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LeTourneau dies at 80 in Longview Texas
Industrialist and inventor R G LeTourneau, founder of a major earth moving business, died at age 80 in Longview Texas after a stroke suffered in March. Born 1888, he built plants from Peoria to Longview, started LeTourneau Technical Institute, later LeTourneau College, and sold major assets in 1953 to Westinghouse Air Brake Corp. He was knownas a lay minister who preached nationwide.
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