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Sidewalk petition may force installation assessment plan
Concil Bluffs City Councilman Sam Irwin has filed a petition from 26 residents asking the city to install a sidewalk along Madison Avenue from Palmer Avenue to Bennett Avenue. There are currently no sidewalks on either side of Madison Avenue--a…
Shugart-Beno Block
Photograph of the Shugart-Beno Block. Northwest corner of First Avenue and Main Street. Burned December 3, 1925.
Shucks! You Just Can't Find Council Bluffs In Huskerland
Private Enterprise . . . provides the only marking on Nebraska's Interstate, between Lincoln and the Missouri River bridge, that Council Bluffs lies on the western edge of Iowa.
Shrine Overlooking Earling Designed By Retiring Priest
Admiring. . . the shrine he designed to honor Our Lady of Fatima is Msgr. N.A. Gaul. The shrine stands atop a hill at Little Flower Haven Rest Home at Earling where Msgr. Gaul resides. It is lighted nightly and the three signs, Rosary, Sacrifice and…
Showing The Way
Showing off the new sign with directions to his church, the Rev. Robert Nelson, 1126 Military Ave., said the sign is part of the church's effort to "get closer" to the community. The sign, donated by a local real estate firm, shows the way to First…
Shovel is added to time capsule
Placing items . . . in a time capsule buried Monday near the new Pottawattamie County Courthouse draws interest from spectators present. Everything from slips of paper with names on them to Ms. magazine was dropped into the vault which will be opened…
Shooting Gallery at Playland Park
Photograph of Building #4 (Shooting Gallery) at Playland Park
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Sherbon hearing delayed
Before the Board of Supervisors . . . are attorney Lyle Rodenburg (right) and his clients, Phil and Margaret Sherbon. Rodenburg and attorney Matt Walsh, who is representing Cheryl Lary, asked and received a delay of the hearing that will determine…
Shenandoah Boys, Mother Reunited - A Wonderful Christmas Present
The "Happiest Family In The World" . . . will spend the "best Christmas ever" as a result of the reunion of Mrs. Elsie Rhoades Hill with her sons Mike, David and Bobbie, standing, and Richard on the lap of their new father, David Hill.
Shelterbelts Sparked Conservation Career
Michael J. Kucera, district conservationist for the East Pottawattamie County Soil Conservation Service, stands beside a map that shows soil types and geographic slopes in Iowa. Kucera, who started in the job Dec. 5, oversees activities of two…
Shelter House in Bull Park
The new shelter house in Albert the Bull Park in Audubon is a memorial to an 18-year-old youth who was fatally injured in an auto accident last year. Audubon County Campers Club built the shelter house as a memorial to Alan Lee Christensen, whose…
She Prayed--And Guided Wild, Racing Car To Halt; With Five Lives At Stake
Splintered Garage...shows how the vehicle blazed the end of its trail. The splatters are from oil in the drums which prevented hitting the building at left.
She Prayed--And Guided Wild, Racing Car To Halt
Finally Stopped...after slamming its way through the narrow pass between two garages is the car which plummeted down Elder Street at the rear.
She Keeps Bertrand Artifacts In Order; Harlan Native Maia Sornson
Showing Old Bottles...recovered from the sunken steamship Bertrand at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is Maia Sornson, curator of the Bertrand artifacts museum. Miss Sornson has been cataloging the millions of items recovered from the wreckage and…
Sharon Ballenger looks ahead; Mayor's wife planning to utilize her sense of humor
A big part of...Mrs. William (Sharon) Ballenger's life is her duties as guidance counselor at Abraham Lincoln High School. She helps students like senior Dee Christensen plan their futures. Mrs. Ballenger believes that her professional counseling…
Sharing Church Space 'A Success'
Discussing Church Matters . . . at Gethsemane Presbyterian Church are Pastor John Pettit and Pastor David Leggett of the South Park Church of God. Friends for six years, the two have worked out a cooperative schedule for their respective…
Shank Announces Plans For $900,000 Rest Home Here For Elderly Persons; 'Unlike Anything In Iowa'
Architect's Sketch...depicts the long, low lines of the proposed Southwest Iowa Senior Center, Inc., a self-contained community under a single roof for retired persons.
Shakeup In Highway Maintenance Staff - Seven Persons Involved Here
Reading A Report . . . of their discharge are Carl Cooper, seated, Jesse Poor, and Albert Neighbors, right.