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Boning chickens...for Blue Star are 125 women at the plant here. Machine in the foreground is a meat dicer.

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On This Pie Line...workers put out part of the 225,000 per day production

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Joan Hester . . . and her husband, Jack, embrace at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse Tuesday night as election returns indicate she leads the race for the Republican nomination for the Iowa House in the 98th District.

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This Housing Development Sits . . . on land that was once a grassland on the outskirts of the city. Houses sprung up monthly during the 70s, but the building of new homes in the Council Bluffs area has become stagnate. Many realtors are having more…

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Photo of highway sign for Avoca, IA

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Head shot of Senator Howard H. Baker of Tennessee

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Head shot of Tennessee Senator Howard H. Baker, at microphones

Baker, Howard H. Jr.
Republican Senator
Tennessee
1/77 leader of Senate's Minority
11/79 Candidate for President
1/81 Senate Majority leader

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Ribbon Cutting . . . at new motel is performed by Mayor Maynard Telpner, second from left. Others, from left, are Miss Council Bluffs (Karen Johnson), Millard Seldin and Richard Bunten.

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New Motel . . . at Thirty-sixth Street and Broadway has 88 rooms, indoor swimming pool, two meeting rooms and cocktail lounge. The facility was built at a cost of $1.25 million.

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Governor's Suite . . . at the motel features double beds, private bath, built-in bar and refrigerator, and plenty of space.

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Photograph of Howard Plastics fire at 15th and S. Main.

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Howard Plastics Inc.

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Council Bluffs citizens were alerted Friday to be on the lookout for "Schnapps," a 10-foot tall St. Bernard which was last seen trotting down Pearl Street with a small foreign car instead of a wine keg dangling from her neck. The dog nearly ran over…

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Photograph of the Hudson Service Station at the corner of West Broadway and 20th.

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Growing Interchange . . . of Interstate 480 has changed the topography of Council Bluffs near the Missouri River. The earthen hills in the center will support lanes of traffic above ground level; to their left are piers for four overpasses. Other…
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