at the age of 22, he became a farmer on the farm in grandview. went there in 1906. he farmed about a 106-acre farm. war broke out, the first wall or -- the first world war in 1917. truman farmed with his father until his father died in 1914. then he assumed management of the farm. most of the individuals in eastern jackson county -- eastern jackson county was rural. really, the main focus of eastern jackson county was independence. independence had a population of about 6000 people. tom pendergast is looking to move his base of power from kansas city into eastern jackson county. and truman, given the fact that he's a farmer, he could relate to those individuals in jackson county. that's one constituency that he appeals to. while he was on the farm, he joined the masons. the masons are not a political organization. but his masonic teachings were so integral to his life. i explore this -- i can't do it here tonight, but he became known as a ritualist. he traveled across eastern jackson county, mainly in kansas city and other places, and he would oversee, be responsibl

the women say workers at gran grandview golf club kicked them out halfway through the game when the workersaid the women were playing too slow. >> police confirm authorities were called to the course saturday afternoon and at that point cell phone video confirms the club owners were telling the women to leave. >> remove yourselves from our premises in the next five minutes, please, because the authorities have been called. >> trevor: this is insane. these dudes were calling the cops because a group of black women were playing golf too slow? black people can't win. if you advance you're a threat, run away you're suspicious, and if you take your time, that's what golf is for! the manager says, unacceptable! i demand to see someone who might shoot you, come on! in this case, the police handled it correctly. no arrests. i think the police showed up because they didn't believe five black women played golf. marty, bring the camera! this is insane! i'm glad nothing happened to the women but i would like to hear the sportscast for that. the announcer is -- (softly) okay, they're teeing up, a race w

they're members the grandview golf club .. round when they were told speed it up.. or they'd have to leave.. but get this: they were only on the second hole and nobody was waiting: so what was it?? well.. they were the only all=female all=black group of golfers on the course.. a foursome were 50 something women who play all the time.. these ladies know golf ediquette and they say they were causing no back up.. they even skipped the third hole to keep things moving.. yet the white owners told them they were playing too slowly.. things escalated and the owner tried to kick them off the course and called the cops. two women dropped out after the 9th hole they were so shaken up but the other two kept playing.. they know their rights: one is an attorney and head of the local n- double-a-c-p. she finsished the round and sounded off on facebook. then the owners called to apologize and invited her back. ( darya ) a golfer in michigan was also harrassed on the golf course.. not by people.. by a giant bird! a goose.. attacked this high

natsthis cell phone video shows the interaction between grandview golf club owner, jordan chronister,ral other people and five female club members who say they were harassed shortly after they began their game in dover township, york county.myneca ojo, sisters of the fairway: 'they came in an approach that was really hostile, and these guys were 6-3 6-4. and so it was about four or five of them that were together and they all had drinks in their hand. so we were very - you know, we were frightened.'the group 'sisters of the fairways' joined the club last year as a part of a three year promotion. they say they are all avid golfers and have played many courses together.this was their first time playing this course as a group and they got special permission from the course to golf as a fivesome. they say by the time they reached the second hole, they were approached by steve chronister, who helps his son, jordan run the golf club. steve allegedly told the women they were holding up the pace- a violation of the clubús policy.sandra thompson, sisters in the fairway:'he was saying how we we

this is exactly like 505 grandview. it's the additional -- i don't want to call it amenity because from the report, the tenants are going to be forced to move into the adus? that was the first plan. okay. so you need to retrofit the building, absolutely, but you don't need to do it at the expense of the people that live in the building by needing them to move. so i can support a soft-story retrofit, which is what we're trying to do here for safety and some cosmetic improvements, and the tenants need to -- >> >> it's the law. >> it's the law. the tenants have needs with regard to taking a portion of their unit. we need a legislative change, or you can sue us. and i welcome that because i hate sitting up here having to go through this all the time. i make a motion to approve the soft-story retrofit -- [overlapping speakers] >> i think we have a couple of choices, it sounds to me. i need to just chime in, considering the housing accountability at this part of the equation, but you can continue it with more information or y