Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Soggy Car Winched Out
A car is winched out of Indian Creek north of Happy Hollow Boulevard Saturday morning, in the same way in went in, head first. Police said the car, driven Maynard F. Sharka, 22. 201 E. Orchard Ave., was traveling north on Broadway when it knocked…

Open Air Laundry
Council Bluffs Patrolman G.D. DeBoer waits Thursday afternoon for three youths to leave Bayliss Park after they apparently mistook the fountain for a self-service laundry. The youngsters were told if they wanted to "camp out" to use the facilities of…

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Carriers Go To Adventureland
A chartered busload of 44 Nonpareil carriers and three chaperones left Wednesday for Adventureland. The trip was a prize for carriers who had signed up seven new subscribers in a six-week period. Nonpareil Circulation Manager Chick Stoner said this…

New Press, Computers In Nonpareil Remodeling
Checking A Copy . . . of The Nonpareil, Richard Petersen of the press crew sees how much ink is being printed on the pages. The new press will be an offset press, which means the ink will not be printed directly on the paper from the plates. The…

Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday I - 1959

Buying A Loaf
Buying a loaf... of raisin bread from clerk Lena Brockman at Eve's Bakery is Richard Van Horn of 316 Lincoln Ave. Van Horn, reflected in a mirror, originally intended to purchase a supply of rolls, but found the cupboard bare at the bakery. "Rolls…

Crunched combine
A combine on the back of a flat-bed trailer didn't quite clear the Loveland overpass over Interstate 29 Wednesday. The combine cab was demolished when the top of the cab struck the bridge. The bridge was not seriously damaged. Tuck driver, John Korth…

This Is Europe - Via The Nonpareil-SAS Tour<br /><br /> Bright And Humorous Incidents -- No Baloney -- From Holiday Logbook
(1) Hall Of Mirrors . . . at Versailles reflects the glory of Seventeenth Century France. This is the way it looked when The Nonpareil-SAS tour visited the famous palace near Paris recently.

(2) Tourists From Iowa . . . look back through the…

Food For Memories:
At a Denmark restaurant near Elsinore, the site of Hamlet's famed Kronberg castle, members of The Nonpareil-SAS tour get one of their last looks at a Scandinavian specialty, Danish smorgasbord. Filling their plates are Charles Osborn, Seth Hills,…

Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday I - 1959
Foreign Aid Program . . . takes a new twist as Nonpareil-SAS travelers provide the push for a stalled car in Denmark. Though they're partially concealed by the car, the menfolk helped, too. These pictures were snapped shortly before the Tour left…

Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday I - 1959
Smoking A Cigar . . . as she chats with a group of Iowans is Miss Bertha Moller, 70, of Skaelskar, Denmark, who operates a goldsmith shop. Many women in Denmark prefer the small cigars, only slightly larger than a cigarette. Miss Moller was a bit…

What Europe Needs Most Is A Good Cup Of Coffee
(top) Looking At Map Of Rhine River . . . before boarding Rheinland steamer at Wiesbaden are Mrs. E.H. Woltmann and Mr. and Mrs. L. Chris Hansen, all of Avoca.

(middle) Getting Ready To Pick Up Passengers . . . at Rudesheim,…

There&#039;s Only One Way To See The Rhine -- Leisurely
Members Of Nonpareil Touring Group . . . eat dinner and try to sightsee at same time aboard steamer Rheinland.

At Castel Gandolfo:
Holding rosaries blessed by the Pope during the visit of Nonpareil European holiday tourists to Castel Gandolfo are Mrs. Gerda Kirkegaard of Omaha and Mrs. Byron Rohrbaugh of Council Bluffs.

When In Rome:
Helping arrange a chapel veil for Mrs. Clara Weir in Rome are Mrs. Lew Evans and Mrs. Amer McMullen of Crescent, members of The Nonpareil Holiday Tour. Members of the tour had an audience with Pope John this week while in Rome. All the women donned…

62 Members Of Tour Attend Papal Audience
Addressing The Crowd . . . from the papal chair at Castel Gandolfo is Pope John XXIII.

Those Foreign Coins Get Cumbersome, Complicated
At The Colosseum In Rome . . . are Mrs. George Woods, Mrs. Ed Sisson and Mrs. O.D. Ronk, all of Council Bluffs.

Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday I - 1959
Throwing Coins Into Rome's Trevi Fountain . . . are Mrs. Iva Harris of Pacific Junction and Miss Adah Hood of Thurman.

Checking On Tour:
Looking at Rome folder issued by Scandinavian Air Lines in front of monument to Vittorio Emmanuel II are Miss Anna Marie Pais, guide, Miss Catherine Joyce, tour conductor, and Miss Elena Lunardoni, columnist for Rome newspaper Giornale D'Italia.
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