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CA (213) 780- 1768 (714) 894·2623 Penton, Monark &T yran Sa les Service Parts Accessor ies D&R Cycles 7181 Westm inster Ave. Westminster, CA 92683 Graffiti han gou t. b ui lt by h is brother Don an d cal led . naturall y , Nixon's Driv e In. Act ua lly , th e th en -future presiden t o f t h e U.S . h ad fini shed h is Nixonburger*, easy o n th e rel , heavy on th e m ay, a n d go ne a wa y by t he time John Bruce S ta nford mounted m y AJS. cl ad o nly in o n e b o ot, a nd putted through th e crow d ed eating lot. The b o ot was for in case the motor d ied , so he cou ld rest art it. We had wan ted to sponso r a femal e st reake r fo r maxi mum spectacle, b ut a ll of the yo un g lad ies decl in ed (girls had better sense t he n) . Wo rd had gotten arou nd t own about the impe ndi ng streak an d so th e p ath was lin ed wi th cheeri ng teen-agers. T he reaction was m o re than we h op ed for. T he re n tacop 's jaw d ro p p ed an d 50 di d his coffee cup. The getaway wen t clean - streaker Joh n d isappeared be hi n d so m e bushes whe re the la dy wh o is now the publisher of Cycle News was lurk in g at the wheel of t he getaway car (a '51 Ford co n vert with a continental ki t ). John j u m ped into the back scat an d co ve red u p the evide nce as Sha ron peeled o u t , raisi ng th e top as she head ed one way. I took over the handle ba rs o f th e AJS and sp lit in a di ff er en t di rec tion. We al ways di d w o rk as a team . It was n eat. The o n ly unusual th ing th at h appen ed al l su m me r. Onl y tr oubl e was, so me body's mother was in the Nixon 's Drive In c ro wd th at ni ght an d comp lai ne d to the p ol ice and so th e y collec te d th e usu al sus pec ts an d held a lin eup. Only the witness protested that sh e cou ldn' t identify th e guilty p art y with hi s clothes o n. T he court refused to order ten Whittier teen -age rs to revea l al l th e evide nce, so th at was th e en d o f it. We th ought. Na turall y , o ur little Lo rd Godiva made the n ew s, only unfortuna tely the reporter s go t their stories m ixed up w ith t he . Vi ce Presiden t"s visit an d the h eadlines the ne x t day read " NU D E V IE WS AS N I XON C H EWS. " Ti me Magaz in e m ad e a little joke o ut of it : " Clad o n ly in b oots mo torcy cled a youth throug h Nixon 's res ta uran t in Whittie r, Cal if. last wee k. Startled am on g the o nlookers was Vi ce Presid en t Richa rd Nixon . w ho recentl y bared his p er s o n al fina nces in the famous Checke rs speech." Well. You ca n be sure we all laid low un til t ha t b lew over. Streaker J ohn an d I went aw ay to college th e ne xt d ay an d h e di ed in a car crash a cou ple of years later. But now I w onder, whe n I hear the President ta lk abo ut the "dirty tric ks " tha t th e Demo cr ats sup posed ly p u lled o n him, which hi s aides claim ca use d th em to retali ate in kind. I wonder if ma y b e Ri ch ard Nixon th ought o ur li ttl e prank was p olitically m otivat ed. Well it wa sn 't sir. Honest, I t w as j us t a funn y coin ci de n ce. Dick Tuck mi ght have ap p roved , but th at w as on e he had n othing to do w ith . Chuck Clayton r Nl xo n b urg crs we re th e greatest ham burgers ever made, Th e y cost mure to mak e than the -/5 rents th e y so ld fur and so Nixon's Driue In suon wen t o u t of business and Do n Nixon we nt into huck t o lIo ward H ug hes. (S cc h o w it all tics in '!).