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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Know Your Scenes: This 92-year-old bell has tolled the glory of God, the call to school, and the justice of American government. Its booming peals were so loud it was retired to a life of silence in 1951. Then it was stored at a construction company…

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Top: Mrs. Duane Bogardus of Council Bluffs and the Rev. David McCalmont prepare to burn the mortgage for the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary. The mortgage will be burned Sunday during festivities marking the church's 130th…

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A new 36-car, coast-to-coast mail train departed 10 minutes early as it passed westward through Council Bluffs Saturday night. The train was to leave here at 7:15 but pulled out at 7:05. The train stopped at the former mail terminal on South…

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The West End . . . of the initial Interstate Highway 80 construction in Pottawattamie County will be in Minor Nelson's backyard. Nelson points to the approximate spot the road will terminate.

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The East End . . . of the Pottawattamie County stretch of the highway will stop somewhere in this general vicinity on the Albert Mc Crickard farm.

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A bright sun, a heavy dew, fresh air and a few trees and shrubs beginning to turn color. What more could a guy want on the first day of autumn? The fall season officially arrived shortly after midnight Tuesday and Fred Bucknam, 427 Frank St., took…

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The first of 24 trucks and 60 automobiles to arrive at the new Janesville (Wis.) Auto Transport Co. terminal at the Milwaukee Railroad yards here rolls off one of eight freight cars Saturday. Watching are Rolland L. Audas, Omaha general agent for…

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Working headquarters of Aqua-Farms Inc. near Macedonia is this uncompleted building that houses big fish tanks, processing shop and offices. Leaving the building are Steve Hansen, president, and Larry Vorse of Council Bluffs, board chairman.
The…

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Fish hauling transport . . used for bringing in stock from Wisconsin and southern states is checked by Hansen, a graduate fisheries biologist who manages the farm.

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One of two . . . former rock quarries contains about 35 feet of clean, cool water which is used for circulation through a series of holding tanks for commercial fish while the primitive area around the lakes provide ideal sites for 50-75 camping…

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Indian Creek . . . reflects little activity from the spring thaw. Here, at Second Ave., only a shallow stream cuts a path through ice and snow.

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Flag Flown Over Capitol...is presented by Rep. John R. Hansen to the Rev. Daniel Delehant, superintendent of St. Albert Catholic High School. Looking on is Mrs. Anna Brown, Americansim Chairman of the Auxiliary to Grenville M. Dodge Post 737,…

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A final polishing . . . for the head of the baton is complete by Sid Wilcox and Bob Owen for their appearance at a holiday celebration.

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All in readiness . . . for their trip to the Independence Day celebration are Gordon Wilcox, band captain ; Floyd 'Doc' Williams, Sid Wilcox of Missouri Vally, director ; Bob Owen drum major, and Orrie Gates. Mr. Williams is with the clarinet section…

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At Goodwill Industries Blaze . . . firemen battle heavy smoke and flames after a flash explosion in the South Main street building.

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Col. Melvin J. Killian as he appeared in 1963, two years before he was shot down over North Vietnam.
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