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Repairing Antique Clocks . . . has become on of (caretaker, Michael) Long's duties in taking care of the Dodge House. Cleaning the inner works of this clock helped it. The clock is on the mantle in General Dodge's library.

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In His Free Time . . . (Dodge House caretaker, Michael) Long likes to examine some of the books in General Dodge's library. The picture on the desk is of Mrs. Dodge and the picture on the wall is of General Dodge.

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All Plants Need . . . to be green and healthy is "TLC" (tender, loving care), (Dodge House caretaker, Michael) Long said. These plants are set up in the solarium in the Dodge House.

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Postcard depicting Lover's Lane.

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The Loveland Post Office . . . has been housed in this small frame building for more than 30 years. Mrs. Iona Wood, retired postmistress and her husband Eugene, will continue operating the combination general store and gas station after the postal…

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Use Your Imagination . . . and you will see a Brontosaurus dinosaur in the scenic drive atop the bluffs east of Loveland. Access to the area is only from the westbound lane of Interstate 80N at the present time. The drive will be ready for use when…

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Photography of Lou Lapsley and falmily, Council Bluffs Fire Department.

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Lou and Herb in front of Central Station. Cotter, Stevens, Scofield, and Telpner.

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The IBP plant at 2700 23rd Ave. in Council Bluffs is one of the company's three pork slaughtering and processing sites in Iowa. IBP officials used a $738,000 Iowa community economic betterment account grant to increase the work force at the plant by…

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Contemplating Columns . . . at the old Hastings School are Kenneth Grindle, Hastings, and Lowell Mooney, Shenandoah.

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Fighting The Remnants . . . of Friday's fatal explosion, firefighters quickly contained the blaze that followed it and gas company employees checked surrounding gas lines for damage.

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Taking Notes . . . on Christmas Day amidst the rubble of the First Federal building is Fire Chief Delbert Burdick. To Burdick's left is the gas meter that supplied the natural gas to the savings and loan office.

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Peering Through Broken Glass . . . is Beverly Paben, restaurant manager at the Burger King just west of the decimated First Federal office. Employee Pearl Franks handed a food order to a drive-up customer seconds before the blast. Paben said Franks…

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The Night Deposit Box . . . from First Federal Savings and Loan's West Broadway office survived the explosion. It was removed from the rubble and transported to the savings and loan's main office, a bank official said.

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Covered With Debris . . . the First Federal Savings and Loan West Broadway sign lays as mute evidence of the explosion's destruction.

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People Still Care...about Reels Cemetery in Boomer Township. The cemetery is well kept although no one has been buried there in years. However, the township clerk, Billy Walters is baffled as to what happened to the records for the cemetery.
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