Truman Gave Up Driving
Local note from Mexico Missouri Ledger dated Tuesday December 26 1972 reports former President Truman has ceased driving. No further details provided.
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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1972
Page
3
Truman Ended Driving At 80 After Road Incident
Independence Missouri reports former president Harry S Truman as he aged, slowing walks and fading memory led to giving Lt. Mike Westwood full-time driving duty after a minor car mishap. He endured hospital stays in 1952 and 1963 for illnesses, gall bladder complications, and surgery, with cautious recovery and insistence on minimal ambulance use.
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Harry S. Truman
Mike Westwood
Independence Police Department
Westwood
Truman
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
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Independence
Kansas City
Star
Research
Wallace Graham
Graham
Harry
New York
Lyndon Johnson
Greece
Paul
Truman quotes reflect his beliefs and health decline
AP-compiled remarks trace Truman views on religion politics and military role from 1953 to 1969 plus notes on his health. Quotes touch on faith, integrity, civil rights, and leadership while detailing hospitalizations and a cane aid as age advanced.
Truman on Grandsons and Presidency Mentions
AP recounts Harry S. Truman remarks on not naming grandsons after him calling it a handicap. He warned of the presidency as a terrible yet honorable job and called the White House the finest prison. Truman preferred private life after office and avoided foreign policy commentary. He urged future leaders, citing farmers as a path to the presidency.
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