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Big crowd learns how to bet on 'the pups'
Cocktail waitresses serve a capacity crown in the clubhouse area. Each table also has a monitor.
Big Handshake
Big Handshake. Gwen Bachman. six-foot eleven-inch center on the Quachita Baptist University women's basketball team is greeted by Larry Anderson of the Council Bluffs Jaycees at a reception held Monday at Holiday Inn for teams and coaches entered in…
Big Hole In Parking Lot Reveals Old Brick Tunnel
Viewing The Gaping Hole . . . near the Jennie Edmundson Hospital driveway entrance is David Holcomb, assistant administrator.
Big Lake Gets Bigger
With the 10-inch dredge now operating in its third season, Big Lake has been deepened by a minimum of eight feet over approximately 12 acres. water lilies give the dredge operators toruble by clogging the intake of the suction line.
Big Lake Park Here Is Gaining In Popularity; Let's Take A Ride
A Grassy Playground...close to Gilbert's Pond is one of the inviting areas of Big Lake Park in the northern part of Council Bluffs.
Big Scoop for J student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Big Scoop For J Student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…
Big-Hearted Woman Wanted Home for Soldiers' Orphans
The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.
Biggest Furnace In Town Being Built - At Griffin Pipe Plant . . .
Giant Outer Shell . . . of the annealing furnace is in place at the Griffin Pipe Division plant. Workmen with transits, in foreground, are checking levels for installing foundations for other equipment.
Biggest Furnace In Town Being Built - At Griffin Pipe Plant . . .
Inside The Furnace . . . Charles Sullivan of Omaha works on the 18-inch brick lining which will protect the shell from the 1,800-degree operating temperatures.
Biggest Problem Is MBR Customers
A Pile Of Bags . . . placed on the steps behind a parked car makes the job as Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) operator very difficult for Everett Malone.
Biggest Problem Is MBR Customers
Snaring A Portion . . . of the bags, Malone wonders whether they will all make it. Residents have been asked not to place bags close to obstacles.
Binz, Most Reverend Leo
photograph of Archbishop Leo Binz, in clerical robes and mitre, seated. Date on back of photo is 9-58; used by Nonpareil on March 14, 1960
Birds are for people
Perched behind glass . . . in the wild bird collection, eagle, hawk. and owls are among about 360 specimens in the Stempel collection. Some other are on display at Iowa Western Community College. -- Nonpareil photo.
Birds are for people
Perched behind glass . . . in the wild bird collection, eagle, hawk. and owls are among about 360 specimens in the Stempel collection. Some other are on display at Iowa Western Community College. -- Nonpareil photo.