tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001027.post5622730663603984168..comments2023-12-28T01:31:12.902-05:00Comments on Random Pixels Blog: Of "death machines" and "streets of terror"Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577849718532863841noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001027.post-43129030948319938702010-08-11T21:30:24.563-04:002010-08-11T21:30:24.563-04:00In the early 1990s, as I researched my Palm Beach ...In the early 1990s, as I researched my Palm Beach Post series on World War II in Florida, which later became my book "War in Paradise," I came across a clip from June 6, 1944. The Miami News had sent a reporter to the POW camp for Germans in Clewiston to get their reaction to D-Day. Even as the summer South Florida sun roasted them, the soldiers scoffed that the invasion would be a Eliot Kleinberghttp://www.eliotkleinberg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001027.post-1908444153237390402010-08-11T16:44:29.138-04:002010-08-11T16:44:29.138-04:00On my first day at The Miami News in May of 1980, ...On my first day at The Miami News in May of 1980, Milt was assigned to train me and show me around the newsroom. <br /><br />The first thing he did was take me to the parking lot and show me his Jaguar sports car, and the proper way to sit in it---“your ass first, and then your feet”.Eliott Rodriguezhttp://cbs4.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001027.post-31318651800863152282010-08-11T12:14:13.260-04:002010-08-11T12:14:13.260-04:00When I was a young reporter in the AP's Miami ...When I was a young reporter in the AP's Miami bureau Milt was tasked with 'holding my hand' on a couple stories at the courthouse. Once, sitting in the courtroom he asked (kind of condescendingly) if I knew which one was the defense attorney and which was the prosecutor. I nodded because we were in court - he said, "the prosecutor's the gal with the nice ass." everybody Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037499806671392235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001027.post-18037471375786954452010-08-11T10:51:02.298-04:002010-08-11T10:51:02.298-04:00When I profiled him in 1991, Edna Buchanan told me...When I profiled him in 1991, Edna Buchanan told me Milt liked to beat the cops to the next of kin so he could tell them about their loved one -- and get a fresh reaction.<br /><br />Always love to read your blog.<br />Jeff Klinkenberg<br />St. Petersburg TimesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001027.post-88620208540529984242010-08-11T09:41:54.658-04:002010-08-11T09:41:54.658-04:00"Front Page" story, Bill. Milt would hav..."Front Page" story, Bill. Milt would have cursed it and you, but with pride.<br /> <br />There are so many Milt stories… I think book might cover them all.<br /><br /> But you’d still probably have to leave out such things as why he chose to attend the University of Alabama for his college. “I wanted to be educated abroad, but couldn’t afford Europe. At the time, Alabama was a foreign Larrynoreply@blogger.com