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The old city Auditorium, shown as it appeared last week before demolition was reduced to the rubble on the right by Thursday. The auditorium was raised in one month in 1907 and was razed in one week in 1970. The building would have been totally…
Auditorium (Old City)
Moose Lodge Leases City Auditorium . . . plan addition of large kitchen on Indian Creek side.
Auditorium (Old City)
Demolition of Old City Auditorium
Pari-mutuel summary
And they're off...Greyhounds work up to a speed of 45 mph as they bullet around the track, but their endurance cannot match that of a race horse.
Greyhounds help christen Bluffs Track
Groundbreaking ceremonies for Iowa West Greyhound Park in Council Bluffs were held Thursday morning. The park, scheduled to open in Marc 1986, will employ more than 300 persons, officials said. Pictured is the proposed grandstand building.
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Bluffs Run: Track changes name, sets sights on Omaha
Iowa West racing officials announce the new name of the Council Bluffs Greyhound track Wednesday morning. Left to right are Delbert Reed, general manager of Bluffs Run; John Nelson, president of Iowa West Racing Association; and Stan Duysen,…
Albert the Bull
Junior Chamber of Commerce at Audubon has completed construction of "Albert the Bull" at the outskirts of the city. "Albert," weighing 45 tons, is a giant statue of a Hereford bull, designed to salute the area's cattle feeders and as a tourist…
Cleanup Time
"Albert," Audubon's 30-ton steel and concrete Hereford bull, is being touched up with a new coat of paint by Ed Parsons. Albert's periodic grooming keeps him spruced up for the thousands of tourists who stop annually along Highway 71 to see the…
Audubon's 'Albert'
Audubon's "Albert the Bull" needs several more coats of cement. Then painters will apply the red and white colors of the Hereford breed. But the beef promotional project already stops occasional tourists, who snap pictures of the huge bull.
Albert Takes Form
"Albert, the World's Largest Bull," a statue saluting Audubon County's cattle feeders, is taking form at Audubon. Being built by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as a tourist attraction, the huge Hereford critter is under construction at the south edge…
Albert Takes Shape
"Albert, the World's Largest Bull" has taken its steel shape south of Audubon. The 30-foot-tall Hereford will receive a coat of paint over cement and steel mesh, and be dedicated in the fall.
High School Plans
This is an artist's sketch of the new Audubon High School building, for which voters in the Audubon Community School District voted $900,000 in bonds last spring. Tallest part of the building is gymnasium and section in foreground houses auditorium.…
Name New Administrator for Audubon Memorial Hospital
Checking Records at Audubon County Memorial Hospital are Mrs. B.B. Budatz, new administrator, and Trustee Niels C. Nielsen.
Audubon Mail Carriers Cited
All of Audubon's rural mail carriers and parcel post drivers have been cited by the National Safety Council for driving without accident during the past year. Postmaster Russell Bamsey (left) presents an 'expert driver' award from the Council to…
Dedication Set At Friendship Home
After Three Years of Community Effort
X-Shaped Friendship Home at Audubon has been completed and will be ready for occupancy about July 1. The 87-plus room home is believed to be the first of its kind to be financed under an FHA-insured loan of $477,400.
Shelter House in Bull Park
The new shelter house in Albert the Bull Park in Audubon is a memorial to an 18-year-old youth who was fatally injured in an auto accident last year. Audubon County Campers Club built the shelter house as a memorial to Alan Lee Christensen, whose…
Jaycees Come Alive
New officers of the reactivated Audubon Jaycees include Dean Axland, president; Joe Brannan Jr., first vice-president; Richard Alenius, treasurer; and Don Robertson, state director (pictured above). Elected to the board were Paul Hansen, William…
Proposed Audubon County Home
A $300,000 bond issue to build an Audubon County Home will be balloted on in the November general election. the present home is expected to be condemned and the grand jury has recommended that a new home be built. The proposed home will be a T Shaped…
Audubon Jaycees Installation Held
Officers of the newly reactivated Audubon Jaycees Chapter were installed recently at the organization's annual banquet at city auditorium. They include (from left): Doug Schuldt, secretary; Rich Olenius, treasurer; Ken Slothouber and Joe Brannan,…
Audubon Beeves Fatten Market
Banker A.A. Kruse of Audubon comes face-to-face with a miniature replica of the giant bull statue in Audubon, named Albert after the founder of the T-Bone promotion.