Word: truman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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INDEPENDENCE, MO-Residents of Independence were still reeling yesterday after hearing news that the town's leading citizen, Harry S. Truman, will be "out of town-maybe somewhere in the East" during the middle of next week...
Experienced Truman-watchers here took the news as final proof that the 85-year-old ex-president will receive an honorary degree at Harvard's Commencement ceremonies on June...
...Truman, who has been disappointed in several previous tries for a Harvard honorary, has maintained a stony silence about the latest rumors. He is reported to be angry at several members of his staff who revealed plans for the impending trip to officials of the mid-June Independence Hog Festival. Truman will not serve as Grand Marshal of the Hog Fest this year, they said...
...Truman staffers have also firmly denied rumors that the old President actually left Independence more than four months ago on a Marathon walk to Cambridge...
Late last night, a sharp-eyed local youngster claimed that Truman was in Independence. The youth reported that he had seen Truman practicing short bows in front of his bedroom mirror, repeating "Thank you, Mr. Pusey, thank you. Give 'em hell...