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...recent years, the scramble at the start caused another devastating accident. Moments after the starting flag dropped, David ("Salt") Walther got caught in a squeeze midway in the pack and veered so sharply that his car went sailing into a wire-mesh fence in front of the stands, cartwheeled down the track and exploded in a flaming shower of debris. Three other drivers and a dozen spectators were injured. Walther was taken to the hospital in critical condition, with a broken wrist and burns over 40% of his body. The race, halted after the accident, was then postponed when...
...heard him (or the big Fish organ in Memorial Church), consider attending the Friday night recital in the Yard. Ferris's taste is more modern than many organist's (such as the Alain piece); and when not modern, he will often present a lesser-known work (the Walther on the program). Be sure to get there a few minutes early for the best acoustical seats in the Church, just in front of the balcony overhang...
MEMORIAL CHURCH. John Ferris, University Organist. Works by Bach, Mozart, Alain, Walther, and Janacek. Free...
First he poisoned his favorite dog Wolf. Then he took his new wife to his private quarters and sat down on a sofa beside her. Before them was a coffee table on which were a vase of roses, a vial of cyanide and his 7.65 Walther automatic pistol. He did not use the gun. Instead he swallowed the cyanide, and as he struggled for air, his wife shot him in the left temple with her own weapon, a 6.35 Walther. Then she poisoned herself...
...another problem of his own. The show has now been running long enough that several fugitives have served their terms and have been released. Lest they look for vengeance, Zimmermann has installed an extra door on his Mainz home, deployed a huge sentry dog and bought a Walther automatic pistol for his night table...