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Some of President Truman's thoughts ran deep last week. He sat in the glaring Arlington Memorial Amphitheater on a broiling (temperature: 94°) Washington afternoon for the funeral of his chief of naval operations, Forrest Sherman. Though other civilians sat with their heads bared, the President at first kept his hat on. So did Old Soldier George Marshall, sitting nearby-perhaps unconsciously following the custom of men in uniform. After ten minutes, the President suddenly removed his hat and so did Secretary Marshall. Later, Harry Truman confided to some of the honorary pallbearers that he would like...
...Admiral Forrest Sherman, who was to die a few days later (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), talked with Franco in Madrid and reached a preliminary agreement that should lead to U.S. air and naval bases in Spain in return for U.S. economic...
Rain on the Mesa. Baptist Evans worked out his plan with King and two Presbyterian missionaries from New Mexico, the Rev. Ralph Hall and the Rev. Roger Sherman. Says Evans of their first planning session: "We spent half that morning on our knees, praying to God for the wisdom we needed. When we got up off our knees, we knew where we were going...
Died. Admiral Forrest Percival Sherman, 54, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations; of a heart attack; in Naples, Italy (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Easy Out. In Portland, Ore., during a heated argument with a woman in a second-floor room, Sherman Baker walked out in a huff, under a misapprehension and through a window...