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McKinney reception, 203–5
McLure House, 91, 92–94
McNamara, Robert, 37
Meeropol, Abel, 69
Meeropol, Anne, 69
memoirs of Truman
contracts and deadlines for, 25–26, 54
first volume, 218
second volume, 218
third book, 21, 109, 123, 125, 219
writing style, 218–19
Missouri, 43–44
Mitchell, Stephen, 78, 80
Monroe, James, 11, 86
Monroe, Marilyn, 149
Morosco Theater, 164
Morton, Jelly Roll, 197
Moses, Robert, 161
Mossadegh, Mohammed, 119–20
“Most Admired Men” lists, 224
Mr. Citizen (Truman, H. S.), 21, 109, 123, 125
“Mr. President” title, 15
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 46
Murphy, Charles, 79
Myers, Frances, 23
Myers, Henry, 187, 188
My Three Angels (play), 164
Nagasaki bomb, 163, 223
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 45
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 37
National Museum of the United States Air Force, 190–91
National Old Trails Road Association, 49–50, 197
National Road (Route 40)
deterioration and improvement bills, 198–99
expansion of, 91
federal funding of, 86
gorges, 106
highest point, 96
hotels on, 178
Interstate 64 and, 215
road numbering system and, 90
towns on, 178
Naud, Tom, 158
Negro Mountain, 96–97
Nemesis (purported namesake of Negro Mountain), 96
“Never Again” clubs, 116
New Homemakers of America, 185
New York City, 141–48, 148, 156, 161
Nixon, Pat, 225
Nixon, Richard
Carter’s meeting of, 124–25
on commercialism of presidency, 228
at Eisenhower inauguration, 8
Gallup Poll rating, 224
Mayflower Hotel and, 114
as president, 225
resignation of, 226
Truman’s meeting with, 3, 126, 127, 128
Truman’s relationship with, 126–28, 218, 229
visit with Trumans, 225
Oberholtzer, Madge, 194–95, 199
O’Connor, Basil, 153–54
O’Dwyer, William, 161
One Columbus Center, 183
Osborne, John, 53
Osborne’s Café, 51–53
Osler, William, 17
Oxford University, 218
Packard Motor Car Company, 115
Palmer House, 182
Panetta, Leon, 227
Pappas, George, 100, 101, 103, 105
Pappas, George, Jr., 100, 101, 103
Pappas, George W., 101–3, 102, 104
Parker, Bonnie, 63
Parker, Dorothy, 140
Parkview Motel, 61–62, 65
Paul, Ron, 209
Pauley, Ed, 26
Pendergast, Jimmy, 9
Pendergast, Tom, 9
Pennsylvania Turnpike, 170–73
pensions
congressional, 130, 131
history of, 16–18
presidential, 129–31, 221–22, 230
for presidential widows, 130
Peron, Juan, 145
Perry, Samuel, 118
Peters, Mize, 41, 156
Phillips, H. I., 110
Pierce, Franklin, 11
Pioneer Grill, 178–79
pioneer statues, women, 50
Pius XII, Pope, 218
Porter, Cole, 143, 152
presidents. See also ex-presidents; specific names of presidents
airplanes of, 186–90
income of, 12, 222
ranking polls of, 224
retreats of, 139
press coverage
of Bess Truman, 81–82, 149
in Decatur, 62, 70, 73
at Gulf station in Frederick, 107, 108–9
impromptu conferences at Waldorf-Astoria, 142–43
leaving New York, 166
Madonna of the Trail statue, 193
at Mayflower Hotel, 113
at McKinney home, 79–81, 206
photographers in New York, 147
post-election photograph in St. Louis, 211–12
in Washington, 131–32
Princess Restaurant, The, 100–105
Project Blue Book, 175, 191
Pruitt-Igoe public housing project, 213–14
Raitz, Karl, 90
Rayburn, Sam, 221
Raye, Martha, 157
Reagan Library, 229
Reeves, R. H., 82–83
Republicans, 34, 136, 209
Reserve Officers Association
convention invitation and attendance, 33, 34, 134
convention location, 134, 138–39
founding of, 33
Truman’s speech at, 135, 135–37, 139
retirement, 16–18. See also pensions
Rex, Ray, 71, 73
Rib Café, 214–15
Richmond, Indiana, 193–201
Riedal, Fred, 184
River Club, 148, 152–53
roads
driving accidents and deaths, 36–37, 41–42, 82, 171
history of, 62–63, 86–90
interstate highway system, 91, 96
road markings, standardization of, 82
Truman’s knowledge