Truman lookout ends as house lease canceled
In Independence Missouri the 15 year lease on the small frame house opposite the Truman home was terminated. Secret Service agents stationed there were moved to the Kansas City office as they await new assignments. Mrs. Truman died October 18 at age 97. The house rent rose from 225 to 350 dollars.
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Independence
Truman
Secret Service
Bess Truman
Secret Service Office
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Trumans
Robert Lockwood
Largest known galaxy chain found stretches 700 million light years
Astronomers at West Virginia and Puerto Rico radio telescopes report a 700 million light year long filament of galaxies from Pegasus to the Big Dipper. The 100 to 200 million light year distance from Earth supports galaxy formation from long filaments, not isolated origins.
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New York
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
Pegasus
Earth
Riccardo Giovanelli
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
Arecibo
Y.B. Zeldovich
Soviet Union
Perseus
Chicken costume saves the day in Cedar Rapids speeding stop
Cedar Rapids police recount speeding excuses from potions tea and pizza to a firefighter rush to Mercy Hospital. A man in a chicken costume wedged his foot between brake and accelerator, stopping only after officers pulled to free the foot.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Louis Stepanek
Mercy Hospital
Stepanek
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