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Future Plans...of Pottawattamie County's anit-poverty committee are discuss by Mrs. Robert Beno and Wylie King. [Photo in Nonpareil article also includes Wylie King; print photo has been cropped to include only Mrs. Beno.]

"Good New"...in the form of positive recommendations by a legislative committee may be in store for the Clarinda Mental health Institute. Pictured is the Administration Building.

Niles and Kenneth Acrea . . . chairman of a group to form a county historical society to preserve the museum, discuss plans inside the old cabin amid such relics as a spinning wheel, ancient guns and household items.

Preston Niles . . . talks to visitors while standing in front of his "Stage Depot," a log cabin built in 1856 near Ames which he later had moved to form part of his museum at Missouri Valley.

A Transformation . . . from bare land to industrial complex took place on this site in just a few years. Firms located on the Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation plot are, from left, Werner Enterprises, Pure Oil Co. and G & E Transportation Co. The…

Future Foam, former National Steel Services building in Council Bluffs, IA

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…

Dr. Robert Benton...views burner doors of Gunn School furnace after explosion.

Raincoats Used...by teacher to beat out flames on Gerald Dixon's clothing are viewed by James Burke, local fire inspector, and Gail Odem of Atlantic, deputy fire marshal.

Gayle Gosnell: Council Bluffs Woman Disappeared After Being Granted Recent Furlough

Photograph of military funeral procession of W. L. Murphy.

Funeral procession of J. L. Moore on September 15, 1899.

Meyer Funeral Home . . . will take on a classic design when remodeling, scheduled to start this week, is completed. Schlott, Farrington and Associates are the designers.

Iowa National Guard officials will ask Congress for money to build a $2.53 million armory and vehicle maintenance shop to replace the Dodge Light Guard Armory at Fifth Avenue and Pearl Street in Council Bluffs. Planning has been in the works for the…

Examining A Crumbling Wall . . . on the Hitchcock House are Doug Travis, left, and Sandy Rhoades. A fund drive is under way to restore the building.

Placed On The National Register . . . of Historic Places in 1979, the Hitchcock House is one of three sites in Cass County listed on the publication. Built about 1854, the structure was used as a hide-out for runaway slaves.

Discussing details . . . of the Eilene Allen fund are Mrs. John Tyson, treasurer; the Rev. Antonion Ramirez, president; Mrs. George White, secretary. --Nonpareil Photo.
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