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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Waiting Room...at Cogley Clinic is like a large living room. It has wrought iron furniture, modern lamps and a front picture window.

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The meandering deer wandered into town late in the afternoon and wound up in Indian Creek near Sixth Avenue.

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Hold It, Mr. Deer...you can't jump out of Indian Creek. The deer and his companion find this out as they get an escorted tour through the creek and out of town. A pair of unidentified hersdmen help show the way.

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The Neola Turnoff Sign . . . marks point near the end of the new I-80, to be completed soon. Neola is at left of highway.

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Two Miss Iowas . . . demonstrate one of the secrets of winning beauty contests. Kay Nielson and Jacque Baker demonstrate the proper technique for catching a judge's eye, keeping the knees together when posing.

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New Neighborhood Additions...such as Midway Manor have resulted from a five-year building boom here. These are some of the 121 homes built in this section. In the background is Roberts Park, also a product of the last 5 years.

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About 160 Homes...are planned for this area outside the city limits where Bennett Ave. (the longest one) joins with Franklin Ave. The River Bend Construction Co. plans 119 homes in the area immediately behind the existing line of homes. Thomas…

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Contributing With His Left Arm...to the polio fund, which paid for the treatment of his right arm, is Bobby Munyon. His mother, Mrs. Harley Munyon, accepts the contribution.

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Hooked For Surgery...on the boning line, the holiday bird is butchered by Mrs. Margaret Morrison, 21 Kimberly Drive.

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A Ton Of Turkey...in perforated container is lowered by Walter Igou, 2725 S. 6th St., into a vat of bubbling cooking broth.

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More and more . . . unwanted animals - dogs, cats, birds --are facing destruction in Council Bluffs as owners either "dump" them of fall to claim them at the Animal Shelter. Animals are killed by injection or by being put into an airless chamber.…

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2 photographs of 218 West Broadway. Hamm's beer sign.

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Before Firefighters Arrived...the wooden elevators of the Bluffs Elevator Co. were a wall of flame. George R. Cockle photographed this scene standing on a locomotive about 300 yards from the fire. It was taken about 5 minutes after the initial…

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In Newly Restored Room . . . at the General Dodge House are Mrs. John Whittaker, chairman of the Dodge House Board of Trustees, and J. Frederic Schlott, chairman of the City Park Board.

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Campaign Cards . . . are distributed at the Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation, Inc. breakfast. Howard Bessire, left, gives one to C.E. Baird, right foreground. Others at the breakfast are: James Mulqueen, Harold Beckman, Robert H. O'Brien, E.C.…

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Ernest Kephart, 86, and his daughter Belle Kephart of Council Bluffs are anxiously awaiting the return of their son and brother, Arnold, who recently walked to freedom after being held captive for 30 years behind the Berlin Wall.

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Little Flower Haven . . . rests on a hilltop site at the edge of Earling. The front and south wing of the nursing and retirement facility are seen here.

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Welcoming Abord...Chamber President C.W. (Bill) Emarine and Mayor Noran Davis is Transit President James R. Kiger. They were among the first persons to ride the new bus.

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At Golden Reunion...for Class of '14. Art Whitman, left, 101 Greenwood, class treasurer; Ed Spetman, 146 Norton; Mrs. Whitman, class secretary, and Edwing F. Fuller of Glendale, Calif., in front. From left standing are James Leverett of Des Moines,…
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