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Man Against The Missouri
A Document of 1952

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A giant sales cooler that will keep meat items at a minus 40 degree temperature is near the finishing stages at Beefland. With thousands of overhead rails to move the meat in and out of the cooler, the facility has a capacity for nearly a million…

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Beaming Happily...Mrs. Bertha Ward reads a personal birthday greeting from Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

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An Antique Hearse . . . which will appear in the Malvern Heritage Days parade is checked by Karl Hertz of the Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern. Hertz said the solid mahogany vehicle hasn't been out of the warehouse since the Malvern Centennial…

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Despite Broken Leg...and obvious discomfort David W. Hansen manages a smile.

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Despite broken leg...and obvious discomfort David W. Hansen manages a smile.

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Aerial photograph of Malmore Acres on S.O. Road near S. O. Bridge

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New owners of Centre Point mall want to take over ownership of public walkways in the mall from the city in an effort to curb rowdyism and enhance mall security.

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Mall parking garage. SW corner of north 2nd St. along Kanesville.

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Making A Grand Entry...through the West Graham Ave. portals are a kindergarten group led by Johnny Shriver and Marlee Hayworth. Opening of Pusey wrapped up the nine-project expansion program for lower grade buildings financed by a $1,250,000 bond…

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Making A Bid...for the Democratic nomination against Jimmy Carter and Sen. Kennedy is California Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor said in his Southwest Iowa stop that he had ideas of how to solve the nation's energy shortage, among other things.

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Readers who squint--and squint hard--and imagine themselves atop a railroad trestle looking over the yards, can almost believe that these old ties are long, shiny-white passenger trains coming from the passenger station. The damages rails, unlike…

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First Harnessing of Missouri River . . . in South Dakota was completed this year at Fort Randall Dam. All Missouri River water is now flowing through tubes in main embankment at left. Closure section built this year is at center. - Army Photo

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Invading the Missouri River . . . near Pierre, S.D., is Oahe Dam, now 5 percent complete. Pyramid of earth in upper center is completed 1,500-foot section of dam. Sheet pile cut-off wall shown being driven in trench to right of square embankment…
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