Word: rural
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three years ago, when Rojas stepped into power to stop a bloody civil war between rural Liberals and Conservatives, he had the enthusiastic backing of big majorities in both parties. He dribbled away his prestige among Colombia's literate upper crust, which includes the top politicians of both parties, by such despotic measures as closing newspapers wholesale and bloodily repressing student demonstrations. But Rojas feels certain that labor and peasants no longer look to the old Liberal and Conservative politicos for leadership. He hopes to sweep the dis-'illusioned into the Third Force...
...solution for Jackson, Mississippi, is probably not the answer for Jackson, Tennessee, or Jacksonville, Florida. And one action that may successfully and painlessly bring integration to white and Negro high school students in an urban community may very well instigate racial hatred and violence in a rural area. The task of bridging the chasm between two vastly separate, and in most places vastly unequal, educational systems demands slow and careful planning on the local level. It is the community that knows best the community's problems, and it is here that the moderates must take their stand...
...preparation, Honneus collected statistics for his charts, then ransacked his collection of color photographs taken in the U.S. for illustrations. His pictures of rural and urban America, with its growing population at work and enjoying its new leisure, gave a quick but comprehensive review of the nation's burgeoning market. In" nine cities scattered through the Rhineland, the Ruhr and northwest Germany, industrialists and businessmen found it a fascinating report. After seeing it first in Frankfurt, business leaders asked for copies of the color slides for showings in every Chamber of Commerce in West Germany...
...Accepted the resignation of Rural Electrification Administrator Archer Nelsen, who will seek Republican nomination for governor of Minnesota...
...precinct meetings, Lyndon Johnson showed up at his Johnson City caucus in khaki shirt and trousers, was promptly elected chairman. The first returns, from rural areas, gave Johnson a healthy lead. But the cities, touted as centers of overwhelming Shivers strength, were still to be heard from. The city results were stunning: Shivers barely held Dallas, while Fort Worth, Houston and El Paso went to Johnson. The rout was complete...