DEAR ABBY: Add this to your list of things for which Harry Truman can be admired:
When Truman's term as president expired, he and Bess were offered the use of the presidential train to make their trip back to Independence, Mo.
He turned down the offer. Harry and Bess left Washington with Harry driving their relatively old Dodge automobile -- CALVIN S. HOLM, THIENSVILLE, WIS.
DEAR MR. HOLM: According to an archivist at the Truman Library, you have your stories mixed up. After a farewell luncheon in Washington with Cabinet members, Harry and Bess returned to Independence by train on Jan. 20, 1953. When the train arrived the next night, they were welcomed by an enthusiastic hometown crowd. But they did drive their new Chrysler back to Washington in June of 1953 to visit friends.