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Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Joe Katelman and Pete Pakey at Ak Bridge
Ak span's 8 decade use ends
This pix was taken before 1913, perhaps near the turn of the century, said Mrs. Wilson. John F. Allen, tollmaster.
Ak-Sar-Ben buys Douglas Street Bridge
The Douglas street bridge, which Council Bluffs voters refused to purchase for $2,500,000 last Nov. 6 was sold by the tram and bridge companies Monday to the Ak-Sar-Ben organization in Omaha for $2,350.00. Tram company officials made the deal with…
Site a blaze
City Electrician L. W. Roper, rear, and Fire Chief Waldo Merrill enter the burned out home of Mrs. Richard M. Allen at 3207 Sixth Ave. after the fire was extinguished. Four of Mrs. Allen's five children died in the blaze Wednesday night. Story on…
Fund drive started for mother of fire victims
Discussing details . . . of the Eilene Allen fund are Mrs. John Tyson, treasurer; the Rev. Antonion Ramirez, president; Mrs. George White, secretary. --Nonpareil Photo.
Fund drive started for mother of fire victims
Ready to leave . . . Mercy Hospital are Mrs. Eilene Allen and her son, Billie.
One hearse carried 4 caskets to Oaklawn Cemetery Sunday
Roses for mother. . . of the four Allen boys buried Sunday in these white caskets are plucked from the sprays at her request by the Rev. Raymond Lott at the cemetery near Oakland. --Nonpareil Photo.
Ambulance service C.B. & Pott. County
Training periods . . . fill the gap between runs for the medical technicians. Utilizing this time to freshen up on previous training and keep abreast of new equipment are Mulvania and Hazelwood. They use a new type of visual gauge for taking blood…
Ambulance crew always on move
A staff of 13 trained emergency medical technicians man the two units of the Pottawattamie County Ambulance Division on a 24-hour basis to provide emergency ambulance service over the entire Western end of the county.
When the units...
When the units . . . back into their headquarters at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, the first operation is to check and clean up equipment. Danny Jordan wipes up the unit to keep it spotless while Pat Stiles checks the resusitator [resuscitator]…
Ambulance Service CB & Pott. County
White Pontiac Catalina with a light on the roof. The window says, "Pottawattamie County." Four men and one woman stand around the car. The back of the photo says, "New ambulance."
Bluffs gets 2 new ambulances
Ready to go in one of two new Council Bluffs ambulances is Emergency Medical Technician Jack Osborne. The paid cost 45,000, with $20,000 of that coming from a federal grant. These are the first "city" ambulances in recent years. One will be on…
Ambulance crews now talk to C.B. hospitals via radios.
Receiving a message . . . on a new high frequency two-way radio system at jennie Edmundson Hospital is Mrs. Rita Pierson, supervisor of the hospital's emergency room. She is talking directly to a technician from a Southwest Iowa ambulance en route to…
Traffic a big problem for ambulance unit
Equipment . . . in the Pottawattamie County Ambulance is demonstrated by Matt martin, on stretcher, Keith Harris and Director Wayne McCunn. --Nonpareil Photo.
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…
Seldin memorial
Independent Insurance Agents Wednesday presented a defibrillator unit to the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division, in memory of the late Ben Seldin, a longtime agent. Larry Hazelwood and Wayne McCunn, paramedics, examine the equipment with Ted…
Ambulance located at fire station
Inspecting ambulance . . . now in service at the Oak Street Fire Station are fireman Larry Olsen, Mayor Dennis Anderson and Stan Miller of the Emergency Car Division. --Nonpareil Photo.
S.W. Iowans getting paramedic training
Practicing paramedic skills . . . are five members of the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division. The "patient" is Director Wayne McCunn, who is being worked on by Larry Hazelwood, Dick Christensen, Terry Mulvania and Ronnie King (standing).…
New ambulance
A new county ambulance went into service Friday and one of its first stops was City Hall where Mayor Joseph Katelman gave it a personal inspection. The new unit is box shaped giving attendants more working room. It will hold up to four patients.…