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...Truman, tipping his hat to the reporters. The ex-President's 86th birthday was the occasion for celebrations in Kansas City, including the premiere of the film Give 'Em Hell, Harry. Truman himself is not giving anyone much hell any more. Even the photographers swarming about his lawn in Independence got an indulgent nod from Harry, who acknowledged that they had to make a living, "same...
...Lancashire after Headmaster Douglas Appleton proved to his students that they could not break eggs by pressing them between their hands. Soon the children were throwing eggs from the school's second-floor windows. Eggs that hit the concrete were smashed, but those that fell on the lawn were undamaged. Says Appleton: "The excitement and wonderment were intense...
...hefty version of a Continental breakfast. Then he moves to his study, where he dictates to his secretary for three to four hours. Weather permitting, he walks, at 11 each morning, around his property, occasionally carrying bread crumbs for his birds and chickens. He inspects his delicately manicured lawn and the garden, one segment of which forms a floral fleur-de-lis, the symbol of French royalty. After 40 minutes, the general is back at his desk in his book-lined study. As he edits manuscripts, he extends his right index finger along the contoured body of the fountain...
...keep a laborer interested when a week after planting a lawn it looks like the Battle of the Bulge?" commented another B and G official...
...Beulah Sandres, a black vice-president of the National Welfare Rights Organization, said. "We join you in your fight against repression." But there appeared to be few blacks or welfare mothers among the white college students on the Ellipse lawn...