THE SIDELINES : Quayle to Be Indy 500 Marshal
Vice President Dan Quayle will make Indianapolis 500 history when he serves as grand marshal for the race parade May 26. Quayle, an Indiana native, will be the first sitting vice president to lead the 104-unit parade.
“Parades are not what a President or vice president would normally do, something they aren’t always invited to,” said Ray Yonkus, special agent in charge of the Secret Service in Indianapolis. He said Monday he assumed that Quayle’s last parade was at the 1988 inauguration.
“There’s only so much you can do with a parade crowd because it is open to the public, so it gives you extra headaches,” Yonkus said. He declined to say how many officers would be needed to protect Quayle.
The vice president, his wife, Marilyn, and their children, Tucker, Benjamin and Corinne, are expected to spend three days in the city.
The Quayles also attended last year’s Indianapolis 500.
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