Meeting With Students...at Franklin School in the basement classroom, McConnell notes that many of the major cracks and holes have been temporarily patched and painted.
Pat Edie, a volunteer for Citizens for Community Improvement, and CCI President Darlene Stevens display book covers bearing photos of missing children in the group wants to distribute to students at schools in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. CCI has…
Steam Rolls...out of the stacks of the American Freedom Train as it went through Council Bluffs railroad yards Monday on its way to Omaha. The train and its exhibits will be open for public viewing beginning Tuesday. The train required the help of…
The Freedom Train...displays the various flags that have once flown over American soil. Although the 2,100-foot train has 25 cars plus a steam locomotive, only 10 of the cars have public exhibits. Display cars in the front must be viewed from the…
On Board...the Freedom Train is Michelle Watson, who has Southwest Iowa relatives. She is public relations coordinator for the train and travels with it from city to city. She feels the "gypsy" in her blood makes the job enjoyable.
A Porcelain Replica...of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is located in a special coach for the Freedom Train staff and is not open to the public. In the fackground[sic] is a statue of a Navy "salt" and a poster of the Freedom Train…
Leonard Tripp...of Sioux Falls showed up in his antique conductor's hat. He's not part of the display. I'm just a railroad nut," the retired college professor said.
From North Sixteenth Street . . . the twin lanes of Interstate 29 jog alongside the Missouri River to approximately Thirty-seventh Street and Avenue G, where they curve south. You are looking southwest. Converging lanes in the foreground form the…
This massive aerial photo, with the Council Bluffs Interstate super-imposed, will be on display at Carrier Hall in The Nonpareil Bldg. until 9 p.m. Tuesday and for several evenings thereafter. Miss Margaret Adams of Neola, an employee at the United…
Airport Exchange . . . will link two Interstate highways. This view, pointing northeast, shows Interstate 29 running across the bottom of the photo. Interstate 80 heads up Mosquito Creek Valley. The center of the interchange is about 1,000 feet north…
A Single Store . . . and many memories are all that remain of the once thriving community of Knox in Fremont County. Mrs. Lillian From operates the rural store.
Principal Lowell Ranck stands in the driveway of the Fremont-Mills Elementary School. The school's design was chosen for its responsiveness to the educational program, energy conservation, flexibility, durability and aesthetic appeal.
Making Home Call . . . and chatting about their church, the Central Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, are Mrs. Kenneth Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. William Kemmish and Mrs. Bertha Cook. The women were guests of the Kemmish couple.