Coe Board of Trustees To Elect New Chairman
The Coe board of trustees meets Friday at 9 a.m. in Daehler Kitchin auditorium to elect a chairman for a two year term and add board members. Robert C. Armstrong of Cedar Rapids will step down as chairman but stay on the board and chair the steering committee for the five million dollar Coe Challenge program. The meeting opens Homecoming weekend and a public convocation follows at 11 a.m attended by alumni from Kentucky New York and California.
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Daehler- Kitchin
Coe
Robert C. Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
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William O. Gray
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Dick Clausen
Elmcrest Country Club
Harris Lamb
Mt Mercy College Sets $30,000 Goal For Second Gifts Drive
Mt Mercy college aims to raise 30000 dollars for its second annual gifts program starting December 1. Program chairman Louis J. Nilles announced the target at a meeting of section chairmen and outlined the plan.
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Mt. Mercy College
Louis J. Nilles
Cedar Rapids gifts drive seeks larger participation this year
The drive last year saw contributions exceeding 20000 from 170 Cedar Rapids firms corporations and individuals. This year organizers expect more participants as over 40 local business men join the expanded effort. Section chairmen include John Bickel Thomas Donovan Milo Blahnik George Dorrrington John J. Locher Jr John B Turner William J Seidel Bernard Grahek William Barnhizer and Reginald Figge who also serves as vice chairman.
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Cedar Rapids
John Bickel
Thomas Donovan
Milo Blahnik
George Dorrington
John J. Locher, Jr
John B. Turner
William J. Seidel
Bernard Grahek
William Barnhizer
Reginald Figge
School Needs To Be Aired at Meeting
The Citizens' Advisory committee for the Cedar Rapids schools will host a program on the district long-range building plans at a Wednesday meeting at 8 in the board room. Clark K. Parks said school board representatives will outline the community's building needs. The public is invited.
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Citizens’ Advisory Committee For
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Clark K. Parks
Warning posted on Columbia cigarette vending machines
Vending machines at Columbia University now display health warning letters on University Health Service stationery. The notices state medical evidence links cigarette smoking to impaired health and assert students have the right to decide their health. A service firm spokesman said he was informed in advance.
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New York
Columbia University
University Health Service
No Commitments on Equipment for India
The United States weighs supplying India gear to equip two more mountain divisions but has not made any final decision. Indian officials said Washington agreed to provide equipment to raise mountain divisions from six to eight, though State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey stressed no commitment exists after discussions aimed at strengthening India's capacity against potential Chinese attacks.
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Washington
U.S
India
State Department
Robert McCloskey
149 Perish in Boat Mishap in Seoul
A river ferry carrying school children home from a picnic sinks with heavy loss of life near Seoul. Authorities investigate cause as officials report 149 fatalities and many missing, raising concern over safety standards and river traffic.
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Seoul
Korea
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