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Nonpareil Group Home; Calls Tour 'Outstanding Success'
In Arlington National Cemetery . . . tourists view and photograph the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy. This was one of the last stops by Nonpareil tourists before they returned to Council Bluffs.
Nonpareil Group Visits Historic Williamsburg - S.W. Iowans Homeward Bound
Trying Out Stocks . . . at Public Gaol, in Williamsburg, Va., is Eddie Henningsen, son of Nonpareil tour director Ron Henningsen of Council Bluffs.
White House, Capitol, Fireworks Highlights Of Washington Visit
Capitol Building . . . in Washington makes background for the Nonpareil tour group which closes out its two-week visit of the east Monday. The group is slated to arrive in Council Bluffs Tuesday night.
Gramps' Glasses:
Miss Winnie K. Weinman of Avoca adjusts glasses on Gramps, a Walt Disney character at the Pepsi-Cola exhibit on The Nonpareil's tour of the New York World's Fair. The tour group was in Washington, D.C., Saturday for sightseeing.
Nonpareil Tour:
In front of a novelty shop in New York's Chinatown are members of The Nonpareil's holiday tour. The group took a bus tour of the big city Tuesday and spent Wednesday at the World's Fair.
Tallyho Wagon Tour
Part of The Nonpareil's holiday group goes to Mount Royal Park in Montreal aboard a horsedrawn tallyho wagon.
Nonpareil Holiday Group Meets Crowl's Tourists At The Falls
Squinting In The Mist . . . from Niagara Falls are a group of Nonpareil tourists, including Jack Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stamp, Mrs. Ada Rockwell, Mrs. Lynn Alberti and Mrs. Clara Corbin. The Stamps are from Walnut; the rest from Council Bluffs.
Tourists Organize
Checking Itinerary . . . of The Nonpareil tour are (left to right) Mrs. Imogene Curl, Mrs. Elsie Ralston and Mrs. Marshall Ketchum, all of Carson, and Mrs. Anne Allen of Avoca.
Colonial Williamsburg:
Once the seat of government of a vast and powerful colony that stretched to the Mississippi, the colonial Capitol building at Williamsburg, Va., has been carefully reconstructed to its appearance of the early 1700s. Here met the House of Burgesses,…
Nonpareil Plans 2 Trips To Hawaii This Summer - Interest Is So High
The Traditional Luau . . . is known as the "Feast of the Islands" and includes the many exotic foods and dishes native to the South Seas. This will be one of the features of The Nonpareil's Hawaiian trip.
Hawaiian Holiday Planned By The Nonpareil July 29 - Aug. 13
The Hawaiian Welcome . . . which awaits those taking The Nonpareil's vacation trip will feature smiling hula dancers such as these pictured here.
The Nonpareil Installs AP Photofax Machine
Wire Editor Jim Etter . . . checks the AP Photofax machine which will bring The Nonpareil wirephotos from throughout the U.S. and from most nations in the world.
Workmen Hammer Away At Press
Hoisting Out . . . the last plate cylinder of The Nonpareil's old press are Joe Underwood, 1705 S. 11th St., Andy Andersen, Omaha, and Gene Brazeal, 915 N. 28th St. The crew, of Masthead International, Inc. of Albuquerque, M.M., is scheduled to…
Nonpareil's Hot Metal Goes 'Cold'
Monday's Editions Under New Process
Conversion Of Paper Required Cooperation
(1) Setting Type . . . with an Intertype machine has been one of Russ Haley's duties. The machine is being replaced by computers and photographic paper.
(2) Composing An Ad . . . using new computerized equipment is Larry Hedrick.
All of the…
(2) Composing An Ad . . . using new computerized equipment is Larry Hedrick.
All of the…
Lead Type Will Be Thing Of The Past At Nonpareil
(top) There's Quite A Contrast . . . between the old-style press plate which weighs 60 pounds, held by pressman Dick Petersen, and the new plastic style which weighs only a few ounces. It is held by Judy Gurney, assistant circulation manager.…
Checking The Results . . .
Checking The Results . . . of the drying lamps he installed is Gerald Goeser.
Printers Heading Back To School
Learning New Methods . . . for printing newspapers is the objective of an adult education class at Iowa Western Community College. Teacher George Peterson shows Harvey Christensen a phase in offset printing. Christensen is The Nonpareil's composing…
New Desks For Nonpareil
(top) New desks are a nice thing - until it comes time to move the accumulation of years of toil. This is how the Nonpareil's newsroom looked before the transformation. Some of the desks had been around for longer than most want to admit…