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Six New Policemen
Council Bluffs Police Chief Ed Dinovo shakes the hand of Richard Johnson, one of six men sworn in as officers by acting deputy City Clerk LuAn Overgard Monday morning in Dinovo's office. Dinovo told the six they would be "a big help" to the city by…
County rejects Law Center plan
Taking A Call... is Jeff Jones, 911 Communication Center operator. The Communication Center, location within the Law Enforcement wing of the Pottawattamie County Courthouse, is directed by the Pottawattamie County Public Safety Commission. Contracts…
Coal chips put to new use - filtering our drinking water
Foundation Footings... on the Water Works construction project point their way to a railroad bridge which goes over the Missouri River.
Coal Chips put to new use - filtering our drinking water
Inspecting progress... on the new vehicle storage-maintenance facility is James Peters, general manager of the Water Works. The facility is slated for opening by the end of the summer or early next fall.
Care taken to keep water pure
Making tests... every two hours on water as it emerges from the plant are Rick Rohan, chemist and Jim Wilson, plant operator. The plant has an extensive laboratory to perform many of its own tests.
Care taken to keep water pure
Water samples... showing the various stages through which water passes before it is sent on its way to Council Bluffs consumers are displayed by Peters.
Care taken to keep water pure
The New Water Works Administration Building... in the background is located close to the city's water supply, the Missouri River and to the treatment plant. Jim Peters, manager of the facility, said the move to the new building from former downtown…
1977 City Directory
Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) City Directory, 1977.
Contains:
- Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
- Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
- Complete street and avenue…
Contains:
- Buyers' Guide and a complete classified business directory
- Alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens
- Complete street and avenue…
Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday 1 - 1959
Beefeaters Of London's Tower . . . promise to strike if weekly rents in casements of this 600-year-old structure are boosted from 70 cents to $3.22 a week.
Building Goes On Display
A Cable Winder...runs through its moves at the new Western Electric Material Management Center at Underwood. The center 11.6 million cubic feet of storage space for components used in a 13-state area by the Bell Telephone system.
W.E. Facility
A material management center is planned by Western Electric on this 140-acre site just south of Underwood. Story on page 1.
Dunlap, Iowa
photo of wax figure of one of the wise men from nativity scene, open box filled with gold sits in front of him
Dunlap, Iowa
Photo of nativity scene made from life-sized wax figures, set in a barn
Auction Barn Goes Moden; New Dunlap Facility
A Large Crowd...fills the new Dunlap Livestock Auction complex as Jim Schaben calls at a cattle sale. Spectators now have individual seats; information regarding cattle weights, n umbers and prices is flashed on electronic "scoreboards"; and gates…
Dunlap Methodists Plan New Unit Consecration; Service Is Sunday.
New Educational Wing...at Dunlap Methodist Church will be consecrated Sunday by Bishop James S. Thomas.
Watershed Project 2-Fold Improvement Program For Dunlap
Recreation Hopes...focus on this six-acre lake at the east edge of Dunlap. Part of the Mill-Picayune Watershed Project, it was recently stocked with fish.
Dunlap Hard-Hit By Dutch Elm Disease
Shade Trees Land...in a special dump, spreading an unpleasant picture before Dunlap Mayor Leonard Jacobsen
Dunlap Hard-Hit By Dutch Elm Disease; 'Fortunately, People Realize It'...
Diseased Elm Trees...are an almost ghastly sight in the midst of other full summer foliage in Dunlap.