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Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.

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Club 64 is the only Council Bluffs restaurant rated in the 1985 Mobil Travel Guide.

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Mrs. Marie Olson, and Mrs. Fae Burkhalter, of the Ottumwa mobile Red Cross canteen, were toasted in coffee Tuesday afternoon by Sgt. J.A. Bramen, and Corp. William Lemfor, of Atlantic, in appreciation of the Red Cross' work in feeding the many hungry…

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Opening A Hatch...on the three-foot scale model of the steamship Bertrand is John Carrier, park service employee at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. The steamer model, which the Bertrand museum just purchased for $300, was…

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Modern salvage : The Alter Co., one of Council Bluffs' newer industries, uses the very latest equipment in its scrap salvage operation. Here an old car body is being put into a press. It will come in bales.

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(Left-Harold Coyle) and Jerry Katz of the Alter Co. The bundled scrap is now ready for sale to firms who melt and use scrap metal. --Nonpareil Photos.

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Mural . . . of faceted glass on St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan overlooks College Place.

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Welcoming A Group... Of former Avenue B Elementary School students is Principal Norman Bush of Roosevelt Elementary. The students and their parents walked to the school Wednesday to see what the route and buildings are like.

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Above is an artist's rendering of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial upon completion of restoration work.

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A large colorful monument to the Blessed Mother Mary stands on a hill overlooking Earling. The monument, in front of the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home, was constructed by Msgr. N.A. Gaul, 81, a resident at the home. The curved structure, of…

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Moisture seeping into the Lewis and Clark Monument is blamed for extensive damage to the reliefs. A committee working to restore the monument hired a contractor Thursday to conduct tests to determine how the work should proceed.

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Signs of deterioration are showing on portions of the Lewis and Clark monument as pointed out by Terry Cox, city recreation superintendent. Weather is the apparent culprit. The upper corner of the west side of the monument, one of the favorite…

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Nine postcards of Council Bluffs monuments

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Panels on the Lewis and Clark Monument have deteriorated.

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Council Bluffs Fire Department Moonlight Madness event.

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MOOOOve This Cage...off of me, bawls one of the cattle trapped under the overturned truck. Three were killed.
[Photo zoomed-in view of Best_Pictures_Best_Stories_1959_05_6_1959_11.jpg]

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Firemen water down the remains of the second floor of the old Howard Plastics building, 1401 S. Main St., after it was gutted by fire Saturday. Samual Bittner, owner of the building, was not available for an estimation of the loss. Fire Chief Waldo…

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Hiding From Rain...that began falling while they played in Bayliss Park are Dianne, 7; Brant, 6-1/2, and Nancy, 9, all children of Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Noziska, 125 Third St. Their dog, Hedy, squeezed in under the park bench, too.

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With Aid Of Walking Sticks...Fireman Robert Carroll, an unidentified man, and Policemen C.E. Moore, Ronald Stevens, John Schweer, Herbert Mace and William Lane continue on their long trek to Missouri Valley and Back [sic].
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