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...quiet that the ding-ding of distant streetcars was clearly heard. Then hundreds of people were running toward Blair-Lee House. A panting skirmish line of photographers charged in. A hefty Secret Service man named Floyd Boring looked up, saw the President, who had been aroused from a nap, peering out an upstairs window in his underwear. Boring bawled: "Get back! Get back!" until the President stepped out of sight...
...White House newsmen who normally dog the President's footsteps decided they could take a breather one afternoon last week. Knowing that Harry Truman was taking a nap and that his next scheduled move was a trip to Arlington National Cemetery, most of them went to lunch off the White House beat. Only a handful were in the White House pressroom when the biggest spot news story of the week broke at Blair-Lee House (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...Communist, "You made me lose a bet. I just laid down a thousand lire that you were 52 at least." Scelba's bodyguard, who this time had managed to stay by his side and were fully expecting an assassination attempt, sighed with relief, and Scelba took a nap in a chair before an open window, a perfect target for any Red marksman...
...President, said his physician, needed a change, anyway. His day was long (5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.), and though it was broken up by a nap after lunch, as often as not there was a briefcase full of evening homework. Harry Truman, said his doctor, was down to 173 Ibs.-about right-but he was "under a terrible strain. Ordinarily, he can pass things off, political battles and things of that kind. But this [Korea] is different...
...Hanns Lilje, Lutheran pastor, was awakened from an afternoon nap in his house in Berlin by the violent ringing of the doorbell. He guessed at once that the two men at the door were secret police. Inside him a voice seemed to whisper, "Now, it's begun...