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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1978
Page
9
William Lear, 75, famed inventor of the Learjet and autopilot, died of leukemia in Reno Nevada. He built a fortune around the small corporate jet and earlier innovations such as the car radio and the eight track stereo. Greenwood of Gates Learjet lauded his Horatio Alger example and relentless belief in possibility.
Former CIA director William Colby says the early covert operations in North Vietnam were a mistake and advocates village level political struggle. The obituary notes Craig Lear, inventor of the car radio and Motorola founder, survived by wife Moya Olsen and six children. funeral in progress.
President Carter's security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski departs for a three day visit to Peking with aims to discuss Sino American relations insurgent Soviet influence and possible ambassador exchange. Brzezinski will also visit Tokyo on the way home and report to Washington after talks.
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