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...disquieting. The members were chivalrous Southern gentlemen, trying to guide me over the farm's rough terrain. They allowed me to question Grady and other Klan luminaries from nearby states. I generally got forthright, if predictable, answers. But I was always escorted by one of the squadron of clean-shaven guards, who wore military uniforms, with helmets and pistols. It took me several minutes to notice the cross that they would burn later that night; it was so large that I walked past it several times, thinking that it was a tree...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: Stalking the Klan | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...quick end. He kept Israel supplied with oil at that time. Once he secretly sent a tanker out to refuel an American carrier task force running low on oil in the Indian Ocean. In the closing days of the Viet Nam War, at U.S. request, he instantly dispatched a squadron of F-5s to Saigon. His planes and ships have patrolled the Strait of Hormuz for years, watching over the tankers headed west...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Time to Send a Public Message | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

...Superman squadron had become something of a joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Here Comes Superman!!! | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Post's objection to Kheel was that he insisted on playing the role of arbitrator, Squadron said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Post Breaks Talks With Press Union | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

...York Times and the Daily News, however, continued talks with the pressmen's union under the direction of a federal mediator, Squadron added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Post Breaks Talks With Press Union | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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