X-Shaped Friendship Home at Audubon has been completed and will be ready for occupancy about July 1. The 87-plus room home is believed to be the first of its kind to be financed under an FHA-insured loan of $477,400.
Interstate 80 . . . winds from the bluffs overlooking Loveland to an interchange with Interstate 29. Bridge in foreground is the new Interstate 29 overpass and east section of that bridge will be open next week. Bridge in center takes Illinois…
Harold E. Hughes of Ida Grove is the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for governor in next June's primary election. Hughes, 37, is chairman of the Iowa Commerce Commission.
The Home Of The World's Most Famous Fairy Tales . . . awaits the visit of Nonpareil European Holiday tour members this summer. Here is the red-tiled, quaint home which was the setting in which Hans Christian Andersen wrote his tales for children.
Spraying The Smoldering Remains . . . of the Ranks Department Store, 325 W. Broadway, are members of the Council Bluffs Fire Department. The fire, which was discovered about 1 a.m., destroyed the building and an adjoining two-story complex, and…
Des Moines
Iowa City Capitol
Includes Terrace Hill
{Note on back of photo: "General Grenville M. Dodge of CB, astride a horse on the Soldier's and Sailors' Monument, state capitol grounds, Des Moines. Dodge is on the LEFT in this photo. He is…
Now Ice Bound...this section of the Missouri River will become a part of the DeSoto Bend Lake after a new river channel is cut by Army Engineers. Timbered area to right will become a wildlife refuge.
Littering The Boat Ramp...are a number of pilings that have been pulled out of the lake by DeSoto Refuge employes. Refuge officials say the lake has quite a lot of drift that could be dangerous to boaters, Jeffy Jauron, an Iowa river official, says…
New walls for Arnold Plastic's Inc. at 3135 W. Broadway are fast nearing the roof line to replace the plant that was destroyed by fire Nov. 28. Construction started early in December, as soon as debris was cleared away, and the operation is expected…