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Seven More Feet
The river boat Bertrand lies covered with seven feet of water as constant pumping operations drain the pool. Wayne Chord, public use specialist for the DeSoto Bend wildlife refuge said the water should be down in two weeks so workers can begin…
Setting the sand
About 8,500 of sand was packed around the six dynamite charges on the bridge as a precaution against destructive concussion. Workmen were hoisted to the top of the west end of the span to complete the packing shortly before the detonation.
Service Citation:
Acting Postmaster Thomas Healy represents Council Bluffs postal employees in paying tribute to Gerald W. Kirn. He vacated the postmaster's job Dec. 29 after 21 months of service. Kirn received a briefcase and scroll signed by employees in a ceremony…
September 11th Memorial
September 11th Memorial
September 11th Memorial
September 11th Memorial
Sentiment Remains In Old Gen. Dodge Home - Now An Apartment House But
In Former Days . . . the main reception room entertained many of the most prominent figures of the nineteenth century - U.S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley - to name a few.
Sentiment Remains In Old Gen. Dodge Home - Now An Apartment House But
Reception Room Today . . . shows little resemblance to the past. Only one piece of the original furniture remains, the long, low buffet with its immense mirror that covered nearly half a wall.
Sentiment Remains In Old Gen. Dodge Home - Now An Apartment House But
This Famous Home . . . at 605 Third St. still looks much the same on the outside as it did when Gen. Grenville M. Dodge moved in 89 years ago. Now it is an apartment house.
Senior Class Book 1906
1906 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.
Senior Class Annual 1898
1898 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School.
Senator's Wife Speaks Out On Women's Issues
Dee Jepsen . . . wife of U.S. Sen. Roger Jepsen, R-Iowa, signs a copy of her new book for John Hartog of Carter Lake at the Living Word Wednesday afternoon.
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper - 'A Giant Iowan' - Served Under Five Presidents
Bourke B. Hickenlooper . . . former Republican senator from Iowa who had spent 24 years in the Senate, died Saturday in New York.
Sells Property To State
George Steinberg has announced sale of Steinberg grocery at 1428 West Broadway to the state to make way for the Broadway viaduct. Sale pdice[sic] was $24,500, the figure set by the viaduct appraisal board;.
Selecting Jury For Keller Trial - Woman Accused Of Slaying Ex-Husband
En Route To Court . . . is Mrs. Marian E. Keller, accompanied by Sheriff Roy O. Wichael.
Seldins Addition
Aerial photograph of Seldins Addition - Bennett at Highway 6
Seldin memorial
Independent Insurance Agents Wednesday presented a defibrillator unit to the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division, in memory of the late Ben Seldin, a longtime agent. Larry Hazelwood and Wayne McCunn, paramedics, examine the equipment with Ted…
Sees Funds Appropriation In 1964
Talking Politics . . . are Harold Beckman, Pottawattamie County Republican chairman, and Rep. Ben F. Jensen.
Seek $2000 to Renovate Golden Spike
Sketch Of Plans . . . for the Golden Spike monument. The drawing at left shows how the Junior Chamber of Commerce will beautify the grounds. The sketch at right is a perspective of the monument.
Seeing Helps Deaf Learn - ISD Media Center
Making Transparencies . . . for overhead projectors is discussed by Richard Fetrow, director of the Iowa School for the Deaf media center, and student Robert Sly, a senior from Des Moines. Students from art classes help out at the center, which is in…
Section Of East Omaha Flooded
This section of East Omaha, just east of the Pottawattamie county line, looked like a scene from Venice as the Nonpareil's aerial photographer swept over it Saturday afternoon.