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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Lake Manawa was one of many stops made by trolley cars years ago. Henry Hamann of Omaha, a trolley car buff, arranges a host of items Thursday which he donated to Metro Area Transit. The material becomes the nucleus of the Transportation Museum at…

Unloading of the three state liquor trucks was proceeding at a brisk pace with four company K Red Oak men, upper row, Pvt. D.C. Johnson and Pvt. Dean Dutton, and Pvt. Dana Fuller, and Pvt. Victor Peterson, bottom, helping with the blankets.

David J. Kaplan, recipient of the 1976 Ben Gershun Memorial Trophy for his services to the community, and David Gallner, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, discuss the trophy's new engraving. It reads "Giving Of Themselves to the State of…

Overturned truck...at bottom of Mosquito Creek. It skidded off the road which goes under the railroad trestle.

Truck Which Failed To Observe Sign...did this damage to Griswold storefronts early Wednesday.

Runaway Truck...came down Fourteenth Avenue, then took this wild route, shown by dotted line, between High and Pleasant Streets. It finally stopped between two houses in the background. The only victim was the garage.

A present from home . . . for Louise Brising was this handcrafted wooden Christmas tree. --Nonpareil Photo.

Putting their best feet forward, special guests at the ground breaking ceremony for Bethany Lutheran Home turned the first soil Sunday. Digging in are Mayor Joseph Katelman, 93-year-old Mrs. Helena Anderson, Iowa Gov. Robert Ray and Mrs. Ray,…

Ready For Worship...is this roomy church structure located in the Twin City Plaza community at 3005 Renner Drive. Mounds of dirt will be leveled when weather permit and other landscaping work done to beautify the exterior area of the edifice.

One Of First Families...Mr. and Mrs. William Perry and son Jimmy, of Twin City Baptist Church look over the area from church sign.

Soon To Be Joined . . . by another two-lane span just north of it is the Mormon Bridge across the Missouri river west of Crescent. Officials hope construction can start this year.

Twin spans of the Mormon Bridge look more alike every day. The structure on the right is new and will carry westbound traffic of Interstate Highway 680 when the bridge is completed next year. Workmen are currently pouring concrete for the new deck…

Pointing Out...her 'signature" on the anti-manager petition is Mrs. Rex L. White. Her husband's name appears three lines higher on the list

Signing Agreement...between two bus firms are James R. Kiger, president of Transit Co., seated, and James P. Lee, head of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Wedged Into Clay Bank...by the force of the impact is the wreckage of the prize winning customized convertible.

Viewing Sanctuary . . . of Gethsemane Church are the Rev. David Clark of Carson, Amos Armstrong, the Rev. Robert Hill, Mrs. Jerry Woods and Frank Smetana.

The body of David E. Rickabaugh, 35, of Sidney, Iowa, one of two men shot and killed in Glenwood Friday afternoon, lies on the street outside the residence of Sheila C. Horsman, as a photographer from the state Department of Criminal Investigation…
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