Word: mccormlck
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Globetrotting Colonel Robert R. ("Bertie") McCormlck, publisher of "The World's Greatest Newspaper" (the Chicago Tribune) committed one of the season's greatest social blunders in Madrid. When his converted 6-17 landed at Barajas Airport, it was emblazoned with the red, yellow and purple flag of the late Spanish Republic. The official reception party representing Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Spain (a gold and red flag) stared in stunned silence as Colonel McCormick stepped confidently on to the airfield, beaming to right & left. The airfield commander finally whispered in the ear of Colonel McCormick's pilot...
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