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Gary Switches Firms in Dallas Dallas high-tech PR firm Springbok Technologies Inc. hired Cherie Gary as vice president. She was an account supervisor at Edelman Public Relations Worldwide in Dallas. (Springbok, 972/480-9458) GCI Spindler Adds… Continued

Twin Cities Firm Opens Web Site Karwoski & Courage Public Relations , Minneapolis, unveiled a Web site at http://www.creativepr.com (Karwoski, 612/342-9764)

dson Moves In With MS&L Andrew Edson & Associates Inc. , New York, a corporate and financial PR firm launched earlier this year, has moved into office space of the New York headquarters of Manning,… Continued

Younger Edelman Promoted Richard Edelman, president and co-CEO of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Chicago/New York, was promoted to president and CEO of the firm. Edelman’s father and the firm’s founder, Daniel Edelman, remains chairman, but… Continued

Torrenzano Teams With U.K. Firm The Torrenzano Group , a New York-based investor relations and crisis communications firm, formed an alliance with Lowe Bell Communications, London. Under the terms of the agreement, clients of Torrenzano… Continued

Winner/Wagner Opens In Houston Winner/Wagner & Associates , a Los Angeles-based public affairs firm, has opened an office in Houston. The office will be headed by Don Cornett, who joins the firm as executive vice… Continued

GTE Exec Starts Web Firm Rupert Smith, formerly director of communications at GTE Corp. [GTE], launched Webpolish, Stamford, Conn., a firm that will specialize in design and implementation services for Internet and Intranet sites. The… Continued

Citizens today are increasingly reluctant to sign up for any sort of tax increase, even when the money is destined to support improvements in communities. Yet, for a recent ballot initiative in the Tampa, Fla.… Continued

The readers of PR NEWS selected James Hart Jr., vice president of public affairs at PanEnergy Corp. [PEL] Houston, as 1997 "PR Professional of the Year." A veteran corporate public affairs executive with extensive experience… Continued

Oct. 21-22: Infocom Group, "Media Relations ’96," New York, 800/959-1059. Oct. 21-23: American Mgt. Ass’n, "PR Strategies for Success," Atlanta, 800/262-9699. Oct. 23: TJFR, "Newsroom Confidential Workshop," Cleveland, 201/444-6061. Oct. 24-26: Business for Social Responsibility,… Continued