Title
Flood of 1952 File #5
Subject
Local news
Description
Flood of 1952 File #5
See River Crest of 28 1/2 Feet; City Speeds Disaster Plans April 9, 1952
Preparing To Handle Emergency April 9, 1952
Wednesday Stage is 20.4 Feet April 9, 1952
What To Do In Case Of Local Flood April 9, 1952
Farmers On Bottom Land Leave Homes In Flood April 9, 1952
City And County Organize To Meet The Flood Threat - Will Pool Men, Equipment . . . April 9, 1952
Salvation Army Is Ready For Emergency April 9, 1952
Some 40 Boats Available For Flood Emergency Use April 10, 1952
First Levee Repairs April 10, 1952
Eye Sewer Trouble April 10, 1952
Bag Firm Busy April 10, 1952
Flood Insurance April 10, 1952
Want Sight-Seers To Stay Off Bridges April 10, 1952
Glenwood Prepares For Help In Emergency April 10, 1952
Report Mondamin As In 'Serious' Condition April 10, 1952
Declare Emergency at Sioux City April 10, 1952
Water 4-feet Deep at Pierre, S.D. April 10, 1952
Omaha Engineer Is Making Elevation Map April 10, 1952
Blair Bridge Co. Fearful Of River April 10, 1952
Evacuate 3 Families Near Lake Manawa April 10, 1952
Report Conditions In Vicinity Of Mo Valley April 10, 1952
Prepare To Evacuate As Flood Waters Hit Blencoe April 10, 1952
Civil Defense Unit May Get Real Test - Mayor Is Sure Flood 'Emergency Will Come' April 10, 1952
Stress Seriousness Of Flood Situation April 10, 1952
Hold Back State Of Emergency April 10, 1952
Call For 5,000 Volunteer Workers - For Possible Flood Duty . . . April 10, 1952
CB Flood Would Endanger Estimated 5,846 Families April 10, 1952
National Guard Units Are Alerted For Duty April 10, 1952
River Stages April 10, 1952
Floodwater Moves Into Modale Area April 10, 1952
Predict 30-Foot River Crest; Declare An Emergency April 11, 1952
Big Flood Sweeps To Local Area April 11, 1952
West Side Residents Evacuating April 11, 1952
KSWI Goes On 24-Hour Flood Duty April 11, 1952
These 'River Rats' Are Welcome Guests April 11, 1952
Prayer Is Urged By City Council April 11, 1952
Making Plans For 1st Aid Centers - 15,000 People May Have To Be Inoculated April 11, 1952
Fire Chief Inspects Gasoline Bulk Plants April 11, 1952
Busses Available For Flood Purposes April 11, 1952
Order All To Evacuate Blencoe As Water Comes April 11, 1952
Blencoe Man Moves For Fourth Time April 11, 1952
Work On Emergency Levee at Onawa April 11, 1952
Phones Are Out As Mondamin Evacuates April 11, 1952
Modale Residents Prepare For Final Evacuation April 11, 1952
1,500 Feet of IC Track Is Covered - Railroad Starts To Battle The Flood April 11, 1952
Expect West Dike At Fremont To Hold April 11, 1952
Continue Evacuation Near Pacific Junction April 11, 1952
Raising Level Of Levee Near Manawa April 11, 1952
Scouts Mobilized For Flood Relief April 11, 1952
Towns Offer Aid To Flood Threatened CB April 11, 1952
Fortify Levees Along Missouri Valley Creek April 11, 1952
Why The Predicted Flood Crest Hiked April 11, 1952
It's Pretty Late To Buy Personal Floater Policy April 11, 1952
Building Shelves April 11, 1952
Levee Break Rumor April 11, 1952
Refugees Eat Venison April 11, 1952
County Plans To Move 40 Voting Machines April 11, 1952
Municipal Airport Being Evacuated April 11, 1952
Lining Up Boats To Carry The Mail April 11, 1952
City Is Racing Against Time To Beat The Flood April 12, 1952
Some of Stores To Close April 12, 1952
Badly Need Volunteers To Help Fight Flood Threat April 12, 1952
Get Ready To Leave April 12, 1952
Illinois Central Halts Operations - Mile and Half of Track Under Water At Ascot April 12, 1952
Speed Evacuation At Sioux City; Close Bridge; See Higher Crest April 12, 1952
Supervisors Go Into Continuous Session April 12, 1952
Cancel Jury Trials Due To Flood Threat April 12, 1952
Don't Forget Mail, Evacuees Are Told April 12, 1952
Asks Residents To Limit City, Long Distance Calls April 12, 1952
Need Storage Space April 12, 1952
Ambulance Service April 12, 1952
Deer Escape April 12, 1952
Three Emergency Shelters Set Up - More Are Planned By The Red Cross April 12, 1952
120 Citizens Join Auxiliary Police - Many Put To Work At Barricaded Roads April 12, 1952
Weather Bureau To Move From Airport April 12, 1952
Bad Weather Cancels Beardsley Flood Trip April 12, 1952
To Set Up Centers For Disease Control April 12, 1952
Mulqueen Closes Roads Into City - To Avoid Week-end Deluge of Sightseers April 12, 1952
Start Building Up the Sieck Levee April 12, 1952
Mondamin People Leave Their Flooding Town April 12, 1952
Report Break Saturday In Pony Creek Dike April 12, 1952
Mayor Reports Flood News From Blencoe April 12, 1952
Call Guardsmen For Missouri Valley Work April 12, 1952
Report Evacuation Near Hamburg Area April 12, 1952
All But 50 Evacuate From Flooded Modale April 12, 1952
Build Up Dike West Of Missouri Valley April 12, 1952
Council Meets On Flood Emergency April 12, 1952
Family Evacuates From River Home April 12, 1952
Report Some Leave Homes In Bartlett April 12, 1952
Flood Contour Map of City of Council Bluffs April 12, 1952
City Hall Scene Of Orderly Confusion As Flood Plans Made April 12, 1952
Survey Possibilities Of Farm Damages From Flood April 13, 1952
List of Emergency Phone Numbers April 13, 1952
Crew Foreman On County Levees Will Be Mounted April 13, 1952
To Stay In Omaha April 13, 1952
No Decision On Schools April 13, 1952
More Records April 13, 1952
More Equipment April 13, 1952
24-Hour Duty April 13, 1952
Busses Late April 13, 1952
Airmen Volunteer April 13, 1952
City's Two Major Floods Struck City In '43 and '81 - April Is The Month . . . April 13, 1952
Jensen Inspects Levee Effort April 14, 1952
Gov. Beardsley Here To View Flood Area April 14, 1952
Hickenlooper Says CB Battle 'Heroic' April 16, 1952
97 Towns Listed In Flood Battle - Several Out-of-State Men Work on Levees April 22, 1952
Gen. Shingler Lauds CB Levee Workers April 24, 1952
Operation Homebound Is Snagged By Lack Of Trucks April 24, 1952
Mayor Mulqueen Ends Emergency - Pays Special Tribute To Those Who Fought April 26, 1952
Flood Emergency Figures Startling April 26, 1952
Flood Damage To City At $217,000 - Figure Is forwarded To Gov. Beardsley April 27, 1952
IC Works From Both Ends To Repair Flooded Track - 12-mile Stretch Damaged April 27, 1952
$1 Million Flood Damage To Farms - Need Volunteers To Help With Clean Up April 30, 1952
Army to Pay For Actual River Fight - Side-costs Are Still The City's Problem May 2, 1952
Ft. Peck Dam Helped Save CB - Stored Enough Water To Lower Stage 2 Feet May 13, 1952
Flood Damage At $179 Million - Was Greatly Reduced By Pick-Sloan Plan September 13, 1952
Flood Donations Go To Red Cross - Will Spend $11,236 To Aid Neighboring Towns October 11, 1952
Raise Flag at Flood Memorial - Symbol of Spirit Which Saved City December 12, 1952
Remember Easter Sunday of '52? - Men Against The Missouri . . . April 5, 1953
Man Defeats River In Flood Threat Of 1952
1952 Bluffs Flood Is Just A Memory For Past Mayor April 11, 1971
River More Of A Friend Than Enemy April 9, 1972
Will Forgive Flood Debt, But Not Insult - Bluffs Bill $1,000,000,088.05 December 24, 1976
Missouri's Rip And Roar Quieted By A Tough City April 6, 1977
Commemorate Missouri Fight April 15, 1977
Corps Finishing Up Work On Missouri July 17, 1980
1952 - Man Against The Missouri April 4, 1982
Another Flood Hero April 4, 1982
Preparing To Handle Emergency April 9, 1952
Wednesday Stage is 20.4 Feet April 9, 1952
What To Do In Case Of Local Flood April 9, 1952
Farmers On Bottom Land Leave Homes In Flood April 9, 1952
City And County Organize To Meet The Flood Threat - Will Pool Men, Equipment . . . April 9, 1952
Salvation Army Is Ready For Emergency April 9, 1952
Some 40 Boats Available For Flood Emergency Use April 10, 1952
First Levee Repairs April 10, 1952
Eye Sewer Trouble April 10, 1952
Bag Firm Busy April 10, 1952
Flood Insurance April 10, 1952
Want Sight-Seers To Stay Off Bridges April 10, 1952
Glenwood Prepares For Help In Emergency April 10, 1952
Report Mondamin As In 'Serious' Condition April 10, 1952
Declare Emergency at Sioux City April 10, 1952
Water 4-feet Deep at Pierre, S.D. April 10, 1952
Omaha Engineer Is Making Elevation Map April 10, 1952
Blair Bridge Co. Fearful Of River April 10, 1952
Evacuate 3 Families Near Lake Manawa April 10, 1952
Report Conditions In Vicinity Of Mo Valley April 10, 1952
Prepare To Evacuate As Flood Waters Hit Blencoe April 10, 1952
Civil Defense Unit May Get Real Test - Mayor Is Sure Flood 'Emergency Will Come' April 10, 1952
Stress Seriousness Of Flood Situation April 10, 1952
Hold Back State Of Emergency April 10, 1952
Call For 5,000 Volunteer Workers - For Possible Flood Duty . . . April 10, 1952
CB Flood Would Endanger Estimated 5,846 Families April 10, 1952
National Guard Units Are Alerted For Duty April 10, 1952
River Stages April 10, 1952
Floodwater Moves Into Modale Area April 10, 1952
Predict 30-Foot River Crest; Declare An Emergency April 11, 1952
Big Flood Sweeps To Local Area April 11, 1952
West Side Residents Evacuating April 11, 1952
KSWI Goes On 24-Hour Flood Duty April 11, 1952
These 'River Rats' Are Welcome Guests April 11, 1952
Prayer Is Urged By City Council April 11, 1952
Making Plans For 1st Aid Centers - 15,000 People May Have To Be Inoculated April 11, 1952
Fire Chief Inspects Gasoline Bulk Plants April 11, 1952
Busses Available For Flood Purposes April 11, 1952
Order All To Evacuate Blencoe As Water Comes April 11, 1952
Blencoe Man Moves For Fourth Time April 11, 1952
Work On Emergency Levee at Onawa April 11, 1952
Phones Are Out As Mondamin Evacuates April 11, 1952
Modale Residents Prepare For Final Evacuation April 11, 1952
1,500 Feet of IC Track Is Covered - Railroad Starts To Battle The Flood April 11, 1952
Expect West Dike At Fremont To Hold April 11, 1952
Continue Evacuation Near Pacific Junction April 11, 1952
Raising Level Of Levee Near Manawa April 11, 1952
Scouts Mobilized For Flood Relief April 11, 1952
Towns Offer Aid To Flood Threatened CB April 11, 1952
Fortify Levees Along Missouri Valley Creek April 11, 1952
Why The Predicted Flood Crest Hiked April 11, 1952
It's Pretty Late To Buy Personal Floater Policy April 11, 1952
Building Shelves April 11, 1952
Levee Break Rumor April 11, 1952
Refugees Eat Venison April 11, 1952
County Plans To Move 40 Voting Machines April 11, 1952
Municipal Airport Being Evacuated April 11, 1952
Lining Up Boats To Carry The Mail April 11, 1952
City Is Racing Against Time To Beat The Flood April 12, 1952
Some of Stores To Close April 12, 1952
Badly Need Volunteers To Help Fight Flood Threat April 12, 1952
Get Ready To Leave April 12, 1952
Illinois Central Halts Operations - Mile and Half of Track Under Water At Ascot April 12, 1952
Speed Evacuation At Sioux City; Close Bridge; See Higher Crest April 12, 1952
Supervisors Go Into Continuous Session April 12, 1952
Cancel Jury Trials Due To Flood Threat April 12, 1952
Don't Forget Mail, Evacuees Are Told April 12, 1952
Asks Residents To Limit City, Long Distance Calls April 12, 1952
Need Storage Space April 12, 1952
Ambulance Service April 12, 1952
Deer Escape April 12, 1952
Three Emergency Shelters Set Up - More Are Planned By The Red Cross April 12, 1952
120 Citizens Join Auxiliary Police - Many Put To Work At Barricaded Roads April 12, 1952
Weather Bureau To Move From Airport April 12, 1952
Bad Weather Cancels Beardsley Flood Trip April 12, 1952
To Set Up Centers For Disease Control April 12, 1952
Mulqueen Closes Roads Into City - To Avoid Week-end Deluge of Sightseers April 12, 1952
Start Building Up the Sieck Levee April 12, 1952
Mondamin People Leave Their Flooding Town April 12, 1952
Report Break Saturday In Pony Creek Dike April 12, 1952
Mayor Reports Flood News From Blencoe April 12, 1952
Call Guardsmen For Missouri Valley Work April 12, 1952
Report Evacuation Near Hamburg Area April 12, 1952
All But 50 Evacuate From Flooded Modale April 12, 1952
Build Up Dike West Of Missouri Valley April 12, 1952
Council Meets On Flood Emergency April 12, 1952
Family Evacuates From River Home April 12, 1952
Report Some Leave Homes In Bartlett April 12, 1952
Flood Contour Map of City of Council Bluffs April 12, 1952
City Hall Scene Of Orderly Confusion As Flood Plans Made April 12, 1952
Survey Possibilities Of Farm Damages From Flood April 13, 1952
List of Emergency Phone Numbers April 13, 1952
Crew Foreman On County Levees Will Be Mounted April 13, 1952
To Stay In Omaha April 13, 1952
No Decision On Schools April 13, 1952
More Records April 13, 1952
More Equipment April 13, 1952
24-Hour Duty April 13, 1952
Busses Late April 13, 1952
Airmen Volunteer April 13, 1952
City's Two Major Floods Struck City In '43 and '81 - April Is The Month . . . April 13, 1952
Jensen Inspects Levee Effort April 14, 1952
Gov. Beardsley Here To View Flood Area April 14, 1952
Hickenlooper Says CB Battle 'Heroic' April 16, 1952
97 Towns Listed In Flood Battle - Several Out-of-State Men Work on Levees April 22, 1952
Gen. Shingler Lauds CB Levee Workers April 24, 1952
Operation Homebound Is Snagged By Lack Of Trucks April 24, 1952
Mayor Mulqueen Ends Emergency - Pays Special Tribute To Those Who Fought April 26, 1952
Flood Emergency Figures Startling April 26, 1952
Flood Damage To City At $217,000 - Figure Is forwarded To Gov. Beardsley April 27, 1952
IC Works From Both Ends To Repair Flooded Track - 12-mile Stretch Damaged April 27, 1952
$1 Million Flood Damage To Farms - Need Volunteers To Help With Clean Up April 30, 1952
Army to Pay For Actual River Fight - Side-costs Are Still The City's Problem May 2, 1952
Ft. Peck Dam Helped Save CB - Stored Enough Water To Lower Stage 2 Feet May 13, 1952
Flood Damage At $179 Million - Was Greatly Reduced By Pick-Sloan Plan September 13, 1952
Flood Donations Go To Red Cross - Will Spend $11,236 To Aid Neighboring Towns October 11, 1952
Raise Flag at Flood Memorial - Symbol of Spirit Which Saved City December 12, 1952
Remember Easter Sunday of '52? - Men Against The Missouri . . . April 5, 1953
Man Defeats River In Flood Threat Of 1952
1952 Bluffs Flood Is Just A Memory For Past Mayor April 11, 1971
River More Of A Friend Than Enemy April 9, 1972
Will Forgive Flood Debt, But Not Insult - Bluffs Bill $1,000,000,088.05 December 24, 1976
Missouri's Rip And Roar Quieted By A Tough City April 6, 1977
Commemorate Missouri Fight April 15, 1977
Corps Finishing Up Work On Missouri July 17, 1980
1952 - Man Against The Missouri April 4, 1982
Another Flood Hero April 4, 1982
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Nonpareil reporting
Source
Daily Nonpareil
Publisher
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives
Date
1952-04
Format
Document
Type
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Identifier
Flood of 1952 File #5
Coverage
Western Iowa
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