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A bust of Richard Nixon has been carved out of a walnut tree by former U.S. Congressman Ben F. Jensen of Exira, and he hopes to present the image to Nixon. Jensen, shown here with the bust, served 26 years in Congress before his defeat in 1964, and…

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Truman Furgeson, superintendent for Allied Structural Steel Co., Hammond, Ind. watches as crews continue whittling away at the bones of the Ak-Sar_Ben Bridge on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. Bridge portions in the water were fished out…

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Hard Surfaced Shoulders . . . will mean greater safety for future travelers on the Interstate. The shoulders will be 10 feet wide on the outside edge of the highway, 6 feet wide on the inside dividing strip. Construction involves almost as much work…

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Plastic Sheets . . . are another construction innovation being used on the Interstate project. The plastic us used to simplify the curing of freshly poured concrete. When the new surface is poured, it is immediately covered with huge sheets of the…

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Another view . . . of the Interchange site shows the Mormon Trail (parked cars) approaching the new highway from the west. The angle formed by the junction is currently one of the busiest spots in the Interstate project. Machines and men are working…

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An Apple A Day...might deep the doctor away, but they also are good eating. Enjoing nice red apples are, left to right: Carole Sue Stacey, Linda Rae Stacey, Mary Williams, Dale Stacey, Anna May Stacey, and Gary Lee Sell.

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They Look Good Enough To Eat...Calvin Sell of Glenwood displays a box of apples for Mr. and Mrs. Jens Christensen of Route 2, Council Bluffs, who drove out to the orchard to make a purchase.

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Pleasing To Both Eye And Taste...is this box of apples shown by Edwin Carter. The new cardboard packing cases are becoming popular in the trade.

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Channeled Into Their Proper Bin...by the grader, the apples are next carefully packed in labeled boxes for storage. After Mrs. Truman Chambers of Malvern has deftly packed them, the cases are moved into the mommouth[sic] storage cave where…

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Both Mechanical And Human Means...are used in sorting and grading the orchard fresh fruit. Edwin Carter watches as apples mover over the grader. Mrs. Carl Yates of Malvern watches for rejects.

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The Journey...from orchard to the farm plant is a careful one as Stacey and Suhr head for the sorting and packing shed with a trailer load of apples.

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First established in 1912...the Carter Orchard east of Glenwood was replanted in 1941. Now covering some 70 acres of the rolling Mills County land, the orachrd containes nearly 2,000 fruit trees...mostly apple. It is presently owned and operated by…

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APPLE HARVEST--Autumn time is apple time in Southwestern Iowa. Carefully relieving the bending limbs of their golden fruit is [sic] Archie Stacey and Jack Suhr, both of Glenwood.

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It Was A Horse Of A Different Color...about 12 hours before this picture was taken on East Pierce Street. Dense, wet snow returned to the Bluffs area Friday morning, after the welcome thaw. Cars had to turn on headlights and drivers again reverted…

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It Was A Cold Day...when the Rock Island Railroad's Cornbelt Rocket pulled into the station to take on a load of passengers for Chicago. Steam rising from the waiting cars turned two rail employees into bundled silhouettes backlighted by a bright…

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Giant earth movers south of Council Bluffs along the Interstate 29 route that will eventually link the Bluffs with Kansas City, MO, have gouged out almost an entire hill in their quest for fill dirt. John Thielan, Neola, job foreman for Dusenberg…

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Expansion At Power Plant . . . is viewed from the roof of the existing structure by Superintendent John Thorson. The existing plant has a capacity of 140,000 kilowatts. The new plant will increase the capacity by 720,000 kilowatts and is scheduled to…

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The Christian Home provides excellent service in childless couples in this area. Some persons had trouble finding the Home at 714 Avenue E, so the Home contracted for a bright new sign on the side of a downtown building. A portion of an old sign…

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Players on Westwood Golf Course have a new addition to the landscape to consider before shooting toward the fourth green in the southeast corner of the links. Mr. and Mrs. DeLaine Rutledge, 1928 Avenue B., play near the mouth of the concrete…

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Mr. Groundhog peered out of his cozy burrow Sunday expecting to see, or not to see, his shadow. Instead, there was Mrs. Michael Rolf, 734 Madison Avenue, looking at him. Ground Hog Day is set aside annually on Feb. 2 to give the furry…
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