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·'. EE PLANS VL FOR THE FUTURE KNIEVEL UNDAUNTED BY 90 mph CRASH --------- ... 1205 E. Artesi a Blvd. Compto n, ceur, 9022 1 Wolfl ey Ent 639-5648 AIR COMPRESSORS New & Use d Sales & Service Air Hoso Now & U••d Air Flltors Air Impact. Air Regulators Air HI SplOdGrlndo.. Air Fltl lngs....S.G. Spray Equlp.......1r Drills -- - ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - TELL THEM YOU SAW IT IN CYCLE NEWS f - i:1 i! ~ {.> S ,g c.. ·Look, rna, no hands.· Momen t of Impact when Evel Knlevel's right throttle handle pulled off his blke, and he lost control. NEW KAWASAKI EASTERN SALES MGR. GIRL RACER JOINS NISONGER CORP. Miss Sierra (Smokey) Drolet was recent ly named Advertis ing Manager for the Nlsonger Corp.ol New Rochelle, N.J. and Los Angeles, Importers of Sm iths accessories and KLG spark plugs. Miss Drolet, who has raced stock cars. mldgets, sports cars, headed an all- girl racing team, the Nlsonger KLG Challengers, In the 1967 Int' I 12-Hour Endurance race at Sebring, Florida. Don Weage l has been appointed the East ern Sales Manager lor Kawasaki motorcycles, Avenel, N.J. He comes to his new posItion with a wealth of two-wheeled knowledge, gained In previous positions wIth Amer ican Honda NSU , and as eastern Dlst. Mgr. 01 U.S. S.nukl. His experience Includes many years In retail and who lesale motorcycle distribution, belore whkh he was act ive In management, research and development for General Dynam ics. l' m going to m ake anothe r j ump here in La s Vegas," sald the Master Showman . "Atter I get out ot the hospital I'm going dlrectly to Or lando Beac h, F lorida where the Grand Canyon Sky Cycle is be ing ass e mbl ed. I' ll be In F lo rida until J uly , working with the jet people on the je t-powered Job until I jump agaIn In Las Vegas ." When we pres s ed for fur ther details on hi s next Vegas leap, Knie vel was even mor e en thus ed . " It ' ll be ap pr oxi ma tely Ju ly 15th , for the gr and opening of ' Circus Circ us' , gr ea tes t gambli ng casino an d r esort ever bullt, at a cos t of 36 mi llion dollars . Th ey're gonna be s winging from trape zes . I don't know yet whether I'll be jumping Indoors or out . Th e place Is being built under the di rection ot J . Sar no, Exec utive Dir e ctor of C aes~r' s Pa lac e . Tony Curtis has a piec e of it, among othe rs . " Thi s ne w Ci r cus Ci rc us will be a place whe re people can take their kids ," sald Evel , " an entirely new type ot ca sino for Las Vegas. No gam bli ng for chi ldren, but so muc h en ter tai nment and so new and diffe rent it' s gonna be unbe lievable ." Then swinging back to the SUbject or his Grand Canyon ju mp, Evel continued, " I was talking to Mel vtn Belli today, my a tt orney In San F r ancisco who's helping with arrangements with the Navajo peopie . As you know I' ve guaran teed them payment of $ 100,000 for their land r ights and to do the building conne cte d with the Gr an d Canyon jump . It loo ks llke a matte r or about 30 days until ti naI negoti ations are s ettled and they s ign ." And what else will he be doing before his Ju ly jump In Las Vegas ? "Until the n all I hav e unde r way Is to s top jumping, as I haven' t any other choic e, and to s tar t wor king 100- pe r cent on the Grand Can yon Sky Cyc le ." . F or all of his many fans and frien ds who would li ke to drop hi m a li ne or send a ge t- well - quick card, Eve l 'spres ent a ddress Is : Eve l Knlevel, Southe rn Neva da Mem orial Hos pital, 1800 West Charles ton, Room 101, La s Vegas , Nev. ~ :!; ae ~ '" as '" .... (UaUSIVE TO aUE NEWS) The phone rang a t Cycle News last Thursday afternoon (January 11) and gues s who It was? Eve l Kniev el, calling trom his hospital bed in Las Vegas, Neva da where he 's recuperating tr om Injuries suUered In his wld ely-publlcized leap a t Ca esar 's Palace on New Year's Eve . . Alter an inti al "I' m okay ;" Evel launched into tur ther detalls ot his 1ll~ tated jump. "As tar a s the jump went an d the hor s epowe r and the handling ot the mo tor cyc le , everything went !lne. I landed a bout tour yards down on the r a mp, jus t about a toot past where the steel pla te tas te ne d onto the landing ramp. There was so mu ch co mpres s ion, the t h r o t ti e han die came off the r ight handlebar and I couldn't han g ont o the motorcycle. Both my han ds came ott the handlebars an d down I went . I never los t consciousn ess _ unti l later, dur ing the toll owlng ei ght- day period . I' ve got a br oke n hip an d t r ac tu red pelvi s . 1'1l be In the hospita l tor about two months , ott for tour months altoge ther ." 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