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Architectural drawing of a building.
(top) Remodeled and Expanded . . . The Nonpareil building will look like this architect's sketch. This is the Pearl Street side, showing a new entrance where a private street now serves the newspaper. The addition, to the right, will house mechanical…

Two men holding an award plaque.
Freedom Of Information Award . . . is presented to Harry Mauck Jr. at Atlanta, Ga., by E.W. Schergens, retiring president of the National Editorial Assn. - AP Wirephoto

Eight people seated on the ground at a luau and a man playing a guitar.
The Traditional Luau . . . is known as the "Feast of the Islands" and includes the many exotic foods and dishes native to the South Seas. This will be one of the features of The Nonpareil's Hawaiian trip.

A clocktower on a city street.
(top) At Bern, Switzerland . . . Nonpareil travelers, on the right, take pictures of the Town Clock - while mechanical men strike the glockenspiel. Tourists from India, Italy, Germany and Turkey are in the crowd with cameras flashing.

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A group of six adults posing for the camera.
Squinting In The Mist . . . from Niagara Falls are a group of Nonpareil tourists, including Jack Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stamp, Mrs. Ada Rockwell, Mrs. Lynn Alberti and Mrs. Clara Corbin. The Stamps are from Walnut; the rest from Council Bluffs.

Three people looking at a computer screen.
Teamwork . . . went into the production of Friday's Nonpareil as the news staff began working directly on the front-end computer system. Here Compugraphic One Systems Applications Manager Kathee Belvin guides Nonpareil Wire Editor Glen Fahrenkrug and…

A smiling young man in a stock at a tourist attraction.
Trying Out Stocks . . . at Public Gaol, in Williamsburg, Va., is Eddie Henningsen, son of Nonpareil tour director Ron Henningsen of Council Bluffs.

Man and woman viewing mountains.
Admiring The Scenery . . . in Switzerland are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stephens of Council Bluffs. They are on the Butin Bridge over the Arv River. Geneva and the French Alps are in the background.

A group of women sitting outdoors under an umbrella table.
(top) Watching French Go By . . . from the most famous sidewalk cafe in Paris are members of the Nonpareil Holiday tour. This is the Cafe de la Paix on the Place de l'Opera. Paris is loaded with sidewalk cafes, which do a tremendous business with…

Tourists view a gravesite surrounded by a picket fence.
In Arlington National Cemetery . . . tourists view and photograph the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy. This was one of the last stops by Nonpareil tourists before they returned to Council Bluffs.

A group of people holding up beer steins.
When In Munich . . . do like the Germans, and this is just what a dozen members of The Nonpareil European Holiday travelers did. Here, in Munich's famed Hofbrauhaus, are (left to right): Covert T. Brown, Mrs. Marie Ross, Genevieve Jacobsen, Mrs.…

Harry Mauck Jr. . . . spent 44 years on The Nonpareil, serving in various positions from reporter to managing editor. His last position was associate editor, writing editorials and covering the Iowa legislature.

A man stands next to a large computer.
Inspecting new computer . . . is Robert Fischer, superintendent of The Nonpareil's mechanical department.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil Centennial Edition May 1, 1957
One Hundred Years For The Nonpareil
Western Union Telegram from Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Nonpareil Story 1857 - 1957
Politics, Times - - Both Hard
A Mere Western Outpost

Nine posing baseball players.
(Back Row) John Wheeler, John Henry, Art Bostedt, Arnold Wadum, Leory Wallace
(Front Row) Dave Rayburn, Al Wallace, Ernest Brown, Ray Kent
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