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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1969
Page
10
Dethoit reports GM's Chevrolet division begins mailing recall notices to over three million owners for rear-exhaust and quadrajet carburetor problems. Letters sent certified at 100,000 daily, potentially through mid May, with postage exceeding $1 million.
In Karachi and Dacca rioting kills more than 150 over ten days as GM recalls 1.1 million cars and inspects 2905 vehicles for braking issues. Ayub's government urges peace while addressing the crisis and rights concerns.
A serviceman on leave, John Lensing, 20, of Festita, was injured early Thursday when his foreign car crashed seven miles north of West Union. He was taken to Veterans hospital in Iowa City after losing control on a hill, knocking out five guard rails and rolling twice before landing upright. Passersby Robert Reihle aided until help arrived.
Lensing was taken to West Union hospital then transferred to Iowa City in satisfactory condition with a hip fracture and multiple lacerations after an incident reported Friday night. The note mentions The Guns of Willson Nett exposing a would be killer at 8:30 p.m. on Channel 9.
A cleaning woman discovers a striptease kit inside the stern Admiralty building. The men who work there are puzzled by the find and offer no clear explanation for how it came to be inside the facility.
Gazette reporter Bill Duffy will join 30 North American newsmen in a two week seminar for political and government reporting at Columbia University New York. Speakers include Ray Stephens Howard Leary Ben Gilbert James Doyle and others discussing coverage of city county state and federal government.
Students at Palacky University in Olomouc staged a day of political activity canceling classes to press foreign policy demands. They held meetings calling for a peaceful policy in line with national sovereignty and the best traditions.
The Go Truck and Coach Division says owners of 1965 and 1966 Chevrolet cars were identified by RL Polk & Co using a nationwide motor vehicle registration database. Mildred Donivan, Polk’s automotive services manager, notes a computer search of 68.8 million cars and 13.5 million trucks produced the 2.3 million owner list.
Perry Joseph Lady of Oxnard California, 17, named 1969 Boy of the Year by the Boys Club of America. Honored at a White House ceremony by President Nixon, he is an all-state basketball and track standout from a single parent home and ranks in the top five percent of his class, aiming to study medicine.
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