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Looking as it did . . .when placed in 1919, file photo shows memorial statue with water running from bowl. Fountain may be repaired this year. Sculptor Daniel Chester French once said the sculpture was his finest work. --Nonpareil Photo.

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Happily Relaxed...after their announcement as finalists in AAU National Women's Basketball Tournament are Mary Zimmerman, Vicky Porter, Sandy Konrad and EaVon Almquist. Cathy Wilson, the fifth finalist, has to leave for an early game and was not…

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Tons of diesel locomotive above him doesn't bother this Burlington Railroad yard man as he checks the alignment of the engine's wheels. The lead wheels on the three trucks of a double diesel unit dropped off the track near Main Street and Eleventh…

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Reproduction of a postcard looking up Broadway from 4th street

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Reproduction of a postcard of Upper Broadway.

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Reproduction of a postcard looking west on Broadway below 4th street.

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Photograph of Loretta Fischer.

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Covered With Debris . . . the First Federal Savings and Loan West Broadway sign lays as mute evidence of the explosion's destruction.

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The Night Deposit Box . . . from First Federal Savings and Loan's West Broadway office survived the explosion. It was removed from the rubble and transported to the savings and loan's main office, a bank official said.

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Peering Through Broken Glass . . . is Beverly Paben, restaurant manager at the Burger King just west of the decimated First Federal office. Employee Pearl Franks handed a food order to a drive-up customer seconds before the blast. Paben said Franks…

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Taking Notes . . . on Christmas Day amidst the rubble of the First Federal building is Fire Chief Delbert Burdick. To Burdick's left is the gas meter that supplied the natural gas to the savings and loan office.

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Fighting The Remnants . . . of Friday's fatal explosion, firefighters quickly contained the blaze that followed it and gas company employees checked surrounding gas lines for damage.

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Contemplating Columns . . . at the old Hastings School are Kenneth Grindle, Hastings, and Lowell Mooney, Shenandoah.

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Lou and Herb in front of Central Station. Cotter, Stevens, Scofield, and Telpner.

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Photography of Lou Lapsley and falmily, Council Bluffs Fire Department.

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Use Your Imagination . . . and you will see a Brontosaurus dinosaur in the scenic drive atop the bluffs east of Loveland. Access to the area is only from the westbound lane of Interstate 80N at the present time. The drive will be ready for use when…

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The Loveland Post Office . . . has been housed in this small frame building for more than 30 years. Mrs. Iona Wood, retired postmistress and her husband Eugene, will continue operating the combination general store and gas station after the postal…
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