Data Processing Assn To Hear Grace Murray Hopper
Grace Murray Hopper, 69, renowned computer pioneer, will speak to the Eastern Iowa chapter of the Data Processing Management Assn at the Longbranch Tuesday. The public is welcome. Social hour at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and the program. Dinner is 5.75 dollars.
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Grace Murray Hopper
Eastern Iowa
The
Data Processing Management Assn
Longbranch
Hopper
New York
Vassar College
Yale University
Vassar
U.S. Naval Reserve
Midshipman
Northampton
Mass
Eckert- Mauchly Computer Corp
Philadelphia
Univac I
Remington Rand
Sperry Rand Corp
Moore School of Electrical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
George
Washington University
St. Louis
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Computer Sciences
Detroit Clinches Eden Claim From Ancient Mapping
Harvard research from the 1930s cited by Arthur Sanborn argues Detroit and Southeast Michigan fit the Garden of Eden description as the Great Lakes region. He notes the St Marys River splits to create four heads, aligning with biblical rivers flowing into four heads.
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Mich
UPI
Harvard
Fogg Museum
Arthur Sanborn
Billerica
Mass
Michigan
St. Mary’s River
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Nine Area Teachers on Program for State Meeting
Nine area social studies teachers will be featured on the Iowa Council for the Social Studies state meeting schedule this week. The two day event titled 76 Varieties runs Friday and Saturday at the Hotel Fort Des Moines Des Moines.
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Iowa Council For the Social Studies
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Rod Kervin
Francis McMann
Kennedy High School
Gary Goldstein
Kennedy
Kris Stanley
McKinley Junior High
Egypt
Chris van Yeast
Wilson Junior High
Bob Mellgren
David Crisman
College Community
Shirley Pantini
Marion Independent
Bob Meeker
Mt. Vernon High
Howard Mehlinger
National Council For the Social Studies
Dorothy Schwieder
Iowa State University
Robert Benton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Clark Mollenhoff
Des Moines Register
Washington
Dick Pitner
Swallowed Snap Tops Don’t Show On X Rays
Dr J Datney Hayes of St Clair Memorial Hospital warns X rays fail to reveal swallowed aluminum snap tops from beverage cans. Two cases last summer required emergency care before the tops were detected, prompting a test that proved negative. He urges disposal of snap tops and suggests denser tops to improve visibility on X rays.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
J. Datney Hayes
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Hayes
Anthony C. Canterna
Hays
Coe CollegeLibrary fund reaches 125th anniversary goal
Coe College announces that alumni donors and new gifts have met the 125th anniversary library campaign goal of 62500 dollars, qualifying for a matching 62500 from the Howard Hall Foundation. The fund supports library books non book materials audiovisuals and archive development.
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Coe College
Leo L. Nussbaum
Coe
The
Ward Hall Foundation, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Hall Foundation
Dr. Nussbaum
Library of Congress
Bars close as bailiff rounds up jurors in Rio Vista
Bailiff Cy Beaver roams Rio Vista barrooms gathering jurors for a two day drunken driving trial. Judge Kent Jackson notes the bars shut and locals rushed to comply, yielding 26 prospective jurors. Also mentioned is Maude G. Campbell as the first woman to buy a ticket and fly commercially in 1926.
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Rio Vista
Calif
Cy Beaver
Kent Jackson
Beaver
Maude G. Campbell
United States
Western Airlines
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
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Detroit Garden of Eden
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National Geographic
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B. Wynnewood
D. Seville
E. Grandee
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Sears, Boebuge and CO
Kenmore
Lindale Plaza
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