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Famous Amos . . . the man who made his aunt Della's chocolate chip cookie recipe into a million dollar business, talks with 100-year-old Sally Williams and Louise Neal, both of Council Bluffs, at the Iowa Western Community College Adult Learning…

Russian buildings at night.
This Striking View . . . of Moscow's Red Square is on the itinerary of The Nonpareil's European Holiday tour this summer. In the foreground is the Lenin-Stalin Mausoleum. The wall and tower are part of the Kremlin grounds, which also will be visited.…

Photo of Mrs. RH Fanders (Phyllis Fanders)

Photo of Mrs. RH Fanders (Phyllis Fanders)

R.H. Fanders, 2212 Avenue K, teacher: "One who leaves the world in a better place because he was in it."

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Roy Berger - Dubuque Track General Manager
Terry Harrmann - President, Dog Racing Association

Flood Waters Make An Island . . . of adjoining farmsteads a mile north of Ashland as overflow water from Salt Creek surrounds the area.

Bonneted And Gowned . . . Farragut ladies prepare for the town's centennial celebration which runs through Sunday. From left are Mrs. Harold Brooks, whose husband is co-chairman of the centennial, Mrs. Arnold Spears and Mrs. Kenneth Livingston.

An Ancient Torture Machine? . . . Some Farragut women can remember when it was. Mrs. Alvin Hoppock displays an old-fashioned hair curling device at the Vo-Ag building featuring centennial exhibits. She said, "When it got hot, you yelled for the…

A street map of London indicating a designated route.
Princess Margaret's Wedding Route . . . on Friday is pretty much the same route as Nonpareil European Holiday tour members will take when they visit London in mid-July. England is only one of the 10 countries to be visited by Southwestern Iowan…

Nighttime street scene.
(top) The Night Lights Of Bourbon Street . . . heart of New Orleans' old French Quarter and now a tourist-bait strip street, shine against a counterpoint of lights of modern skyscrapers in this view looking toward the Canal. -AP Photo

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Lyle Kline, owner of Lyle's Discount Tires, 201 W. Broadway, will go to court here Friday to defend the honor of "Suzibelle," the 20-foot-tall woman used to mark the location of his store. Kline was cited for violation of the city's sign ordinance…

Lakeside Pileup: A piggyback trailer, full of hams, lies on its side only feet away from the pond in Lakeside Park at the north edge of Council Bluffs. The boxcar above is lying on another freight car, behind the trailer. The eight-car derailment…

Workers Investigate...the best method of pulling this entanglement of freight cars apart. The derailment occurred when a rail broke on a feeder line of the Chicago and North Western at the north edge of Council Bluffs.
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