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Padilla Speer Names 4 VPs Padilla Speer Beardsley (PSB), Minneapolis, promoted four staffers to vice president: Paul Batz, Kathy Burnham, Steve Sterling and Sandy Swanson. (PSB, 612/871-8877) Ketchum Names Associate Directors Ketchum Public Relations named… Continued

Sink To Helm of Wichita Firm Vaughn Sink, president of ad/PR agency Sullivan Higdon Sink, will become chairman and CEO of the firm. The move comes as a result of the decision by agency founder… Continued

Buffalo Firm Hits 10 Years Crowley Webb & Associates, a Buffalo, N.Y. ad/PR agency, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Agency founders Joseph Crowley, CEO and John Webb remain on board as CEO and chairman… Continued

Politis Communications, Sandy, Utah, a marketing PR firm specializing in high-tech and bio-medical accounts, has moved to: 65 E. Wadsworth Park Drive, Suite 102, Draper, UT 84020, 801/523-3730. Integrated marketing communications firm Zynyx Marketing Communications,… Continued

Wirtz Public Relations, Akron, Ohio, changed its name to Wirtz Integrated Marketing Inc., to reflect the firm’s broader range of services. (Wirtz, 330/376-7115)

Web Site Offers Paid Advice The Bromley Group Inc., a New York PR firm, is offering PR advice from its new Web site–for a fee. Visitors can send a e-mail message with PR questions to… Continued

Denver Firm Adds Cyber Research Schenkein/Sherman Public Relations, Denver, on July 24 formed a cyber research division in partnership with Cyber Dialogue, New York, a sister company of market and opinion research firm, Yankelovich Partners,… Continued

Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., had a formidable vision for the future: to re-establish its credibility and pronounce itself a leader in medical excellence. After an 18-month strike over employee contracts at the hospital… Continued

Aug. 6: Amer. Soc. of Ass’n Execs, “Media Relations: Getting Your Message Out for Political Purposes,” Washington, 202/626-2713. Aug. 8-9: Public Relations Soc. of Amer., “Building Employee Communication Programs,” San Francisco, 212/460-1408. Aug. 10-13. Association… Continued

The Technology Section of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) will honor outstanding technology journalism completed in 1995, as well as for the first eight months of 1996. In the July 22 issue (p.… Continued