldsmobile
Calais and Delta 88. By
1990 we plan to equip all
GM cars with passive
restraint systems.
The belts in the GM
system will be connected to
the car at three anchor points
—one toward the center of
the front seat, and two on
the front door.
Three-point automatic
lap/shoulder belt systems
offer the same advantages
as GM’s current three-
point manual systems.
Lap and shoulder belts allow
you to “ride down” the crash
as the vehicle absorbs the
impact. They also help pre
vent you from being thrown
from the car in an accident,
where you are more likely
to be killed or seriously
injured.
Safety belts have
proved effective in reduc
ing injuries and fatalities.
That’s why GM supports
belt-use laws. Automatic
lap/shoulder belt systems
will make it even easier for
people to comply with these
laws.
Opening the door pulls
the belts forward for entry.
Closing it brings the belts
into their operating position.
A single push button at the
center anchor point releases
the system in an emergency.
Retractors pull the released
belts into storage positions
on the door.
designing energy-absorbing
interiors. We are phasing in
rear-seat lap/shoulder belts,
beginning with some 1987
models—kits will be made
available through GM deal
ers to retrofit most older cars
with these systems. And we
will be equipping some 1988
model cars with driver-side
air bags to supplement safety
belts.
General Motors has
been a leader in automotive
safety because we believe
that building safer cars is
good for you. And good for
us.
This advertisement is part of
our continuing effort to give
customers useful information
about their cars and trucks
and the company that builds
them.
Extra attachment
points will be built into
cars equipped with these
systems so you can secure
most child restraint systems
with an auxiliary lap belt.
General Motors is pur
suing other programs that
will help reduce the number
and severity of injuries
caused by accidents. We are
Chevrolet • Pontiac
Oldsmobile • Buick
Cadillac • GMC Truck
CAMBODIA:
Mass Graveyard For 2,000,000 Innocent People
Present
DITH PRAN on Nov. 18
and the movie based on his life
THE KILLING FIELDS on Nov. 17
RUDDER THEATER
7:30
Movie $2 Program $2
Combined $3
Advance Ticket Sales Available
Precinct 4
office still
undecided
What’s up
Vote recount set
for candidates
By Jo Ann Able
Staff Writer
A recount of votes cast in the Pre
cinct 4 race for Brazos County com
missioner will be conducted Satur
day morning at the county
courthouse and should be com
pleted by about noon, County Judge
Dick Holmgreen said Thursday.
Candidate Rodger Lewis officially
filed a petition for the recount with
Holmgreen Wednesday morning at
about 11:30, after a loss to incum
bent Milton Turner in the Nov. 4
election by a count of 2,159 to 2,1 14.
The 45-vote difference made
Turner the winner on the first count
with 50.5 percent of the votes to Le
wis’ 49.5 percent.
The deadline for requesting the
vote recount was at 5 p.m. Wednes
day.
Lewis said he requested the re
count because there were a number
of counting errors and machine dif
ficulties during the night of the elec
tion tallies.
“Some very clear programming
problems also surfaced in other pre
cincts,” Lewis said.
“There is no other way to know if
there were problems in our precinct
unless we have them do a manual
count,” he said.
Lewis said a small discrepancy in
the count could make the difference.
“If there were 23 votes counted
for my opponent which should have
been counted for me, then I would
win,” he said.
A misinterpretation of this nature
would'give Lewis 2,137 votes and
Turner 2,136.
The recount procedure requires a
deposit of $290, which is forfeited if
the new totals don’t change the out
come of the election.
Holmgreen said, “The vote may
be different, but the election results
must change for the deposit to be re
funded.”
Holmgreen met Thursday with
Joe Barron, county election judge,
and Bill McFall, alternate judge, to
set the recount date.
Friday
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will hold a "peanut butte:!
fellowship” at 11:30 a.m. at Ruddei Fountain andaBibitj
study at 6:15 p.m. in the oil ice of the A N M Presbyteriarl
Church. AkJjjffl
OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: Mat ch Gras vice chairmenapplia.|
dons are due at 5 p.m. in 223 Pavilion.
LATTER-DAY SAINTS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: u I
hold a “sandwich seminar” at noon in the Latter-day Sait |
Institute Building at 100 E. Dexter.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will presenl
“Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” withal
slide show, “The Promise and the Blessing,” at 7 p.m. i
601 Rudder.
PUERTO RICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet a |
7:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
Saturday
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS A!
MEXICAN AMERICAN ENGINEERING SOCIETY:!
sponsor a Placement Center drive lot summer employ
ment and co-ops for minority engineering students trot
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 10th floor of Rudder Tower.
INDIA ASSOCIATION: will meet at 6 p.m. in 410 Rudder
Sunday
PHI KAPPA TAU FRATERNITY: will sj ><>n.sor a canned I
f ood drive lot t he Bi a/c>s ( Jim eh Fo<>d Pantry from 9;n: [
to 6 p.m. at the main ent ram e c >1 the I * t parking lot on |
Texas Avenue.
Monday
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: Paolo Bai ucchieri, A&M’sIiil
ian Center faculty member, will present a seminar on “The|
Florentine Contribution to the Arts” at 7 p.m. in 203 MSC
MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE: John Ryan will speak on bool
fire photography at 7 p.m. in Ruddei Power. Check mt I
itor for the room.
PRE-MED/PRE-DENT SOCIETY: Dr. Carlos Pestana wi
speak on “The History of Surgery” at 7:30 p.m. in 2$
speak o
HECC.
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND|
THEATRE ARTS: will nihuimh Di I John Lawrence
from NASA’s Johnson Space Center, speaking on %
plaining Science and Technology to the Public” at 7 p.mL'
301 Rudder.
MSC FRESHMAN LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS: will meet:
7 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: will meet and give square-danctj
lessons at 7 p.m. in 226 MSC.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES CALENDAR: recognized stuck
organizations can submit dates to the 1987 Spring Cal-1
endar through Thursday to the Student Activities Office |
208 Pavilion.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES SPEAKERS SEMINAR: applied
tions for the 1987 Speakers Seminar are available througli
Nov. 25 in the Student Activities Office, 208 Pavilion.
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days
prior to desired publication date.
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