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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Pathologists . . . Dr. Walter Hathaway, left, and Dr. M.H. Kulesh check results of chemical tests made in Jennie Edmundson Hospital laboratory.

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Blood Bank . . . includes supply of human blood (left) and equipment for blood typing and testing. Working in lab is Mrs. Robert Ross, co-chief medical technologist.

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The former Hotel Chieftain, a landmark in Council Bluffs for more than 40 years, is being converted to a downtown residence for the elderly. In the meantime, the plaster, concrete and other debris comes tumbling down the oversize drainpipe attached…

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Former Lobby And Hotel Desk . . . resemble a disaster area, with stacks of hotel furniture being moved out by the former owner. The desk now serves as a control center for the contractor, Audino Construction Co. of Sioux City. The conversion is being…

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"Coming down the stairs is Gerald L. Way, who has a room on the second floor of the Goodrich. Way said he likes the building."

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"Afternoons are relaxing in the lobby, and Dennis Smith, William Jenkins and Don Stodgill take advantage of chairs lined against the west wall. An unidentified man scans the newspaper."

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Showing Off . . . his historic home is Robert A. Pashek. He and two other men are restoring the "Victorian Gothic" house at 151 Park Avenue built in 1877 for Council Bluffs businessman Lysander W. Tulleys. Their efforts were rewarded recently when…

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Examining Fireplace . . . in the house's formal parlor, Pashek points out its cleanliness. Either the fireplace was never used, he said, or someone scrubbed it carefully after each fire. House has only two fireplaces, but Pashek said traces of others…

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Both Stories . . . of the old James McCoid house, which is now owned by the George Kellys and Howard Scotts in Logan, are on ground level. Built into a hill, the house is of frame and locally quarried stone.

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Windows Galore . . . in the Donald McQuin home would pose problems for a housekeeper, especially at house-cleaning and curtain-washing time. More than 30 gallons of paint have been applied to the home, which was constructed nearly 70 years ago…

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Boning chickens...for Blue Star are 125 women at the plant here. Machine in the foreground is a meat dicer.

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On This Pie Line...workers put out part of the 225,000 per day production

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Joan Hester . . . and her husband, Jack, embrace at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse Tuesday night as election returns indicate she leads the race for the Republican nomination for the Iowa House in the 98th District.
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