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VOICE of CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA AMATEURS STILL CRITICAL Rick vetter and Joe Schmidt, the two California Amateur class riders that were injured at the Springfield 50 mile National are still listed in critical condition. Both racers are reported still in a coma. The accident that sent the Californians to the hospital occurred in the first Amateur heat race when Jack McNairy went down and the group behind him went wide to avoid hitting the fallen man. This was the crash that took the life of Bill Corbin from Marion, Ohio. ACA INSURAN CE -INFORMATION August 3, 1966 Dear Mr, Wilson: I received a note from Chuck Clayton at Cycle News that you had , been injured at one of our Irvine events. I'm sorry but I do not remember your incurring any injury, and if you had notified us earlier of this injury, we would certainly have taken care at this matter. I w111 state that a month ago we were informed by a rider that he broke his leg at our event but neglected to tell us about it for a month and neglected to have it cast for two weeks. We informed the insurance company and they contacted the attending physician and denied the claim on the grounds the leg could not have been broken for two weeks prior to having it cast, and also the ·fact that this person waited one month to notify us of the injury. I hope you're not this individual. I also would like to inform you there is $100 deductible on the policy. We are enclosing an Accident Report form and Certificate of Attending PhYsician form which should be filled ou t and sent immediate IY. to the insurance agent listed thereon. Yours truly, W. S. Cooley, President I received the enclosed letter from the ACA regarding an accident and thou gbt that other riders would be u.teres ted in the insurance policy held by thIs association. ALLEN M. WILSON Lynwood ................... F1"G#M*~ • NOW IENTING 5 • : : : · • TIAIL 90'5 : 5-65'5 & (-JIO's • • • Sales - Service - Rentals • • 1441 W, lIaln St. Alhambra, ClUf. (213) 211-7143 : • • • •••••••••••••••••••• o LAWNDALE J,. J'IIGU A'II11G Jimmy Jingu, weIl-kDown ationa) sales Manager for Yamaha Intematiooal is spending a (ew weeks in Hollywood's Kalser FOlllldation Hospital after suffering a mild COIOIIlUY." 0 big thing", Jimmy's friends report. " Just a _ming to take it easy." the Pub. Biz: JENNINGS VOWS CYCLE WILL BE FIRST Next month Gordon H. Jennings, (ormer Technical Editor of Cycle World magazine, will officially become the Editor of Cycle Magazine, formerly OWDe d by Floyd Clymer. Cycle was founded in 1950 by Peterson Publishing Co., who are famous for their Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines. Clymer bougbt it in 1952 for a reported $1,000 and sold it recently to Z1ff-Davls of New York City for a price rumored to be in the neighborhood of half a million dollars. Recently C y c I e News interviewed Gordon Jennings to fll1d out what the 'future holds for Cycle magazine. A na ti v e of Brawley, California, Gordon served as a munitions technician in tbe Navy. He worked for Road and Track magazine along with his former employer J.C. Parkhurst, publisher of Cycle World. He was west coast editor for Car & Driver, a Ziff-Davis publication, before signing with the company full time. Jennings is in his early thirties, he and wife Bunny have three sons and his hobby is Egyptology. Jennings said be would be leaving on september 7 for New York to assemble a staff. "The first alI-JeDDincs issue will be dated ovember or December. I plan 'to make Cycle a whole lot more contemporary,· says Jennings. "One thing people wi" problbly notice more than anytbjng will be the empbasis on American racing. We will eacourage participation and try to make Cycle allsolnte1y the best.· Readers may recall that JelBlings bas raced two seasons witb the ACA and one year in AMA sportsllllm and professional lOad races with some success. Asked whether hIs friendship with Parkhurst will soften tbe rivalry between the two leading motorcycle monthlies, Jennings replied, "There is room for two real good magazines in this country, One of them is going to' be firs,t and we're going to be it. The sport in this country is worth a whole lot more attention than it's had in the past. Professional attention.· Regarding his decision to abandon sunny California for the sidewalks of New York, Jennings remarked, 'If you want a whack at the Big APple, you go to wbere the orchard is.· Jennings says that Cycle is IIOW in the market for good material and will "pay extremely well.· After September 7 Cycle's address will be 1 Park Ave .• New York City. Sales Ban Lifted Sales of 24 European-made motorcycles, banned a week ago, is Legal in California again. But only if the U.S. distributors promise to refit the machines with state approved headlights and taillights by Jan. 1, 1967. , "This will enable some dealers to remain in business who might otherwise have been ruined,· said Highway Patrol Commissioner Bradford Crittenden. Crittendt:n imposed the ban on sale of the 24 bikes-including the popular Bultaeo, Ducati and Montesa models-on Aug. 19, culminating a two-year running battle to get the manufacturers, mostly Spanish and Italian, to equip the bikes with lighting devices that meet California Vehicle Code standards. Crittenden said Friday that the distributors are being given 10 days to ·'certify that they will legalize their motorcycles•• By this, 'he said that he meant refitting with approved lighting all bikes sold before Jan. 1 and, for those sold after that date, making approved lighting a part of the original equipment. The 24 bikes probably account for about 12% of motorcycles sales ia California. A Highway Patrol spokesman indicated Friday that officers would not make a policy of ticketing those bikes already in use which do not meet Vehicle Code standards. "The most an officer will do. probably, is to 'suggest that a bike operator get an approved light for his cycle when the operator is being ticketed because a light has gone oot,· the spokesman said. California distributors of the bikes had begun an intelfsive effort to reach an un'derstanding with the Highway Patrol since the ban was imposed. Friday found distributors of two of. the most popular models in Sacramento. BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLIST Cbarles SChott, Manacer of Long Beach Honda, became a father Sunday, August 21. Steven Ashley SChott weicbed in at seven pounds, twelve OUIICes. I\Irs. SChott and litUe Steven are reported in fine shape but hospital authorities made DO slatementreganling the falber's condition. HAWTHORNE LAWND.... LE CA.L1F • • . g.rUII"••;, I • • ):tl' VELOCnTE Due" T I SALES·SERVICE·PARTS· RENTALS 15324 • In the pits at Ascot durin g a recent beat wave, one of the local bot-shoes cooled off between races with a soft drink. Trying to get the last of the ice came down in one big pile, landed -in his face causinC him to sneeze. Thus be quite literally" blew bls cooL· CYCLE INC. YAMAHA 0 • BOULEVARD SP 2 1822 OS 6 g~6 THE FAMILY FUN CENTER PIJbM~ 2707 - W. 1st Street Slnta Ana, Calif. WANT TO DO 'W·HEELIES ? --First ilstall a BARNETT IIOtlIrc,cl. 1DtNl....t. lie prominent In .11 flelda. T1I. •..er , - c t11lnc, SUun Bradl." I. IIh. California of 1966. Her fath_, prominent Industrial Real Estat. ulellUn Cbarl•• Bradl., ,. a fa_It. cuatOlll_ of 'Joe Walk". Santa Ana Harle, .tore. q..... Father of tbe beau!:y .bows off the special 'IDDtorcrcle carap built aplolt til. side of bls house. TIM fallll, c• •d otIIer auc:b u. . .nntlals filled tbe reClDr prap, 10 tills specla' piKe of bonor bad to be . .cted. • MISS • california AVAILABLE NOW: THE BEAUTY AND THE MOTORCYCLE BT & E ' V:LLlERS & DUCATI CLUTCH PLATES RIDERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL RETAIL ~i~ ..... ~,..., Shown here is Miss California, Susan Bradley, recently chosen as the fairest in the land of the fair. With Miss Bradley is her father. Mr. Charles Bradley is a prominent real estate agent in the town of Orange. Eighteen-year-old Susan normally resides with her parents in Tustin but is now in Mexico City on an educational vacation that is part of her winnings from the beauty pagent. •