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Undercover Work At Dam
Inside The Shelter . . . construction laborer Willard Stultz, 1624 Fourth Ave., works at the intake end of the big concrete tube that carries water from Mosquito Creek to Lake Manawa. Glen Durst, construction technician for the State Conservation…
Underdog Role An Old Experience For Curly - Admits He's Trailing Hughes But . . .
Pensive Hultman . . . gazes out window of his Waterloo home as he considers the political battle ahead.
Underwood Bank Robber Shot By Omaha Marksman
Richard L. Shatto
Unearth Fire Well at Main and Broadway; Creates Traffic Problem
Old Fire Well...at Main Street and Broadway is being uncovered by power shovel before it is filled in with sand and covered up permanently. Note the spectators at left. Traffic in background is being routed off Broadway at Fourth Street.
Unified Court Legislation Now Top Priority
Rep. George Knoke
Union Pacific Bridge Carries Transcontinental Traffic
Over the Union Pacific bridge, pictured in the foreground above, passes the nation's transcontinental traffic. The bridge carries the passenger trains and most of the freight trains of all railroads between Council Bluffs and Omaha. In the background…
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Map showing tracks owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in the United States west of Chicago.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
Union Pacific locomotive in a rail yard.
Nonpareil 3-66 written on the reverse side.
Nonpareil 3-66 written on the reverse side.
Union Pacific Locomotive File 1
The Union Pacific Transfer Depot, undated.
Union Pacific Makes Executive Changes
John C. Kenefick
Union Pacific Spruces Up
The Union Pacific Railroad yards at Seventeenth Street and Fourteenth Avenue are a bit more glamorous. Trees have been planted along the tracks and all the light poles have been painted a light green. There also are flower pots hanging from each of…
Unique Design Makes Building Bridge Difficult
Looking At First Pier...completed for the Interstate Highway 80 bridge over the Missouri River here is James Presnell, resident construction engineer for the Iowa Highway Commission.
Unique Maneuver By Army Helps Blaze Lincoln Highway
Trailblazing Convoy . . . moves across Pennsylvania on the unpaved Lincoln Highway in this 1919 snapshot owned by Lloyd Roper.
Unique Maneuver By Army Helps Blaze Lincoln Highway
Leftover Road Signs . . . from a bygone motor era are "rediscovered" by Richard Willey and Lloyd W. Roper.
Unique Summer Programs At Iowa Deaf - From Surveys To Assembly Lines
Viewing A Filmstrip . . . in the Life program at Iowa School for the Deaf is Adam Hirsch of Council Bluffs.
Unknown Tie Binds Jo Ann Walton, 14, To the 6 Deaf-blind Children at ISD
Playing Together...are Mark Mathias, Virginia Ver Helst, Jo Ann Walton and Bobbie Shaw, with Eddie Howard in the background.
UP Plans 2 1/2 Million Program For Bluffs
New Diesel Engine House...whose site is roughly shown here is part of a $2,500,000 improvement project for the Union Pacific Railroad yards in Council Bluffs. Access tracks to the new engine house will necessitate relocation of the stock yards, lower…
Up too 800 a day. Hungry monster eats old autos
Junker autos . . . are baled and sheared at the rate of 800 a day in the new giant machine that just went into operation at the Alter Company yard, 2603 Ninth Ave. An auto, minus motor and wheels, is loaded into a hopper. It will hold four cars.
Urge Change in Voting Precincts; Demo Chief Files Plan With Council
Proposed Ward Map...would have 15 precincts, instead of the present 19. The Fifth Ward would be reduced to two precincts, the First Ward to three precincts and the Third Ward to two precincts. Compare this map with the present one, printed below.
Urge Reopening of McMillen Unit; 430 Sign Petition Given School Board
Reopening of McMillen School...would include only that part to the left of the dotted line. The older front part would either be razed or walled off to prevent its use. The building is now used for storage and repair shop for school equipment.