Word: leland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...little guy is running out of soil and money," warned Conservationist Smith. In Burlington, Colo. Banker Leland Reinecker reported "Most of the farmers lost money last year. Another year of drought will be disastrous." But this time no swarming migration from the dust bowl has developed; most farmers are gritting the dust between their teeth, grimly plowing their land deep with soil-saving techniques and praying for rain...
...LELAND HAZARD, vice president of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY...
...CULLEN AND ME AND OUR THREE DAUGHTERS TAKEN AT A LUNCHEON GIVEN BY THE HOUSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHERS HONORING ME ON THE PUBLICATION OF MY BIOGRAPHY. YOUR STATEMENT, "HUMBLE ROY CULLEN HAD BOUGHT A RUMORED 250,000 COPIES TO SPREAD THE WORD," IS A MISSTATEMENT OF FACTS . . . LELAND ANDERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, STATES THAT THE MEDICAL CENTER WAS PURCHASING THE BOOKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY PRENTICE-HALL. I HAVE ONLY PURCHASED 350 COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM SEVEN HOUSTON BOOK STORES TO BE GIVEN TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THAT IS ALL I INTEND...
...have exerted no concerted effort; they have no statewide organization, no overall policy. At one small-town Rotary meeting Citizens' Councillors present were asked for a show of hands. More than two-thirds of the Rotarians admitted membership in the C.C. Said William J. Caraway, mayor of upstate Leland (pop. 5,000): "We are trying a peaceful and intelligent approach to a very difficult problem. We aren't Ku Kluxers, but if we fail, a Klan-type group will surely follow...
...fare: a bedtime-story series for children,
language lessons, courses in geology, art appreciation, civics.