Serving readers - is a growing task for library Mildred Smock and her staff. A library staff member since 1941, Miss Smock said users' needs have changed over the years. The library has added new technology and expanded its services, she said, but…
Weathered and eroded by the timeless waters of the Missouri River, these old boat pilings south of the Union Pacific railroad bridge, patiently stand guard on the muddy beach waiting the onslaught of the spring thaw. Only the occasional clunk of ice…
Forty-Acre Conklin Park Outside Griswold On Highway 48 is a miniature evergreen forest in the middle of flat farmland. This bridge, complete with a "Cross At Your Own Risk" sign, leads to a small island in the middle of the lake. Facilities there…
Construction work on the new city hall building is progressing rapidly, Superintendent Pete Tellander said Saturday. Pouring of columns for the south section of the second floor was started last week. Work is also under way for setting the column…
The Broadway Viaduct..stretches from Eighth to Fifteenth Sts. as contractors prepare to set the structural steel of the two-million dollar project. Except for the structural steel work, the west approach ramp (bottom) is the only major part of the…
Mechanics, welders and operators from Pentizien Inc. of Omaha swarmed over the city Parks Department's new dredge at Big Lake getting the equipment ready to operate. Gary Cross of the parks departments will be trained as operator of the huge…
Looking At Award...for outstanding leadership earned at a leadership school held by the U.S. Army Reserve are Spec. 4 Larry R. Martin and Capt. William Ballenger, class instructor.
Over the entrance to this building on The State University of Iowa campus in Iowa City is a stone which is engraved, "He That Maketh the Law Becomes Master of the Intent Thereof." This motto is all that remains to remind one that it was here that…