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Council Bluffs Armory
Dodge Light Guard Armory
High Guard Officers and Center of Activities
The Dodge Light Guard armory, southwest corner of Main Street and Fifth Avenue, is the focus of Iowa National Guard activities in Council Bluffs. The building has been used as an armory since 1902.
To Plan Armory For Expansion
The Dodge Light Guard Armory at Pearl St. and Fifth Ave. will be replaced with a new $200,000 structure. The newer section of the building, at the left, will be retained. The outlined section will be razed.
The emergency operation; 'One heck of a job'
Whistling propane tanks...sent this observer running from the scene of the blast and fire at the Bluffs Elevator Col, 2313 18th Ave. Union Pacific Railroad detective Sam Irwin stands in the background along with an unidentified worker from another…
The emergency operation; 'One heck of a job'
The Life Flight Helicopter...hovers near the clouds of smoke spewing from the fire at the Bluffs Elevator Co. The St. Joseph Hospital aircraft was not used to transport patients, but the paramedics on board offered assistance to Council Bluffs…
Bluffs Elevator Fire
photo, at a distance of plume of smoke from Bluffs Elevator explosion/fire; railroad tracks and cars shown on each side of plume.
Business, BAC 'sign up'
Providing An Example...of business/art partnership, Omaha's Riley Building highlights city's heritage while promoting building's occupants; a real-estate company, interior designer and advertising agency. Michael's owners expressed admiration for…
Plant manager McLaughlin added to Blue Star staff
James W. McLaughlin [photo cropped to head and shoulders in newspaper article]
Frozen dinner market has changed
Blue Star Foods...is producing a "Dining Lite" lite [sic] of foods at its Council Bluffs plant, selling the entrees initially in Omaha and Dallas. The food line change is attributed to a change in lifestyle.
Blue Star Plant Damaged By Fire
Food Cans...are shoveled from the second floor of the Blue Star plant by the truck load, as workmen start cleanup after fire.
2,500 Turkeys Are Processed Each Day; At Blue Star Plant
Hooked For Surgery...on the boning line, the holiday bird is butchered by Mrs. Margaret Morrison, 21 Kimberly Drive.
2,500 Turkeys Are Processed Each Day; At Blue Star Plant
A Ton Of Turkey...in perforated container is lowered by Walter Igou, 2725 S. 6th St., into a vat of bubbling cooking broth.
Blue Star Now Packaging 4 Frozen Breakfast Varieties; Testing In South
Frozen Breakfast...is displayed by Ronald Burgis.
Fire Destroys Blue Star Food Plant At Atlantic; Considered A Total Loss
Charred Batteries...in the foreground held some 6,000 live chickens which were destroyed in the Blue Star fire at Atlantic. Company officials termed the plant a "total loss."
Housewife Likes Bird In Pan; It's Made In Council Bluffs
On This Pie Line...workers put out part of the 225,000 per day production
Housewife Likes Bird In Pan; It's Made In Council Bluffs
Boning chickens...for Blue Star are 125 women at the plant here. Machine in the foreground is a meat dicer.
Blue Star Foods
color photo of Blue Star Foods logo on the side of the building at 25 Main Place
Daley named office of resource group
Patrick Daley
[HR manager at Blue Star Foods]
[HR manager at Blue Star Foods]
Pride goeth with a parade
Blue Star Foods' float, which featured both the plant building and the space shuttle Challenger. [photo part of parade photo collage].