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When the units...
When the units . . . back into their headquarters at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, the first operation is to check and clean up equipment. Danny Jordan wipes up the unit to keep it spotless while Pat Stiles checks the resusitator [resuscitator]…
Where River Cut Through Road
Several hours after the rising of flood water of the Missouri rolled over a county road at the Narrows, north of the city limits, scores of acres between the highway and the Illinois Central railroad (right center) were inundated. The flood water…
Where the Books Are Kept
Seldom seen by key in the operation of a modern bank are the employes of the bookkeeping, transit and proof departments. here are the employes of the Council Bluffs Savings bank, shown in their new quarters just off the main lobby. Employes in this…
Where Water Isolated One Iowa Farm
Flood waters rolling in from the muddy Missouri had completely isolated this farm from the surrounding countryside when this air view was taken. Two horses left on the farm can be seen in the upper right-hand corner, belly deep in the flood.
Whiskers Everywhere
Carl Whitney, grocer at Malvern, is one of many in Southwest Iowa with faces groomed for 1969 centennials. Malvern will celebrate its centennial Sept. 7 through 12. Emerson will hold celebrations May 1 through Sept. 1; Avoca's centennial will be June…
Whitson remains cautious in predicting year ahead
Tom Whitson, president of Council Bluffs Savings Bank, remains cautiously optimistic about his bank's chances for growth in the coming year.
Who Days Dandelions Are Dandy
It's inevitable--with warm spring days come dandelions. But Mrs. Andrew Karr, 33-3 Avenue G, looks on the bright side of the situation as she joins her small daughter, Becky Arnold, 2, in a closer look at the blooms. The yellow flowers, Webster…
Whole Theater Redecorated
Although the fire was confined to the rear part, the entire interior of the Broadway theater was redecorated in its $25,000 remodeling program. A new front curtain was installed, the seats refinished, and the walls repainted in pastel colors.
Why Does Elk Horn Prosper? Because It's One Big Family - Three 'Detectives' Earn $50 Fee
Three Busy 'Danes' . . . walk under main street signs that fit Elk Horn's image - "Iowa Farm," "Elk" and "Danish." They are Herb Christensen, Susan Hansen and Connie Rasmussen, who investigated the community's climate.
Wickham Building
Photographs of the Wickham Building at 522 W. Broadway
Wickham Building fire
Photograph of the Wickham Building fire.
Wife, Children Proud Of Juel
Members Of The Juel Family . . . Barbara, a former Miss Iowa and now a resident of California, Mrs. Juel and Einer Jr., a physician in Atlantic, were reunited Wednesday night at a banquet honoring Einer P. Juel.
Wigwam Grocery fire
Wigwam Grocery, Cunningham Grocery, Hansen's Pastry Shop 100-104 W Broadway.
Wilcox Greenhouse
10 photos of Wilcox Greenhouse.
Will 'Black Angel' finally be moved?
The 'Black Angel'
Will New Interstate 29 Mean Free Bridge At Bellevue?
Bellevue GAR Memorial Toll Bridge...may get a new lease on life when Interstate 29 south of Council Bluffs opens. This is the upstream view from the new park south of Highway 370. Stacks of the Loup River Power District rise in the left of the…
Will Open North 16th To Traffic - Road Builders To Sweep Down New Surfacing
Temporary End Of The Line . . . for the North Sixteenth Street paving is the Illinois Central Railroad track (alongside poles). Dotted lines show the approximate route the road will take north to link up with an Interstate Highway interchange, which…
Will Speak
Congressman Ben F. Jensen will give the address at the evening program of the Tabor Centennial celebration Wednesday evening. The Southwest Iowa town is marking its 100th year with three-day-long programs.
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing full skirt, belted shirt, and boots.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing full skirt, belted shirt, and boots.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Bowman gave the audience a chance to hear the Gershwin medley she'll be performing in the pageant, during Thursday of pageant week. The talent competition provides 50 percent of the points on which the contestants are judged.