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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Dodge Memorial Park with snow.

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Black Angel re-dedication at Dodge Memorial Park

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Black Angel re-dedication at Dodge Memorial Park

Annexation CB & Suburban
5,600 people live on outskirts of Bluffs, but . . . It would be hard to annex suburban area. March 20, 1960
Nonpareil poll indicates . . . Landholders undecided on annexation. September 8, 1963
City to file petitions of…

Apples
Harrison County apples compete for a piece of marketplace pie. March 18, 1987
Woodbine plants lands second grant. May 21, 1987
Cold takes bit out of apple crop. April 20, 1988
Woodbine hopes apples at core of prosperity. April 24,…

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New street signs . . . have been installed by the city and are the first visual signs of annexation in the Manawa community. Wes Clausen, assistant superintendent of traffic, views on such sign marking Navajo Street and a private (Pickard Lane)…

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Working headquarters of Aqua-Farms Inc. near Macedonia is this uncompleted building that houses big fish tanks, processing shop and offices. Leaving the building are Steve Hansen, president, and Larry Vorse of Council Bluffs, board chairman.
The…

Aqua Farms
Biologists employ scientific techniques C.B. men rejuvenate farm ponds. June 3, 1973
Fish thriving on 'Donna farm'. October 18, 1975

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Small fish . . . are fed by Hansen. The fish are kept in a wire holding cages in one of the quarries. Eager eaters, the small fish gain fast on the commercial feed, are later turned loose in the lake.

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Fish hauling transport . . used for bringing in stock from Wisconsin and southern states is checked by Hansen, a graduate fisheries biologist who manages the farm.

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One of two . . . former rock quarries contains about 35 feet of clean, cool water which is used for circulation through a series of holding tanks for commercial fish while the primitive area around the lakes provide ideal sites for 50-75 camping…

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Amtrak (Railpax) Nat'l RR Passengers Corp.
Milwaukee joins Amtrak route. No date.
Bluffs is on rail network. December 2, 1970
Railpax expansion announced. January 28, 1971
Railpax return of the passenger train. February 10, 1971
Railpax…

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Supervising the project . . . is Shirley Schermer of Maquoketa. Volunteers work on a trench investigation of an earthquake, east of county road L-31 in Mills County. --Nonpareil photo by Abbie Jones.

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photo of Roger Bertrand, 4th judicial district court administrator, at his desk

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Abe Leibovitz...is loaded into a police cruiser car for a trip to the hospital by Officer J.G. Olderog
[photo is duplicate of Best_Pictures_Best_Stories_2_10_1956_1956_11.jpg, but with inked outlines of Leibovitz and Olderog]

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This Revolver...was picked up at the scene by police. One cartridge was fired; four others had misfired. Shown here is the map of a plat of West Side property, believed to have been the cause for the disagreement.

Area 13 Education Agency (Loess Hills)
Former Treynor Missile Base Hwy 92
Multi-county area school library center set here. February 25, 1966
Area library center for 7 counties. March 20, 1966
In advisory capacity, 15 area appointed to serve…

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Installation of a new computer for the Area 13 Data Processing Center at the old Treynor Missile Base site is expected to be completed early next week. The computer was being installed this week. Inspecting the equipment are Ed Somer, advisory field…
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