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The West End Office . . . for First Federal Savings and Loan of Council Bluffs at 32nd and W. Broadway was completed in October.

Piles Of Rubble . . . remain after a Christmas Eve explosion leveled the First Federal Savings and Loan building at 32nd Street and Broadway. Two men died in the explosion and several people were injured.

Covered With Debris . . . the First Federal Savings and Loan West Broadway sign lays as mute evidence of the explosion's destruction.

The Night Deposit Box . . . from First Federal Savings and Loan's West Broadway office survived the explosion. It was removed from the rubble and transported to the savings and loan's main office, a bank official said.

Peering Through Broken Glass . . . is Beverly Paben, restaurant manager at the Burger King just west of the decimated First Federal office. Employee Pearl Franks handed a food order to a drive-up customer seconds before the blast. Paben said Franks…

Taking Notes . . . on Christmas Day amidst the rubble of the First Federal building is Fire Chief Delbert Burdick. To Burdick's left is the gas meter that supplied the natural gas to the savings and loan office.

Fighting The Remnants . . . of Friday's fatal explosion, firefighters quickly contained the blaze that followed it and gas company employees checked surrounding gas lines for damage.

Construction . . . is expected to begin in mid May on the 32nd Street and Broadway office of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. The S&L was leveled Christmas Eve when an explosion ripped through the office killing two men, including a First…

R. L. Polk's Council Bluffs City Directory, 1919.

Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums,…

R. L. Polk's Council Bluffs City Directory, 1925.

Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums,…

Polk's Council Bluffs City Directory, 1926.

Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals and…

Polk's Council Bluffs City Directory, 1927.

Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public schools, commercial bodies, secret societies,…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Iowa) City Directory, 1928.

Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city and county officials, churches, public schools, commercial bodies, secret…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Iowa) City Directory, 1930.

Volume XXXVII.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of office buildings and business places including a complete street and avenue guide,…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Iowa) City Directory, 1931.

Volume XXXVIII.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Iowa) City Directory, 1932.

Volume XXXIX.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, IA.) City Directory, 1933.

Volume XL.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business…

Polk's Council Bluffs (Iowa) City Directory, 1929.

Volume XXXVI.

Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a street and avenue guide and directory of householders, and much information of miscellaneous…

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