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The New And The Old Phone Systems . . . are seen in this photo. Nonpareil Publisher A. Richard Gross watches as Patty Osterlund, Belle Telephone business instructor, shows the operation of The Nonpareil's new phone call board to Nancy Cihacek,…

Inspecting new computer . . . is Robert Fischer, superintendent of The Nonpareil's mechanical department.

One of the 4,000-pound type-setting machines is hoisted from the second story Saturday as The Nonpareil moves its mechanical department into new ground-floor quarters. The heavy equipment is being moved by Leroy L. Wade & Sons, Inc. of Omaha.

Erection Of Press Units . . . in the new Nonpareil building gets underway. Here is the substructure that will hold the five press units with capacity up to 80 pages. Once these frames are leveled, they will be imbedded in concrete. Almost a fifth of…

Crews were busy Tuesday on demolition of the Nonpareil Court Building to make way for a new addition to The Nonpareil. Baled hay was placed on top of the adjoining building to the south to prevent debris going through the roof.

(top) Remodeled and Expanded . . . The Nonpareil building will look like this architect's sketch. This is the Pearl Street side, showing a new entrance where a private street now serves the newspaper. The addition, to the right, will house mechanical…

Heavy equipment movers had 1.5 inches to spare as they hoisted a new engraving unit through a window at The Nonpareil Wednesday afternoon. It provided a good show for spectators on Pearl Street. The Vario-Klischograph, an electronic machine, weighs…

These energetic young men with high collars were members of The Nonpareil's staff many years ago when the photograph was taken. Later several of them attained considerable prominence. Left to right, they are: Tracy Garrett, who is now editor of the…

A chartered busload of 44 Nonpareil carriers and three chaperones left Wednesday for Adventureland. The trip was a prize for carriers who had signed up seven new subscribers in a six-week period. Nonpareil Circulation Manager Chick Stoner said this…

Checking A Copy . . . of The Nonpareil, Richard Petersen of the press crew sees how much ink is being printed on the pages. The new press will be an offset press, which means the ink will not be printed directly on the paper from the plates. The…