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photograph of Archbishop Leo Binz, in clerical robes and mitre, seated. Date on back of photo is 9-58; used by Nonpareil on March 14, 1960

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Three photographs of billboards at Playland Park

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Snaring A Portion . . . of the bags, Malone wonders whether they will all make it. Residents have been asked not to place bags close to obstacles.

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A Pile Of Bags . . . placed on the steps behind a parked car makes the job as Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) operator very difficult for Everett Malone.

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Inside The Furnace . . . Charles Sullivan of Omaha works on the 18-inch brick lining which will protect the shell from the 1,800-degree operating temperatures.

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Giant Outer Shell . . . of the annealing furnace is in place at the Griffin Pipe Division plant. Workmen with transits, in foreground, are checking levels for installing foundations for other equipment.

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The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.

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Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…

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The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.

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The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.

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Postcard of fishing in Big Lake

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A Grassy Playground...close to Gilbert's Pond is one of the inviting areas of Big Lake Park in the northern part of Council Bluffs.

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With the 10-inch dredge now operating in its third season, Big Lake has been deepened by a minimum of eight feet over approximately 12 acres. water lilies give the dredge operators toruble by clogging the intake of the suction line.

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Aerial photograph of Big Lake

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Viewing The Gaping Hole . . . near the Jennie Edmundson Hospital driveway entrance is David Holcomb, assistant administrator.

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Big Handshake. Gwen Bachman. six-foot eleven-inch center on the Quachita Baptist University women's basketball team is greeted by Larry Anderson of the Council Bluffs Jaycees at a reception held Monday at Holiday Inn for teams and coaches entered in…

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Cocktail waitresses serve a capacity crown in the clubhouse area. Each table also has a monitor.

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A 250-ton Union Pacific Railroad crane lifts the 109-ton sheer head to Alter Co. Friday. When fully assembled the bailer-sheer will consume 800 to 1,000 junk car bodies a day and will weigh 750 tons. Construction of footings for the monster machine…

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With five of the 11 piers for the new Interstate 80 Highway completed, and work on the other six piers well along in varying stages, crews for the Jensen Construction Co. of Des Moines have lost no time from weather this past year. Looking toward…
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