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House Fire

Fire Fighters - 3-15-1969 Fire at home of Chris Christensen 96 Simms Ave.tif
Chris Christensen, 89, 96 Simms Ave. was found dead in his basement bedroom following a 7 a.m. fire Saturday.

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Asst. Fire Chief Leo Fleming and Fire Chief Norman Elgan search for clues among burned debris from a house at 1902 Seventh Avenue Saturday in which burned to death. The man was identified as Roy Stutleberg, 39.

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Showing Off . . . his historic home is Robert A. Pashek. He and two other men are restoring the "Victorian Gothic" house at 151 Park Avenue built in 1877 for Council Bluffs businessman Lysander W. Tulleys. Their efforts were rewarded recently when…

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Examining Fireplace . . . in the house's formal parlor, Pashek points out its cleanliness. Either the fireplace was never used, he said, or someone scrubbed it carefully after each fire. House has only two fireplaces, but Pashek said traces of others…

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Photograph of a house on Keeline avenue in Council Bluffs (Iowa).

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Five postcards of unidentified houses in Council Bluffs.

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Boning chickens...for Blue Star are 125 women at the plant here. Machine in the foreground is a meat dicer.

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On This Pie Line...workers put out part of the 225,000 per day production

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Joan Hester . . . and her husband, Jack, embrace at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse Tuesday night as election returns indicate she leads the race for the Republican nomination for the Iowa House in the 98th District.

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This Housing Development Sits . . . on land that was once a grassland on the outskirts of the city. Houses sprung up monthly during the 70s, but the building of new homes in the Council Bluffs area has become stagnate. Many realtors are having more…

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Photo of highway sign for Avoca, IA

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Head shot of Senator Howard H. Baker of Tennessee

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Head shot of Tennessee Senator Howard H. Baker, at microphones

Baker, Howard H. Jr.
Republican Senator
Tennessee
1/77 leader of Senate's Minority
11/79 Candidate for President
1/81 Senate Majority leader

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Ribbon Cutting . . . at new motel is performed by Mayor Maynard Telpner, second from left. Others, from left, are Miss Council Bluffs (Karen Johnson), Millard Seldin and Richard Bunten.

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New Motel . . . at Thirty-sixth Street and Broadway has 88 rooms, indoor swimming pool, two meeting rooms and cocktail lounge. The facility was built at a cost of $1.25 million.
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