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A construction crane carefully hoists a 10-ton manhole into a hole at the east end of Bayliss Park. The manhole is for use of Iowa Power and Light Co., which will run power lines to the new fountain in the park.

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Assembled on the desk of County Att. Matt Walsh is the material gathered in the Carter Lake slaying of Joseph David Nixon, 18, Omaha. Walsh is holding the bloody shirt taken from the home of Larry D. Jackson, 36, Omaha, a suspect. The cans contain…

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Emptying a cornucopia . . . symbolic of abundance, are Masahiko Nemoto and Paula Ylanne who like the idea of Thanksgiving Day. -- Nonpareil Photo

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Ballenger [in ROTC cadet uniform, receiving Distinguished Milirary Student Award]

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Implement dealers . . . like this one in Harlan, are well-stocked with merchandise this time of year, but sales are dragging somewhat. Farmers in Southwest Iowa, like those everywhere, are finding money together to get -- even at today's usurious…

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Restoration of the 100-year-old main staircase in the Kiel Hotel is almost complete. Jere Robinson and Don Blankenship, employees of Life Style Inc., make some last-minute measurements Thursday on the refinished bannister leading to the second floor.…

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Comment From Des Moines...on the financial troubles of local and other Catholic schools were made by the Rev. James Holden, Bishop Maurie Dingman and Sister Elizabeth Clare, elementary consultant for the diocese.
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Indian Creek Watershed . . . will possibly get 11 more dams under a plan now being completed by the Soil Conservation Service. Dark triangles numbered 4, 5, 13, and 6, have already been constructed. Largest dam in the system will be No. 2 about two…

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"I Believe In Iowa With All My Heart" . . . Loren Hickerson of Iowa City (center) tells William O'Neil, Carl Stephens, Dave Dobell and Chamber President W.D. Cairney. "The key question is: How much do we believe in Iowa."

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New Director . . . for the Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation is Larry Potter (right). He was elected to a position vacated by Jack Luhring who was transferred to Des Moines. Jim Richter took over Luhring's position as vice president. H.H. "Red"…

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South Of Town . . . the Industrial Foundation's tract is bounded by Eleventh Street on the left; Twenty-ninth Avenue (the city limits), top, and Highway 192, right.

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Inspecting A Sample . . . 0f "Nativ-Cast Stone," which soon will be manufactured here, are J.W. Van Unen, Joe M. Jamison, Howard Bessire and Duane Jamison.

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Injunction Papers...are issued Monday morning to Cement Finisher Paul R. Grosch Jr., 802 South Omaha Bridge Road, by Deputy Sheriff George Smith. The papers forbid Grosch and other cement finishers from picketing the construction work at Bethany…

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Comforting Injured Boy...before arrival of the Emergency Unit are his mother, Mrs. Leo Hines, and a passerby.

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The Unnerving Tragedy...of striking John Hines with her car is too much for Mrs. Alberta P. Siebert, who is aided here by neighbors. She is the mother of five young boys.

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Below, [Court bailiff Mike] Peth leads suspect John Hrbek from the courtoom. Both suspects pleaded innocent. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
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