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Grading On I-80 . . . has started near Yellow Pole Road. The Mott Construction Company of Centerville is doing the grading work on the section of the interstate diagonal from Highway 6 to near Weston.

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Closed since the middle of April, the South Omaha Bridge has been undergoing major repairs with new surfacing on the deck plus cleaning and painting. Highways 92 and 275 have been detoured until the work is complete. Job Supt. George Grower of Ely…

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This Sketch...shows plans for the renovation of the Ridgecrest Southern Baptist Chapel that will be located at 1500 High St. A.J. Carrithers of Council Bluffs is the architect.

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Workers with Ak-Sar-Ben Roofing in Omaha lay down rubber insulation on the roof of the grandstand. (Nonpareil photos by Dan Koenig)

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Eric Olsen, of 38 Bluff St., a worked with Anderson Construction, labors on a door in the kennels, where the greyhounds will be housed.

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Working Like A Dog...is Schnapps, a St. Bernard who provides power for the V-plow guided by his master, Glen A. Gohlinghost of 232 Jordan St. They are cleaning snow from the sidewalk near their home.

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Highway 64 & McKenzie Ave. Workman Turkey Farm.

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New Garner Township School...is being readied for school opening Monday. A feature is the use of glass in both front and rear walls.

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Customer Service . . . sends Monte Christensen up a (power) pole - literally. He's an installer-repairman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and usually gets a birds-eye view of the neighborhoods in which he works. He says one of the biggest hazards…

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Work Is Underway...to enclose the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home at Elliott Street and North Broadway, before winter weather halts outdoor construction work.

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World Radio Laboratory. 738-744 W. Broadway

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World Radio Laboratories fire 738-744 West Broadway.
Asst. Chief Figgins

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World Radio Laboratories building fire at 738-744 West Broadway.

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One Of The Finest Works . . . of the late Daniel Chester French was scheduled for a paint job. It stands at Lafayette Ave. and North Second St.

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Photograph of the world's champion fire team. Council Bluffs Fire Deparment. Horses are Jack and Jim. Ed Walker, driver; Cole Jones, coupler; Robert Jones, coupler; A. H. Telfer, captain and William Boyne, member of the crew.

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News Spacious Walnut Grove Baptist Church...is locate at Twenty-ninth Street and Avenue J has been completed and is ready for use. The sanctuary is designed to seat approximately 230 persons.

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Discussing Markers...visible in painting of Fields of the Wood, a historical setting created by their church denomination, are Past Robert Brown of the local Church of God of Prophecy, and Earl Clemens, a member of its congregation.

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With the WPA working a twelve-hour shift to complete driving of piles on the city hall project within the next fifteen to twenty days, workmen are preparing forms for the foundation concrete. This picture, taken from the fifth floor of the Park…

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The Manning Hospital has been in existence since 1926, when Dr. Orren William Wyatt began its construction. Known then as the Wyatt Memorial Hospital, it was opened for use in November, 1927, and formally dedicated May 12, 1929, in memory of Dr.…

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Chatting At Beefland Banquet . . . are Chad Wymer, Peter J. Peters and Harry J. Nelson, president of Beefland International, Inc.
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