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Wisconsin State Journal, Wednesday, December 31, 1980 Section 1, Page 5 Tflire gyid to help sfteer coGDsyinnieirs to rightf" buy While the Michelin tire did poorly on the economy side of the guide, it scored the only top marks of the eight tires shown on the two safety-related issues. On both traction, hich measures a tire's stopping ability, and temperature, which measures a tire's ability to withstand and dissipate heat without failing, the Michelin tire received the highest rating, an The K-mart tire, by comparison, received a for traction and a for temperature. All tires must meet minimum safety requirements. The two safety ratings go beyond that. An in trac tires listed.

Of them, the most expensive, the Michelin had the lowest rating for treadwear. The treadwear rating is a comparative rating which indicates the tire's wear rate when tested under controlled conditions at a government testing ground in Texas. A median was established at 100, which at the track, using tires built to exact specifications, equalled 30,000 miles. A rating of 110 means that the tire would get 10 percent more mileage then a tire rated 100, and a tire rated at 90 got 10 percent less mileage. The Michelin priced at $90.34 in N.Y.

Times News Service WASHINGTON The Department of Transportation released Tuesday a guide grading the quality of automobile tires designed to help con-. sumers judge the safety and economy of the tires they buy. The guide, called the Uniform Tire Quality Grading List, indicates that some tires costing a great deal offer no more than a less expensive brand. "Some tires may vary in price by as much as $30 apiece yet offer the same performance as measured by tire grading system," explained Joan Claybrook, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad ministration, which compiled the list based on information provided by the tire industry. "And tires of the same price can vary greatly." The guide is actually a compilation of three separate lists drawn up by NHTSA since April 1979, grading foreign and American-made bias, belted bias and radial tires.

Each list the last, for radial tires, was released Oct 1, 1980 grades tires on the basis of treadwear, traction and temperature. The results are listed on labels attached to each tire or molded into the sidewalls of the tire. At Tuesday's news conference, eight tires were picked out as examples from the approximately 2,500 Thompson's ink hurts his bid, challenger says 1 1 I Associated Press Herbert Grover said Tuesday he could not purchase for $1 million the publicity state Superintendent of Pub-he Instruction Barbara Thompson has received over her possible appointment to a federal Cabinet post Grover, superintendent of Monona 1 Grove schools, is a candidate in next "spring's election for the job Mrs. Thompson now holds. She is seeking "re-election to a third four-year term.

Mrs. Thompson has stated on a of occasions she understands is under consideration by Presi-dent-elect Ronald Reagan for the post secretary of education. J' "I wouldn't be able to buy the publicity she's gotten for a million dollars," Grover said, adding that it will make his chances of winning the office difficult. "Barbara has some very good polit- the Washington area, carries a treadwear rating of 140, indicating it got 40 percent more wear then the median tire. By dividing the price with the treadwear grade, the Department of Transportation arrived at a figure it calls the price per 10 treadwear grade units, a rough calculation aimed at giving the buyer an idea of the economy of the tire.

In Michelin's case the figure is $6.45, the highest of the eight tires studied. The best figure of the eight came from the K-mart 225 tire hich costs $50.05 and has a treadwear grade of 180, giving it a unit price of $2.78. Spring Medley Cold Cup or 7 oz. cups or 25 10W plates .89 VA chief seeks $25 million to aid home-loan program Your Choice Your Choice Vrr 1 1 Associated Press John Moses, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, has asked the State Building Commission to issue an additional $25 million in revenue bonds to finance the department's home-loan program. Without the extra money from bonding, Moses said, the program will run out of funds in March.

The program, under which eligible veterans can get mortgage loans at interest rates below those charged by bankers, has provided nearly 37,000 low-interest loans totalling $1.16 billion since 1974. The Building Commission last spring authorized $68.8 million in bonding, which the program began to tap late in July. As of Dec. 24, Moses said in a letter tion means the tire performed well on both asphalt and concrete surfaces. A rating of means the tire did less well on at least one of the surfaces.

If the tire is rated it performed poorly on one or both of the surfaces. Ratings on all tires will be made available to the public through credit unions, puhlic libraries, recreation associations and consumer information offices. Miss Claybrook said. A free booklet explaining the grading system is available by writing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 400 7th St.

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12 ox. Herbert Grover ical instincts," Grover said. "Let's face it, Bert Grover is not a household word in Wisconsin." Mrs. Thompson said Monday that she clings to the hope of becoming U.S. education secretary, but believes her appointment is unlikely.

to commission secretary Paul Brown, $49.4 million of the $68.8 million has been committed. The $25 million requested would tide the loan program over for another 90 days "under the most optimistic of circumstances," Moses said. He said new federal rules regulating the issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds make it difficult to estimate future demand on the state loan program. Under the Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980, municipal single-family home loan programs will be hard-pressed to qualify for a federal tax exemption, Moses said. Current loans issued under the program carry interest rates of 9.83 percent, far below commercial home loan rates.

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