Big Handshake. Gwen Bachman. six-foot eleven-inch center on the Quachita Baptist University women's basketball team is greeted by Larry Anderson of the Council Bluffs Jaycees at a reception held Monday at Holiday Inn for teams and coaches entered in…
With the 10-inch dredge now operating in its third season, Big Lake has been deepened by a minimum of eight feet over approximately 12 acres. water lilies give the dredge operators toruble by clogging the intake of the suction line.
Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…
The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.
New arches arrived this week at McDonald's of Manawa, 3036 S. Expressway. The 75-foot sign was put up by Globe Sign Co. of Omaha. The workers are Mike Gardener on top of the sign, Earl Ward in the center and Lou Gintz.
Giant Outer Shell . . . of the annealing furnace is in place at the Griffin Pipe Division plant. Workmen with transits, in foreground, are checking levels for installing foundations for other equipment.
Inside The Furnace . . . Charles Sullivan of Omaha works on the 18-inch brick lining which will protect the shell from the 1,800-degree operating temperatures.
A Pile Of Bags . . . placed on the steps behind a parked car makes the job as Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) operator very difficult for Everett Malone.