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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1959

Page

3

Guests in No Danger at Town House Fire

Five IBM Service Bureau Corpora tion guests staying at the Town House hotel were online for a meeting when a fire broke out. They evacuated quickly, with a poolside scene and luggage abandoned as spectators gathered. A Cher ry Blossom room waitress saved a purse, undamaged, from a cabinet. Calls of scrambling to dress accompanied a motel-wide alarm.

Service Bureau Corporation IBM Paul Soraparu Des Moines Bill McGuire Rockford Mike McNulty Peoria Margaret Reynolds Frank McCarthy Chicago John McIvor Lou King

New Department Head Appointed At Coe College

Howard W. Hightower named chairman of Coe College teacher education department by President Joseph E. McCabe. Previously assistant professor of education at Butler University for three years and former Mattoon Illinois superintendent of public schools, director of elementary education.

Howard W. Hightower Coe College Joseph E. McCabe Hightower Butler Univerity Mattoon Ill The Univer

Illinois educator's career spans several universities

An Illinois educator earned a bachelor's and a master's degree at the University of Illinois in 1942. He served as teacher, principal and supervisor in the Effingham school system before joining faculties at the University of Florida, Syracuse University and Northeastern University at Boston.

Rsity Illinois Effingham University of Florida Syracuse University Northeastern University Boston

Conrad Given Green Light By Board of Adjustment

A Cedar Rapids board of adjustment granted a continuation of a non-conforming permit for 2815 Robbins Rd NW after a two hour session. Arthur H. Conrad’s appeal argued unfair permit denial and undue hardship, with witnesses including Fire Chief Jesse Hunter and Captain R H Ellison supporting him. The decision bypassed inspector Keough’s occupancy denial and limits future repairs to a garage on the site.

Hunter Conrad Board of Adjustment Robbins Rd Cedar Rapids Arthur H. Conrad Emmett Keough Howard McLaughlin McLaughlin Keough Jesse Hunter R. H. Ellison The Fire Prevention Bureau Leo Stanek Robbins Vd Joe Stanek Robbins Ellison

Humphrey in Head Start In 60 Race

Sen. Humphrey leads the field toward a six month head start in the 1960 Democratic presidential contest. Kennedy and Symington weigh early entry while Adlai Stevenson plans restraint until the convention.

Humphrey Washington Sen Minn Sen. Kennedy Mass Symington Sen. Johnson Texas Adlai Stevenson Gov. Meyner New Jersey Gov. Williams Michigan McCarthy Minnesota Freeman Kennedy Senate

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