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Mayor Thomas P. Hanafan carried all 23 of the city's precincts in Tuesday's election. Newcomer Jack E. Ruesch, who ousted Councilman David Tobias, carried all but the 15th and 16th Precincts. Ruesch tied with newcomer Patricia Jones in the 23rd…

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Snuggled Close . . . as possible to mommy (Mrs. Charles Jerkovich) are her triplet daughters. One of their nurses, Miss Vivian Graeve of Panama, stands by to lend a helping hand. The babies will remain in incubators until their weight reaches at…

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The Melodies Would Have To Be Pretty . . . coming from the light touch on the keys of the pretty and petite Jerkovich triplets. Judy and Jeanette are at the keyboard as Jane pleasantly awaits her turn on the 88.

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Ready, Set, Go . . . the same lineup, Judy, Jeanette and Jane are fleet as deer. they ran in the city track meet Monday on relay teams and the medley 400. The girls did well in track at Gunn School in sixth grade. Prior to that they attended St.…

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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'…

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Council Bluffs Elections #1
1991-1992

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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…

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Man reclining on ground cloth in makeshift shelter of sandbags.

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Man in work clothes and boots, lying on his back across three folding chairs next to a radiator; arms are crossed over his eyes.

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Older man with cane sitting on chair, with 3 young boys sitting on the floor around him; man is speaking to the boys.

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Roller Coaster Roadbed...faces Illinois Central crewmen for two miles where rails and ties sagged of their own weight when roadbed was washed out.

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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.
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