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Land, longtime Republican leader, dies veteran senator
Land born June 26 1908 in Alameda California rose as a Republican Senate leader after Taft 1953. He backed Eisenhower on some policies while opposing him on others. A militant opponent of Red China joining the United Nations he served as assistant publisher of the Oakland Tribune before entering the Army in 1942.
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