Iowa Native . . . Rebecca Ann King, Miss Colorado, walks down the runway after being named Miss America at Atlantic City, N.J. She is formerly from Hancock. - AP Wirephoto
(top) Rebecca Ann King
(mid) Miss King . . . as she appeared Sept. 9 after winning the Miss America title in Atlantic City, N.J. - AP Wirephoto
(bot) This Sign . . . along Highway 59 in Hancock will let travelers know the tow is the home of Rebecca…
Talking About Her Ideas . . . on life is Rebecca Ann King of Hancock, this year's Miss Americal. She entered the contest for the scholarship money. Miss King plans to become a lawyer.
An Easy Look . . . for evening that keeps its wearer poised and polished is chosen by Rebecca King of Hancock, Miss America for 1974. The slim dress and matching jacket are easily packable and looks at home in any climate.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens King's Food Host here Monday. At the event are John Kerry, manager; Douglas Peters, Chamber of Commerce president; Henry Kaufman, public relations manager; and Mayor Eldon Evans. The restaurant at 317 W.…
Finishing Touches . . . are applied to a wall in the 300 block of West Broadway by Lee Merrill of Lincoln, Neb. Plastic flamingos, flowers and decorative blocks add to the improvement of the area.
New Abraham Lincoln High School...at Bennett and Bonham avenues. This facility was constructed in three phases and cost more than $2.5 million. It was opened in 1960 as Eastside Junior High School and was taken over by A.L. in the fall of 1967. …
The Kinsman monument, in Fairview cemetery, erected as a tribute to Col. W.H. Kinsman, who was fatally wounded in action while leading the 23rd Iowa Infantry against the confederates at Black River bridge, near Vicksburg, Miss., May 17, 1863.
This Civil War Cannon . . . is now a silent guardian for soldiers buried at Fairview Cemetery. The gun is part of the Kinsman Monument erected following the Civil War in honor of Col. W.H. Kinsman, a Council Bluffs schoolteacher, killed in the war.…