Christopher Dickson to vice president of replacement sales for Continental General Tire, succeeding Joseph J. McCarthy, who retired March 1; Dan G. Wire to president and CEO of Treadways Corp., succeeding Tad Abe, who returned to Sumitomo Corp. in Tokyo;
Daniel L. Beach, president and CEO of Parnelli Jones Inc., sells his stake in the company to ``pursue other interests'' and is succeeded by Richard O'Neil. Two months later, Mr. Beach was named presi-dent of Tire Alliance Groupe, replacing TAG's first president, Barry Robbins, who joined TBC Corp.;
Frank Dorso to president of Falken Tire Corp., succeeding Nick Tajima, who returned to Japan and a post with parent Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co.;
Pirelli S.p.A. Chairman Leopoldo Pirelli retires after 45 years with the tire and cable company his grandfather founded, including 33 as CEO;
Goodyear names President and CEO Samir Gibara to the additional post of chairman, succeeding the retiring Stanley C. Gault;
``Tire King'' Chuck Curcio, founder president and CEO of Tire Kingdom Inc. decides to retire at age 48. He is succeeded on an interim basis by Thomas W. Garvey;
Ted Wiens Jr., president of Ted Wiens Tire & Auto Centers in Las Vegas, to president of the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association;
Marco Molinari to vice president of Goodyear's North American Tires unit, succeeding Al Eastwood, who retired.
Belle Waze, 97, wife of the founder of Detroit-based Belle Tire Distributors, Sam Waze, and the source of the dealership's name, died Jan. 7;
Richard A. Riley, 79, president and CEO of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. during the ``Firestone 500'' recall of 1978, died Feb. 28;
Loyd Dodson, 94, chairman of Vogue Tyre & Rubber Co. who popularized the firm's wide-whitewall tires during the 1930s, died March 29;
Everett O'Neal, 84, one of the nation's first African-American owners of a Goodyear franchise, O'Neal Tire Co., Kansas City, Mo., died April 12;
Cecil Budd, owner of the oldest Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. dealership in continuous operation, Cecil Budd Tire, Siler City, N.C., died April 29;
Larry Coffman, 79, owner of Modesto, Calif.-based Larry's Tire Mart Inc. and president of the California Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association-North in 1964-1965, died June 28;
Max Katz, 101, founder of Avon, Mass.-based Merchants Tire Co., died July 3;
Gertrude Crain, 85, chairman emeritus of Crain Communications, died July 20;
Kevork ``George'' Andonian, 70, started Discount Tire Centers (now AKH Corp.) with his family, died Aug. 29;
David Beretta Jr., 68, former CEO of Uniroyal Inc., died Sept. 17;
Frank Holeman, 76, founding director of the Tire Industry Safety Council, died Sept. 23.