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THE MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST 'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
VOLUME V NUMBER 27
August I, 1968
32 PAGES
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NIXON TAKES NATIONAL LEAD AT
CHARITY NEWSIES
By Chuc k Clayton
P hotos by Don Pummell
COLU MBUS, Ohio , J une 30 - One cold
an d s to nny De cember da y in 1907, thr ee
men met in a s al oo n a t Broad a nd Hi gh
s treets in Columbus, Ohio . They ha d heen
watchin g a ne wsboy brav in g th e elements
to ea rn a lew penn ies to su pple me nt a
meager famil y income , and t hey began to
tal k about how help might be a rrorded to
the poor an d nee dy of Columbos.
On e 0 1 the men, Mr. C.C. Phil bri ck , a
new spape r publish e r, p ropo s ed a pl an
whe re he wou ld furni sh a special edition
of his paper to be sold by charitable men
li ke thems e lves, a nd all the rec eipts (lOO%l
wo ul d go to help the nee dy. They ca lled
the ir organiza t ton th e Ohio New sboys
Association , ni c kna me d "('harity Ne wsie s."
T hen twenty- Iive ye ars ago , Assoc iation P re s id en t Howard F oley decided to
s pons or a motorcycle ra ce to build up the
c ha ri t~· ,s dwindling coffer s and thu s wa s
born the annual A\IA ID-mile · Chari ty
News ies· Na ti ona l Cha mpionship.
Leapin g Int o the lead at the start of the 10... lI e Chari ty Newsies Nation al Champ io nship rac e Is
#95 Fred Nix (HoD) who hel d first for most 01 the race. But Tr i umph ace Gary Ni xon (1) came
through for wi n.
CONTIN UED ON PAGE 8
AD DIT IONAL FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE
TWO M
OTO-CROS
SES
(Page 10 & 29)
POWER BY THE GALLO N
DRAG RACING
(Page 6)
(P age 23)
ALSO: ROAD TOUR'NG, SHORT fICT'ON STORY, ROAD
TEST, T.T. &QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ET '
ROAD RACING
(Page 27)
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