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By May 1, 1965, 300 sales contracts had been signed, and construction was to begin in July. At a lavish garden party for prospective buyers at Longlea on June 6, 1965, the sales manager noted that, "to date, 471 of the projected 700 half-acre lots had been sold...sales had gone far beyond expectations." The sales goal for the year had been satisfied in three months.
But an early July closing date soon passed, and the developer next extended the option to purchase Longlea beyond the option s July 31 expiration date. On August 11, 1965, the Culpeper StarExponent noted the developer suddenly had withdrawn from the proposed development project and that all deposits onlots were to be returned. Alice Glass Kirkpatrick would not comment on the change, and other principals could not be reached.
The American Security Council to the rescue
While Longlea lapsed into limbo in August 1965, a Chicago-based organization, the American Security Council (ASC), was mulling over a move to be closer to Washington, D.C. The forerunner of the ASC, the MidAmerican Research Library, Inc., was founded in 1955, by General Robert Wood (retired), chairman and president of Sears & Roebuck.
Now we come to John M. Fisher, an important individual. Bom in Fairhaven, Ohio, in 1922, as an officer in WWII, he flew 28 B-24 combat missions in the European Theater, then obtained a college degree and spent six years as a FBI special agent. In 1953, he was the National Director of Security for Sears & Roebuck, and then became part-time director of the above-noted Mid-American Research Library. Primarily, Mid-American did security checks for companies on prospective employees. It changed its name to the American Security Council in 1956.
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