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Neither Ice Nor Snow . . . could keep Rep. Harkin from making his mail deliveries in southwest Council Bluffs. He wore a Navy "P" coat, heavy boots and borrowed a cap from his "boss", Letter Carrier Allen Beck. -- photo by Phyllis Gillespie.

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Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, addresses a group of senior citizens Tuesday morning at Community Hall. Harkin supports a bill that would restore some Social Security benefits to those born in the years 1917 to 1921. About 150 people attended the meeting.

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Hardin Church . . . marks its seventy-fifth anniversary with special historical services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Fifth generation descendants of the original founders will attend.

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Distinctive Interior . . . is enhanced by blond wood blocks, ceiling beams and pews. The Rev. Mr. Turner stands near the pulpit.

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Happy Cabs go anywhere . . . and sometimes after running their course, like other retired autos, end up in the junkpile. Tom Hale, account executive for Alter Co., looks over one of several retired cabs in a pile.

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It was the 20th birthday for Jeannine Kay Stratton, center, of Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday as she and other Miss Universe hopefuls paid a visit to Columbia Studios at Hollywood. With Miss South Dakota are Kay Nielson, left, Council Bluffs, Miss Iowa,…

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What's more cuddly, soft and loving than a baby chicken? Not a thing, implies pretty Elizabeth Allred, 4, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Raymond Allred of Greenbriar Apartments. The young chicks appear ready to flee to the dismay of Elizabeth. She was…

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Postcard. Upper lake, Hanscom Park, Omaha, NE.

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Climbing aboard . . .for a practice flight at the Council Bluffs Airport is flight instructor Harry Dirgo. -- Nonpareil Photo.

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Checking Over Paintings...Mrs. Brown decides which ones she will display at her show in August.

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Finishing Touches...on painting are applied by Mrs. Brown.

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Formulating Plans . . . to erect a 10-foot-tall sign commemorating Hancock's native daughter, Rebecca Ann King, Miss America 1974, are Everett Pittmann, owner of a local cafe who's donated the top of his building, and Mayor Russell Griggs.
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