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The old army game had already started at the Armory Saturday morning as three men from the Fairfield detachment, Jack Zierlien, John Hay, and Frank R. Danielson, settle down in a corner to guard some of the medical division's equipment.

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Getting ready . . . Queen Karen's going somewhere at last. -Nonpareil Photo.

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Adele Berry (center), senior from Fort Dodge, was crowned Iowa State University's 1966 "Queen of Queens" Thursday at Ames in ceremonies opening the annual ISU Veishea festival. Miss Berry's attendants are Janet Longston (left), junior from Memphis,…

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Photograph of the quarters of Company "C," 2nd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry at Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamanga Park.

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Photograph of Quaker Baking Company, Council Bluffs, with trucks lined up outside.

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U.S. Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa was hard at work Friday at Iowa Nebraska Xpress truck terminal. He took the job moving freight to learn more about the transportation needs of the Council Bluffs-Omaha area, he said. Harkin gets direction from Terminal…

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Assistant Purchasing Agents Leonard Brugenhemke tries new Civil Patrol helmet on Police Chief Earl Miller. Helmets were purchased at cost of 70¢

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Garage mechanics keep city equipment in first class condition. Garage Department and City Hall Maintenance come under Purchasing Agent's supervision.

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Pumping Water...is the main operation now in the search for treasure aboard the sunken Bertrand. Watching pipe lifted out of deep hole is Sam Corbin, one of the two treasure hunters.

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Completely sand-bagged against the threat of Missouri river flood water is the Council Bluffs waterworks pumping station, located just a few feet away from the stream. Pumping equipment inside the station is located in deep concrete pits, well below…

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Two postcard depicting pumping stations and reservoirs.

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Firemen pour water on wreckage of the pump shed which was the scene of an explosion and fire which claimed one life.

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2 photos of a typical pump house at Playland Park. Parcel 241A.

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(Top) Soon To Broadcast . . . educational television to Southwest Iowa is the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network (IEBN) tower northeast of Oakland. The building at the right contains various signal transmission devices and the tower's power…

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Postcard. Public Library, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Arranging pictures . . . for the Council Bluffs Public Library's art exhibit are Librarian Miss Mildred Smock and assistant, Mrs. Amerlia O'Neill. --Nonpareil Photo.

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Wally Tuel . . . a patron of the Council Bluffs Public Library, views one of the periodicals on display. Mildred Smock, librarian, explains procedure for use of the periodicals.--Nonpareil Photo.

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People's Natural Gas representatives Bill Schaffart (left) and Mike Theisen met Wednesday with 15 demonstrators from Citizens for Community Improvement are protesting new deposits required for customers who have been late in paying bills and have…
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