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Pumping Station Is Secured
Completely sand-bagged against the threat of Missouri river flood water is the Council Bluffs waterworks pumping station, located just a few feet away from the stream. Pumping equipment inside the station is located in deep concrete pits, well below…
Pumping Water
Pumping Water...is the main operation now in the search for treasure aboard the sunken Bertrand. Watching pipe lifted out of deep hole is Sam Corbin, one of the two treasure hunters.
Purchasing Department Sets Up 1st Perpetual Inventory Of City Property, Now Buys All Supplies
Purchasing Agent Kennard W. Gardiner and Roberta Rankin check supplies in the City Hall store.
Purchasing Department Sets Up 1st Perpetual Inventory Of City Property, Now Buys All Supplies...
Garage mechanics keep city equipment in first class condition. Garage Department and City Hall Maintenance come under Purchasing Agent's supervision.
Purchasing Department Sets Up 1st Perpetual Inventory Of City Property; Now Buys All Supplies
Assistant Purchasing Agents Leonard Brugenhemke tries new Civil Patrol helmet on Police Chief Earl Miller. Helmets were purchased at cost of 70¢
Put It There
U.S. Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa was hard at work Friday at Iowa Nebraska Xpress truck terminal. He took the job moving freight to learn more about the transportation needs of the Council Bluffs-Omaha area, he said. Harkin gets direction from Terminal…
Queen 'Ricky' Attuned To The Sound Of Music - Background Is Versatile
Fredrika Gene Mauck . . . music is her life.
Queen Of Queens
Adele Berry (center), senior from Fort Dodge, was crowned Iowa State University's 1966 "Queen of Queens" Thursday at Ames in ceremonies opening the annual ISU Veishea festival. Miss Berry's attendants are Janet Longston (left), junior from Memphis,…
Queen Wins Hearts Of Blair's Danes
(top)
A campus stroll . . . is enjoyed by Queen Margrethe II and Dana College President Earl R. Mezoff. The queen had just received an honorary doctor of letters degree after delivering the college commencement address before 4,000 people in…
A campus stroll . . . is enjoyed by Queen Margrethe II and Dana College President Earl R. Mezoff. The queen had just received an honorary doctor of letters degree after delivering the college commencement address before 4,000 people in…
Queen's dressing room never intended as such
Getting ready . . . Queen Karen's going somewhere at last. -Nonpareil Photo.
Quick Start At Old Army Game
The old army game had already started at the Armory Saturday morning as three men from the Fairfield detachment, Jack Zierlien, John Hay, and Frank R. Danielson, settle down in a corner to guard some of the medical division's equipment.
Quickie Headlines - Elefson
Federal Judge William Riley brought a $78,000 damage case to a sudden close when he ordered the jury to bring in a decision favoring Wayne Rhode of Tabor. Rhode's nephew, Lyman H. Elefson, had charged his uncle with maliciously causing his arrest in…
Quiet Room:
Richard D. Hogan, minister of First Christian Church and president of the Council Bluffs Ministerial Association relaxes in the Quiet Room at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. The Quiet Room is a special parlor sponsored by the Ministerial Association to…
Races Not The Only Draw In Town
Looking south on Main Street. In the background is the Town Clock, the unofficial symbol of Dubuque. Relocated in a plaza in 1971, the clock is the hub of a downtown area undergoing redevelopment partially spurred by the track.
Racing Cars Aid Students In Class On Manufacturing; In The Halls Of Learning
Checking Their Cars...prior to a race at Edison School are Dallas Lidgett, Jackie Duncan and Mack Kinnaman. Their activities were part of a World Of Manufacturing program.
Rail Strike Affects 2 Bluffs Industries
Cars Tied Up...by strike at the Council Bluffs yards of Union Pacific total about 1,200. Some are shown here, looking west from the U.P. yard tower. -Nonpareil Photo.
Railroad Has Many Changes - Including Station At Malvern
The Ticket Window . . . is no longer a busy spot in many railroad stations. Don Gleason, agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, hands a Burlington folder through the window in the station at Malvern to portray a scene once familiar in the days…
Railroad Tracks "Vanishing"
Railroad tracks belonging to the Chicago Great Western Railroad Co., are disappearing from the scene in the southeast part of Council Bluffs. Five sets of tracks have already been torn up and trackage pictured in foreground is slated for removal in…
Railroad Yards
Council Bluffs, Iowa--Railroads and the Union Pacific roundhouse stabilize the economy of the city.
Raise Flag At Flood Memorial
At Flood Victory Dedication . . . are Mrs. Margaret Garrett, Mrs. Martha Dent, Mayor James Mulqueen, Emmet Tinley and Carl Wegner.