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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1983

Page

4

Rockwell’s LSD unit struggles with Galaxy and Wescom deal

Rockwell acknowledges bumpy road for LSD due to product development and recession. The firm defends its Downers Grove consolidation as not a sale plan while facing challenges from the Wescom acquisition and delays in PBX integration. Galaxy ACD progress, layoffs, and market doubts cloud the division’s future.

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John Glenn recalls near fatal pace car crash at Indianapolis 500

Senator John Glenn recounts his closest brush with death not in combat or space but as a passenger in the 1971 Indianapolis 500 pace car. The driver panicked and crashed into a photographers’ stand injuring about 20 people. Glenn, a 197? presidential candidate, describes diving for cover and ending up under the glove compartment with bruises but no broken bones. Glenn previously flew 122 combat missions as a Marine and was the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.

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London ad triggers wave of adopters for triplet boys

A 6 year old set of triplets faced separation as their unmarried mother said she could not cope. Social services placed a classified ad in the Yorkshire Post describing the boys as friendly and active, prompting a nationwide flood of adoption offers.

London Social Services Yorkshire Post Britain

Bumpers Takes a Right Turn into Gossipy Night

Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, rumored as a 1984 Democratic hopeful, collided with a columnist while making a right turn on red. No injuries were reported and the journalist continued to the Ground Hog Ball.

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