President’s Pedals Pilfered (September 11, 1973)

President Fuller and the stolen bike.

About a week ago President Fuller’s bicycle was stolen from the archway area of the administration building. He had purchased it for seven dollars at the beginning of the summer and described it as “a wonderful bike with gold tape on the handlebars, which distinguished it.”

Once hopeful that he would spy it somewhere about town, President Fuller was forced to admit on Friday that “my optimism has faded to despair.” He is now riding wife Ann’s bike, a women’s model with the seat set rather low for his large frame.

Recalling that he had another bike stolen during his last year as a student at the College, President Fuller remarked that having bicycles stolen tends to “cut one’s emotional ties to a place.”