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Dick Henningfield, Administrator of the proposed East Hills Lutheran Retirement Community

An Artist's Conception . . . shows the East Hills Lutheran Retirement Community project, planned east of Council Bluffs. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring of 1982.

Four photographs of East Broadway, west of Kimball

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Photograph of SE corner of East Broadway & Frank St.

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Cattle Price Problems . . . are discussed by Charles Gross of Walnut and U.S. Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, at Harkin's Council Bluffs office Wednesday.

Original broadcast of CBS News Special Report with Walter Cronkite about the first Earth Day, 1970. Also known as Earth Week 1970.

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To The Warm Blue Yonder . . . Dr. and Mrs. Hennessy.

Historical events of more than a century ago provide the topic of conversation for Albert Wabaunsee, Raymond Mintle and William Rathke as they discuss a painting of Chief Waubonsie, done by artist Charles Bird King in 1835. The painting was on…

Gone Are the Days! Scene at the Union Pacific Railroad depot at 'Omaha City,' taken September 12, 1868.

Waubonsie State Park . . . is one of Fremont County's most attractive recreation areas. The 1,129-acre state park is located on Highway 2 midway between Hamburg and Sydney.

Descending The Stairway . . . are Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dudley. Light fixture, now converted to electricity, has illuminated the hall since 1874. Stained glass window at the top of the stairs is one of five throughout the house.

Original Furniture . . . adds a fitting touch to this upstairs bedroom. The walnut heirlooms were restored by Mrs. Dudley.

Designed For Hospitality . . . is this three-room downstairs setting in the Dudley house. All three are living rooms. Much of the furniture shown here dates back to the day the home was built.

Another Era . . . lives on at the Allen Dudley home, 1500 North Broadway. The 10-room, white frame house is surrounded by massive old trees and a yard that covers 7.5 acres.

This Illinois Central Coal chute may well have been one of the first high-rise structures in Council Bluffs. Its use discontinued about 1954, a railroad employe[sic] said. The tall building was used to feed coal to hungry steam engines, and a few…

Earling, Iowa

Joe Feeney, with Sr. M. Petrine O.S.J. as accompanist, sings at the dedication ceremonies at Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling, Iowa. John Wageman is in the background.

Drawing Shows . . . new $300,000 Nursing and Rest Home which will be constructed west of Earling by Little Flower Haven Inc.
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