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Bathhouse
Bathhouse at the new swimming beach is constructed of bricks and panel siding and provides changing areas and toilets for both men and women. The structure faces north and also houses a well which furnishes drinking water. Just south of the…
You Can View Plymouth Rock In The Bluffs
Madison School Students . . . visit replica of Plymouth Rock in Memorial Park Cemetery. They are JoAnn Jacobsen, Claudia Sprinkel, Joe Lees, Steven Middaugh, Pamela Beck and Suzanne Hearn.
High Court To Hear Oakland Plant Case
The idle American Beef Packers Inc.. plant located in Oakland, pictured here in 1985, will be the subject of a lawsuit to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. American Beef Packers Inc. originally opened the plant in 1966.
Conditions Ripe For Beef Plant Reopening
Land O' Lakes Beef Plant
Oakland, Iowa
Oakland, Iowa
New Beach Area
New Beach Area...Swimmers or sunbathers will find a new 1,000-foot sandy beach ready for them this summer at DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge west of Missouri Valley. The swimming area has been relocated to the inside of the bend southeast of…
New Boat Launching
New Boat Launching...facilities are located at the south end of the lake. The concrete, six-lane ramp with docks is inspected by manager Dybsetter. This facility replaces a temporary unit to the north which has been closed. Swimming is no longer…
DeSoto Bend Tim-Table Advanced 2 years; Engineers To Be Finished in 1960
Now Ice Bound...this section of the Missouri River will become a part of the DeSoto Bend Lake after a new river channel is cut by Army Engineers. Timbered area to right will become a wildlife refuge.
Federal Plans Call For A Bigger Ox Bow Lake; Add 6,000 Acres
Looking North...across the Ox Bow Lake proposal. Dotted line at lower left indicates the approximate course the Missouri River channel would take. Land area in center would become wildlife refuge. Sealed off river loop would become a lake.
Harlan Pork Plant's Pollution Status Foggy
The Water Pollution Control Commission . . . of the Health Department found during an investigation that the plant lacks adequate facilities for treating waste. American Beef and the Health Department made an 'informal' agreement to correct the…
Harlan Pork Plant's Pollution Status Foggy
A Black Substance Probably Coming From The Lagoon . . . flows from a culvert into a ditch near the plant and into the Nishnabotna River one-half mile away. Harlan residents have complained about odor from the plant.
Harlan Pork Plant's Pollution Status Foggy
Western Iowa Pork Plant Near Harlan . . . owned by American Beef Packers, Inc., told the State Department of Health it would let contracts to improve its waste treatment facilities by Nov. 1, 1970. But nobody knows if it has done so and the president…
Harlan Strikers To Be Tried As Group
Jimmy W. Phillips . . . Papillion, Neb., facing camera at upper left, testifies today concerning violence at the Harlan plant of the Western Iowa Pork Co., last week. Phillips is security chief at the plant. Justice of the Peace J. Bruce Potter,…
Harlan Violence
Chatting In Office . . . after eight hours of siege at Harlan, are plant guard Jim Phillips and company manager Ed Hannan.
Harlan Violence
Inspecting pickup truck overturned in parking lot of Harlan Pork Plant is Shelby Sheriff Orrell Gearhart.
Shelby Sheriff 'Recruits' Task Force Of 34 Lawmen
Strikers Pose . . . by banner which protests the company won't negotiate. They are Ed Greiner of Panama, Dennis Taylor and Byron Cordes, both of Avoca.
Bullets, Rocks Fly At Harlan Packing Firm; Guard Call Rejected
Windows Broken . . . in melee at pork packing plant outside Harlan, east on Highway 64, are surveyed by Bob Gibson, police officer from Dow City.
Western Iowa Pork Nearing Operational Stage At Harlan
Production Line . . . equipment is fast moving into place at the Harlan plant, which will be able to process 2,400 hogs daily.
Western Iowa Pork Nearing Operational Stage At Harlan - Will Train Shelby County Men For Jobs . . .
Western Iowa Pork . . . will begin operations in this new plant east of Harlan in late March.
Hulking Pork Plant
The Western Iowa Pork Inc. plant is becoming a massive hulk against the rural horizon east of Harlan. While the building is well along, there are a few loose financial ends in the Shelby County project. Efforts to attract local investments are in the…