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Bluffs gets 2 new ambulances
Ready to go in one of two new Council Bluffs ambulances is Emergency Medical Technician Jack Osborne. The paid cost 45,000, with $20,000 of that coming from a federal grant. These are the first "city" ambulances in recent years. One will be on…
Bluffs Fire Unit fights in Omaha
Council Bluffs firefighters spent hours in Omaha assisting with a four-alarm fire. Capt. Donald Barritt and his crew manned the snorkel unit which poured water in the front of the Karbach building at Fourteenth and Douglas.
Bluffs Extortion Attempt Flops; Mother, Wife Safe
Holding Money Bag...from Shaver's Food Mart in Council Bluffs is Detective Donald Richie and an unidentified Omaha policeman. Nonpareil photo by Glen Fahrenkrug.
Bluffs Extortion Attempt Flops; Mother, Wife Safe
Unidentified Suspect...sits in a police cruiser at Fortieth Street and Interstate 80 in Omaha following his arrest. Nonpareil photo by Glen Fahrenkrug.
Bluffs Extortion Attempt Flops; Mother, Wife Safe
Missing Women...who didn't know they were missing are Mrs. Frank LaMantia and Mrs Richard Bunten, mother of Rick Bunten, store manager. They went out for a sandwich and were believed to have been abducted Nonpareil photo by Dave Decker..
Bluffs Elevator Fire
photo, at a distance of plume of smoke from Bluffs Elevator explosion/fire; railroad tracks and cars shown on each side of plume.
Bluffs Ecologist Is Honored - Wes Jespersen Day Declared
A Key To The City . . . is presented by Mayor Raymond Pogge to Wes Jespersen, who was honored for efforts in beautifying the city. He also received the Operation Pride Pine Award and was named volunteer of the month.
Bluffs Developers Plan Motel - Near Little Sioux
The Bunk House . . . at the proposed Little Sioux Village tourist development will be a Best Western motel, project developer William Daley of Council Bluffs announced. The 104-unit motel will be of western style and include a meeting room and…
Bluffs Couple Die In Airplane Crash
The Crash...in a cornfield ripped the front end of the single-engined aircraft to shreds.
Bluffs Boy Scouts Hold Rededication Ceremenonies
Following His Speech...Nels M. Hansen holds a symbolic lighted candle at a Bayliss Park rededication ceremony Saturday night by local Boy Scouts.
Bluff City Laundry
Photograph of the Bluff City Laundry in Council Bluffs (Iowa) with delivery trucks lined up outside.
Bluff City Laundry
Reproduction of a postcard of Bluff City Laundry. Horse drawn carts lined up outside the building.
Blue-Star Fire
Blue Star Continental-Keller 16th Ave. Main $500,000
Blue Star Plant Damaged By Fire
Food Cans...are shoveled from the second floor of the Blue Star plant by the truck load, as workmen start cleanup after fire.
Blue Star Now Packaging 4 Frozen Breakfast Varieties; Testing In South
Frozen Breakfast...is displayed by Ronald Burgis.
Blue Star Foods fire
Photographs of fire at Blue Star Foods Inc garage at 1509 S. Main St. that spread to Continental Keller Company warehouse at 1501 S Main St.