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"Old Faithful" Flows On
City sewer employees have dubbed this flow of backwater from the Sixth avenue sewer manhole in Dodge park as "Old Faithful." The top of the manhole is below the river level, and is pouring thousands of gallons of water on the golf course. The pipe…
"Speedy No. 13"
"Speedy No. 13"///is the theme of this mural which covers a large area of the wall near the school auditorium. It is studied by Diane Weed, Dawn Runyon and Rick Lanegan. Sketches for proposed murals are presented by students for approval before new…
[Negatives]
4x5 negatives of various subjects. Most were taken by John "Jack" Kennedy, long-time Nonpareil photographer.
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections
$10 - $12 Million Shop Center Eyed - At Madison Avenue - Interstate 80
Madison Mall In Council Bluffs . . . as H. Lee Gendler and Irvin Gendler say the 65-acre shopping center will look when opened in 1975. Construction work on the $10 to $12 million first phase, to provide some 500,000 square feet of space for several…
$114,000 Building Planned For Goodyear Tire Firm - At Seventh And Broadway
A new Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Service Store will be built at 700-715 W. Broadway on property belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coziahr. The 50 by 172 foot structure will cost $114,000 and is scheduled to be in use by June 1, 1968.
$150,000 Fire Destroys Raven Feed Plant Here; Simpson Not Sure About Rebuilding
Swinging Aerial ladder...into position--shortly after 5 a.m.--firemen prepare to pour water on the blazing roof of the Raven Feed Plant elevator. A few moments later Pipeman Early Hanson, atop the ladder, directed a stream of water onto the…
$200,000 Addition, Gym Planned At Holy Family
This New Addition . . . is being planned at Holy Family School. The four-room addition is at the left and a connecting gymnasium at the right.
$3.2 Million Creek Flood Control Plan Calls For Decision: Is It Worth The Cost? - It's Ready To Go - On Paper
Caked With Silt . . . less than two years after a $100,000 cleanup job, the Indian Creek conduit provides its own argument for flood control. This is the section north of Sixteenth Avenue.
$4 Million Beefland Plant Gets Off The Cold Ground
Off The Ground . . . are the first of a scheduled 186 concrete columns that will be the walls of Beefland International, Inc.'s $4 million plant here. Standing in front of the project is David Slechta, carpenter with Anderson Construction Co., of…
$400,000 Expansion Planned; H&K Will Have A New Name
Solid-State Circuit Boards . . . are assembled at H and K Products plant here. Clarence W. Huntley, who founded the firm with his wife and Tom Walker of Council Bluffs, looks over the shoulders of Marcia Sarratt and Catherine Campbell.
$5.52 million election set Feb. 19, Council gives go-ahead for library bond issue
Displaying architectural drawings . . . of the proposed new library is Librarian Mildred Smock. Voters will decide Feb. 19 whether to issue $5.52 million in bonds for construction of the building. -Nonpareil photo.
$50,000 Modernization Project By Meadow Gold
Examining New Ice Builder . . . are Manager Joseph Cardani and Supt. George Skinner.
$61,000 In Holdup Loot Returned To Bluffs Bank
Loading Over $61,000 In Bills . . . are deputy U.S. Marshals Jesse Lathrum and Mark Hayes of Des Moines, who transported the money to the First National Bank. The money was stolen in the June 30, 1971 holdup of the bank's westside office.
$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…