Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

» • SUZUKI GIVES PARTS mE AIR Air freight i s now being used by U.S. Suzuki Mot or Co rporatio n to spee d up th e s hip ment of parts from J apan, accordin g to Bill L eonard, Traffic mana ger for U.S . Suzu ki . P arts are now a rrivi ng, on a scheduled basi s, a t Los Angel e s International Airp ort via J ap an Airlines and P an American, and a re bei ng s ub-shipped , still by ai r, via Na ti onal Airli ne s to J a ck s on vill e a nd ot he r Ea s t ern depots . "Air s hip ments a re assisting us i n adjusti ng some i mbal a nces in our parts inv entory" Leonar d s tated, "and the se ai r deliveri es a re sche dule d to conti nue until the pres ent pa rts prob le m has been res olv e d. " 5 1'. i. i . :;~: .-..' . . i. ....'.. .':.; , .' - '. ,. -r. • • . Prelly Nancy Shimada rides a "Suzie" Suzuki up the automated loading ramp of a National let which Is delivering parts to the U.S. Suzuki warehouse, MS&ATA Appoints McCrillis Escondido Honda - No. County 2<19 N, Broadway Fontana K & N Motorcycles 1701 5 Foothill Blv d. • Grover City . I Tom Davis M G's 228 Grand Ave . Gar dena Ne l son & SOn • • • • Paul McCrillis ha s be en appointed Governmental Relations Dir e ctor of the Mot orcycl e , Scoot er and Allied Trad es Association, according to an announcement by William E. Kenne dy, Pres ident. McC rillis fills the pos t vac a te d when William T. Berr y, Jr. was na med E xecuti ve Dir e ct or ea rlier this ye ar . The As socia tion's headquarte rs is locate d i n C olumbus , Ohi o. In hi s new a s signment McCrilli s will s& dir ect the M AT A' s acti vities with legislative bodi es, safet y co uncils and motor vehicl e adminis trato rs . T he industry association ' s Governmental Relations program is desi gned t o ai d federal , state and local agen cies in devel oping realistic , equi ta ble la ws a nd rul es of t he road as th ey a ffect two-wheel motor vehicl e s. McCrillis ha s had exten s iv e expe rienc e in th e gove rnmenta l a rea . A native of Cent er vill e, Pa. , he attend ed the Univer sity of Alabama and , a s a U.S. Arm ~ officer, attend ed the U.S. Army Command an d Gener al Staff Coll ege. He s erved in the Army for 28 ye a rs an d , upon reti reme nt with the ran k of Col onel, was de corat ed with the L egion of Me rit . He is marr i ed a nd ha s t wo daught ers . VON SCHONFELD RETURNS TO BMC • • • • J os eph Berliner recently a nnounced the return of Walter Von Schonfeld to hea d up the adve rtising and public relati ons department of Be rli ner Motor Corporation, distributo rs of Norton , Mat chle s s a nd Duca ti motorcy cl es, Metzele r tires , Sachs engi ne s , etc. e tc . Von Schonf el d, well-known on th e ea s t coa s t as a motorcycle ent hus i ast, ori gi na lly se t UP the ad an d P .R. dep t . of BM but C, for nearly two years he was " on loa n" to Berliner ' s a dvertising agency , Ri edl & Fr eede. Alon g with Walter's ret urn, Ber liner s pokesmen an nounce tha t plans ha ve been comp le ted for inc reased production of Norton an d Matc hless motorcycl es to meet the deman d expected in 1967. A mode rn system of quality control has been established a t the fa ctori es as well , to ass ure that th e worlds largest independent distrib utor will be marketing produ cts" second to none in bot h quality of workman ship and mat eri al." DON'T RUM & RIDE! REMEMBER- Alcohol and gaso line don't mix, So If you are running alcoho l, don' t drink gasoline and vi ce versa, Culver City Honda-Cul ver City

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