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Four men looking at messy desks.
(top) New desks are a nice thing - until it comes time to move the accumulation of years of toil. This is how the Nonpareil's newsroom looked before the transformation. Some of the desks had been around for longer than most want to admit…

Two men looking at a piece of paper on a piece of equipment.
Learning New Methods . . . for printing newspapers is the objective of an adult education class at Iowa Western Community College. Teacher George Peterson shows Harvey Christensen a phase in offset printing. Christensen is The Nonpareil's composing…

A man holding a piece of paper on a table under two lamps.
Checking The Results . . . of the drying lamps he installed is Gerald Goeser.

Two people holding newspaper items.
(top) There's Quite A Contrast . . . between the old-style press plate which weighs 60 pounds, held by pressman Dick Petersen, and the new plastic style which weighs only a few ounces. It is held by Judy Gurney, assistant circulation manager.…

Russ Haley at work.
(1) Setting Type . . . with an Intertype machine has been one of Russ Haley's duties. The machine is being replaced by computers and photographic paper.

(2) Composing An Ad . . . using new computerized equipment is Larry Hedrick.
All of the…

A man looking at newspapers coming off the printing press.
Checking The Quality . . . of some of the first papers off The Nonpareil's temporary offset press Monday is publisher A. R. Gross. The Nonpareil will continue to use the temporary press until the old press is torn down, and the new offset press…

Men hoisting heavy equipment.
Hoisting Out . . . the last plate cylinder of The Nonpareil's old press are Joe Underwood, 1705 S. 11th St., Andy Andersen, Omaha, and Gene Brazeal, 915 N. 28th St. The crew, of Masthead International, Inc. of Albuquerque, M.M., is scheduled to…

Three people looking at a computer screen.
Teamwork . . . went into the production of Friday's Nonpareil as the news staff began working directly on the front-end computer system. Here Compugraphic One Systems Applications Manager Kathee Belvin guides Nonpareil Wire Editor Glen Fahrenkrug and…

A man viewing a fax machine.
Wire Editor Jim Etter . . . checks the AP Photofax machine which will bring The Nonpareil wirephotos from throughout the U.S. and from most nations in the world.

Eleven people, of various ages, next to an RV
Paul J. and Patricia Wettengel with 9 of their children, standing next to a trailer/RV.

Woman seated, holding a baby, and surround by 14 other children
Mother's Day...is justifiably celebrated at the Paul J. Wettengel home with 15 children, ranging in age from five weeks to 16 years. Standing at rear, from left, are: Dicky, 7; Nancy, 8; Mary Jo, 16; Jan, 14; Paul, 15; Jan's twin, Joy; Maureen, 11. …

Head shot of young woman with long hair
Jean Wettengel, 619 10th St., college student: "If there are laws on the books, they should be enforced, but mature individuals should be able to see what they want. There should be parental guidance for young people."

Wettengel, Paul J. and Patricia
Heating and Cooling Co. owner
619 S. 10th St.
17 children in family

row of chairs with hair dryer hoods, along a decorated wall
Striking back and white motif of the new Joseph White Beauty Salon on the second floor of Joe Smith & Co., 416 W. Broadway, was designed by John W. Kostich of Omaha. The salon, under the management of Joseph Graziano and Thomas White of Omaha, will…

Joseph White Beauty Salon
at Joe Smith & Co.
416 W. B'way

Woman models dress and jacket, cloche hat, and purse
Mrs. Paul L. White wears dress-with-jacket ensemble of the coming season in the new gold color, a tweedy fabric that speaks of spring. The dress is piped with white and the jack, finished with self material, features rhinestone buckles. Her gold…

Woman wearing dress, fur jacket, pearls, and white gloves
Mrs. Francis Richardson, Mrs. Thurston Fell, Mrs. Paul White and Mrs. Jerry Worsencroft model fur jackets at the dessert luncheon and style show at Hotel Chieftain Tuesday. The luncheon was a kick off for the Women's Residential Division of the…

Man holding certificate appreciation, surrounded by eight other men
Honoring Paul White...at appreciation dinner are Mayor Richard Oshlo, holding framed certificate, and seven former mayors of Council Bluffs. From left are: City Manager White, with "lazy susan" party service, William Keenan, Dr. Donald Lash, Leon…

Man holding newspaper, woman beside him with arm around his shoulder
Reading The Nonpareil...are Mr. and Mrs. Paul White. He was city manager here from 1957 to 1965 and now holds a similar post Lombard, Ill.
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