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A Pile Of Bags . . . placed on the steps behind a parked car makes the job as Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) operator very difficult for Everett Malone.

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Snaring A Portion . . . of the bags, Malone wonders whether they will all make it. Residents have been asked not to place bags close to obstacles.

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Testing the Maxon Shu-Pak refuse loader Friday at the City Garage are Jack Bowen, Public Works mechanic and Bob Martin, city sanitation director. The city is using the $33,000 machine on a week's trial basis. It is operated from the right side by the…

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A Bag Of Garbage . . . is tossed onto the city's Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) by City Councilman Dan Lewis. He is researching the garbage collection situation in Council Bluffs.

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One Of The First . . . loads of refuse from Council Bluffs is dumped at the Omaha baling station Monday by its crew, Harry Ahrens, and Jack McCart. The Council Bluffs landfill closed Sunday night in compliance with a state order.

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Judy Hall . . . will be a princess in the Ak-Sar-Ben coronation court and ball.

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Omaha's Beauty Queen . . . picked from Council Bluffs, is Judy Hall. She will enter the 'Miss Nebraska" contest in June.
Miss Judy Hall . . . wins state title. The 20-year old part-time model in Council Bluffs, was chosen Miss Universe of Iowa at…

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Okoboji Lakes, July 1 - Miss Iowa Crowned - Judy Hall, right, part-time model from Council Bluffs, is being crowned Miss Iowa of 1957 by Carol Morris, of Ottumwa, last year's winner who captured the Miss Universe title. The crowning was part of the…

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Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California. 21 July 1957
A good time was had by all at the Grand Coronation Ball ending the "Miss Universe Pageant" in Long Beach, California, last night . . . especially by Naval Aviation Cadet John W.…

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It's June in January . . . for Judy Hall who will reign as Miss Outdoors of 1958 at the all new 1958 Sports, Vacation and Boat Show which will open on Tuesday, March 4th and run for 6 event-packed days through Sunday, March 9th at the Omaha Civic…

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An aerial ladder is rigged to shoot steady stream of water into the smoldering ruins of the General Wood Works plant at 105 S. 31st St. Firefighters Monday were working to kill fire in stacks of lumber and wood parts. Walls of the building nearest…

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Turning the dirt at groundbreaking ceremonies on Tuesday morning for the General Woodworks plant at Twenty-first Street and Ninth Avenue are A.R. Grandsaert, president of the firm; Mayor Joe Katelman; Gayle Tate,m president of the Council Bluffs…

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Watching The Operation . . . of a panel flow glueing machine are Bin Chinh Dang; Bill Kishpaugh; operator John Hansen and Thang Xuan Nguyen. The Vietnamese are new men on the job.

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Lloyd J. Gere, principal of Gunn and Glendale Elementary schools, is president elect of the Association of Elementary School Principals. He lives at 724 Grace St. with his wife, Vey and their youngest son. He was born in Story City.

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Viewing Sanctuary . . . of Gethsemane Church are the Rev. David Clark of Carson, Amos Armstrong, the Rev. Robert Hill, Mrs. Jerry Woods and Frank Smetana.

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Tolling Huge Bell . . . on church lawn is 4-year-old Robert Hill Jr., with the help of his father, the Rev. Robert Hill.
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