Harry S Truman Rise From Vice Presidency to World Leader
A retrospective look at Harry S Truman from the 1945 death of FDR to his wartime decisions and postwar policies. It covers the Potsdam Conference, atomic bomb use, the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Korea, and his hard‑driving political persona.
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Harry S Truman
Harry Truman
United Nations
San Francisco
Stalin
Potsdam
Japan
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Berlin
Russia
China
NATO
North Korea
South Korea
MacArthur
Missouri
Free World
White House
Pontiac City Elections Petitions Update
City Clerk Burton Whitmore reports no new petitions filed for Pontiac elections. Filing since Dec 20 includes Mayor Trainor City Treasurer Six and several ward candidates. No applicants yet for 1st and 2nd ward seats. Petitions due Dec 30. Primary Feb 27 and election April 17.
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Burton Whitmore
Pontiac
Joseph Trainor
Evan Six
Dale
Spalding Fined After Back-End Crash on Madison Street
Miss Lucy L. Spalding, 18, of 843 N Locust St, received a ticket for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident following a 1 40 p m crash on W Madison Street. Raymond C Reineke, 49, of 1223 N Mill St, was stopped in traffic when Spalding struck his rear, causing $100 damage to the 1968 Chevrolet and $50 to the 1971 Chevrolet.
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Lucy L. Spalding
N. Locust St
W. Madison Street
Raymond C. Reineke
N. Mill St
Spalding
Reineke
Chevrolet
Truman Dies at 88 Former President Passed Away in 1988
Former president Harry S. Truman died at age 88 after a life marked by blunt leadership and long public service. Tributes poured in from world leaders and colleagues as his passing ended a era from World War II to the early Cold War. He had retreated from active politics, lived in Independence, and enjoyed visits from dignitaries at the Truman Library.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Europe
Japan
Truman
Fdr
Bess
Randall Jessee
Nixon
Truman Library
Washington
National
Independence
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Tex
Pew
Elizabeth II
Edwards
Heath
Russia
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Free World
White House
Mr. Truman
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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