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Howard Plastics fire at 15th and S. Main.

Howard Plastics Inc.

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…

Standing At His Sentencing . . . is Omahan John L. Hrbek, convicted of the Sept. 16 shootings of Stanley L. Fisher and his mother, Kate Fisher. Hrbek, 26, received the mandatory life sentences for the killings.

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

Multi-Million Dollar Complex . . . will go up on this 58-acre tract next year. First phase of construction will begin about March 1 and will include two service stations, apartment building, a motor hotel and restaurant outlined at the bottom of the…

Examining Architect's Drawing . . . of planned commercial development along North Sixteenth Street are Byron Hollis, Mayor Richard C. Oshlo, John Mainelli and Harold Shepherd.

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…

New Supermarket . . . and 300-car parking lot built by Hinky Dinky Food Stores occupy a full square block at Twenty-eighth St. and West Broadway. It is the largest grocery store in Iowa and will employ about 100 persons.

The Western Iowa Pork Inc. plant is becoming a massive hulk against the rural horizon east of Harlan. While the building is well along, there are a few loose financial ends in the Shelby County project. Efforts to attract local investments are in the…

Eating Sandwich . . . Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman, center, chats with William H. Warden, left and Robert Miller at the Union Pacific mail terminal.

Preserving Appearance . . . of original Carnegie library building was one goal of library addition design. In matching brick, new wing fits behind existing one, maintaining look of old building from the street.

Speaking With A Guest...at a Sunday birthday party is 89-year-old Gerald Kirn, retired Council Bluffs educator extraordinaire. About 350 past pupils and friends of Mr. Kirn gathered at the old Abraham Lincoln High School gymnasium to celebrate the…
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