In May of 1975, Captain Bruce Lindberg of the Model Cities 6th Precinct, and his wife Ruth, attended a meeting of the Minnesota Press Club where Uri Geller was the featured speaker.
Mr. Geller was known for using the powers of his mind to bend spoons and restore clocks, amongst other things.
The Lindbergs each brought with them a non-working timepiece in the hopes that Mr. Geller would be able to revive them.
One of these items, a small green clock, had not worked for more than 15 years and the second item, a watch, had not worked for 5 years.
When Mr. Geller asked the audience if there were any timepieces needing attention, the Lindbergs raised their hands.
Ms. Lindberg kept the small green clock in her purse while Captain Lindberg put the watch on the table. Mr. Geller looked at the watch and ten minutes later it began running. Ms. Lindberg pulled the small green clock from her purse to find it running also.
Two hours later, the two timepieces were still running.
From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune of May 23, 1975
Photograph from the museum collection courtesy of Cara Rule McGrath
Pictured from left to right are: Jerry McFarlane; Roger Schmidt; Greg Smith; Rod Homstad; Riley Gilchrist; Bruce Lindberg; Luke Koerner; Chuck Donaldson; and Jim Howell.