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Protect Right Of Way - Section men for the Illinois Central railroad sandbag the right of way along their line north of Council Bluffs. In most of the area, Missouri River flood water is either standing or running on both sides of the tracks.

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Remember the flood threat of 1952 when Council Bluffs residents--aided by volunteers from neighboring towns--turned back the raging Missouri River? This is how the Water Works intake looked that April when the river…