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With 'Fair Lady' . . . road company is former Council Bluffs girl, Mary Virginia Cook.

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Photograph of Local #15 members attending the first M.D. Telethon.

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Group photograph of 8 men, Partial list of names, Fred Hurd, Bert Hill, George Gerner, Clyd Lyons, Bert Clark, and Will Admoor.

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Abandoned Child: This photo is from a picture taken by Council Bluffs police when the child was hours old.

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Pouring of molten metal from a large ladle into small ladle prior to pouring into molds.

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Finishing the cope side of the mold. Shown in the foreground are some of the finished molds.

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A wheel after being stripped from the mold and just before being placed in the annealing pits.

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View in the stock room. Finished wheels ready for shipment. Each wheel possesses the requisite properties for the particularly severe job it must do.

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Artist drawing of proposed casino, convention center

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Keeping Track . . . of prisoners is the job of Judy Peach, a corrections specialist in the new Pottawattamie County Jail. She uses a sophisticated television monitoring system and intercoms to see that prisoners are where they are supposed to be -…

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Maximum Security . . . cells are checked by Sid Rasmussen, a corrections specialist team leader in the new jail. Desks, beds and chairs are all built into walls and floors and cannot be moved.

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Residents of Magnolia point with pride at the little log cabin located in their city park. Although the cabin is not old, it is a replica of the typical home of early settlers in the community. The cabin, open to the public, houses relics…

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A Beetle Log Home . . . adds a touch of history to the neighborhood of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jensen of Harlan. Built by Jensen in just 86 days, the house has over 1,200 feet of living space. Although the house has no basement, a large utility room is…

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Admiring The Texture . . . of an exposed-log wall in one of the bedrooms is LaVale Jensen of Harlan. The adaptability of the logs enabled the Jensens to choose between paneling, dry-walling or leaving the logs exposed for a variety of interior…

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Logan Miller - 1st alarm desk, Central Sta. Bryant & Washington - 1950

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The "1901 Building" . . . at the Logan-Magnolia School Complex would be demolished if voters pass a bond issue. School officials say the old building allows "very little flexibility" in class programming.
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