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The former Hotel Chieftain, a landmark in Council Bluffs for more than 40 years, is being converted to a downtown residence for the elderly. In the meantime, the plaster, concrete and other debris comes tumbling down the oversize drainpipe attached…

Former Lobby And Hotel Desk . . . resemble a disaster area, with stacks of hotel furniture being moved out by the former owner. The desk now serves as a control center for the contractor, Audino Construction Co. of Sioux City. The conversion is being…

Two postcards of Hotel Chieftain

Photograph of a hotel at Lake Manawa

Photograph of Hotel Manawa. Twenty-four rooms. Burned down in 1894.

"Coming down the stairs is Gerald L. Way, who has a room on the second floor of the Goodrich. Way said he likes the building."

"Afternoons are relaxing in the lobby, and Dennis Smith, William Jenkins and Don Stodgill take advantage of chairs lined against the west wall. An unidentified man scans the newspaper."

Five postcards of Council Bluffs Hotels. Goodrich Hotel, Iowan Motel, Starlite Motel, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, and KOA.

Photograph of a house boat at the Lake Manawa Fish and Game Club.

3209 Renner Drive - Captain Jorgensen, Captain Carter

305 North 2nd Ave. - Fordon Christiansen, Richard Scott, Joe Devine, Bruce Talbott, Harold Petersen

House Fire

House Fire

House Fire

Chris Christensen, 89, 96 Simms Ave. was found dead in his basement bedroom following a 7 a.m. fire Saturday.

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Asst. Fire Chief Leo Fleming and Fire Chief Norman Elgan search for clues among burned debris from a house at 1902 Seventh Avenue Saturday in which burned to death. The man was identified as Roy Stutleberg, 39.

Showing Off . . . his historic home is Robert A. Pashek. He and two other men are restoring the "Victorian Gothic" house at 151 Park Avenue built in 1877 for Council Bluffs businessman Lysander W. Tulleys. Their efforts were rewarded recently when…
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