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2 New Junior High Schools Racing Toward Completion; With Classes Opening Sept. 5
A Center Court...adds a touch of beauty to Woodrow Wilson Junior High at Twenty-first Street and Avenue H. Seen from the locker corridor, the court also opens on the cafeteria, the library and art rooms.
2 Queens Meet Shape To Shape - Iowa Beauties Excel In Dancing
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.
2,000 New Homes Constructed In Bluffs In Last 5 Years
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.
2,000 New Homes Constructed In Bluffs In Last 5 Years
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…
2,200 Workers To March On Polio Thursday Night
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.
2,500 Turkeys Are Processed Each Day; At Blue Star Plant
Hooked For Surgery...on the boning line, the holiday bird is butchered by Mrs. Margaret Morrison, 21 Kimberly Drive.
2,500 Turkeys Are Processed Each Day; At Blue Star Plant
A Ton Of Turkey...in perforated container is lowered by Walter Igou, 2725 S. 6th St., into a vat of bubbling cooking broth.
2,686 in a year unwanted 'pets' put to death
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.…
218 West Broadway
2 photographs of 218 West Broadway. Hamm's beer sign.
24 injured at grain elevator
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…
25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McQuin of Underwood will observe their silver wedding anniversary with an open house at their farm home Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. The couple was married March 8, 1934, at Nebraska City, Neb. They have three daughters, Patricia at…
26,000 Meals In '83? - 300 Volunteers Make It Possible
Delivering Meals . . . to Mr. and Mrs. David Dennie, 830 E. Pierce, is Meals On Wheels volunteer Mrs. James Somers, 906 Grandview Ave. The program is helpful to people like the Dennies, who have special dietary needs, but whose health problems make…
3 Bluffs Students Graduate At Lincoln
Miss Nielson
3 More Dodge Rooms To Have Spirit of 1870s
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.
3 More Dodge Rooms TO Have Spirit Of 1870s
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.
3 More Rock Dikes Planned For River Here
Current Diversion . . . in Missouri River is accomplished by this rock dock jutting out from Council Bluffs shore, just north of I-480 bridge.
30 Men Launch Fund Drive For Industrial Foundation
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.…
30-Year East German Captivity Ends
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.
33 Will Move Monday Into Little Flower Haven Home - Two Days of Dedication Slated
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.
36 Chamber Members Initiate Transit Firm's Airline Buses; New Behicles Cost $26,000 Each
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.