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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, OCTOBER 25, 1985
FLEET ADMINISTRATION
WARRANTY EXPANDED: SAFETY TIP
Warranty Expanded
General Motors said last week that engine and
transmission warranty coverage on its 1986 cars will be expanded to a
minimum of 36 months/36,000 miles.
James G. Vorhes, GM vice president in charge of the Customer Sales and
Service Staff, said the new warranty extends coverage on major engine,
transmission and axle components on both front-drive and rear-drive
cars from the current 24 months/24,000 miles.
The basic 12 month/12,000 mile warranty on the entire car remains
unchanged.
Safety Tip
Rear-end collisions can be prevented. Drivers should never
tailgate and should retain a two- to four-second interval between the
front of their car and the rear of the car in front of them. When
stopped in traffic, drivers should check to see if they can see the
tires of the vehicle ahead touching the road. When being tailgated,
here are some recommendations: routinely use the rear-view mirror to
check the distance between your car and approaching traffic: touch your
brakes to signal that traffic · behind you is too close: and, if
necessary, change lanes or adjust speed to remove the potential hazard.
--Dean May, Fleet Administration
ON THE WORLD SCENE
TROUBLES FOR U.S., U.K. MOU NT: AUSTRALIA'S PERIL:
THE CHANGING FACE OF AMERICA
Troubles for
U.S.,
O.K. Mount
Trials are mounting for the descendants
of Jacob, especially modern-day Ephraim and Manasseh. Nothing seems to
turn out right in the end. Case in point: Americans cheered when the
U.S. finally won a battle in the war against terrorism. When U.S. jets
intercepted a plane carrying the four Achille Lauro cruise-ship
terrorist-hijackers, it looked as if justice was at last being served.
But then the roof began to cave in for Washington.
Italy, which
received the intercepted plane, refused to hold a fifth suspect, the
apparent ringleader. It turns out that Italy long ago signed a deal
with the PLO to return most PLO suspects in return for the PLO not
shooting up Italy or giving aid to the fanatical Red Brigades. Italy
is in an exposed position, entirely dependent upon three Arab nations
for all its oil. Washington was now painfully aware that a key NATO
ally could not be relied on for support, even in the face of a brutal
murder of a U.S. passenger aboard an Italian vessel.
Then, too, the incident proved how weak� reed Egypt �--an old prob
lem for those relying on Egypt's support (Isa. 36:6).
President
Mubarak lives in constant fear of Islamic extremists and wants to keep
the PLO at arm's length. He initially gave questionable information
about the whereabouts of the hijackers, who were taken off the ship in
Alexandria. Mubarak then demanded that President Reagan apologize for