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New Voting Machines Arrive
The new voting machines for Pottawattamie County are starting to arrive. Doug Primmer, county auditor and election commissioner, and Gary Galle, deputy in charge of elections, inspect the first shipment. the 89 machines, which cost $2,206 each, will…
New unit for county
New County Ambulance that went into service late Tuesday is the first such vehicle in the state that bears the new national standard colors, according to director Wayne McCunn. The new unit is white, orange and black, will replace Squad 1, the…
New U.P. Viaduct Is Great Convenience for Employes [sic]
This new viaduct, more than 400 feet long, in the Union Pacific yards, was recently completed for the safety and convenience of employes [sic], who formerly were forced to go a roundabout way to their place of employment in the yards. Cost of…
New U.P. Engine is Latest Giant
This locomotive, "old 58", is of the type in use on the Union Pacific at the time of the driving of the golden spike. This engine is now traveling across country and being shown in conjunction with the railroad's latest type locomotives, picture of…
New U Of I Music Hall
A new footbridge across the Iowa River leads to the Music Building construction on the arts campus at the University of Iowa. The School of Music will move into the building during the second semester. Ned L. Ashton, Iowa City consulting engineer and…
New Superintendent Here To Discuss New Budget
Making Plans . . . for the 1972-73 city school budget are Dr. Leonard Gregory, incoming superintendent, and Dr. Robert Benton, outgoing superintendent of schools.
New Super Highway To Spare Dodge Park - Plans For Ball Diamond Out, But . . .
The Tentative Route . . . of the proposed Interstate Highway through west Council Bluffs is shown by dotted lines. The "X" indicates the point where a new park was to be located.
New Store Plans Opening
Bill Clark, manager of the new B.F. Goodrich store at Broadway and Twenty-fifth Street, said Saturday the store's grand opening will be the first week in December. The store is presently open for business.
New Sheriff Assessing Job - 'Appreciative Of Support'
Sheriff Mike Kerns . . . examines a floral greeting he received from Lt. Kerry Cozad and his wife, Janet. It's a giant chrysanthemum designed to represent Sheriff Kerns - complete with glasses, a badge and a light dusting of gray "hair."
New School Will Face Scott St.; Proposed Building to Cost $475,000
Catching Rain Water...at Washington School is Joseph G. Basch, 2121 Avenue A., custodian. Students have to walk around the buckets on rainy days.
New School Site
More than five acres of land were purchased Wednesday for the new four-room primary school in the Harrison District. This picture taken facing south from the intersection of Grand and De Long Avenues, shows the plot. Facing Grand, it runs in an…
New school official 'drawn' to CB system
Dick Christie
New School
Nearing completion is the new Glendale School in Garner Township. Work was started by C.C. Larson on the $65,000 structure in November. Completion date is set for the Aug. 28 school opening.
New Sanctuary For Old Church
Picking Out Hymns . . . for Sunday's dedication service are the Rev. Richard D. Hogan, pastor of the First Christian Church, and organist Berneil Hanson. Some of the pipes from the 1,800-pipe Wicks Organ in the sanctuary can be seen in the…
New Restaurant:
A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens King's Food Host here Monday. At the event are John Kerry, manager; Douglas Peters, Chamber of Commerce president; Henry Kaufman, public relations manager; and Mayor Eldon Evans. The restaurant at 317 W.…
New Restaurant Opening Planned
Ready To Open . . . is King's Food Host, which has done extensive remodeling on it s building, an old theater.
New Rest Stops Thoroughly Modern - Loveland Spot On Interstate 80
Inside Looking Out . . . is attendant Bob Millett, who checks tourist information on folding display board at the Loveland rest stop on Interstate 80. From this workshop he can view the parking area, still coated in winter white, through the window.
New Rest Areas
Travelers along Interstate Highway 29 just south of Council Bluffs take a breather during their driving at one of the two newly opened rest area facilities. Each includes restrooms, picnic areas and a tourist information guide, showing travelers…
New Power House Construction
Photograph of "the new power house" under construction. Taken July 10, 1898 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
New Power For CGW
Edward T. Reity, president of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, accepts delivery of one of eight powerful new diesels the line is placing into service this month from R.L. Terrell (on left), vice president of General Motors and general…