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"The Brick" . . . has been serving the people of Boomer Township for many years but no one is certain just how many years.

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Traffic on the Interstate 80 bridge is narrowed to one lane each way while contractors grind quarter-inch grooves in the bridge deck. The grooves will be covered later with a high density concrete that will last longer. When these two lanes are…

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Checking registration for the Iowa Association of Realtors Convention at the Omaha Hilton Hotel Wednesday is Roger Reelfs, president of the Greater Council Bluffs Board of Realtors. Conferring with Reelfs is Marva Lou McSorley, registration…

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Abe Katelman, owner of Katelman Foundries here, is presented the Herman Krause memorial trophy awarded annually to the most outstanding member of the Irving Cohen Lodge, 688, B'nai B'rith. The award was presented Sunday night by Sam Colick, lodge…

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Wreckage Of Car...in which Richard Kinser was critically injured is checked by Highway patrolman Larry Torrey of Council Bluffs.

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Reading Centennial Booklet . . . are four ministers who have served First Presbyterian Church here. They are C. Carson Bransby, Paul Calhoun, Frederick W. Evans and Howard B. Dooley, present pastor.

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This diagram points out the areas considered for downtown redevelopment. The diagram is part of the Request For Proposal booklet submitted to the City Council. The identification of property in the areas includes: R. Residence, 1. Marjorie's Beauty…

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Talking To Students . . . is Rep. Ben Jensen with State Sen. Peter Hansen. The Manning High School students are Barbara Mundt, Bill Ohde and Gerolyn Hinz.

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Buying Tractor . . . for grandson "Chipper" from Buel Lensch and Mrs. H.C. Douglas gives Jensen a chance to combine Christmas shopping and politicking in Glidden.

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Sale of land for a three-story office building in downtown Council Bluffs is scheduled to be completed Thursday, Acting Community Development Director Rod Phipps said. The city will transfer the deed for the property to the building's developers in…

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This pagoda-like structure casts a dark reflection in a nearby puddle, perhaps because its useful days are gone. There was a time, when the coal chute's concrete legs weren't chipped and surrounded by a crop of weeks, that this was the center of…

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Photograph of Refreshment Pavilion and Boat Landing at Lake Manawa

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Plant Engineer Gene Baker inspects the 800-horsepower compressor that will meet the Beefland plant's refrigeration needs. The plant is scheduled to be in full operation early in 1970.

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After Several Moves . . . about the city, the old horse watering trough that was presented to the city by the National Humane Alliance, founded by Hermon Lee Ensign in 1907, is re-erected Tuesday at Main and Pearl streets by the City Parks…

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An Early 1900s Street Scene . . . shows the original location of the horse watering trough at Broadway and Fourth Street. Horse-drawn buggies drove alongside the street cars on the cobblestone roadway. "I remember going into the old Woolworth store…

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Mrs. Elsie Springer...guidance secretary in the new Thomas Jefferson High School counseling center, talks with Toni Head, a T.J. junior. The guidance staff moved into the newly remodeled office about two weeks ago.

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Manning the entrance of one of two swing bridges in the United States is Bernardo Benavides. The Council Bluffs span was built in 1893, and the Omaha side was built later when the river changed course. Only the Council Bluffs side is used today.

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Proposed Eighth Street School...will face Avenue G on the school's present site. The new building is expected to cost $350,000. Sketch by G.B. Larson

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Former Grandeur . . . of the Haas house is reflected in the marble fireplace being reviewed by Charles Glasford. Both the front parlor and the dining room boasted these elaborate heating units.
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