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2 stories matching conductor
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:conduct, conduc, constructor, connector, condor, contractor
- The Railroad Men's Retirement Plan
With jobs held at the whim of superiors, railroad employees are buying up farmland as a hedge against being fired or incapacitated.
- The Orchards of Lyle: A Fruit Boom Waiting to Happen
A correspondent tours the young orchards above the Columbia at Lyle, where ex-ironworkers and a Portland streetcar conductor are betting their futures on prunes and apples.