Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature' In Fremont, Mills Counties
An Evacuation Route . . . is kept open by diking Mills county road G into Bartlett. National Guard trucks shuttle in and out of the flood threatened area.
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Shelves Are Emptied . . . in the Bartlett general store by owners Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ware after news of impending flood danger is received.
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature" In Fremont, Mills Counties
A Tense Moment . . . results when Fremont County sheriff, Al Christopher, in white hat, advises group of Bartlett residents that their town will be flooded.
Orphans Of Flood: Left behind at the Marion Osborn farm in the haste of flood threatened departure were: the family cat, taking it easy on the roof at the left; the guinea flock, one of which pokes its head above the ridge at the upper left; and some of the laying flock, several of which sought refuge on top of machinery in the shed.
Flood-Soaked Soybeans . . . stored in this metal bin on the Claude Robertson farm have literally blown the bin apart. Several other metal bins, including a quonset building holding several thousand bushels of shelled corn, have started to bulge and are expected to spill their contents into the muddy waters around them.
Flood's Over, Huh?: The recent flood in Mills and Fremont counties may be gone but the water lingers on in many sections of the river bottom. Taken this week, this picture of the Newell Lorimor farm home east of Bartlett reveals why the 'moving back' process has been slow for evacuees. Numerous dikes and levees have been opened during the week to permit a faster runoff of the trapped flood waters.
High Water Table Creates Problems - Flooded streets, rats, gasoline vapors cited
Backyard Lake - George Kabat and his son Bill, found a rowboat was the best method of transportation around their Gifford Road neighborhood Monday. The Missouri River spilled into the area Sunday. Kibat estimated water surrounding his home at 6805 Gifford Road to be six feet deep.
City Water Supply Is Now Fluoridated - After Long Legal Battle
A Switch Is Thrown . . . by M.E. Rew, adding the first fluoride to city water. Checking fluoridation equipment from left, are: Robert Young, and Carl Blomgren and Daryl Ebert.
Henry Fonda with Wenonah La Boisseaux in the 1927 production of "The Poet's Well"
Actress Olivia de Havilland and actor Henry Fonda are shown in dressing room after Thursday night's opening performance of the drama "A Gift of Time," at Broadway's Barrymore Theater. - AP Wirephotos.
Speaking of happy faces . . . First Lady Betty Ford's heavy schedule on the campaign trail would appear to be agreeing with her.
Gerald R Ford, Former President, AP News Library March 1979
Gerald R Ford, Former President of the United States, AP News Library 8-84