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A sign posted by a group of Bloomer School parents and Citizens for Community Improvement warns motorists to watch out for children in the Eight Street and Fifth Avenue intersection. The parents, who have protested the removal of street lights at the…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1978.

Contains:
- Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
- Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
- Complete street and avenue…

Two women near a covered bridge over water.
Miss Mina Harsch of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Edith Sterling of Omaha, members of The Nonpareil's European holiday group, are shown in front of covered bridge on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.

Two women at a fountain on a street.
In Front Of Fountain . . . at Lucerne are Miss Bessie Harter of Council Bluffs and Miss Ellen Christensen of Harlan. Note balcony cafe, flags and narrow streets in background.

People viewing items on a table.
Buying Watches . . . at Bucherer's in Lucerne are two Glenwood couples. Clerk Alvin Staedelin, second from left, shows Swiss products to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Stinard and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cheyney, right.

A man with a movie camera in front of a church.
Shooting Movies . . . in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is C.W. Nelson of Harlan.

A man and woman looking at books.
Looking at books along the famous bookstalls beside the River Seine in Paris are Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Woltman, members of The Nonpareil's European holiday group.

A woman lighting a candle.
Mrs. John N. Eddy lights a candle in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, with The Nonpareil Holiday tour.

A boat on a river with a cathedral in the background.
A French Pleasure Boat . . . heads down River Seine with members of the European holiday tour aboard. In the background is the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

A policeman directing a man on a street.
A Paris Gendarme . . . gives directions to Theodore Johnk of Oakland. In the background is the famed Place de la Concorde, where the guillotine stood during the French Revolution.

Women shopping on a street.
Window Shopping . . . on a street in Paris is Mrs. Virginia Millis of Oakland, right. Woman at left is unidentified.

A man and woman viewing items in a shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen of Avoca, members of The Nonpareil's European holiday group, look at souvenirs at a sidewalk shop in Paris.

Two people looking at an ornate tomb.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Stinard of The Nonpareil's European holiday group view one of the many tombs in Westminster Abbey.

A group of people chatting near a table.
Anglo-American Chat . . . left to right, Miss Maureen Dennis, A.D. Dennis, Mrs. Larry Parrott, Larry Parrott, David Hart, Mrs. Charles McDonald and Charles McDonald.

Sgt. Ed Gross... policeman-turned-salesman, doesn't want auction-goes to have any doubts about the size and quality of this bicycle being auctioned at the annual property sale.

Sometimes good things ... come to those who wait for the right…

Two railroad cars running on the Iowa Railroad tracks near South Avenue derailed Thursday. One of the cars was carrying lumber, and it was not immediately known what the other car was loaded with. Investigations into the derailment was underway…

Looking over construction site ... at northeast corner of Mercy Hospital proper are John Tenolone, chief operating officer, and Bruce E. Hopkins, Mercy administrator. The proposed project will involve a two-story addition, plus basement, adjoining…

Man viewing an ornate gate.
Hans Franksen Of Council Bluffs . . . views insignia on gates to Buckingham Palace.,

A woman sitting at a table pouring tea into a cup as a man watches.
Edwin Malindine, London oilman and candidate for Commons who visited Council Bluffs recently, has a spot of tea with Miss Twyla Holmes at Hotel Russell in London. Malindine was on hand to greet the touring Southwest Iowans when their planes landed.

Tourists walking on a bridge under a fortress.
The Tower of London is among the foggy city's best-known landmarks, and The Nonpareil's European Holidayers were there. They're walking above the north bank of the River Thames and through the middle tower of London's 12-acre fortress.
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