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Bowman_Sherri_4_18_1981_001.jpg
portrait photo of Sherri Bowman, later to become Miss Iowa 1985

Bayliss_Park_Fountain_1936_014.jpg
This large boulder on the north side of Bayliss park commemorates the early travel upon the Moron Trail through Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, and is dedicated to the throngs who crossed Iowa in advance of the settlement here. It was presented by…

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Kermit Dybsetter, De Soto Bend Wildlife Refuge manager, examines two-gallon bottle of wine found on the boat. Another photo and story on page 8.

Botna_Bend_Park_9_18_1986_010.jpg
One of the newest additions to the Botna Bend Park's Wildlife exhibit, an elk calf, tries to catch up with its mother Wednesday. It has been 11 years since the park has had elk calves and two have arrived in the past two weeks. Nonpareil photo by…

Botna Bend Park
'64
(second park developed by Pott. Co. Conservation Board)
Hancock, Iowa

Botna_Bend_Park_6_30_1972_003.jpg
photo of baby elk lying down, with a cast on its right leg. This photo was not used in the article, but the caption with the photo that was in the Nonpareil reports that the baby elk was tossed in the air by a buffalo, and broke its leg.

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In A Dark Alley...patrolman Merle Brown finds his 85-pound German Shepherd Boots, is a good companion. The dog is used to help him check business places.

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New Rulers of Mardi Gras...the King Wilbert J. (Bill) Boortz and Queen Betty Jane Ellsworth. They are the thirty-third monarchs of the mythical Kingdom of Co-Blia.

Council_Bluffs_Public_Library_File_#2_08_22_1981_01.jpg
Frieda Elam of Council Bluffs has donated three books in memory of her mother, the late Sophia Hays. Two of the books, concerning the history of the Baha'i faith, are being held by Priscilla Hofert, secretary of the Council Bluffs Baha'i community,…

Council_Bluffs_Public_Library_File_#1_03_23_1972.jpg
Supplying bookmobile shelves . . . with about 4,000 new books is bookmobile librarian Mrs. Barbara Jansen. -Nonpareil Photo.

Council_Bluffs_Public_Library_File_#2_07_20_1976.jpg
Joe Sausedo of the K and K Investment garage puts the final touches on the Public Library's Bookmobile before it resumes services Tuesday afternoon. The Bookmobile was out of operation for five weeks due to funding problems. --Nonpareil Photo.

Emerson_IA_02_16_1962_01.jpg
Nishna Valley Proposal . . . calls for this junior-senior high school building and a $696,000 bond issue. the elevated section in the middle houses the gymnasium.

Bombings at
Area Construction sites, etc.

Bombings_At_Area_Construction_Sites_2_6_1968_001.jpg
Damaged dragline at construction site of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. 2-6-1968

Bomber Plant
(former Glen L. Martin Bomber Plant)
Omaha

Pottawattamie_County_Care_Facility_10_30_1987.jpg
Steve Chapman and Randy Teegarden, from Meyer Funeral Home, work Friday to unearth a body buried on the grounds of the Pottawattamie County Care Facility near McClelland. -- Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki

Bock, Charles C., Jr.
Air Force
Ex-C.B. Lancaster, CA
4/62 Chosen for astronaut training
See also: Allavie, Capt. John E.

Bock_Charles_C_Jr_4_1975_002.jpg
Charlie Bock
Bluffs Native
4-1975
Charles C. Bock, Jr., B-1 chief pilot
[Charles Bock in suit and tie, superimposed over pilot's helmet in background]

Bock_Charles_C_Jr_6_1962_01.jpg
Capt. & Mrs. Charles Bock Jr. & family
June 1962
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