POLITICAL NOTES: The Missouri Traveler

One evening last week, a black Chrysler Imperial sedan rolled up in front of a motel in Decatur, Ill. The driver, a middle-size, friendly sort of fellow, and his wife checked in quietly, but a reporter was soon on their trail. Even the cost of their dinner ($1.72 for two) and the size of the tip (35ยข) were carefully noted. Harry Truman granted that he and Bess were not having much luck traveling "incognito."

About lunchtime the next day, the ex-President of the U.S. turned his car into the driveway in front of a brick Tudor...

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