 Who seems to have the least to hide in the text?
Printed in U.S.A. THE CITY THAT RAN OFF THE MAP Radio messages stated simply that Superior had seceded from Earth. Communicating by radiophone across the vast pit, they confirmed that the town undoubtedly was missing. A National Guard officer volunteered to take a jeep down into the pit, having found a spot that seemed navigable. The Pentagon and the Atomic Energy Commission denied that they had been conducting secret experiments. The object loomed out of a cloudbank at twelve thousand feet and Studley changed course to avoid it. But it was likely that all she noticed then was the brief case he carried, attached by a chain to a handcuff on his left wrist. Don made his way up to the locomotive and found a bigger knot of people gathered in front of the cowcatcher. There were red lanterns, both battery and electric; flashlights; road flares; and even an old red shirt. "Something even Columbus couldn't find. True, everything seemed to stop, and they could see stars shining low on the horizon where stars could not properly be expected to be seen. Nevertheless, Don could see that it apparently was a neat, sharp edge, not one of your old ragged, random edges such as might have been caused by an explosion. He didn't have to stand on tiptoe any more than he had to sit on the edge of his seat during the exciting part of a movie, but the situation seemed to call for it.
 Ed Clark
 Don Cort  Jen Jervis  Ed Clark  Mayor Civek