Kelly: 'Two Mikes' recall time with legendary Wallace

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120412/NEWS01/704129934#kelly-two-mikes-recall-time-with-legendary-wallace

The death of longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace brought back memories to a couple of local Mikes — who were teenage elected officials when interviewed by the famed newsman.

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Mike Winchester, left, and Mike O'Bradovich, shown in 1976 and now, were elected as teens to the Council Bluffs school board. Their youth led to an interview by Mike Wallace for a 17-minute segment on "60 Minutes."
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Now they are 55. But each was elected to the Council Bluffs Board of Education at 18, a curiosity that attracted the attention of CBS News and Wallace.

"He was brilliant," Omaha attorney Michael O'Bradovich said this week. "He had the ability to adapt so rapidly from one situation to another. In a couple of days, he had come to Council Bluffs from a crisis in Beirut, Lebanon, and he fully engaged us."

Recalled Michael Winchester, now a prosecutor for the City of Omaha: "He was legendary. He was the interviewer, and he was doing some of his best work at that time."

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