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Electric Truck For Iowa Power
This new electric truck like three other new ones across Iowa - was unveiled Thursday by The Iowa Power and Light Company in Council Bluffs. Edward L. Birdsall, assistant vice-president and manager for the Western Division of Iowa Power, demonstrates…
It Takes Plenty Of Coal To Keep Fires Burning
Expansion At Power Plant . . . is viewed from the roof of the existing structure by Superintendent John Thorson. The existing plant has a capacity of 140,000 kilowatts. The new plant will increase the capacity by 720,000 kilowatts and is scheduled to…
Workmen Get Big Lift On The Job
Customer Service . . . sends Monte Christensen up a (power) pole - literally. He's an installer-repairman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and usually gets a birds-eye view of the neighborhoods in which he works. He says one of the biggest hazards…
Games Help Solve Difficult Problem At ISD
Three-Dimensional Tick-Tack-Toe . . . is being played with the aid of microphone and amplifier by Dale Peak, Allen Love, Ross Weaver and Michael Whaley.
Seeing Helps Deaf Learn - ISD Media Center
Making Transparencies . . . for overhead projectors is discussed by Richard Fetrow, director of the Iowa School for the Deaf media center, and student Robert Sly, a senior from Des Moines. Students from art classes help out at the center, which is in…
ISD Hosts Iowa Regents
The Iowa Board of Regents visited the fourth-year classroom at Iowa School for the Deaf Wednesday during a tour of the ISD campus before an executive session. The regents are also meeting at ISD Thursday and Friday. Pictured, left to right, are Wayne…
ISD Graduates Told To Set New Goals
Pausing Before Commencement Ceremonies . . . Saturday at the Iowa School for the Deaf are Charles Grandick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grandick of 700 Military Ave., Dr. Joseph Giangreco, ISD superintendent, Audrey O'Dell of Chariton, and Dr. Robert…
Unique Summer Programs At Iowa Deaf - From Surveys To Assembly Lines
Viewing A Filmstrip . . . in the Life program at Iowa School for the Deaf is Adam Hirsch of Council Bluffs.
Clarinda, Iowa--File #1
Panoramic photograph including Hope Hall at the Clarinda Hospital, across a wide lawn. ca 1930?
Clarinda, Iowa--File #1
Photography of hall, main section is 4 stories with a circular portico, other wing(s) are 3 stories.
Clarinda, Iowa--File #1
Photography of flag being raised at one-room schoolhouse, with signs saying "1873" and "Goldenrod" on the front of the building, which has a cupola with a bell. Large crowd in front of building.
To Dedicate New Clarinda Church
New Edifice...of St. Clarie's Catholic Church will be dedicated at Clarinda Sunday.
Fire Damage
An estimated $250,000 damage resulted in a fire which swept through the West Heights Manor rest home under construction at Clarinda. Fire started in the center core of the structure which housed the kitchen, dining area, administrative offices and…
Future Looks Bright For Clarinda Institute
"Good New"...in the form of positive recommendations by a legislative committee may be in store for the Clarinda Mental health Institute. Pictured is the Administration Building.
Bandleader Miller's sister attends Clarinda celebration
Receiving A Southwest Iowa Welcome...is Mrs. Irene Miller Wolfe, from Warren Frye, Chamber of Commerce director, as they met at Omaha's Eppley Airfield. Mrs. Wolfe, sister of famous bandleader Glenn Miller, was going to Clarinda for this Thursday's…
Foreign Exchange Student Now At ISD
Jacob Andreas Fjelde: Learning American sign language was difficult for the Norwegian student who is attending Iowa School for the Deaf. But "Andy" said his new-found friends taught him the language.
Building At ISD Dedicated To Long
Thompson Rogers (center), great-grandson of J. Schuyler Long, was one of many family members who attended ceremonies Saturday to dedicate ISD's high school building in Long's memory. Long was a pioneer in deaf education and was a member of the…
Clark, Dick and Jean
Senator Dick Clark, standing; wearing light color suit and dark tie
Clark, Dick and Jean
head and shoulders photo of Senator Dick Clark, in open-collared shirt