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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
8
Blind jazz pianist Joel Shulman, who already lost guide dog Bessie to a New York subway incident, found a second guide dog Max last year. Max died after reportedly eating rat poison at a nightclub, unleashed by a patron, leaving Shulman with another loss.
MARILYN HAGERTY reports in Red Lake Falls that Charles A Lindbergh visits his sister Mrs. George W Christie Sr. He dislikes publicity and avoids fanfare despite fame from his 1927 Atlantic flight. Christie, widow, ran the Gazette after her husband’s death. their son now operates Mora papers. Lindbergh, 67, directs Pan American Airways and cares for wildlife.
The New York Court of Appeals upheld a 912 compensation award to Robert Bletter of New York City who broke his leg performing a jig in a moving elevator after lunch. Harcourt Brace and World faced the claim as his employer. The court ruled the activity reasonable under the circumstances in a 4-2 decision.
The Israeli parliament voted to change the currency name from the lira to the ancient Hebrew shekel. The Bank of Israel estimates about five years for full adoption. The definition notes the shekel as an ancient weight equal to about half an ounce.
Cornelius Ryan says he nearly fled Omaha Beach during D-Day. He reveals new insight from postpublication talks showing Gen Bradley’s one hour of decision secured the invasion. Ryan notes Eisenhower had prepared a failure communiqué and recalls weary soldiers finally pushing forward after brutal fighting.
The ACLU told a Senate subcommittee that proposed bills to fight organized crime threaten constitutional guarantees. Lawrence Speiser warned such measures could bypass rights, misapply to dissenters as special offenders, and misuse grand jury reporting.
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