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$70,000 School Bond Election To Be April 13; Carter Lake Facilities Crowded
School Building...at Carter Lake is bulging with students. Additions to the original structure are visable [sic] at both right and left. Another four-room addition is proposed for the left or west wing.
$750,000 Mail Conveyor System Is Given Test Run
New Mail Conveyor...carries mail sacks on enclosed endless belt at left, travels underground to sorting tables at right. Sorted mail is moved on trucks fastened to endless overhead chain that is 2,900 feet long. Control panel for the system is near…
$8.5 Million Expansion Plan At Joslyn - Unique Museum Complex
Artist's Concept . . . of new North Wing of Joslyn Art Museum
$900,000 Apartment Complex To Be Built - Second Phase
Greenbriar Apartments' . . . second phase of construction is shown in this drawing by Roger L. Schutte & Associates, Omaha architects. The four large buildings will make up the 92-unit complex just south of the 48-unit complex now completed at Bennet…
$975,000 Bond Issue Goes To Glenwood Voters Monday
This Stately Old School . . . known as East Elementary School in Glenwood, will be closed down and be replaced by a larger, newer structure if voters in the Glenwood Community School District pass a $975,000 bond issue Monday. The new school, to be…
100 Feet Of Track Damaged By Fire On Railroad Trestle; Believed Started By Passing Train
Engineer F.L. Morris...returns to his train after emptying his fire extinguisher on burning trestle.
100-Year Award
"One-hundred Years of Progress" is the title of the plaque the Council Bluffs High School Class of 1928 presented Abraham Lincoln Monday night. It commemorates the school's 2100th anniversary and represents the three buildings which housed the high…
12 Judicial Districts In New Iowa Plan
Proposed New Third Judicial District . . . would have five judges.
12 Stories High:
New and prominent on the Ames landscape is this 12-story men's dormitory now nearing completion at Iowa State University. The upper floors will accommodate 600 men. Thye first two floors will house offices and meeting rooms. A second unit is to be…
12,000 spectators view C.B. parade
Police Said...about 12,000 people lined Broadway and Pearl Street to watch the Saturday council Bluffs Bicentennial parade. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Band sets the pace for the 108 entries in the long, winding parade. This picture gives a view…
12,000 watch C.B. parade
A Little Pioneer...is one of the many floats at the Council Bluffs Bicentennial Parade, which included 108 entries. Some floats were little, like this one, while others required a flat-bed truck.
12,000 watch C.B. parade
Zeta Chi Sorority...uses lots of red, white and blue for its float and costumes. The club, like many other organizations, spent many hours to make the parade a success. Behind the 'heritage" float rides a new Urban Renewal office building on…
12,000 watch C.B. parade
You've Come...a long way baby is the Fourth of July slogan of the Pottawattamie Legal Secretaries' float. While one typed on an electric machine, the other float rider used an antique typewriter.
12,000 watch C.B. parade
What's A Parade...without clowns. Here's a wagon load of Junior Clowns from the Moose Club. They are (front row) Nancy and Candy Black, Jody Thrain and Lloyd Schneckloth, and (behind) Todd Evans, Dennis Rockwell and Michelle Black.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
Ripped Away . . . from the east side of the Griffin Pipe Products plant were corrugated siding, roofing and glass. The explosion knocked out windows up to 400 feet away and most of the glass over the smelting and casting departments.
13 Explosion Victims Feel Lucky To Be Alive
A Miracle At The Griffin Plant . . . is discussed by Henry Woodford, Fred Witt and Don Friedrichsen, as the wait for treatment at Mercy Hospital.
150 Persons Hear Gov. Erbe At Dedication Of JEH Addition - 'Citizens Have Right To Be Proud'
Original Cornerstone . . . taken from 1905 building is inspected by Gov. Norman A. Erbe and Mis Dorothy Christensen. The old cornerstone will serve as a plaque in the new addition.
16-minute hearing. No protests to Ak-Bridge closure
At hearing . . . on closing the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge and its right-of-way are City Atty. Hugh Finerty and Asst. Iowa Atty. Gen. Robert Lego.--Nonpareil Photo.
1952 - Man Against The Missouri
Silent Vigils . . . were kept round the clock to watch the river along the flashboard, backed with dirt and walled with rows of sandbags. Miles of wire were strung to allow night-and-day work on the hurriedly built defenses. Council Bluffs went…
19th Century Home Is Sprawling, Elaborate - Builder Wanted Finest In Town
Stairway Design . . . is a good example of the painstaking detail found throughout the house. Leading from the downstairs reception room to upper bedrooms, it is made of solid oak. Massive window at the middle landing is 6 feet wide and 10 feet high.