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'Boy With The Leaky Boot' in the pond in Fairmount Park around 1919. Photo courtesy of Vernon O. Jensen of Council Bluffs.

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Aerial photograph of Fairmount Park - Kiwanis Pt. in Foreground

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Photograph of Fairmount Park.

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The remains of the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge came a step closer to obliteration Thursday. Crews continued blasting the bridge's piers, shown behind the crane barge, to bring them down near water level. Truman Ferguson, superintendent of the demolition job,…

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Fast Paced Action. . .is readily available at the Council Bluffs Fieldhouse during the Women's AAU Basketball National Tournament. Diana Daniel, of the John F. Kennedy Junior College (Just Fine Kids) moves against Pat Fisher of the Allentown, Pa.,…

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Portions of East Elementary . . . were built in the late 1800s and completed in the early 1900s. If a bond issue for a new building is proposed it would probably be under $1 million, school officials said.

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The new Highway 34 Expressway from Glenwood to Interstate Highway 29 was busy with traffic Saturday following its official dedication Friday. The highway's dedication was also part of "Pioneer Days" in Glenwood.

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Admiring Decorations...on 100th anniversary cake at the Council Bluffs Savings Bank are Laverne Tollinger and John Jurgens.

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Room space . . . at the library was created by closing the north entrance at Willow Avenue. It provides a secretary's office and through doors at rear is the microfilm material section. Miss Ardis Hansen is at left. --Nonpareil Photos.

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Miss Germaine Krettek . . . in her redecorated office that includes desk high files, heavy drapes at window and a rural scene in wall paper on one wall.

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Uniform Slices . . . of bok choy, a Chinese green vegetable, are made with the speedy use of a cleaver as Yen Huey manipulates the razor-sharp instrument cutting the vegetable in a matter of seconds.

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Welcoming Guests . . . is hostess Shui Huey, who seats all patrons of the Hong Kong Restaurant.

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Only Two Days . . . is needed to sprout beans to make the ingredients for many Chinese foods. Yen Huey inspects the beans in an incubator especially designed for this purpose. These beans have been in the machine only a matter of hours.

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A Team Effort . . . results in a dish of chop suey in only 2 1/2 minutes. Wai Huey and Wai Pong Huey work over the woks that are heated by a symbolic five ring fire that produces tremendous heat. Constant stirring keeps the foods from burning before…

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Vie President George Bush talks with Abraham Lincoln juniors, from left, Rene Rocheleau, Kari McClure, Stacie Hawkes and Chriss Krabbe at the school Friday. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
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