From: Gene McAloon 

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:37:01 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

>In article , glb{at}nospamever.com says...
>> I remember him always being referred to as Harry S. Truman.  I would have
>> assumed it stood for some name, but don't know.
>
>No. It was Harry S Truman (no period).

Nonsense. Truman himself used a period as does every government agency in
archives referring to Truman. It is also used in the Harry S. Truman
Library. The Chicago Manual of Style uses it and the US Government Printing
Office Style Manual uses it. Almost all private publishers use it.

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