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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 28, 1986
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by introducing inert exhaust gases into the cylinder during combustion.
With today's leaner-burning engines, the EGR valve becomes even more
important.
A malfunctioning EGR valve can cause some unpleasant
drivability side-effects, such as hesitation or stalling. Disconnecting
the valve can result in serious engine damage.
Check your EGR valve
should you notice these symptoms!
Automotive hoses can provide long service life, but they are not perma
nent.
When you learn of some of the conditions under which they must
perform, you'll understand the reasons.
Operating in under-the-hood temperatures that often approach 300
°
F, while
being subjected to internal pressures of up to 15 pounds per square inch,
radiator hoses are required to help recirculate many gallons of hot
coolant an hour.
While checking your car's radiator hoses for visible signs of wear, also
look for such things as a harderied or cracked hose cover, swelling and
softening of the hose's exterior, leaking at the clamps or perhaps a
bubble between the cover and the tube, which are all signs of a failing
radiator hose. Should you detect any of these signs, take your car in for
service.
--Dean May, Fleet Administration
ON THE WORLD SCENE
PHILIPPINES TRANSITION: WORLD ECONOMY: BIG BANK JITTERS;
EUROPEANS RESIST CALL FOR MISSILE FREEZE: FRANCE'S GROWING NUCLEAR PUNCH
New Government in Philippines
This morning, just before copy for this
column was finalized, word came of the resignation of Ferdinand Marcos as
president of the Republic of the Philippines, only hours after he had
taken the oath of office for another six-year term. The United States
government immediately recognized the new government of Mr. Marcos'
opponent in the recent national election, Corazon Aquino.
Mr. Marcos'
fate· was sealed over the previous weekend with the defection to Mrs.
Aquino of key leaders and units of the Philippine military.
Secretary of State George Schultz, while admitting to high-level conver
sations between top U.S. officials and Mr. Marcos, urging him in the last
days to step down, nevertheless claimed that "this is not something the
United States has done--this is something the people of the Philippines
have done."
It is important to note here the kind of leadership that
helped secure this change in the name of the people.
A former U.S.
ambassador to the Philippines told an interviewer on this morning's "A.M.
America" on ABC that the Roman Catholic Church--over 85 percent of
Filipinos are Catholic--was, as he said, "instrumental in crystallizing
opposition" to the Marcos government.
The Archbishop of Manila, Jaime
Cardinal Sin, played a most visible role in the opposition. The Church's
Radio Veritas (Radio Truth) served as a rallying cry for the Aquino
forces. This political activity on the part of the Roman Catholic Church
might be a forerunner of thing� to come elsewhere in the world, specifi
cally in Europe.
It is too early to tell what policy changes, if any, the Aquino government
will effect, or even if it will be able to consolidate power. It appears
at this juncture to have the essential support of the military.
What