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The use of '69' on personalized plates ... [is] prohibited unless used in a combination with the vehicle make, model, style, [or] type.

Letter from the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles to Vietnam veteran Arnold Breitenbach, who wanted the license plate CIB-69 because he earned a Purple Heart in 1969. Utah, however, bans the number because of sexual connotations.

Letter from the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles to Vietnam veteran Arnold Breitenbach, who wanted the license plate CIB-69 because he earned a Purple Heart in 1969. Utah, however, bans the number because of sexual connotations.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.