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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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A Car Crossing...the railroad on Washboard Road must be within 11 feet of the rail before the driver's line of sight is clear to the curve east of the intersection.

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Pedestrian Crossings . . . and the sidewalks leading to them at the recently opened intersection of Broadway and Relocated Highway 6 are shown by the heavy black lines in this map prepared by the Police Department. All crossings are controlled by…

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Still a reader . . . after 75 years, Harry Crowl Sr. reflects on his memories as a library patron. He was 10 years old when the building was dedicated, he said. Schools in Crowl's student days had fewer study materials for students, so many classes…

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Arnolds Park, June 29 - Crowning Miss Iowa - Placing the crown of Miss Iowa on the head of Kay Nielson, 22, of Council Bluffs, is Muriel Fairchild, who recently was crowned Miss Minnesota. The two will compete in the Miss Universe contest at Long…

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Turning In Collections...from some of their pledges to Mel Fickenscher, superintendent of Bethany Lutheran Home, and Dennis Rutledge, their youth representative, are Tom Kuck, Craig Newberg and Cheryl Lieurance.

Nonpareil 2011 Flood Special ocr.pdf
A special issue included in the Sunday, November 13, 2011 issue of the Daily Nonpareil. It details the flooding that occurred in Council Bluffs and other Southwest Iowa cities located near the Missouri River.

Nonpareil Sauganash Monument Dedication May 24, 2015 Ocr.pdf
A special issue included in the Sunday, May 24, 2015 issue of the Daily Nonpareil. It covers the Sauganash memorial dedication and documents how Billy Caldwell (Sauganash) led a band of Potawatomi in establishing what would become Council Bluffs.

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Squirrels Dine...in deluxe accommodations, serviced by Berg.

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Unbelievable Beauty . . . is created by the contrast of the ebony black finish of the etagere in the front hall of the Historic General Dodge House and the mother-of-pearl embellishments. Mrs. Michael Terry, guide, said "It is easily moveable on its…

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Sign says "Leaving DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge."

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Man kneeling next to frozen water with a tape measure and axe laying on the ground.

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Visitor center entrance of De Soto National Wildlife Refuge

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Visitor center entrance of De Soto National Wildlife Refuge


A sound plan at DeSoto Bend. (May 5)
By Otto Knauth. The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge lake will be reopened . . . No date.
By Otto Knauth. Iowa turned down an "informal proposal" . . . No date.
By Otto Knauth. Should Iowa’s DeSoto National…

De Soto Nat'l Wildlife Refuge #2 - 1980's (-1990's)
Upset over treatment of DeSoto. No date.
Avian cholera outbreak claims 2,300 birds at DeSoto refuge. January 13, 1980
DeSoto planning to burn fields. March 30, 1980
To exhibit Bertrand…
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