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Faulty Rail Blamed For C&NW Train Derailment; Eight Of 91 Cars Leave Tracks
Lakeside Pileup: A piggyback trailer, full of hams, lies on its side only feet away from the pond in Lakeside Park at the north edge of Council Bluffs. The boxcar above is lying on another freight car, behind the trailer. The eight-car derailment…
Faulty Rail Blamed For C&NW Train Derailment; Eight of 91 Cars Leave Tracks
Workers Investigate...the best method of pulling this entanglement of freight cars apart. The derailment occurred when a rail broke on a feeder line of the Chicago and North Western at the north edge of Council Bluffs.
Favorite Perch
Dorothy, a mongrel dog who attached herself to the family of The Rev. Lloyd Sapp here, is causing quite a stir in the neighborhood. She likes nothing better than to loll on the air conditioning set at the Sapp home, even in winter.
FBI To Update Gosch Photo
Johnny Gosch - 1982 photo
February 30?
Worshippers observing the bulletin board in front of Broadway Methodist Church are puzzled? They can't find February 30 on their calendars as the board has scheduled for worship. One thing about it--the church secretary, Mrs. Olive Leffler is…
February artist prefers watercolors, landscapes.
Checking A Watercolor...for display this month is Council Bluffs artist Donna Yeatman Brown. The Council Bluffs Artists Association is sponsoring an exhibit of about 40 of her artworks this month at Crafts, Etc., 555 W. Broadway.
Federal commission closes DeSoto boating
Covered parking lot . . .shows the high water level at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. The parking lot is near the south launching dock area of the refuge. --Nonpareil Photo.
Federal Commission Closes DeSoto Boating
Covered Parking Lot...shows the high water level at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. The parking lot is near the south launching dock area of the refuge.
Federal Plans Call For A Bigger Ox Bow Lake; Add 6,000 Acres
Looking North...across the Ox Bow Lake proposal. Dotted line at lower left indicates the approximate course the Missouri River channel would take. Land area in center would become wildlife refuge. Sealed off river loop would become a lake.
Feeding Time At Botna Bend
Feeding time at Botna Bend Park near Hancock is a time when friends can gather together over a good chunk of hay and talk about the good times. But one of the former residents of the park, an elk, is missing daily meals with Dave, the park's bull…
Felled By Bullets 5 Years Ago, Jensen Going Full Steam At 66 - One Of Strangest Events In Annals Of Congress
Ben Jensen . . . Southwest Iowa's congressman since 1938, measures each day as a bonus.
Fencing Out Winter
Frost was so thick Wednesday it remained for at least half the day on this chicken wire fence on the farm of Wilbert Nilan of Route 2, Oakland. It resembles white clothing hanging on the fence to dry.
Fierce Battle Ends For Kerns
Mike Kerns: "I never said one unkind word about my opponent. I attacked issues."
Fifth Avenue Is Given Special Recognition
This Stately Church . . . Fifth Avenue United Methodist opens its doors wide to its ever-increasing active memberships. It is most proud of its growth which has earned recognition.