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...Lester E. Gordon, present director of the HIID, refused to comment yesterday on Harberger's decision. Gordon plans to leave his post in June and said "my strong preference" is not to remain as director...
...Lester E. Gordon, present director of the HIID, refused to comment, but said he "accepted whatever President Bok has said." Gordon will leave the HIID in June...
Iowa has one of the top guards in the country in Ronnie Lester, who has made a strong comeback after knee surgery earlier this season. The Hawkeyes also boast two very tough juniors on the front line, in 6-ft., 5-in. Vince Brookins and 6-ft., 10-in. Steve Waite. They are outstanding free throw shooters as a team and made 71 per cent of their shots from the floor in the second half of their come-from-behind win over Georgetown in the Eastern final. But the Hawkeyes are an injury-prone team. Brookins has spent much...
When Brick's three sons, Mike, Lester and Arnold, came back from World War II, the family moved to Albia, some 65 miles southeast of Des Moines, and set up a factory in an old barn. Five railroads then intersected in town, making it a likely place for manufacturing. (Other captains of industry did not flock to Albia, however, and two of the railroads are now gone.) When orders were down, as they often were, the Knesses built houses. They farmed and did some landscaping. They installed toilets and dug septic tanks. They fixed almost any machine that needed...
...alone would have made it," says Mike, recalling the years he, Lester, 60, and Arnold, 56, struggled to keep the trap going. "Each of us faltered at times, but then the others were there to help. Teamwork isn't easy. We learned it out of necessity." Four years ago, Brick's old barn got too small for the growing business. The family decided to construct a new factory and pretty much built it themselves. Brick died of Parkinson's disease just after the decision was made. He never saw the new place, but he would have liked...