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...Bumblebee). The Hornet and the Ranger were creations of Fran Striker and George W. Trendle, who furnished them both with similar appurtenances. The Masked Rider of the Plains had a faithful Indian companion, Tonto, and a 200-carpower horse, Silver. The Green Hornet had a faithful Japanese valet, Kato (during World War II Kato abruptly became a Filipino), and a supercar with the name of a horse, Black Beauty. The supernatural thrived in a Poe-like atmosphere on Inner Sanctum and Lights Out -programs that featured echo chambers, creaking doors and the indelible clack of skeletons rising from granite tombs...
...ever grudged these small, valet-style acts, but in the past couple of years Secret Service agents have been pressed into performing quite different chores. "They've gotten their responsibilities out of perspective," says one former White House aide who worked closely with the agency. "Sometimes they're overprotective." Some examples of their work...
...chief usher-the title is left over from the days when the job consisted of "ushering" visitors in to see the President-West was in a unique position to observe his First Ladies. If no man is a hero to his valet, no lady can remain unknown to the man who controls the management, the personnel and the purse strings of her household. West's efforts to keep a diary were short-lived, but he has an observant eye and an astonishing memory for detail. Eleanor Roosevelt, he recalls, was "never once alone in the same room with...
...loving, in an official way. When the prisoners of war from Korea were released in 1953, they were greeted by an intimidating battery of officers, psychiatrists and reporters; this time the prisoners were to be protected. Each was assigned his own escort, a sort of aide-de-camp, counselor, valet and buddy. Many of the escorts were personal friends of the captives, the others were selected by service, age, rank and background to match their P.O.W.s as closely as possible...
That makes his total worth $1,283,256, compared with $980,400 in 1969. Against his assets, Nixon lists $518,038 in mortgages and trust deed notes for the real estate properties, plus $100 for payroll taxes withheld for the Social Security deductions of Nixon's personal valet, Manolo Sanchez. Since the presidency provides for most of his needs, Nixon in theory should be able to save a good portion of his $200,000 salary plus $50,000 expense allowance. His only other source of income while in the White House is the interest earned by his savings accounts...