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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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An Open Bible...is being painted on the north outside wall of Central Baptist Church by the Rev. James Channell of Sioux Falls, S.D. The Rev. Charles Proud, passtor of the church, is standing on the ladder below. The gigantic Bible measures 11 feet…

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Presenting A Picture . . . of a 1913 world champion racing horse team to be used in the fire station as City Councilman Ron Cleveland looks on is DeVere Watson of Council Bluffs. The horses were named after a former mayor of Council Bluffs, Lou…

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interior of mall, near Orange Julius store; sunlight through the mall's skylights

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Boy with a Leaky Boot statue, acting as a fountain, in Centre Point Mall. May with hose kneeling by the fountain, filling it with water

Centre Point Mall
Name changed to Centre Point 5/10/88
Prior history, see: Midlands Mall

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First Public School...in Council Bluffs is toured Thursday by 210 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students of Roosevelt School. The children are accompanied by John Spauling, their principal, and several teachers.

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Cutting Ribbon . . . to officially open Interstate 80 at Avoca is Secretary of State Gary Cameron, assisted by State Representative Burl Scott, Highway Commission Chairman Harry J. Bradley Jr., and Congressman John R. Hansen.

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Extensive Improvements Are Planned...by Chicago Great Western Railroad on the property shown here. At center and at right are the old roundhouse and repair track buildings that will be torn down to make way for new facilities. At left is the new…

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Datsun auto with driver's door open, blood on ground (gravel surface) and on the driver's seat

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Rear view of Corvette, Mills County license plate EFJ773, angled onto gravel shoulder of paved highway (275 South); driver's door open. Datsun, with front door open, in background.

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close-up of driver's side seat, blood on seat , with sunglasses on the seat

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head and shoulders profile of a man, identified on the bottom of the photo as Charles Chadwich, 1981

Chadwick, Charles N.,
Elkhorn, Nebraska
Accused of murder of Kate and Stanley Fisher 9/16/81
Hrbek, John Lee #2--also accused

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Photo, from the street, of the Chalet Motor Lodge. Sign says: "Quality Motor Lodge," and "Finest Food in C.B."
Date on back: 4-70

Chalet Motor Lodge & Lounge
1530 Ave. G
Torn down about 2008-09
Lakin owns it

Chamber of Commerce CB
up to and thru 1988

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Merchants along the Courthouse Square in Glenwood are "as competitive as they can be" said Don Bruce, president of the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce. Earlier this year, there was only one empty storefront on the square.

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New Site Plan . . . for the Jennie Edmundson Hospital building program is shown here in relation to adjoining residential properties. The route of earth moving machines also is indicated.

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The Iowa Highway Commission has approved a stop sign arrangement for the intersection of Highways 275, 92 and 375 in southeast Council Bluffs. East-west traffic will not be required to stop while north-south traffic will stop. Construction of the…
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