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Sainte Trio A Sporting Clan - Triplets Raised On 'Kick The Can'
Simple Game . . . of "kick the can" helped spur interest in sports for Jane, Jeanette and Judy Jerkovich, pictured here with their basketball coach Dick McMahon. The triplets, who comprise one-half of St. Albert's team, have helped in the Saintes'…
This Is Council Bluffs
Somehow summer-like temperatures turn lakes and streams into magnets for anyone whose hand is shaped to fit a fishing pole. Larry Jensen, 400 North Thirty-second street, and Rober Taylor, 1907 Sixth avenue, were lured to the shores of Big Lake to…
Council Bluffs--History--Flood (1952)
Man reclining on ground cloth in makeshift shelter of sandbags.
Council Bluffs--History--Flood (1952)
Man in work clothes and boots, lying on his back across three folding chairs next to a radiator; arms are crossed over his eyes.
Council Bluffs--History--Flood (1952)
Older man with cane sitting on chair, with 3 young boys sitting on the floor around him; man is speaking to the boys.
IC Works From Both Ends to Repair Flooded Track; 12-mile Stretch Damaged
Roller Coaster Roadbed...faces Illinois Central crewmen for two miles where rails and ties sagged of their own weight when roadbed was washed out.
No Time to Be Lulled Into False Sense of Security; Stand-by Crews at Levees
At Trouble Spot on North Levee...army engineers are building a tie-back levee from the hill through Big Lake park and joining the main levee between the North western and Illinois Central railroad tracks.
Man Defeats River in Flood Threat of 1952
Cots Fill Gymnasium...at Abraham Lincoln High School, the main evacuation center set up by the Red Cross. More than 250 evacuees took refuge in this center as the appalling river threatened their homes. Other Red Cross shelters cared for a total of…
Sidewalk petition may force installation assessment plan
Council Bluffs City Councilman Sam Irwin has filed a petition from 26 residents asking the city to install a sidewalk along Madison Avenue from Palmer Avenue to Bennett Avenue. There are currently no sidewalks on either side of Madison Avenue--a…
New Ideas, Not New Taxes
Jepsen - AP Wirephoto
Iowa Senate Battle Heats Up - Jepsen: Going On; Harkin: I Run A Race
Roger Jepsen: We've got to keep on keeping on.
Senator's Wife Speaks Out On Women's Issues
Dee Jepsen . . . wife of U.S. Sen. Roger Jepsen, R-Iowa, signs a copy of her new book for John Hartog of Carter Lake at the Living Word Wednesday afternoon.
Jepsen At Full Throttle
Roger Jepsen
New Bike For Jespersen
Showing Off His New Bicycle . . . is Wes Jespersen, 102 1/2 W. Broadway. Jespersen was given $110 by Manawa residents in appreciation of his volunteer work in cleaning up litter around the lake. The money was used to buy a new three-speed bicycle.
Ecologist Likes Bluffs Neighbors
Sacking Trash . . . in the Bennett Avenue area is self-appointed ecologist Wes Jespersen. His trusty bike waits for him to finish the work day.
Let's Chat . . . With Wes Jespersen
Wes Jespersen
Bluffs Ecologist Is Honored - Wes Jespersen Day Declared
A Key To The City . . . is presented by Mayor Raymond Pogge to Wes Jespersen, who was honored for efforts in beautifying the city. He also received the Operation Pride Pine Award and was named volunteer of the month.
Chevra B'Nai Yisroel Congregation
Chevra B'Nai Yisroel in Council Bluffs was organized Oct. 21, 1903 . . .
LDS Church Buys Old Beck Property - Red Cross Home Goes To Jewish Group
Council Bluffs' Jewish Community Center . . . purchased from the Red Cross for $15,000.
First Jews Came To Bluffs 100 Years Ago - Rabbi Korb To Review History Friday Night . . . .
Chevra B'Nai Yisroel Synagogue . . . was destroyed by fire March 5, 1930. Cornerstone for this building at 618 Mynster St. was laid June 19, 1904.