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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Like pulling teeth . . . this oversized machine called a motor puller just reaches under the hood to extract the car motor in one bite. Operator is "Shorty" Campbell who has jerked thousands of motors. New heavy machinery is currently being installed…

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Limbs And Twigs...weave an intricate pattern against the backlight of a winter sun on the frozen expanse of Lake Manawa. Forecasters say temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday should take the edge off the deep freeze the Council Bluffs area has been…

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Unveiling . . . of the Lincoln Monument is performed by Nathan Phillips Dodge III, at right, while a National Guard color guard stands at attention at left. The plaque is a new art concept of Abraham Lincoln.

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The Business District . . . of Loveland consists of five establishments along one and one-half blocks of Highway 75. Trees at far right obscure the residential section.

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From The Opposite End . . . of town the business section looks like this. The east-west Interstate Highway, when it comes, will cut across the present Highway 75 a short distance beyond the point where the truck is seen entering town.

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Original Church Building . . . of the Little Sioux Methodist congregation still serves that community. A special centennial service will be held Sunday.

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Little Sioux Village . . . will be a re-creation of the old west, complete with old west costumes, hitching rails, a stagecoach and 25-cent haircuts. Bill Dailey, project developer, and Ted Morse, designer, hope construction can begin by the first of…

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With 'Fair Lady' . . . road company is former Council Bluffs girl, Mary Virginia Cook.

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Abandoned Child: This photo is from a picture taken by Council Bluffs police when the child was hours old.

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Pouring of molten metal from a large ladle into small ladle prior to pouring into molds.

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Finishing the cope side of the mold. Shown in the foreground are some of the finished molds.

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A wheel after being stripped from the mold and just before being placed in the annealing pits.

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View in the stock room. Finished wheels ready for shipment. Each wheel possesses the requisite properties for the particularly severe job it must do.

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Artist drawing of proposed casino, convention center

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Keeping Track . . . of prisoners is the job of Judy Peach, a corrections specialist in the new Pottawattamie County Jail. She uses a sophisticated television monitoring system and intercoms to see that prisoners are where they are supposed to be -…
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