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$70,000 School Bond Election To Be April 13; Carter Lake Facilities Crowded
School Building...at Carter Lake is bulging with students. Additions to the original structure are visable [sic] at both right and left. Another four-room addition is proposed for the left or west wing.
$61,000 In Holdup Loot Returned To Bluffs Bank
Loading Over $61,000 In Bills . . . are deputy U.S. Marshals Jesse Lathrum and Mark Hayes of Des Moines, who transported the money to the First National Bank. The money was stolen in the June 30, 1971 holdup of the bank's westside office.
$5.52 million election set Feb. 19, Council gives go-ahead for library bond issue
Displaying architectural drawings . . . of the proposed new library is Librarian Mildred Smock. Voters will decide Feb. 19 whether to issue $5.52 million in bonds for construction of the building. -Nonpareil photo.
$3.2 Million Creek Flood Control Plan Calls For Decision: Is It Worth The Cost? - It's Ready To Go - On Paper
Caked With Silt . . . less than two years after a $100,000 cleanup job, the Indian Creek conduit provides its own argument for flood control. This is the section north of Sixteenth Avenue.
$200,000 Addition, Gym Planned At Holy Family
This New Addition . . . is being planned at Holy Family School. The four-room addition is at the left and a connecting gymnasium at the right.
$150,000 Fire Destroys Raven Feed Plant Here; Simpson Not Sure About Rebuilding
Swinging Aerial ladder...into position--shortly after 5 a.m.--firemen prepare to pour water on the blazing roof of the Raven Feed Plant elevator. A few moments later Pipeman Early Hanson, atop the ladder, directed a stream of water onto the…
$114,000 Building Planned For Goodyear Tire Firm - At Seventh And Broadway
A new Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Service Store will be built at 700-715 W. Broadway on property belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coziahr. The 50 by 172 foot structure will cost $114,000 and is scheduled to be in use by June 1, 1968.
[Negatives]
4x5 negatives of various subjects. Most were taken by John "Jack" Kennedy, long-time Nonpareil photographer.
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections
This collection is contained in 9 boxes in Special Collections
"Speedy No. 13"
"Speedy No. 13"///is the theme of this mural which covers a large area of the wall near the school auditorium. It is studied by Diane Weed, Dawn Runyon and Rick Lanegan. Sketches for proposed murals are presented by students for approval before new…
"Old Faithful" Flows On
City sewer employees have dubbed this flow of backwater from the Sixth avenue sewer manhole in Dodge park as "Old Faithful." The top of the manhole is below the river level, and is pouring thousands of gallons of water on the golf course. The pipe…
"Now" Is Any Autumn Afternoon
"Now" Is Any Autumn Afternoon...looking east on Broadway toward the Fourth Street intersection citizens see the spot where parades have marched in tribute to local heroes for 55 years.
"New Look" On Broadway
"New Look" On Broadway--Modern new store fronts have improved the looks of Broadway firms. Continental Keller Co's new front was completed in November of Last year. It is one of the newest store fronts in the city.
"Council Bluffs Is Moving Forward Under the Council-Manager Plan" Says Mayor Juel
Mayor Juel Signs Viaduct Contract While City Attorney Dave Stuart Looks on.
"Council Bluffs is Moving Forward Under the Council-Manager Plan, " says Mayor Juel.
Ex-Mayor Sparks turns over old Mayor-Council government to Eisner Juel, Mayor of Council Bluffs under the new Council-Manager Plan.
"Baby Boom" Resulting in Big Construction Program; Our Schools...
Walnut Grove Addition...is now complete on the outside. Interior work is expected to be finished in time for students to use class rooms during the second semester.
"Arrow" Wounds
Like an Indian fighter of old, John Gilmore, 46, 427 E. Washington Ave., lies wounded with two "arrows". The splinters of hardwood board--one of them two feet long--were driven through the back and palm of his left hand when they kicked out of a…
"All Aboard" Musical Revue
Photograph of Edna Gordon and an unidentified man in "All Aboard" musical revue.
"All Aboard" Musical Revue
Partial cast picture of "All Aboard" musical revue.
"All Aboard" Musical Revue
Photograph of Cora Quick Coker and Henry Dent in "All Aboard" musical revue.