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Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1979.

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

A group of children on a bus waving to the camera.
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…

A man standing near a printing press.
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…

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…

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…

Tourists in a large hallway of mirrors.
(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…

A group of people at a buffet table.
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,…

A group of women pushing a car.
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…

A woman with a cigar in her mouth.
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…

Three people viewing a map.
(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,…

People peering out a window.
Members Of Nonpareil Touring Group . . . eat dinner and try to sightsee at same time aboard steamer Rheinland.

Two women holding rosaries.
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.

Two women adjusting the chapel veil of another woman.
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…

A crowd gathered to hear the Pope speak.
Addressing The Crowd . . . from the papal chair at Castel Gandolfo is Pope John XXIII.

Three women looking upward.
At The Colosseum In Rome . . . are Mrs. George Woods, Mrs. Ed Sisson and Mrs. O.D. Ronk, all of Council Bluffs.

Two women in front of a fountain.
Throwing Coins Into Rome's Trevi Fountain . . . are Mrs. Iva Harris of Pacific Junction and Miss Adah Hood of Thurman.

Three women in front of a monument.
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.

Two couples in front of a church.
Sightseeing . . . in front of St. Peter's Basilica are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jensen of Council Bluffs and Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Thomas of Glenwood.
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