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SAFETY TRAINING BEGINS IN S.F.V. B)' Ba rbara Ada ms Dahm s The Motorcycle Safety Training profrom non-rider s to r ider s , with nearly gram of the Los Angeles Adult School got as many women as men. Alt hough It is a underway saturday at the Adult Occupacour se in basic tec hniques there seems tional Training Center in Woodland Hill s . to be no li kelih ood of boredom for the C h 0 s e n on a fir st-come-fir st- served experienced r ider . basis from the s iza ble registration the This pilot prog r am, the first of i ts previous satur day, the first gr oup of klnd in the United States, may well thirty-two were gree ted by r ain for the prove to be the mos t impor tant step made opening s ession. Though pr evented fr om in the search for greater motor cycle actual r iding practice by the wetness, s afety . Far more basic than legislation the four hour s passed quickly in dis requir ing safety equipment this progr am cussion and exa mination of several cywill endeavor to teach the r ider to know cles, as well as dis cussion of traffic his machine, its advantages and limitasiutations, r iding dress , and pr e- start tions , to r ide defensi vely with a full safety checklist. The firs t series is awar enes s of the hazards of the traffic being taught by Jack Burgan, ins tructor duel bet ween the rider and four thousand of Driver Education and Driver Training pounds of high powered steel and to enwith the L,A. City Schools , and Dale cour age consi der ation of the needs of all Martin, ins tructor of Motorc ycle Metypes of vehicles who must share the chanic s at the Adult Occ upational Trainpublic r oadway. Coupled with a si mila r ing Center , and racing r ider . The wealth effor t to awaken the au to dr iver to the of information that is emerging is fasciexis tence and requi r ements of the cynating to the novice and experienced rider cli st , this can be a giant s tep toward the alike. Clas s participants range fr om goal of peaceful coexistence of two wheel teen ager s to parents of teen ager s, and four wheel vehicles : KNU RLI NG TOOL MAKES N EAT ROWS O F KN URLING . • . ADJUSTABLE T O APPROX. 2" D IA. H AN DY FO R A B IL LION USES . SOLD THROUGH ---- GARTNER ,ENTERPRISES 6160 At la nt ic B l vd. Maywood, Calilornia Phone (213) 775-1802 or 326-3810 I Last minut e preparati ons lor regist ration lor Salety course at Adult Occupational Tra ini ng Cente r. L. 10 R. J ack Burgan, Instructo r, Drive r Educa tio n, LA City Schools, Ins tructor Motorcycl e Safety Course, IIrst session. Melyl n T. Schroeder , Super Ylsor, Salety and DrlYer Ins tructi on Section , LA City Schoo ls. Char les Henders hol, Instru ctor, Drlyer Educa tio n, LA City Schools, will be Instructo r In the second sess ion to start soon. Dale Marlin, Instructor, Motorcyc le Me. chan lc s, AOTC, Ins tructor 01 Motorcycle Salety Course , IIrst session. Emmett G. Lindquist, Sa lety Consultant, Automobile Club 01 Soulhe rn Calli. J a ck E. Pe rry, Pri ncipa l, AOTC. Dis tr ib ute d by 181 6 Geor ga St. L o s Angel e s. Calif. 900 15 (2 13) 74 9- 51 5 3 ( Dea le r Inquirie s ONLY ) SHOW QUEEN CHOSEN 8Y CYCLE PANEL ...;...",,~----- ive-speed · hea:,e.I IS ~ ~ _ '\P~' .' ~~!Iik.:J\ ' Attractl Y Miss Pamela Ella sl 01 Eas t Norwich, Long Island, N.Y.. an English major at Upsal a e Coll ep In East Orange, N.J . has been e lec ted MMiss Internationa l Motorcyc le Show· by a pa ne l 01 prominent motorcycle sportsmen and the execu tlye committ ee 01 the 1968 Interna tion al Motarcyc le Show to be he ld at the New Yorl< City Coli s eum from April 11th to the 14th. Mre lorses, a-Speed Gearbox, L grW heelbase, Wider Wheel Hbns, Str ger, Stifler Shotks ... Let l'our Dod ealer Fill l'01 in 0 die lest. or write : PADA'I'CO P.o. lOX 127 ... .. ~ ~ 971113