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Teaching Music To Retarded Gratifying - State School Instructor Happy
Marching Band . . . poses with instructor Warren Darrah, right, in gym at Glenwood State School-Hospital. The group will give a concert in Des Moines later this month.
Team Of Divers Checks Deterioration Of Bertrand
A Three-man Scuba Diving Team...is puncturing the hull of the sunken steamboat Bertrand at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. What they find may determine how best to preserve the century-old hulk.
Team Of Divers Checks Deterioration Of Bertrand
Scuba Divers...bubble near the surface of the pond covering the sunken steamboatd Bertrand at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. Marker at left informs visitors of the century-old boat's remains. The three-man scuba diving team is determining how…
Tearful Bluffs Children Ordered To Return To Mother
Lyle McGlade
Deborah McGlade
Deborah McGlade
Telegram to Amelia Bloomer from J.A. Callen
Telegram to Amelia Bloomer from J.A. Callen, Oregon, Missouri. Asks if Bloomer can speak there on the fourth and, if so, to state terms.
Tempers simmer at dump meeting
Michael Angel speaking at meeting.
Ten Months Makes Huge Difference For Mercy
Bruce Hopkins
Terminal Bridge
Terminal Bridge over Missouri River.
Terminal Bridge
Child walking across terminal railroad bridge.
Tests To Sap Your Strength
Straining Under The Weight . . . as he attempts to pull a 50 foot section of hose to the top of the training tower is Alan Knott, Omaha. Firefighter Mike Mattox stands by.
Texas Ranger
Photograph of a Texas Ranger
That Soft Stuff Takes Hard Work
The polyurethane foam machine at Future Foam Inc., 400 N 10th St, pumps out mattress material at the rate of 15 feet a minute. The material is 2.5 feet thick, about six feet wide and is cut into 30-foot lengths for handling. The process starts on the…
That Soft Stuff Takes Hard Work
A Saw Slices . . . the 30-foot long sections of foam to any desired thickness. The machine is operated by Gary Lee, 2224 Fourth Ave. Here he checks the accuracy of his cuts. The machine, operated by push buttons, handles the material on reversible…
That Soft Stuff Takes Hard Work
Continuous Rolls For Shipment . . . are wound on an overhead reel. The half-inch thick slices are heat sealed at the ends to form the roll and will probably be used for clothing insulation. The plant, started in Council Bluffs 17 years ago, employs…
That's A Lot Of Bull, Man
Dan Compton, plant manager at Beefland International, is dwarfed by this massive bull in front of the plant Saturday. The promotional steer is made of fiberglass, weighs 2,000 pounds and is 14 feet high and 24 feet long. It was removed from atop a…
That's Progress...
aerial photo of Bennett Avenue area before development (1959)
That's Progress...
aerial photo of Bennett Avenue area, after development (1970)
The "Kursaal" Lake Manawa
The Kursaal Dance Hall at Lake Manawa
The 1,500-Gallon Tanker
The 1,500-Gallon Tanker...moves out of the Carter Lake Fire Department building on its way to a blaze. The bright yellow tanker, formerly an army vehicle, was rebuilt by department members. The firefighters moved into their new building last July.