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Multiple Benefits From Fort Peck Reservoir - Beautiful Montana Project Helped Save Council Bluffs

Water Coursing Down the Fort Peck Spillway . . . attains a speed of about 60 miles an hour in the mile long concrete channel as it falls 214 feet to the stilling basin. Part of the 180 mile long reservoir is shown at the upper right. By closing these…

Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Peck Dam, Fort Peck MT, Fort Peck Reservoir, Missouri River

Multi-Million $ Plan To Develop Big River Area

Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation . . . has purchased some 732 acres (inside heavy black lines) south of the Union Pacific Railroad for $2.5 million and entered into a contract with the Iowa Nebraska River Industrial Park for development of the…

Tags: Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation, Industrial Foundation, INRIP, Iowa-Nebraska River Industrial Park, Missouri River

Mud And Water

Mud And Water...pumped from the bottom of Big Lake spew from the end of the discharge line into a bed of rushes that will be filled to form new recreation area around the proposed 60-acre reclaimed lake. Both Parks Supt. Richard Hilligus and Dredge…

Tags: Big Lake, dredging

Mrs. Sharon Ballenger

Mrs. Ballenger

Tags: Mrs. William A. Ballenger, Sharon Ballenger

Mrs. Keller, A Free Woman, Up Early for Trip Downtown - Found Innocent Of Murder Charge

Smiling With Joy . . . Mrs. Marian Keller, center, leaves the courtroom with her son, Harry, and sister, Mrs. Myrtle Almquist.

Mrs. Houghton Chosen For Hall

Mrs. Dorothy Houghton

Tags: Distinguished Service Award, Dorothy Houghton, General Federation of Women's Clubs, International Cooperation Administration, Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, Iowa State Board of Education, Iowa Women's Hall of Fame, Japan International Christian University Foundation NYC, Mrs. H.C. Houghton, Mrs. Hiram Houghton, US Electoral College

Mrs. Hogan Is Happy Being Blue, Blue, Blue

Lighting a candle . . . in one of the Hebron blue glass candlesticks in her blue collection is Dorothy Hogan. The large bottle was what started it all. It is of blue glass and was a gift from her husband and children. Ever since she received it, Mrs.…

Tags: Dorothy Hogan, First Christian Church, Mrs. Richard Hogan, Rev. Richard D. Hogan, Richard D. Hogan

Mrs. Hoden To High National Auxiliary Post

Mrs. Hoden

Tags: Ben Hoden, Lorraine Hoden, UPRR, VFW, VFW Auxiliary

Mrs. Hoden Named By VFW Auxiliary

Mrs. Hoden

Tags: Ben Hoden, Lorraine Hoden, UPRR, VFW, VFW Auxiliary

Mrs. Hoden Is State President - VFW Auxiliary Installs Officers

Mrs. Benjamin Hoden

Tags: Ben Hoden, Lorraine Hoden, Mrs. Benjamin Hoden, UPRR, VFW, VFW Auxiliary

Mrs. Hiram Houghton Will Head Special Fund Drive - To Raise $100,000

Mrs. Houghton

Tags: Dorothy Houghton, General Federation of Women's Clubs, International Cooperation Administration, Japan International Christian University Foundation NYC, Mrs. H.C. Houghton, Mrs. Hiram Houghton

Mrs. Harkin Keynote Speaker

Ruth Harkin

Tags: 5th Congressional District, Rep. Tom Harkin, Ruth Harkin, Sen. Tom Harkin, Story County Attorney, Tom Harkin, US House of Representatives

Mrs. Harkin Defends Decision

Ruth Harkin

Tags: 5th Congressional District, Rep. Tom Harkin, Ruth Harkin, Sen. Tom Harkin, Tom Harkin, US House of Representatives, US Senate

Mrs. Harkin Decries 'Negative' Campaign

Ruth Harkin: "I've been spending a lot of time since January traveling around Iowa."

Tags: 5th Congressional District, f, Rep. Tom Harkin, Ruth Harkin, Sen. Tom Harkin, Tom Harkin, US Dept of Agriculture, US House of Representatives, US Senate

Mrs. Gerald Kirn Dies

Mrs. Gerald Kirn

Tags: Abraham Lincoln High School, ALHS, ALHS Principal, Central High School, Gerald Kirn, Ida Kirn, Kirn Junior High School, St. Olaf College, Underwood High School, UNO

Mrs. Clara Arnold's School

P480 Clara Arnold's School glass negative.tif

Photograph of Clara Arnold's School - 1st Ave. near 7th.
1. Edw. Street
2. Kate James
3. Fannie Snow
4. Lizzie Baldwin
5. Frank Arnold
6. Frank Porterfield
7. Annie Jacobs
8. Ella Dodge
9. Dora T.
10. Suzie Baldwin
11. Sadie Jacobs
12.…

Tags: schools