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Alcatraz still delights the camera bug
Alcatraz features stony features . . . from the Golden Gate bridge in the background, or Fisherman's Wharf. --(AP) Wirephoto
Alcoholism
Alcoholism
Recovery not easy for women alcoholics. October 14, 1984
Women alcoholic problems unique. No date.
Recovery not easy for women alcoholics. October 14, 1984
Women alcoholic problems unique. No date.
Tags: Alcohol Awareness Month, alcoholism, Women
All but gone
All but gone. The bare bones of the last remaining span of Ak-San-Ben Bridge, which for 79 years served motorists between Council Bluffs and Omaha, were scheduled to be blasted into oblivion Saturday afternoon by experts subcontracted to Allied…
Tags: Aksarben Bridge, Bridges
All but gone...
All but gone . . . is the section of bridge from the Iowa side, out to the first pier in the Missouri River. These large barges will be used in the salvage work. The pier will be saved to serve as a foundation for a proposed two-story office building…
Tags: Aksarben Bridge, Bridges, Missouri River
All That Is Missing
All That Is Missing...from this Halloween picture is a witch with a broom. As small goblins go forth Friday to collect goodies from their neighbors, Police Chief Nick Sulentic urged a campaign of safety and citizen alertness. Nonpareil Photo by…
Tags: Best Pictures 1967-1970, cats, Halloween, Jack Kennedy, pumpkins
All-American play at Chanticleer
"The Star Spangled Girl"...lectures two pursuers in a rehearsal for the play at Chanticleer Community Theater. Ann Lincoln-Wattles stars as Sophie, and Bryan Schmoldt and Don Jensen portray the publishers of a "protest" magazine. Photo courtesy of…
Allen, Richard M. & Eilene
Allen, Richard M. & Eilene
Mother saves baby as four sons die in fire. January 16, 1964
Site of Blaze. January 16, 1964
Fund drive started for mother of fire victims. January 17, 1964
Roses for mother. January 20, 1964
The Allen Fund Group…
Mother saves baby as four sons die in fire. January 16, 1964
Site of Blaze. January 16, 1964
Fund drive started for mother of fire victims. January 17, 1964
Roses for mother. January 20, 1964
The Allen Fund Group…
Alter Co. gets big baling shear
Two cranes . . . are needed to set up king-size baling shear at the Alter Co. scrap-metal yard here. --Nonpareil Photo.
Tags: Alter Company
Alter Company
Processess various metals. Alter Company leases 10-acre site in Bluffs for a new plant. October 3, 1962
Halt work on Alter Co. Plant. November 23, 1962
Talking business . . . Alter Company in operation. January 20, 1963
Modern salvage. May 5,…
Halt work on Alter Co. Plant. November 23, 1962
Talking business . . . Alter Company in operation. January 20, 1963
Modern salvage. May 5,…
Tags: Alter Company
Ambulance accident
Photograph of a Council Bluffs Fire Department 1951 GMC ambulance accident in 1962.
Tags: Ambulance, Fire Department
Ambulance calls total 2,554 in '70
Rod Christiansen . . . and Robert Hazelwood, attendants for the Pottawattamie County Ambulance Division, check the equipment on the inside of one of the units. last year the division made 2,554 runs and assisted 2,418 patients. --Nonpareil Photo.
Ambulance crew always on move
A staff of 13 trained emergency medical technicians man the two units of the Pottawattamie County Ambulance Division on a 24-hour basis to provide emergency ambulance service over the entire Western end of the county.
Ambulance crews now talk to C.B. hospitals via radios.
Receiving a message . . . on a new high frequency two-way radio system at jennie Edmundson Hospital is Mrs. Rita Pierson, supervisor of the hospital's emergency room. She is talking directly to a technician from a Southwest Iowa ambulance en route to…
Tags: Ambulance, Ambulance service, C.B., Council Bluffs, David Holcomb, Emergency services, Emergency unit, Fire Department, Health Planning Council of the Midlands, Highway Patrol, Jennie Edmundson, Malvern, Mercy Hospital, paramedics, Pott. County, Pottawattamie County, Rita Pierson, Southwest Iowa, Wayne McCunn