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Word: lecompton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born: Oct. 14, 1890, at Denison, Texas. His parents, David Jacob and Ida Elizabeth, had met at Lane University, a United Brethren school in Lecompton, Kans.; after failing in a general-store business at Hope, Kans., father David moved his family briefly to Texas, where he worked as a railroad hand, but soon returned to Kansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: EISENHOWER: A FACTUAL SKETCH | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

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