Busy Workmen hustle about the fairgrounds at Dodge Park Monday, building fences, driving stakes and setting up tents for the opening of the West Pottawattamie County Fair. Livestock entries and agriculture exhibits will be in place at 9 a.m.…
A document about railway transportation in Iowa published as a reference aid for teachers and students in conjunction with the Iowa Centennial in 1946.
The Early Crowd...at Saturday night's rock concert at Cresent waits patiently as one of the bands repairs its amplifying system. Between 1,500 and 2,000 rock fans turned out for the event, held on the Steve Buresh farm. Another picture on page 7B.
The Life Flight Helicopter...hovers near the clouds of smoke spewing from the fire at the Bluffs Elevator Co. The St. Joseph Hospital aircraft was not used to transport patients, but the paramedics on board offered assistance to Council Bluffs…
Whistling propane tanks...sent this observer running from the scene of the blast and fire at the Bluffs Elevator Col, 2313 18th Ave. Union Pacific Railroad detective Sam Irwin stands in the background along with an unidentified worker from another…
Problems With Water Pressure...hampered attempts by Council Bluffs firefighters to control the blaze at the Bluffs Elevator co. Four firefighters attempt to extinguish a car that caught fire nearby. They later hosed down two propane tanks that were…
Council Bluffs area leaves, like this group of maple and others criss-crossed by vines in a shady dale, will soon be drifting earthward as autumn arrives. Many leaves will still be on trees, however, when fall is here officially--at 6:26 p.m.,…
A mutual admiration society aptly describes Council Bluffs school bus driver Pat Murphy, 2516 Avenue A, and the kindergarten children of Hoover and Washington schools. "I love these children," Murphy says. And as for the children, "they would…
Electricians and Parks Department employes [sic] were replacing the colored floodlights in the Bayliss fountain Friday in preparation to turning on the water later in the day. George Stidham, electrician, straightens out the wires as Jim DiBlasi…
Why is city councilman Bill Ballenger smiling? Maybe it's because he's just met someone who, like a city council member, needs a thick skin and works for peanuts. For the "big picture" on Ballenger's Omaha encounter Tuesday, turn to photo on page…