Word: neosho
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Triumphant Discussion. At Neosho, Mo., he couldn't resist giving the home folks a triumphant discussion of his travels. "I started out at Des Moines, at a plowing contest," said ex-Plowboy Harry Truman, "and there were just about ten acres of people in front of the stand where I spoke ... I went to Denver and there were 100,000 people . . . went on down the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and over to Salt Lake City...
About 5,000 people live in the little community of Neosho, Mo. This year, as the Christmas season began, Attorney Wayne Slankard and a few of his friends felt an urge to do something special, they wanted to come closer to the spiritual meaning of Christ's birthday. They decided to meet at 7:15 every morning-men only-for half an hour's devotion in the grey stone Presbyterian Church. Perhaps 50 or so might show up, they thought...
...first morning 275 came. By the end of last week, the church was packed every morning with as many as 350 men in overalls and business suits. "It's hard to explain," said Wayne Slankard, "but this Christmas in Neosho has more meaning somehow than any we can remember...
Perfectionist. In Neosho, Mo., Gravedigger Walter Mitchell suffered a heart attack while digging a grave, dropped dead...
...Decks. In Portland, Ore., a woman asked her ration board for ten pounds of canning sugar for her nameless baby, explained: "The baby isn't born yet, but I want to get my canning done before I go to the hospital." Where There's Smoke. In Neosho Rapids, Kan., Farmer Ralph Blank, burn ing trash, watched a plane circle and land in a field nearby. The pilot, a cigaret dangling from his lips, approached and begged a light...