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Ak-Sar-Ben royalty crowned in Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben royalty . . . are Queen Susan Hawkins and King Samuel Greenberg. They were crown Friday night and will be feted at the coronation ball this Saturday night.
Southwest Iowans look forward to Ak season.
All Spic and Span . . .for the start of the 1979 racing season is the grandstand and finish line at Ak-Sar-Ben Racetrack in Omaha. The Ak-Sar-Ben season will open May1 and a good many Southwest Iowans will doubtless be on hand. The track is expected…
Ak-Sar-Ben
An areal view of Ak-Sar-Ben
Balloon Mural
Photo of balloon mural, by Marcia Joffe-Bouska, on side of furniture building. Scanned from 35 mm film strip with 6 of same image
Bank Robberies
Suspect (Lee Farmer) held against Mustang car outside Council Bluffs Savings Bank on Pearl St. Four uniformed police officers, two with handguns drawn, one with rifle. Two men not in uniform.
(Information from photos taken at the same scene,…
(Information from photos taken at the same scene,…
Bank Robberies
Suspect [Lee Farmer] held against Mustang car outside Savings and Loan on Pearl Street. Four police officers, two with handguns drawn, one with rifle. Two men not in uniform, one with walkie-talkie. Duplicate of Bank_Robberies_01, but with names…
Bank Robberies
Suspect [Lee Farmer] held against car; three uniformed police officers, one with handgun drawn, one with rifle; off-duty police officer [Dan Larsen]
(Information from photos taken at the same scene, reported in Nonpareil 2-23-1974)
(Information from photos taken at the same scene, reported in Nonpareil 2-23-1974)
Californian Accused Of CB Bank Holdup
John Paul Budrevich
Policeman, Robber Dead After Morning Shootout
Police And Ambulance Officials...remove the body of Lt. C.E. Moore from a home at 3113 Ave., where a bank robbery suspect shot it out with police, a private citizen and FBI officials. Nonpareil Photos by Joe Cavallaro
Policeman, Robber Dead After Morning Shooutout
Bullet Hole...in the side of police cruiser resulted from a shootout Wednesday forenoon with a bank robbery suspect. One Council Bluffs patrolman was injured by flying glass when a robber's bullet crashed through his police cruiser car.
Policeman, Robber Dead After Morning Shootout
First National Bank Westside Office...was robbed of an undetermined amount of money by two masked bandits one of whom was still at large in Omaha. The other was wounded and under police guard at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. One policeman was killed,…
Retired Dentist Fought For His Life In Office
Where Gunman Died...is a corner of the small waiting room of the doctor's office-home. Hole in the wall is where police dug out bullets from a battle with the gunman Wednesday morning. Dr. Hombach's daughter was standing near the corner when the…
Manhunt for 2nd Robbery Suspect
Slain Suspect...has been identified as Steven F. Scott, 29, of Galva, Ill., who was recently released from the Colorado State Penitentiary.
Underwood Bank Robber Shot By Omaha Marksman
Richard L. Shatto
Scene of Robbery
The Patio Office of the Council Bluffs Savings Bank, Twenty-seventh Street and West Broadway, was the scene Wednesday of the second bank robbery in less than six weeks. Police arrived on the scene moments after a well-dressed man took $4,000 from a…
Minden Bank Robbed By Gunman Saturday
Spectators Gather...outside the Minden branch office of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank Saturday morning following a robbery just before noon. A young gunman took an undisclosed amount of money and fled. Authorities were searching for three…
Arizona couple witnesses holdup
Discussing the robbery...is Lorance White who shows reporters a pair of shears he intended to throw at the suspect if he got close enough.