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Lending A Helping Hand . . . to the movers Saturday is Mrs. Jerry Harper who occupied Unit No. 1 at Northgate Apartments. The apartment complex at 122 N. 31st St., was financed through two separate federal funds.

A Veterans Day program at Northcrest Care Center was conducted by members of the Auxiliary of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge Post 737, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Auxiliary member Theresa Dohse presents an Americal flag to Bill Solomon, 93, a World War I…

Brick building with large windows.
(1) Northcrest Manor Exterior . . . is brick and painted aluminum. Windows at left indicate dining room, at right, the lounge. The $230,000 convalescent and nursing center will admit its first patients Monday.

(2) Seventy-two By Thirty-three-foot…

Sketch of a large apartment building.
This Artist's Conception . . . shows the North Avenue Tower to be constructed on North Avenue and Highway 6 by the Seldin Development Co. The facility will provide 100 units of housing for the city's elderly residents. The Council Bluffs Low Rent…

A group of children on a bus waving to the camera.
A chartered busload of 44 Nonpareil carriers and three chaperones left Wednesday for Adventureland. The trip was a prize for carriers who had signed up seven new subscribers in a six-week period. Nonpareil Circulation Manager Chick Stoner said this…

A man standing near a printing press.
Checking A Copy . . . of The Nonpareil, Richard Petersen of the press crew sees how much ink is being printed on the pages. The new press will be an offset press, which means the ink will not be printed directly on the paper from the plates. The…

Nixon, Richard M. & Family
File #2: 11/05/1968 -

An applauding crowd.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon flashes the victory sign to a huge crowd assembled at the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum on Oct. 29, 1970. He was in Nebraska to campaign for GOP hopefuls. He later returned to Nebraska Jan. 14, 1971, to honor the University…

Crowd in a park.
This Is Part Of The Crowd . . . of more than 8,000 people which jammed Bayliss Park in 1960 to hear Richard Nixon in his bid for the presidency. Mrs. Nixon, noting all the reporters and photographers present for the occasion quipped that she now knew…

Three men at a podium.
Introduction By Nixon . . . of A.M. Piper catches The Nonpareil editor by surprise. Nixon termed Piper "one of my best friends and even if I had no other reason for coming to Council Bluffs, it would be to say hello to him." That's Rep. Ben Jensen's…

Crowd in a park.
(top) Crowd At Bayliss Park . . . is estimated at 8,000 by security officers. Part of the huge turnout is shown in this picture, taken from the roof of a building across from the park.

(bottom) Approaching The Speaker's Platform . . . Mrs. Nixon…
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