Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-07-28

Tn writing unconditional blbs for different regular Of
the always wrote about the Birthday Greetings column
with great gsto great leadership and readers
Every year proof of its potency by the number of
birthday kindly send U.s. We always feel te
guilty because thoughtful those outside
family time to select sign and mail card to
on birthday.
We celebrated our birthday years ahead
of the date with our parents sisters our nec nephew ana count
less grand nephews hometown Sunday
candles cake baked by sister
Margaret enjoyed the ice which melted quite bit while the
being assembled to sing the birthday and
their affection blow out the customary candles
ago thought just much folderol but in
to like it. especially it rendered by
those and admires
Our Dad fractured shoulder received
shortly removed from broken wrist sat at the birth
day table in a wheel chair.
Usually he is the center of family
Of attraction
Mother was smiling ready willing inclination
eyebrow provide with copous quantities Of tasty vands and
For years on the regular trips back home we required baking
health because dear Mother
perhaps insists feeding like we starved back home in
the cities
pounds by hnching Controca accept
which Mother sought to fill However
did what thought justice to the various nousng
victuals pressed way without OVERRIDING it
Evans about Oklahoma
City seeing old editor Of the Oklahoma
Dispatch police shooting
killing of young Negro.
Evans explained that no why young
working having wrong
He had climbed between the freight cars of train blocking
yards apparently
thought his actions suspicious When he failed to heed the officers call
to halt, he wassh
fellow
standing that shot the arrested taken
into custody.
complied Dngee squad police
headquarters Dgee demanded that the chief called chief
him the
The noted editor insisted and the sleepy chief arrived for conference
a am. morning
The being quick trigger
his job Dungee other Negro editors cleaned the habit of police
Negroes which especially
communities sometime the twenty
ago. s~fsgrr1% = a,. ..-.,.s-a. i 4
We can recall overzealou police taking down. group of Twin
City people who seated enjoying themselves Soutde
Minneapolis cafe about midnight Some of those questioned
overly indignant and the officers took them downtown
up go headquarters We
charge upon
inquiry got
upon we called the home of Mayor Hubert Humphrey got him out q,
bed requested that he downtown
space Honor showed
up marked held" brought
in charge
prisoners" released His Honor the couple
hamburger shop Av
headquarters and had burgers coffee
The next day the proprietor happened
be the now welOwn Cassus the police chief the
the writer got together to discuss matter was finally
settled with apologies all around
Some persons by law enforcement
officers give the police copious amounts Of police
go.
When they the thing to do is argue report
them and do arguing the safer and more
constructive
In the meantime because you laabding citizen you do
not license be enforcement officers when
they question you in line Of duty right overly
indignant and nasty win nowhere when Won
stopped at night on the street - e, Newman