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State University of Iowa - North Hall
When the College of Law moved to a new building dedicated in April 1962, it left the building, now called North Hall, ready for a major remodeling job in order to gain badly needed classroom and office space. The most dramatic change occurred here,…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
At the height of the $230,000 conversion, the former library area was gutted, resembling an empty warehouse. As this work was going on, the University Personnel Service, Dormitory and Dining Service, and the Superintendent of Planning and…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
No shade of Blackstone remained in the former law center when the job was completed this fall. A "fourth" floor has been added where bookshelves had been, and the entire new section contains 33 offices and five seminar rooms. The Department of…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
Typical of the offices in the new part of North Hall is this one in the School of Religion. In such surroundings, faculty members counsel their students, meet with colleagues, carry on research and study projects, and keep at hand the books and…
State University of Iowa - North Hall
The metamorphosis of a building was concluded with the transformation of a large classroom on the ground floor into four classrooms like this one. Funds for the work in SUI's North Hall were appropriated by the Iowa legislature. The project was…
Stay Within The System - Hancock's Miss America
Miss America For 1974 . . . Rebecca Ann King, who won her state title as Miss Colorado, poses with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie King of Hancock, Iowa; her sister, Mary Grace Paulson; and her brother David; after being crowned in Atlantic City,…
Staying at Putnam home, Belgian girl wants to learn all about America
Enjoying a view of the campus . . .at Thomas Jefferson High School are Mrs. C. Francis Putnam and daughter, Virginia, with Suzanne Van Well, at right. --Nonpareil Photo.
Staying with Beaumonts, Norwegian student like any American teen-ager
Explaining A.L. yearbook . . . to Nels Jacobsen, center, are Steve and Becky Beaumont. --Nonpareil Photo.
Steam Loco Makes Visit
Railroad buffs, young and old alike, crowded the Chicago and North Western roundhouse yards Friday to see Union Pacific's 'Old 8444' steam locomotive get turned around. The locomotive, delivered to the railroad in 1944, is fired by oil and weighs…
Steel patternwork
Steel patternwork . . .in the main span of Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge will be partially dismantled and partially floated away late this summer. Robert Hoenig, job superintendent for Industrial Construction Division of Allied Structured Steel Co., surveys the…
Step At A Time
Jack Doty, 3005 Avenue J, city employe, was shaking up City Hall as he worked a jack hammer on the old front steps which have been in disrepair for a couple of years. The City Council budgeted $3,000 for replacement of the steps this year, but final…
Stewardship Crusade:
Epworth Methodist Church is making plans for a Stewardship Crusade to start Tuesday, Feb. 5 and continue through Feb. 10. The Rev. Claire Shupe, Mrs. Lloyd Howland and Dean Ingram are pictured adjusting a sign on the church lawn to emphasize their…
Still Lots Of Life In M.V. Opera House
Checking Supplies . . . are Rick Henry, center, and Paul Yeaman Jr., right, while an unidentified worker puts last-minute touches on the Opera House Bar. The 30s and 40s decor will include old prints and advertisements, plus potted plants. The…
Store Opens Doors
Cutting The Ribbon . . . formally opening the new Hinky Dinky Supermarket at Bluff Plaza Wednesday is Mayor John Pogge, center. Present for the opening are C.A. Monasee, president of Hinky Dinky; J.M. Newman, chairman of the board; Ed Brown, store…
Storm Causes Considerable Damage To The Bluffs Area; Winds Reach 75 Miles Per Hour
High Winds,,,Sunday night uprooted this large Cottonwood tree, causing it to fall on the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, 1411 Second Ave. All that remained of the front porch Monday was the screen door and frame. Carter had hooked the screen…
Straighter, Wider
Relocated Highway 6, straighter and wider than its predecessor, stretches from the Interstate 80 overpass into the distant Iowa prairie in this view. The highway between I-80 and Quick was opened to traffic during the past week. The new road…
Striped Kitty Doesn't Get Skunked In Warehouse
Lunchtime For Kittens...isn't interrupted by the antics of the one small skunk, at lower right. The "family" lives in the bottom of a can at Warren Feed and Grain Co. [photo has lines added to enhance/clarify outlines.]
Struggling Onto The Last Lap
Struggling Onto The Last Lap...under loads of sleeping rugs, crayons, paint, molding clay and aprons, they head across the grounds to the new building. The same boys and girls will report directly to L and C after lunch Monday. About 55 first to…
Subdistricting Plan For Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs . . . would be divided into three subdistricts for election of state representatives. Precincts 8 through 14 plus 24 and Kane East make up the Second district; Precincts 1 through 7 and Carter Lake, Third district; and Precincts 14…
Substructure Job On Schedule; To Be Completed This Autumn
Manmade Peninsula . . . extends into the Missouri River to allow workmen to work on piers for the new Interstate Highway Bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha. The pier at the end of the sand jetty is the only one in the river. Four are in various…