European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Oaks july w8 is Nape for freeway commuters by Stephen Fox associated press i Hen James Mcelvany tired 1 of the routine of shaving and eating breakfast during his 30minute morning drive to work on the he for something More so after too Many missed ruled ties and morning disc jockey shows chit on the idea of on we were taped books for the but Tat know of any for the he with introductions from his neighbor door Jess he met with a number of and literary agents and Learned while instructional and self improve tapes were no one was irk eting anything of an lit so he obtained exclusive North Ameri a recording rights to four hired Tore on the basis of voice and narrative and books on tape was a after 3 he offers More Dun 151 unabridged selections and sex Peruto add soother Hundred by the Ltd of this ranging from Joseph the stars and stripes Page 19 heard any gum Minlu lately i Best of the to the Wall Street More than subscribers across the United states now use the and this years revenues Are expected to lop Mil the subscriber makes his Choice from a monthly updated list and receives the tapes a few weeks the average rent Al fee is for 30 when he puts the tapes Back in the peels off the original mailing Label to uncover the return address and seals it and drops it in the the unique marketing idea is that we rent the not sell Mcelvany a Normal Book May require eight to ten on hour and at hats s40 or were now Selling to libraries at this but its a different Mcelvany instructs his Reader actors to leave out any feeling that if Dickens and maugham could leave some thing to the readers he most of Mcelvany subscribers types 1s Best for you Smtth Mistok by Louise Cook associated press recent charges and counter charges about some steel belted radial tires have caused new con fusion for Early in for the department said that 500 steel belted radial tires jailed in significant numbers and j d that the firm Issue a recall the departments Shway safety administration order a recall for the 13 to 15 Mil estimated to be on the a Al i Ottenn Nalion will be made after a said it did not believe recall the firm quit making its lop 500 Early last replacing it no simple Way to Teu which style tire is Best for your can make things easier Jan ctr by learning some Basic t Are three types of tires Bias tires have been growing in t in recent the tire Indus Council says that modern tire Trade estimates that Wicent of replacement tires bought this year will be up from 37 percent last year 71 percent of the lires marketed As original equipment on new cars will be radials in compared to 69 percent in radials Are More expensive than the other varieties they can Cost twice As much As either Bias or belted Bias they also have several the department of transportation estimates they can improve gasoline mileage by 5 percent to 7 they also last Miles or More compared Lolo Miles for Bias ply and to for belled note the we of a tire depends on proper of the  your car Sion you live studies Haw i Iowa thai be the Ter Rauland the material used for High Way for faces affect the Wear of the before selecting a consider your buy the lire which your your your climate and your driving habits Call for not the not the most not the one with the most extra says the National Bureau of standards of the department of if most of your driving is for Short Dis Tances at relatively Low speeds you Proba Bly do not have to worry too much about heat buildup and you do not need heavy duty a Bias tire with a medium to heavy tread will be in you do a lot of Cross coun try driving at Turnpike you need a tire Strong enough to withstand re j with a medium tread depth to avoid heat the deeper the the greater the heal for your a High Quality Bias lire is but you would gel better less heal buildup and longer mile age from a belled Bias or radial says the Bureau of modern living Are business and professional although invalids and vacationers Are using the service in in creasing financial specialist John Durkee has gone through 25 of the taped books since he sent off his first Check a year As a business i drive about Miles a one Day its Santa bar the next its san occasionally i get out to san mostly i like like a Conrad sea or a Travis Mckee after a business i like to change the at least in my own and re lax a he Hes gelling Inlo readings from the Wail Street journal and Fortune which he says helps keep him up to Date in his business As a Cash management specialist Durkee completes a set of Lapes in about a week and then swaps them with coworkers who also use the books on tape grew fast with Advertis ing in several National Al though it was the freeway weary Southern California commuter thai Gol it off the the Curry no favorite Here is Henry David thoreau3 Mcelvany chose cassettes rather than eight track cartridges for their compactness and although they can be easily Mcelvany int particularly he encloses a flyer with each warning of copyright violations for unauthorized duplications and notes that eight to 10 hours of recording coupled with the expense of Quality cassettes discourages potential he admits to being his own Best custom i was listening to Robinson Crusoe on my Way to work one morning and got so involved in the Shipwreck scene i drove around the Block a few extra times to see How it came no matter what tire you Fol Low the manufacturers recommendation for proper Check the tires at least once a month and Check them when they Are invest to a pocket tests by the National Bureau of standards showed that approximately one of three air pump gauges is wrong by four or More pounds per Square Inch and three out of five Are wrong by two pounds or improper inflation is blamed by the Firestone tire rubber for blowouts and other failures with the company steel belted radial 500 Malcolm head of the 17member tire Industry safety said most failures not but most in radials come from improper inflation there is not a single statistic today to prove that the radial tire poses a Hazard the actual Quality of radial tires is really Lovell said the excellence of the part of the when you know something gives you trouble you Check he in Lovell people take the safety and Good performance of the radial for Grant they dont take care of their tires and dont realize the importance of making sure they Are properly ail tires Are equally Safe with proper tread proper care and proper Infra he Lovell himself has Bias ply lires on his have a 1969 Ford that wont last As Long As he said he would have no hesitation in buying however John Hubbard of the Center for Auto a group founded by Ralph Nader and Consumers declined to offer specific recommendations for potential lire buyers confused by the asked what a shopper should Hub Bard said Only the manufacturers still make a fairly Good Bias