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Was the KKK conquest of Neillsville an April Fool joke
The Clark County Press editor Gary Slaats describes a repeated Klan distribution in Neillsville starting November 1980 and a March 31 interview with a man claiming to be Imperial Wizard Bill Wilkinson. He says the matter drew wide urban coverage and sparked debate about whether the events were a real threat or a hoax.
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KKK
Neillsville
Wisconsin
Invisible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Gary Slaats
Clark County
The
Country Today
Bill Wilkinson
Slaats
Wausau
Mr. Slaats
Mr. Wilkinson
Loyal
Wilkinson
Gerald Makie
Makie
Denham Springs
Ala
David Bertz
Bill Neusel
Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee
Spooner
Rice Lake
Times
Posse Comitatus
Klan
Posse
Wickstrom
Wilbert Kielblock
Shawano County
Fairbanks
John Lavine
Shawano