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H adddc ececcBack in 1973,theGreen Horrorrwas a newspaper-
stylepublication whichwe calledTheBig20cent
Fortnightly. D e r ekPickardwas at the controls, and
he had Norm Lindsayas his Road Test Editor. The
covershowswhat amulti-bikeshootoutlookedlike
45 years ago withits BigTest Issue that includeda
Dunstal750! Backin theday, the cover wasn’tall
about eye-catching pics and snappy headlines; it
was also a place for the major news stories such
astheongoingsagaofhavingAMCN availablein
milk bars as wellas newsagencies. Shame theidea
didn’t float, readers would have been able toget
their fortnightlyAMCN fix for two-bob andgrab five
cents worth of cobbers while they were at it.AMCNVol22No 20
20 pages, 20 cents
Onsale
2 3February-
9 March 1973
Editor:DerekPickardCOVER
Ron Toombsjoined
AMCNasacontributor,
andtheMotorcycle
Show and Bicycle
Exhibition date was set
for 12 September at the
Melbourne Exhibition
Centre.He
said
that?“the younger riders on
the 100mph machines
that’s a badrisk"
An insurance companyspokesman
explainingwhyinsurance premiumsfor
motorcycles were set to rise – again.ERA
ADs
NortonInterstate
models for $1688,
and a KawasakiMTI-A
thatwas apparently
thebestdarnbikein
Australia.How many?
Australia'spopulation in 1973 was 13.
million.Sincethenithasgrowntojustover
2 4million.Significantlyslower than other
countries,in1973thepopulationofSydney
was2.5mcomparablewithDehliat2.7.
Sydney's population is now nudgingfive
million while Dehli has passed 25 million.Eratech
Even though the personal computer
wasstilladecadeaway,thefloppydisk
wasbignewsinthecomputerworld.
Inventedin thelate 1960's,bytheearly
1 970'sitwascommerciallyavailable.
They were 20cm x 20cm, that's larger than a 45 single.
Round the traps
NewsTheWhiskey Au Go Go nightclubin FortitudeValley,
Brisbanewasfirebombed.Thefirestartedat2.10amon
Thursday8March,andclaimed 15 lives. Thedoorhandle
ofthenightclub'sfireescapehadbeencoveredingrease,
trappingmanyinsidetheburningbuilding.
SportDerek Clayton wins hisfourth men's national
marathon title, clocking 2:12:07.6 in Perth. Gala Supreme
wontheMelbourneCupin1973,andWesternAustraliawontheSheffieldShield.A
yachtnamedHelsalltooklinehonours in theSydney to Hobart YachtRace.,withCeilIII
thehandicapwinner.ScotsmanJackieStewartwontheFormulaOneworldtitlewhile
inAustralia,AllanMoffat won the TouringCar Championship.
MusicThebighitinMarch1973wasCumOnFeeltheNoisebyEnglishGlamRock
bandSlade.Backinthe1970'swehadourownversionofthelyrics.QuietRiotcovered
thesongin1983.Alsobigin1973wasT-Rexwithflamboyantfront-man Mark Bolan
who was killed in a car crash fouryears later in 1977.13.7m