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...Leavenworth in 1952. In Manhattan, General James A. Van Fleet, the former U.N. commander in Korea who had staked his faith in South Korea's fighting men and had been proved right, flatly endorsed Chang and his generals. "We have no stauncher allies," he said. "Let's keep them on our side." General Chang is a special favorite of Magruder himself...
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Pete Quesada, FAA administrator, may be too independent to suit airline and union brass. But back in 1937 Captain Pete and his dachshund "Otto" were GI favorites at Fort Leavenworth. Of the 45 Army fliers there, Pete and ten others later became generals. EARL E. WILLIAMS North Canton, Ohio...
Ward was an ex-convict (Leavenworth on a narcotics charge) who had gained respectability and success as president of B. & B., which grew under him from a $2,000,000 gross to $59 million last year. Yvette Ward's first big job for his company was redecorating the conservative, antique-filled lobby of the main plant in St. Paul. Recalls she: "I went extremely modern, but before the paint was dry, the executives were crying that I was ruining the place. My husband told them to stay out of the lobby until it was done. Then they loved...