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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

[on back of photo:
"First Meeting under city manager system. April 3, 1950"

One Line of Authority...pinpoints responsibility under the Council-Manager form of government. Voters elect a Council. The Council hires a manager. The manager runs the city.

Divided Control...reaches a peak under Mayor-Council government. Each ward picks its representative. The representative joins his counterparts in a nine-way control of the city.

Since 1909, the City National Bank has encouraged the development of this community and aided by financing farmers, merchants and manufacturers in Council Bluffs and Southwestern Iowa. Each day all the facilities of this Bank have been available to…

Money-Studded Ribbon . . . is cut by Miss Council Bluffs to open the drive-up TV banking service at City National Bank. Assisting with the ribbon cutting are Robert Turner, chairman of the board, and Roland Tornblom, president.

Maps of Four Areas . . . selected for the Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) pilot program of garbage collection also show on which days collections will be made. Residents of these areas will be receiving free plastic bags on Sept. 10, enough for three…

Demolition Order . . . applies to this three-story structure in downtown Council Bluffs, a landmark dating back to Civil War times.

Planning Engineer S. Herbert Hare presents Master Development Plan to Commission Chairman Henry K. Peterson

Taking The Oath Of Office . . . from City Clerk Elmer Westphal Saturday is Mayor Ben Hoden who was elected by other city councilmen to the one-year post. Past Mayor John Pogge was elected mayor pro tem.

City's muddy streets are a perpetual problem. But more than 110 blocks of new pavement are on the agenda for next spring.

Heads-On View...shows the advanced design of new model buses to be added by City Transit Lines, Inc. Better driver visibility is a major feature.

photo of City Transit Lines bus, at corner of Vine and N. Main. Man standing outside door of bus, pointing forward; driver in bus preparing to pull out onto street.

Photo of 3 men exiting through door labeled "City Manager Information". Two of the men identified (on back of photo) as Roy C. Rolfe and Ron Kiger.

City Transit Lines, Inc.
CB Bus Line
2800 Ave. A
See Metro Area Transit

A Switch Is Thrown . . . by M.E. Rew, adding the first fluoride to city water. Checking fluoridation equipment from left, are: Robert Young, and Carl Blomgren and Daryl Ebert.

Twisted Ruins of Building . . . flattened by fire late Saturday were in the focus of fire officials attempting to determine the cause Monday. Salvage crews worked Monday to untangle the mass of roof and steel that collapsed during the fire at Arnold…
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